Where did the saying resistance is futile originate?”
The Borg are a fictional pseudo-race of cybernetic organisms depicted in the Star Trek franchise. The Borg play major roles in The Next Generation and Voyager television series, primarily as an invasion threat to the United Federation of Planets and the means of return to the Alpha Quadrant for isolated Federation starship Voyager, respectively. The Borg have become a symbol in popular culture for any juggernaut against which “resistance is futile”. The Borg manifest as cybernetically enhanced humanoid drones of multiple species, organized as an interconnected collective, the decisions of which are made by a hive mind. The Borg inhabit a vast region of space in the Delta Quadrant of the galaxy, possessing millions of vessels and having conquered thousands of systems. They operate solely toward the fulfilling of one purpose: to “add the biological and technological distinctiveness of other species to their own” in pursuit of perfection. This is achieved through forced assimilation, a pr
“Resistance is futile” is a catch phrase used by the Borg of the Star Trek fictional universe. Its first use in Star Trek came in the 1990 Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “The Best of Both Worlds,” written by Michael Piller. It was later used by Piller in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine pilot episode “Emissary”. It was made more popular as the tagline of the 1996 film Star Trek: First Contact by the actor Jeff Coopwood who was the “Voice of the Borg” in that film. “Resistance is futile” has subsequently been assimilated into popular culture as a proverb and has become a cultural meme. The term is often used in the media to describe a desperate and failing struggle ‘against the flow’. The phrase, as spoken by Picard’s Borg alter-ego Locutus, was ranked #93 in TV Land’s list of “The 100 Greatest TV Quotes and Catchphrases”.
