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Main Discussion Area => Stream of Consciousness => Topic started by: ggould on May 13, 2005, 10:10:10 PM
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I know at least Beej and I like to talk about Star Trek, and I couldn't find an explicit Trek thread, so here goes.
Watched most of the last episodes tonight, and don't know what to think. The whole franchise is kind of in a coma, and I hope someday they'll get it together again. Supposedly, Jolene Blalock has trashed the last episode, but I haven't found the link yet.
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(sigh) That? Was awful. Really. The Enterprise cast becomes second bananas in their own finale. That's why Jolene trashed it. And I can't says I blame her.
And it's not like I actually liked the show- but daaaamn- that was cruel.
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(sigh) That? Was awful. Really. The Enterprise cast becomes second bananas in their own finale. That's why Jolene trashed it. And I can't says I blame her.
And it's not like I actually liked the show- but daaaamn- that was cruel.
Missed it. I stopped watching altogether a couple of months back. I gave it every opportunity, but it just never caught my imagination. Anyway, I'd have liked to see the final ep, just for the historical aspect...
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I have it on tape- albeit a few minutes from the beginning are shaved a bit (I didn't realize the final ep was to be last Friday. So, I set my timer to get what I thought would be the next-to-last ep. Good thing I happened to turn on my TV to see them continue on with the finale.
Well, not "good thing". But, as you say Rod- "historical perspective" and all. I'll bring said tape to the gathering on Saturday!
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I have it on tape- albeit a few minutes from the beginning are shaved a bit (I didn't realize the final ep was to be last Friday. So, I set my timer to get what I thought would be the next-to-last ep. Good thing I happened to turn on my TV to see them continue on with the finale.
Well, not "good thing". But, as you say Rod- "historical perspective" and all. I'll bring said tape to the gathering on Saturday!
what I missed, both Wed and Sun, was the first few minutes of the penultimate episode.
Yeah, they were definitely relegated to second banana. I never really liked Scott Bakula, but we was cruder, as I guess he historically should have been than Kirk. Picard was pretty untoppable as a Captain, in that Shakespearean sort of way!
(http://www.chiffandfipple.com/startrek/picard2.jpg)
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BWAH! There he is with that damn flute-thingy he "learned" to play!
Picard's pretty cool, I gotta say. Sisko was pretty cool, too. And even though I hated the show Voyager- I have a special place in my heart for Janeway.
By the by, Patrick Stewart can be heard doing the voice of Stan Smith's CIA boss on the new Fox animated show, American Dad.
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BWAH! There he is with that damn flute-thingy he "learned" to play!
When I watched the tLToC with a small group, the first thing I thought of was this 'flute' episode. Do you remember the name of the episode? It's probably not too hard to find, in this nerdy world of the net.
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tLToC
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The episode where Picard plays with his flute is called "Inner Light"
http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/TNG/episode/68556.html
Ah, Google- where would I be with out ye?
I must confess- I know more Original Series trivia than I know TNG stuff. But, I like TNG, too. It's kinda good that I'm not as familiar because when I'm flipping channels and a TNG rerun appears- there's a good chance I haven't seen it or don't remember it. Whereas with the Original Series I can recite em line for line it feels like.
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tLToC
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"The Last Temptation of Christ."
Or, if you must, "The Last Train of Clarksville."
Just got press-credentialed for Streaming Media East, so I have to bail on Dave's set. Have a fun afternoon, everyone!
Gaz
P.S. Beej, love the Christmas lights! Hell yeah!
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Thanks for the info, Gaz. And glad you like the lights!
Yeah, I see the similarities on that one, Geoff.
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OK, it's too late for me to be awake, but was installing some updates on laptop, and found TNG on Spike TV. I thought there was no more Trek reruns. Are there more? I don't particularly like this episode, but it's somewhat comforting to watch.
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I thought there was no more Trek reruns. Are there more?
When Spike TV premiered- one of their big selling ponts is that they were going to show TNG reruns. I think the TNN Channel (a channel for country western/NASCAR-lovin' men) shows them, too.
Anyway, I do believe Spke TV and TNN are the only places you can see TNG at this point in time.
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I thought there was no more Trek reruns. Are there more?
When Spike TV premiered- one of their big selling ponts is that they were going to show TNG reruns. I think the TNN Channel (a channel for country western/NASCAR-lovin' men) shows them, too.
Anyway, I do believe Spke TV and TNN are the only places you can see TNG at this point in time.
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I thought there was no more Trek reruns. Are there more?
When Spike TV premiered- one of their big selling ponts is that they were going to show TNG reruns. I think the TNN Channel (a channel for country western/NASCAR-lovin' men) shows them, too.
Anyway, I do believe Spike TV and TNN are the only places you can see TNG at this point in time.
Spike and TNN are one and the same -- TNN became Spike TV last year. "TNN" stood for The Nashville Network; then they tried to shed their country image by calling themselves The National Network. Then (after settling Spike Lee's silly lawsuit against them) they officially became Spike TV, the manly channel.
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Spike and TNN are one and the same -- TNN became Spike TV last year.
