Talk:Geordi La Forge

message: I'm not sure I agree with the assertion that Geordi has brown eyes. Certainly he genetically has brown eyes (seen in Insurrection), but his actual eyes are iris-free and milky white. Matthew Platts 21:04, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Eye color

message: In the Personal Interests section, Geordi is referred to in the past tense, as if the character was dead.  That's never actually happened, has it?
Also, I've heard that the prop used as the VISOR in early episodes of NextGen was actually a hair accessory once worn by Gene Roddenberry's wife.  If the story is in fact true, wouldn't that make it a Majel barrett? --M.Neko 08:43, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't know about Majel Barrett, but it was Mike Okuda who came up with the idea after seeing his girlfriend's barrette, according to Herman Zimmerman, from the documentaries on season 1 of TNG. --Kjoonlee 21:49, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with all you people. I did not think about Geordi's VISOR looking similar to a hear piece. This makes him even more dorky than I thought. He is a creepy stalker. "Leah, it's not what you think!!" (but who knows what could have happened off screen in that simulation program!!) lol. In-Correct (talk) 22:43, 30 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Past Tense Description

message: Does Geordi really like it?  I thought he had never even heard of it until the episode Booby Trap, when the hololgraphic Dr. Bhrams told him about it.  Then he used that info to try and get close to her in Galaxy's Child.  Is his love of fungilli any more of a personality trait moreso than any guy pretends to like chick flicks to get close to a lady? Nanded 01:11, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Most likely your second assumption...about guys pretending to like chick flicks. THAT, and also him being completely creepy. In-Correct (talk) 22:44, 30 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Fungilli

message: As cute as the term is, I don't see how it applies to Geordi and seems more like an unnecessary jab at the character than anything else.  Guinan?  Yes.  Geordi?  Not so much.
:: All Geordi ever had to do was say the magic words, "channel power through the main deflector array" and any problem was instantly solved.Wyldstaar (talk) 01:28, 18 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Magical Negro

message: I'm not sure what the policy is here, but I believe a photo of Geordi with the VISOR would be more appropriate. It, as much as his genetic blindness, was a defining feature of his character, and he wore the VISOR throughout the television series. Any opinions? (Oops, I forgot to sign this comment) RolandStJude 15:57, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Photo Preference

message: I remember reading that his name was based on a George, not Jordan, LaForge. I'll find that book and edit if I'm right. Anyone know where "Jordan" came from?--CB
: I am sitting here watching the documentary "Trekkies", in which LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn AND Majel Barret Roddenberry state the young man's name was JORDAN, so I am changing it back. 66.16.165.41 00:08, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Geordi's Name

message: In World of Warcraft there is a goblin engineer named "Jhordy Lapforge", working on a teleporter. Should it be mentioned in this article as an humorous reference? --Pezezin 10:17, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: No, there's too much trivia "creep" on Wikipedia at the moment, the critical reception section of this article is bizarre enough as it is Alastairward 11:55, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: StarCraft, World Of Warcraft, MineCraft, and anything else with Craft in it, are all computer/video games ripping off TV shows. In-Correct (talk) 22:46, 30 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Funny 

message: There has been some disagreement about Geordi's ability to perceive normal light.  It seems common sense to me that he cannot see normal light, as tears come to his eyes in Insurrection when he sees his first sunrise.  Why would he cry if he was seeing his first sunrise as others perceive it?  Also, in the several episodes in which we see the world as Geordi sees through the VISOR, it is obviously the EM spectrum and nothing close to what we perceive.
He can see normal light, howver he sees a broader array of the EM spectrum, of which light is a part. HE says that he cant filter out any specific band of the EM specturm any more than you can block out sounds in a noisy room. Damn Trekkies, get it together! Vinithehat (talk) 03:44, 10 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Light Perception

message: I'm confused somewhat by the criticism.  The afrofuturists are laballing him a failure because he's not a super-nerdy Black guy, just a regular smart black guy.  I just don't understand what purpose the criticism is trying to portray. Could somebody help me out here?  I want to delete the section but it's properly sourced, just confusingReinoe (talk) 20:02, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Criticism Section 

message: I propose the page VISOR be merged here, as it is primarily just unreferenced in-universe detail about a plot device that only ever affected this character. The only referencing in VISOR is to tangentaily related real world developments that are barely relevant to this fictional device, and is better held in a proper factual article about artificial sight restoration, and should not be treated as a sub-topic of a Star Trek page. MickMacNee (talk) 14:55, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge VISOR 

message: has anyone got a source for this claim? i was watching some behind the scenes videos from the TNG dvds recently as well as whoopi goldbergs interview of William Shatner and Patrick Stewart (forget name of this interview sorry) and in both they question the visor creation and its stated to be a females hairclip put over the eyes as its creation. this is consistant with its semi circle shapeing as well as the metal lines that run up and down over it. im not denying the physical prop may have been made from a honda as thats a good choice to use its just i have not seen that confirmed yet.152.91.9.153 (talk) 00:53, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  origin of visor an air restrictor? 

message: "..Star Trek: Countdown (which serves as the canonical prequel to the 2009 Star Trek film)..." 
No, Star Trek: Countdown (as with all non-TV/movie Star Trek media) is not canon. 199.17.93.4 (talk) 19:56, 4 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Star Trek: Countdown 

message: So it turns out that the remastered edition of Season 5's "Cause and Effect" clarifies that Geordi is not only from the "African Confederation" but from "Mogadishu, Somalia, African Confederation, Earth".  
I'm surprised...I thought he would be Senegalese, like Kunta Kinte.  --149.4.42.48 (talk) 20:08, 11 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Somalia

message: http://www.st-minutiae.com/resources/scripts/269.txt Geographyinitiative (talk) 11:34, 11 February 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  LaForge or La Forge?  

message: A Matter Of Honor
Manhunt
Captain’s Holiday
First Contact
Rightful Heir
Attached Goojrr (talk) 23:02, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Next Generation absences