And hey, if Star Trek Beyond craps the already-poop-stained bed of 21st-Century Star Trek movies, fans will have no choice but to turn to the classic movies and shows for comfort. But even those beloved properties have plenty of bizarre shit going on in the background. For example ...

We've criticized the new Star Trek film series in the past , what with its distractingly shiny surfaces, overabundance of cliff-hanging scenes, and surprising number of Beastie Boys songs. (At least Nickelback isn't a bastion of Earth culture 200 years from now.)

9 Commander Riker Refuses To Sit Down Properly

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Commander Riker from Star Trek: The Next Generation has many obvious character traits, such as playing the trombone, being successful with the ladies, and having a beard. There's one crucial part of his personality you may have missed, though: He sits down like a maniac. Instead of lowering himself into a chair, the way most human beings do ...

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"Can I interest you in some '90s computer software?"

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... he swings his gargantuan legs over the top of the chair, mounting it like it's a Shetland pony. He even gets up in the same fashion:

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How many toilet water tank lids has he broken doing this?

While the in-universe explanation may be a side effect of some kind of salt vampire STD or whatever, the real-life reason is reportedly that actor Jonathan Frakes suffered a back injury in his youth. This would also explain why Riker is constantly leaning on things and resting his leg, even when it means awkwardly positioning his junk inches away from Data's face.