Ah. Well, there ya go then. Thanks!
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http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=5145225&nav=4QcS
Where's Beej when you need him?
:lol: :twisted: :twisted:
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http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=5145225&nav=4QcS
Where's Beej when you need him?
:lol: :twisted: :twisted:
I've been wondering where he is, actually. BEEJ COME BACK ALL IS FORGIVEN
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http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=5145225&nav=4QcS
Where's Beej when you need him?
:lol: :twisted: :twisted:
I've been wondering where he is, actually. BEEJ COME BACK ALL IS FORGIVEN
I occasionally run into him on the N going home in the evenings. I'll keep an eye out and let him know he's missed.
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I don't know how I feel about re-imagining this whole frachise with sexy young actors, but I just saw my first (non-teaser) trailer tonight:
http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/startrek/
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I finally saw the movie last night, and really enjoyed it. Have we all seen it yet (those that care), so are able to discuss plot aspects?
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I finally saw the movie last night, and really enjoyed it. Have we all seen it yet (those that care), so are able to discuss plot aspects?
Sorry, haven't seen it yet. I've been saving it for Mem'l Day wknd, since none of the other "summer movies" so far this month appeal to me. So you'll have to wait another week ;)
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I finally saw the movie last night, and really enjoyed it. Have we all seen it yet (those that care), so are able to discuss plot aspects?
Sorry, haven't seen it yet. I've been saving it for Mem'l Day wknd, since none of the other "summer movies" so far this month appeal to me. So you'll have to wait another week ;)
no problemo; check back in when you've been able to scope it out.
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I finally saw the movie last night, and really enjoyed it. Have we all seen it yet (those that care), so are able to discuss plot aspects?
I saw it for the second time last night, this time with the whole fam-damily. My 9-yr-old loved it, the 7 yr-old-thought it was okay, but a little scary at times. My wife didn't get a lot of the standard sci-fi plot devices, and was non-plussed.
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I finally saw the movie last night, and really enjoyed it. Have we all seen it yet (those that care), so are able to discuss plot aspects?
Sorry, haven't seen it yet. I've been saving it for Mem'l Day wknd, since none of the other "summer movies" so far this month appeal to me. So you'll have to wait another week ;)
I haven't seen it yet either, but I expect to in the next few days.
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I finally saw the movie last night, and really enjoyed it. Have we all seen it yet (those that care), so are able to discuss plot aspects?
Sorry, haven't seen it yet. I've been saving it for Mem'l Day wknd, since none of the other "summer movies" so far this month appeal to me. So you'll have to wait another week ;)
I haven't seen it yet either, but I expect to in the next few days.
It's times like these I wish Beej were here!
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As we're all waiting for everyone to see the movie before discussing, I am watching my usual Monday night overload of TNG episodes on the SciFi channel. The episode is called "The Hunted (http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/TNG/episode/68424.html)." It is a typical socially conscious plot based on how soldiers become hard to reintegrate into society. While being typically preachy, it did seem particularly timely, using phrases about how what happened to the soldiers was 'the will of the people' and so on. It seemed as if it were some current plot, based on the current war. I mean, this wasn't all that subtle, but coming from 1990, I imagine it was based on Vietnam experiences?
(http://www.startrek.com/imageuploads/200303/tng-159-worf-and-riker-try-to/320x240.jpg)
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Sci-Fi Channel has been doing a Twilight Zone marathon since yesterday; it climaxes tonite. And at 10:00, 2 of the all-time classics back-to-back: "To Serve Man" followed by Shatner in the orig version of "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet".
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tonigh't WGN episode of Star Trek features this devil creature named Ardra. Is there a resemblance?
(http://www.startrek.com/imageuploads/200306/tng-187-the-not-so-powerful-ar/240x320.jpg)
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tonigh't WGN episode of Star Trek features this devil creature named Ardra. Is there a resemblance?
(http://www.startrek.com/imageuploads/200306/tng-187-the-not-so-powerful-ar/240x320.jpg)
You betcha! *wink*
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I've been hooked into watching an episode of TNG every night at 10 on WGN. They're in season 4, and last night they were riffing off of 2001, saying the line "I'm afraid I can't do that" (ala HAL) when Barkley is asked to disconnect himself from the main computer. Tonight's episode, "Qpid" finds the crew dressed up like Robin Hood and his merry men, and Geordi (Alan a Dale) is plucking away miserably on a lute, when Worf (Will Scarlett) walks up to Geordi and smashes the lute, straight out of Animal House!
"Sorry."
- Worf, after smashing La Forge's lute
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Perhaps I'm just writing for myself here, but I continue to watch TNG, and tonight's WGN episode was called The Drumhead, written somewhat about the Joe McCarthy era. I guess that was Edward R Murrow's thing, not sure what Cronkite was doing during the witch hunts. But history has a way of continually folding back on itself, and now these words, which didn't take a lot of thought to parse, sound current again:
Picard: "We think we've come so far. Torture of heretics, burning of witches, it's all ancient history. And then, before you can blink an eye, suddenly it threatens to start all over again."
