She reveals that one thing she and Soong couldn’t possibly have anticipated was that Data didn’t mind being naked, although some of the colonists certainly did as he is anatomically correct. The Soongs asked him to dress, but he didn’t feel it was necessary as he didn’t “suffer from the elements.” With a laugh, Juliana concludes that they had to resort to writing a modesty subroutine just so Data would keep his clothes on.

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    They should have raised him on a nudist colony. With all the other whacky “human” colonies out there I bet at least one of them hangs dong all day long.

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    Fionnula Flanagan … one of my favorite Irish actresses, she’s amazing.

    Played in my favorite Irish film … Waking Ned Divine

    I was totally blown away when I realized I had already seen her in TNG years before when I first saw ‘Waking Ned Divine’

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      I saw that film in the theater and I have to say I remember absolutely nothing about it. I do remember it reminded me of the Welsh comedy, The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill but Came Down a Mountain.

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          I haven’t. Thanks. I admit, I haven’t seen a huge number of Irish films, looking at a list of Wikipedia films. I’ve seen some of the big ones like The Commitments, My Left Foot and Michael Collins, but that’s about it.

          Edit: Oh wait, that’s the selkie film. I have seen it.

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            The Secret of Roan Inish is a top five movie for me. Mick Lally doing traditional Irish storytelling is truly amazing.

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              Not sure if you saw my edit, but I actually have seen it. It’s just been a very long time. Again, I don’t remember a lot about it. I’m going to have to watch these films again.

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                Oh cool! It came out in the 90s, so hardly anyone has seen it. I’ve yet to meet anyone who has. It’s such a beautiful film all around.

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                  I worked a part-time job as a projectionist at an art house/indie/foreign film theater for a while in the 90s, and I was a regular patron before that, so I saw a lot of smaller movies in that era.

                  It’s funny because I’ve seen hardly any new movies since my daughter was born. Too hard to go to the theater for years and I just sort of fell out of the habit of watching them.

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          Fun fact: the movie is based on a folktale, but it turns out the “mountain” is actually a burial mound and they now have to stop people from trying to climb it so they don’t damage it.

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      Waking Ned Devine is excellent

      Actually I think I could use that movie in my life right now… I might watch it tonight or tomorrow.

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        I insist with my Irish Canadian wife that we watch it every St Patricks Day … she’s getting sick and tired of it because she thinks its so cliche … but once we watch again, she thoroughly enjoys it every time with me.

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      Waking Ned Divine is amazing. I love the movie and it had my favorite version of The Parting Glass on its score.

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    It took an arrest and restraining order to get me to stop so in comparison data was already being modest

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