Evil that “It’s a trap” only works with Star Trek.
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They had to show their bias somehow ;)
But "It's a wrap!" is a perfectly valid answer for filming either.
I doubt I would have ever figured "leased" as something being "let out, in a way".
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Huh. Doesn’t work.
"It's a crap!"
When Mario gets fed up with the "in another castle" bit
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You missed BABYLONV.
Oh snap it does fit
Just need to tighten my woistband a bit
Maybe that one is from Spaceballs, which is just the woist. :)
"It was the best of times, it was the WOIST OF TIMES‽"
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The real, most trolling cruelty here is that if you say "Star Wars" you can't have "It's a trap!"
And Star Trek fans will have to endure a Star Wars meme staining their choice.
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I feel like in 2074 we're still going to be circulating this exact image
With more artefacting of course.
nah it'll be AI upscaled and the grid won't even line up
This appears to be from early 2022.
https://kotaku.com/new-york-times-crossword-sunday-star-wars-star-trek-puz-1848495939
I think they reused the gimmick because I definitely remember this from a few days ago
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Yesterday in which year? This is ancient.
No idea. It was my first time seeing it, so I just thought it was neat and wanted to share.
Me too, I appreciated it.
It's from the February 6, 2022 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Does it still work if you enter 'Babylon5'?
Props to the designer, that must have felt amazing to turn in
I'd always classed Star Wars as science fantasy.
Space opera.
Hate to break it to you...but so is Star Trek. Instead of the Force, it's psionics (Vulcans), telepathy (Betazeds), and "things that science can't explain yet" (Q, all of the god-tier aliens that Kirk had to deal with). A lot of times, there is no explanation for why an alien can do magic other than they're an alien.
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I make the argument that Star Wars is not science fiction, rather a fantasy that takes place in space. Science and technology do not drive the stories, nor are they the solutions to the problems that arise. They are incidental and could just as well be replaced with actual magic. They tried to go the other way by explaining the force with midiclorians... Which was accepted by basically no one.
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How do crossword writers make those perfect square crosswords with every letter in two words, after you fill in enough words how do you not get to a point where there are no words that fit
I imagine they just play 1-person scrabble with infinite pieces. Then they put the descriptions afterwards.
That's kind of trolling both fanbases at the same time.
Obviously Stark Trek is the real answer.
Instructions unclear i got StarWrerk
Yesterday puzzmo.com did it with "what colour was the dress". You could either answer blue or gold and it fit. But it wasn't as good as this one. And I don't think You can access archived crosswords on puzzmo.
Edit: It was today, so You can still access it for a couple of hours.
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They both started good but got progressively worse with each revival until J. J. Abrams destroyed them both.
I'll always be more of a Star Wars fan, though, since I grew up in a time when Star Wars was still good but Star Trek was already going down the toilet.
I know you're not calling TNG and DS9 "circling the drain".
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