Worf: "I believed her... I helped her... I did not see what she was."
Picard: "Mr. Worf, villains who twirl their mustaches are easy to spot. Those who clothe themselves in good deeds are well-camouflaged."
Worf: "I think, after yesterday, people will not be so ready to trust her."
Picard: "Maybe. But she or someone like her will always be with us, waiting for the right climate in which to flourish. Spreading fear in the name of righteousness. Vigilance, Mr. Worf. That is the price we have to continually pay."
- Picard and Worf, discussing both the investigations and the misguidedness of Admiral Satie
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Perhaps I'm just writing for myself here...
That's OK, Geoff -- I do that all the time! ;)
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The Prop 8 Thread?
At the end of tonight's episode of "The Host," the new Trill host, who Beverly Crusher had a love affair with, turns out to be female. Beverly can't deal with these changes, but says at the very end something like: "Maybe someday our ability to love won't be so limited"
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from the Merc:
"For one day this fall, HP Pavilion will resemble "a galaxy far, far away." That will be the day when the arena plays host to "Star Wars: In Concert," a multimedia extravaganza put together by "Star Wars" creator George Lucas' Lucasfilm and Bay Area concert promoter Another Planet Entertainment. The performance features a live orchestra performing John Williams' famed "Star Wars" scores rearranged by the composer for the spectacle. The music will be paired with film clips shown on a massive three-story, high-definition LED screen."
http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_12902566 (http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_12902566)
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from the Merc:
"For one day this fall, HP Pavilion will resemble "a galaxy far, far away." That will be the day when the arena plays host to "Star Wars: In Concert," a multimedia extravaganza put together by "Star Wars" creator George Lucas' Lucasfilm and Bay Area concert promoter Another Planet Entertainment. The performance features a live orchestra performing John Williams' famed "Star Wars" scores rearranged by the composer for the spectacle. The music will be paired with film clips shown on a massive three-story, high-definition LED screen."
http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_12902566 (http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_12902566)
Yesterday in Union Square there was a guy in a Boba Fett helmet playing the themes from Star Wars, Back to the Future, Close Encounters, Pink Panther and others on an accordion.
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for those unaware, AMC is doing a remake of The Prisoner -- it'll be on in Nov. It has Jim "Jesus" Caveizel in the McGoohan role, and Sir Ian McKellen as #2. (bet that made for interesting conversations on the set!)
AMC's website has made the entire original series avail for viewing.
http://www.amctv.com/originals/the-prisoner-1960s-series/
"I am not a number -- I am a free man!"
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for those unaware, AMC is doing a remake of The Prisoner -- it'll be on in Nov. It has Jim "Jesus" Caveizel in the McGoohan role, and Sir Ian McKellen as #2. (bet that made for interesting conversations on the set!)
If by "interesting" you mean Jesus Jim splashed holy water at him and said "don't touch me you homosexualist," sure. I'd never go out of my way to see him in anything.
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I know there's a jillion of these kind of things, but hoot-mon! this was kinda funny:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Khrpy4V0-U4&NR
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I know there's a jillion of these kind of things, but hoot-mon! this was kinda funny:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Khrpy4V0-U4&NR
That was hilarious, but I'm damned if I can tell you what they were talkin' about..
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FYI, KOFY-TV20 is in the midst of a marathon of original '60s Star Trek eps. Highlights this evening:
7pm: "City on the Edge of Forever", the award-winning (written by Harlan Ellison) time-travel adventure.
8pm: "Space Seed", Ricardo Montalban's first appearance as Khan.
10pm: "The Trouble With Tribbles".
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FYI, KOFY-TV20 is in the midst of a marathon of original '60s Star Trek eps. Highlights this evening:
7pm: "City on the Edge of Forever", the award-winning (written by Harlan Ellison) time-travel adventure.
8pm: "Space Seed", Ricardo Montalban's first appearance as Khan.
10pm: "The Trouble With Tribbles".
thanks for the tip. Actually I don't enjoy the originals as much as TNG, but it's still Star Trek!
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FYI, KOFY-TV20 is in the midst of a marathon of original '60s Star Trek eps. Highlights this evening:
7pm: "City on the Edge of Forever", the award-winning (written by Harlan Ellison) time-travel adventure.
8pm: "Space Seed", Ricardo Montalban's first appearance as Khan.
10pm: "The Trouble With Tribbles".
thanks for the tip. Actually I don't enjoy the originals as much as TNG, but it's still Star Trek!
Interesting...this episode ("City") seems to provide a lot of inspiration for the TNG episodes where they go back to early 1900's San Francisco. It's also a prequel for the whole Stargate riff.
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8pm: "Space Seed", Ricardo Montalban's first appearance as Khan.
This really is instructive! I'm not a scholar of the original series, and didn't know where Khan came from!
The upcoming Tribbles episode is a bit too cute for my taste.
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FYI, KOFY-TV20 is in the midst of a marathon of original '60s Star Trek eps. Highlights this evening:
7pm: "City on the Edge of Forever", the award-winning (written by Harlan Ellison) time-travel adventure.
TANC: Harlan Ellison finally settles his lawsuit with Paramount:
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118010298.html?categoryid=13&cs=1
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FYI, KOFY-TV20 is in the midst of a marathon of original '60s Star Trek eps. Highlights this evening:
7pm: "City on the Edge of Forever", the award-winning (written by Harlan Ellison) time-travel adventure.
TANC: Harlan Ellison finally settles his lawsuit with Paramount:
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118010298.html?categoryid=13&cs=1
TANC indeed!
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At URL below, photos of the Star Trek exhibit now to Jan at the Tech Museum in San Jose; includes sets, costumes, other memorabilia from the TV show and movies. Saw a feature about it on one of the local evening magazine TV shows, looks cool.
http://www.startrekexhibition.com/slideshow and www.theTech.org
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At URL below, photos of the Star Trek exhibit now to Jan at the Tech Museum in San Jose; includes sets, costumes, other memorabilia from the TV show and movies. Saw a feature about it on one of the local evening magazine TV shows, looks cool.
http://www.startrekexhibition.com/slideshow and www.theTech.org
I've heard about this for a while, but the slideshow looks great!
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At URL below, photos of the Star Trek exhibit now to Jan at the Tech Museum in San Jose; includes sets, costumes, other memorabilia from the TV show and movies. Saw a feature about it on one of the local evening magazine TV shows, looks cool.
http://www.startrekexhibition.com/slideshow and www.theTech.org
I've heard about this for a while, but the slideshow looks great!
My wife's uncle called right after leaving the show and left me this voicemail:
"Hi Darryl -- this is Ryan. I'm calling because I know you're on the Internet and stuff, and I wanted you to get this out there: We just got out of the Star Trek show at the San Jose Tech. It's not that great. Thanks."
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At URL below, photos of the Star Trek exhibit now to Jan at the Tech Museum in San Jose; includes sets, costumes, other memorabilia from the TV show and movies. Saw a feature about it on one of the local evening magazine TV shows, looks cool.
http://www.startrekexhibition.com/slideshow and www.theTech.org
I've heard about this for a while, but the slideshow looks great!
My wife's uncle called right after leaving the show and left me this voicemail:
"Hi Darryl -- this is Ryan. I'm calling because I know you're on the Internet and stuff, and I wanted you to get this out there: We just got out of the Star Trek show at the San Jose Tech. It's not that great. Thanks."
Does your uncle watch Star Trek every night?
;)
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At URL below, photos of the Star Trek exhibit now to Jan at the Tech Museum in San Jose; includes sets, costumes, other memorabilia from the TV show and movies. Saw a feature about it on one of the local evening magazine TV shows, looks cool.
http://www.startrekexhibition.com/slideshow and www.theTech.org
I've heard about this for a while, but the slideshow looks great!
Is this an open-ended run? I've looked through both the exhibition and the Tech Museum's sites and don't see a closing date. I may be down there the first week of January, and would love to take Sarah to this for her b-day. (Yes, I have a wife who's a sci-fi geek.)
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Wm Shatner reads beat-style from Sarah Palin's book, then Palin turns table on Shatner:
http://www.hulu.com/watch/114848/the-tonight-show-with-conan-obrien-shatner-gets-served-by-palin
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Wm Shatner reads beat-style from Sarah Palin's book, then Palin turns table on Shatner:
http://www.hulu.com/watch/114848/the-tonight-show-with-conan-obrien-shatner-gets-served-by-palin
the best part was trying to imagine the look on Carson's face that Shatner wrote about (and Palin read) in his autobiography, from when he performed his so-squirmingly-bad-it's-classic rendition of "Mr. Tambourine Man" on the Tonight Show.
ETA: tried unsuccessfully to find that on YouTube, but it wasn't a definitive search...there's a bunch of clips of Tambourine Man by Shatner on YouTube, but after 3 1/2 viewings that turned out not to be from Carson, I had to stop.
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saw this in a random FaceBook group:
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saw this in a random FaceBook group:
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LOL-Trek? I can haz tribblez?
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so I'm thinking of going to the Trek exhibit at the Tech Museum in SJ this weekend (it's been extended thru April 11th). Love this disclaimer on their website:
We encourage costumes but for the safety of you and our other guests and employees please abide by the following guidelines:
1. No masks.
2. Elaborate costuming may inhibit your ability to ride simulators.
3. No weapons. Phasers, shields or any other accessory that may be perceived as a safety concern in any galaxy by any species is prohibited and must be left in your space shuttles.
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so I'm thinking of going to the Trek exhibit at the Tech Museum in SJ this weekend (it's been extended thru April 11th). Love this disclaimer on their website:
We encourage costumes but for the safety of you and our other guests and employees please abide by the following guidelines:
1. No masks.
2. Elaborate costuming may inhibit your ability to ride simulators.
3. No weapons. Phasers, shields or any other accessory that may be perceived as a safety concern in any galaxy by any species is prohibited and must be left in your space shuttles.
wow, I am on stunned.
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so I'm thinking of going to the Trek exhibit at the Tech Museum in SJ this weekend (it's been extended thru April 11th). Love this disclaimer on their website:
We encourage costumes but for the safety of you and our other guests and employees please abide by the following guidelines:
1. No masks.
2. Elaborate costuming may inhibit your ability to ride simulators.
3. No weapons. Phasers, shields or any other accessory that may be perceived as a safety concern in any galaxy by any species is prohibited and must be left in your space shuttles.
wow, I am on stunned.
The Star Trek thing was really great; it's there for 2 more weeks and I *highly* recommend it if you are/were a fan. Lots of original costumes/props, including the bridge of the Enterprise (sit in Kirk's chair!) and the transporter room (see yourself beamed down and back up again!). All the different shows and movies represented. The Tech is a great museum all around -- it had been about 10 years since I was last there.
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Star Trek 'Captain's Log' app for iPad pulled:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/techchron/detail?entry_id=60618&tsp=1
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so I'm thinking of going to the Trek exhibit at the Tech Museum in SJ this weekend (it's been extended thru April 11th). Love this disclaimer on their website:
We encourage costumes but for the safety of you and our other guests and employees please abide by the following guidelines:
1. No masks.
2. Elaborate costuming may inhibit your ability to ride simulators.
3. No weapons. Phasers, shields or any other accessory that may be perceived as a safety concern in any galaxy by any species is prohibited and must be left in your space shuttles.
wow, I am on stunned.
The Star Trek thing was really great; it's there for 2 more weeks and I *highly* recommend it if you are/were a fan. Lots of original costumes/props, including the bridge of the Enterprise (sit in Kirk's chair!) and the transporter room (see yourself beamed down and back up again!). All the different shows and movies represented. The Tech is a great museum all around -- it had been about 10 years since I was last there.
Huh. Wife's uncle went with his family (wife and 8-year old son) and was wildly underwhelmed. I think it was a combination of the cost ($25 or something right?) and lack of anything to *DO*. He's more of a hands-on kind of guy, and of course it's not so much fun to look at phasers behind glass as it is to play with them or build them yourselves.
Also, don't they have a ridiculous "no photography" policy? That killed it for me. I mean, ok fine, we can't play with any of the props, but WTH, $25 and we can't take pictures of them?
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so I'm thinking of going to the Trek exhibit at the Tech Museum in SJ this weekend (it's been extended thru April 11th). Love this disclaimer on their website:
We encourage costumes but for the safety of you and our other guests and employees please abide by the following guidelines:
1. No masks.
2. Elaborate costuming may inhibit your ability to ride simulators.
3. No weapons. Phasers, shields or any other accessory that may be perceived as a safety concern in any galaxy by any species is prohibited and must be left in your space shuttles.
wow, I am on stunned.
The Star Trek thing was really great; it's there for 2 more weeks and I *highly* recommend it if you are/were a fan. Lots of original costumes/props, including the bridge of the Enterprise (sit in Kirk's chair!) and the transporter room (see yourself beamed down and back up again!). All the different shows and movies represented. The Tech is a great museum all around -- it had been about 10 years since I was last there.
Huh. Wife's uncle went with his family (wife and 8-year old son) and was wildly underwhelmed. I think it was a combination of the cost ($25 or something right?) and lack of anything to *DO*. He's more of a hands-on kind of guy, and of course it's not so much fun to look at phasers behind glass as it is to play with them or build them yourselves.
Also, don't they have a ridiculous "no photography" policy? That killed it for me. I mean, ok fine, we can't play with any of the props, but WTH, $25 and we can't take pictures of them?
They have staff photogs going around taking your picture -- which you can then buy at an outrageous fee at the end of your tour. Which, admittedly, sucks. OTOH, the $25 ticket allows you to spend the day at the Tech, where there *is* a lot of hands-on stuff to play with.
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A great sadness has come upon me. Just now, whilst watching TNG on WGN, an announcement scrolled across the bottom of the screen: Next week, the broadcast time will be 1AM PT! The horror, the horror!
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A great sadness has come upon me. Just now, whilst watching TNG on WGN, an announcement scrolled across the bottom of the screen: Next week, the broadcast time will be 1AM PT! The horror, the horror!
Then change channels, my friend, to BBC America, where at 8pm every weeknight, you can see an episode of TNG. They've been showing it for a month or so now. No, I'm not sure exactly how a Star Trek franchise landed on a channel that's purported to be wholly British (maybe Patrick Stewart had something to do with it?) but I'll take it.
(Aside: And just be glad you're not in Chicago. It'd be a 3am broadcast there. Who the hell can watch that but off-duty bartenders and cab drivers?)
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A great sadness has come upon me. Just now, whilst watching TNG on WGN, an announcement scrolled across the bottom of the screen: Next week, the broadcast time will be 1AM PT! The horror, the horror!
Then change channels, my friend, to BBC America, where at 8pm every weeknight, you can see an episode of TNG. They've been showing it for a month or so now. No, I'm not sure exactly how a Star Trek franchise landed on a channel that's purported to be wholly British (maybe Patrick Stewart had something to do with it?) but I'll take it.
(Aside: And just be glad you're not in Chicago. It'd be a 3am broadcast there. Who the hell can watch that but off-duty bartenders and cab drivers?)
Centric just did the same thing with Soul Train -- had been showing it at 9pm Pacific (as well as 3 other times during the day) and now it's been relegated to middle-of-the-nite.
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A great sadness has come upon me. Just now, whilst watching TNG on WGN, an announcement scrolled across the bottom of the screen: Next week, the broadcast time will be 1AM PT! The horror, the horror!
Then change channels, my friend, to BBC America, where at 8pm every weeknight, you can see an episode of TNG. They've been showing it for a month or so now. No, I'm not sure exactly how a Star Trek franchise landed on a channel that's purported to be wholly British (maybe Patrick Stewart had something to do with it?) but I'll take it.
(Aside: And just be glad you're not in Chicago. It'd be a 3am broadcast there. Who the hell can watch that but off-duty bartenders and cab drivers?)
thanks for the tip; when I go home, I'll find out if it's included in my basic cable package!
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A great sadness has come upon me. Just now, whilst watching TNG on WGN, an announcement scrolled across the bottom of the screen: Next week, the broadcast time will be 1AM PT! The horror, the horror!
Star Trek TNG has been on KOFY-TV20 (Cable-13) M-F at 11PM. They'd show the same episode that would run on WGN the prior hour.
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A great sadness has come upon me. Just now, whilst watching TNG on WGN, an announcement scrolled across the bottom of the screen: Next week, the broadcast time will be 1AM PT! The horror, the horror!
Star Trek TNG has been on KOFY-TV20 (Cable-13) M-F at 11PM. They'd show the same episode that would run on WGN the prior hour.
Thanks. It turns out my lame comcast service doesn't include BBC America. I don't know if I can stay up late enough for the KOFY broadcast, but at least it will work for Friday nights when I can stay up late.
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A great sadness has come upon me. Just now, whilst watching TNG on WGN, an announcement scrolled across the bottom of the screen: Next week, the broadcast time will be 1AM PT! The horror, the horror!
Star Trek TNG has been on KOFY-TV20 (Cable-13) M-F at 11PM. They'd show the same episode that would run on WGN the prior hour.
Thanks. It turns out my lame comcast service doesn't include BBC America. I don't know if I can stay up late enough for the KOFY broadcast, but at least it will work for Friday nights when I can stay up late.
sounds like somebody should ask Santa for the DVD box set. ;)
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Star Trek TV show debuted 44 years ago today:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/hottopics/detail?entry_id=71861
85 random Star Trek facts:
http://facts.randomhistory.com/2009/08/11_star-trek.html
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Today's "Foxtrot" comic in the Chron:
http://www.foxtrot.com/2010/12/12192010/
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Today's "Foxtrot" comic in the Chron:
http://www.foxtrot.com/2010/12/12192010/
I had to explain the red shirts part of the joke yesterday!
We had just finished re-watching the new Star Trek movie, and yesterday I watched the end of the first one. That one is special for me, since I helped build the Voyager antennae in my past life, and looking at V-GER at the end is a unique experience!
TANC
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Today's "Foxtrot" comic in the Chron:
http://www.foxtrot.com/2010/12/12192010/
I had to explain the red shirts part of the joke yesterday!
We had just finished re-watching the new Star Trek movie, and yesterday I watched the end of the first one. That one is special for me, since I helped build the Voyager antennae in my past life, and looking at V-GER at the end is a unique experience!
TANC
(http://ottawafoodies.com/static/img/forumpost/25264.jpg)
(http://ediblecrafts.craftgossip.com/files/2010/12/startrekcookies.jpg)
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Today's "Foxtrot" comic in the Chron:
http://www.foxtrot.com/2010/12/12192010/
I had to explain the red shirts part of the joke yesterday!
Um ... Could you explain it again? :-\
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Today's "Foxtrot" comic in the Chron:
http://www.foxtrot.com/2010/12/12192010/
I had to explain the red shirts part of the joke yesterday!
Um ... Could you explain it again? :-\
In TOS (The original Series) it seemed like whenever an away team went on a mission, the crew member in the red shirt would get killed!
wiki article:
http://tinyurl.com/2gfe5k
or: http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Redshirt
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Today's "Foxtrot" comic in the Chron:
http://www.foxtrot.com/2010/12/12192010/
I had to explain the red shirts part of the joke yesterday!
We had just finished re-watching the new Star Trek movie, and yesterday I watched the end of the first one. That one is special for me, since I helped build the Voyager antennae in my past life, and looking at V-GER at the end is a unique experience!
TANC
Channel 7 showed the first Star Trek movie yesterday afternoon. Guess I hadn't seen it since '79, enjoyed it. And remember, it's a solstice lunar eclipse tonight, peaking about 12:15AM our time. Hope the sky is clear enough:
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/12/17/lunar-eclipse-winter-solstice-coincide.html
http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/archives/232366.asp
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Today's "Foxtrot" comic in the Chron:
http://www.foxtrot.com/2010/12/12192010/
I had to explain the red shirts part of the joke yesterday!
We had just finished re-watching the new Star Trek movie, and yesterday I watched the end of the first one. That one is special for me, since I helped build the Voyager antennae in my past life, and looking at V-GER at the end is a unique experience!
TANC
Channel 7 showed the first Star Trek movie yesterday afternoon. Guess I hadn't seen it since '79, enjoyed it. And remember, it's a solstice lunar eclipse tonight, peaking about 12:15AM our time. Hope the sky is clear enough:
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/12/17/lunar-eclipse-winter-solstice-coincide.html
http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/archives/232366.asp
NASA Marshall will be streaming the lunar eclipse live tonight
http://www.nasa.gov/connect/chat/lunar_eclipse.html
and JPL has a Flickr page for nearly live still images
http://www.flickr.com/groups/imthere/pool/
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just for the record, it will probably expire after a while:
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Thanks for the info, Geoff.
And a gift for everyone:
http://www.allstepisodes.com/
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Check this out about the International Space Station. It looks like science fiction, but it isn't!
http://i.usatoday.net/tech/graphics/iss_timeline/flash.htm (http://i.usatoday.net/tech/graphics/iss_timeline/flash.htm)
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Saw this on fb:
7 Life Lessons You Can Learn From 'Star Trek'
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-borgenicht/star-trek_b_1116920.html
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For. Your. Information.
William Shatner to do solo show 1 night in S.F.
Fresh from opening on Broadway, William Shatner will sail his personal starship into the Orpheum Theatre for one night only, March 11 to present "Shatner's World: We Just Live In It," a solo voyage through his life...
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/01/24/DDEH1MSIAH.DTL
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in case you missed this in Sunday's Chron... a docu about starship captains directed by Shatner himself. Out on DVD -- I'm guessing it will show up on the Comcast On-Demand menu as well
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/02/12/PKTU1N11A6.DTL
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Watching an episode of "Prophets of Science Fiction" on the Science Channel (not to be confused with SyFy) -- an hourlong profile of Robert Heinlein. Fascinating stuff.
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I love this:
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Tonite's ep of Star Trek on Me-TV is the classic "Amok Time", where Spock gets the mating urge and battles Kirk. T'Pau!
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I always thought the actor that played Gul Dukat was the same guy that used to be on Where The Action Is. I was wrong:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Alaimo
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I always thought the actor that played Gul Dukat was the same guy that used to be on Where The Action Is. I was wrong:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Alaimo
Awesome.
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Me-TV (Comcast ch. 196) is showing the "Trouble With Tribbles" Star Trek episode @ 9 tonite.
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Me-TV (Comcast ch. 196) is showing the "Trouble With Tribbles" Star Trek episode @ 9 tonite.
Saw that -- HBO has the family film where they build a better dolphin ("Dolphin Tale", aka the six million dollar dolphin) starting at 8. If I'm not liking it, I will switch to ST. But I have the deluxe dvd set of TOS, so it's not important that I catch it on MeTV.
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Apparently the next Star Trek movie was in my area in May filming scenes at LLNL, the sequel to the 2009 film, Chris Pine as Kirk, Zachary Quinto as Spock, Scotty, etc, were spotted on Main St Pleasanton, at the local multiplex cinemas, and (ha) at the Dublin Hooters:
http://dublin.patch.com/articles/star-trek-cast-spotted-at-hooters-in-dublin
'Star Trek 2' (2013) teaser trailer:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJFc5CfrnL8
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Apparently the next Star Trek movie was in my area in May filming scenes at LLNL, the sequel to the 2009 film, Chris Pine as Kirk, Zachary Quinto as Spock, Scotty, etc, were spotted on Main St Pleasanton, at the local multiplex cinemas, and (ha) at the Dublin Hooters:
http://dublin.patch.com/articles/star-trek-cast-spotted-at-hooters-in-dublin
'Star Trek 2' (2013) teaser trailer:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJFc5CfrnL8
dude, can't you just admit you were there, too? You have to come up with his elaborate scheme via patch.com? :) :)
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Apparently the next Star Trek movie was in my area in May filming scenes at LLNL, the sequel to the 2009 film, Chris Pine as Kirk, Zachary Quinto as Spock, Scotty, etc, were spotted on Main St Pleasanton, at the local multiplex cinemas, and (ha) at the Dublin Hooters:
http://dublin.patch.com/articles/star-trek-cast-spotted-at-hooters-in-dublin
'Star Trek 2' (2013) teaser trailer:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJFc5CfrnL8
dude, can't you just admit you were there, too? You have to come up with his elaborate scheme via patch.com? :) :)
What's the deal with patch.com, BTW? does it make money? I noticed a while back that Brad Kava, the onetime radio and music critic for the SJ Merc, was reduced to being the SJ writer for southbay.patch (or whatever it's called). This was AFTER he'd been dumped as one of the Examiner "experts" on radio. Jeez.
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Check out Googles Doodle today, the 46th Anniversary of Star Trek. Very nice!
This also means that I broke my wrist 46 year ago today as well -- I actually missed the highly anticipated debut because I was at the hospital having my wrist reset.
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from today's SFGate... a cavalcade of Sci-Fi on TV:
http://blog.sfgate.com/dwiegand/2012/09/13/sci-fi-tv-through-the-years/
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I've not been to a Star Trek Convention, this year's in SF Nov 16-18 at the St Francis could be a weird wild experience. Many franchise stars will be there. Details at
www.creationent.com/cal/st_sanfrancisco.html
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I first read the caption as "red shit".
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Watching the Star Trek episode "The Way to Eden" -- they beam a bunch of space hippies onto the Enterprise. They look like Phish fans to me.
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Classic Trek alert: tonite at 9 Me-TV is showing the Star Trek episode "Turnabout Intruder", the last episode of the series and the one in which Shatner-as-Kirk gets in touch with his feminine side by switching bodies with a woman. A space oddity indeed.
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Classic Trek alert: tonite at 9 Me-TV is showing the Star Trek episode "Turnabout Intruder", the last episode of the series and the one in which Shatner-as-Kirk gets in touch with his feminine side by switching bodies with a woman. A space oddity indeed.
so, last week we got the very last Trek episode; tonite at 9 Me-TV cycles back and gives us the very first.
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It's a longish read, but this article is a cogent and well-executed deconstruction of all the
various Star Trek series:
I Boldly Went Where Every Star Trek Movie and TV Show Has Gone Before
http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/the_completist/2013/05/star_trek_movies_and_tv_series_which_are_the_best_why.single.html
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It's a longish read, but this article is a cogent and well-executed deconstruction of all the
various Star Trek series:
I Boldly Went Where Every Star Trek Movie and TV Show Has Gone Before
http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/the_completist/2013/05/star_trek_movies_and_tv_series_which_are_the_best_why.single.html
I liked this essay.
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Saw Star Trek/Darkness and thought it was very very entertaining. I understand the criticism that it's no longer Gene Roddenberry's vision, but I think the worst you can say in that regard is that it's trying to have it both ways. I can't get into the plot for fear of spoilers, but there's a nice speech at the end ol' Gene would've liked, I think. And the casting (as it was last time) is dead-on. There are moments when Chris Pine is so... Shatner that it's scary. And Zachary Quinto is really kind of amazing. And yes, Mr Cumberbatch is a great villain.
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Saw Star Trek/Darkness and thought it was very very entertaining. I understand the criticism that it's no longer Gene Roddenberry's vision, but I think the worst you can say in that regard is that it's trying to have it both ways. I can't get into the plot for fear of spoilers, but there's a nice speech at the end ol' Gene would've liked, I think. And the casting (as it was last time) is dead-on. There are moments when Chris Pine is so... Shatner that it's scary. And Zachary Quinto is really kind of amazing. And yes, Mr Cumberbatch is a great villain.
I haven't seen the movie yet. Here's a comment I saw in another forum. Perhaps you'd care to
comment on it (without spoiling anything, of course.)
I saw the 2009 movie on Netflix. It was better than this one. Its
being pretty good is why I was willing to go to a theater to see the
new one. (I saw Star Wars eps. 1 - 3 through a sense of generational
imperative. They pretty much worked that out of my system.) The
objection to the new one is that it is essentially a summer
blockbuster blow-em-up, with a bunch of winking at the Trekkies in the
audience. As I say, it isn't exactly bad. It is a more-than-
competent summer blockbuster blow-em-up. Star Trek has always been
happy to blow stuff up, but that isn't really the point of Star Trek.
The best observation I have read is that in a better world, Joss
Whedon would have been given the Star Trek franchise and J.J. Abrams
the Avengers.
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It's a longish read, but this article is a cogent and well-executed deconstruction of all the
various Star Trek series:
I Boldly Went Where Every Star Trek Movie and TV Show Has Gone Before
http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/the_completist/2013/05/star_trek_movies_and_tv_series_which_are_the_best_why.single.html
Just saw it tonight. I have to admit, this essay really changed my point of view. I'll wait a while to discuss the movie. What's the accepted time frame to avoid spoilers?
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semi-spoiler:
Movie time : "Star Trek Into Darkness." Bringing somebody back from the dead never works for me. And you can't have a Vulcan suddenly developing a conscience and even shedding a tear.
On the other hand, the audience seemed to like it.
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semi-spoiler:
Movie time : "Star Trek Into Darkness." Bringing somebody back from the dead never works for me. And you can't have a Vulcan suddenly developing a conscience and even shedding a tear.
On the other hand, the audience seemed to like it.
Clearly, Willie knows as much about film as he did about running a city ;)
(A) Spock is half-human.
(B) It's science fiction, bitch!
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I haven't seen the movie yet, but I started to read this anyway. I had to stop myself.
It appears to rip the entire movie, with spoilers from start to finish. I suspect that
for people who have seen the film, this is freakin' hilarious:
Star Trek Into Darkness: The Spoiler FAQ
http://io9.com/star-trek-into-darkness-the-spoiler-faq-508927844
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I haven't seen the movie yet, but I started to read this anyway. I had to stop myself.
It appears to rip the entire movie, with spoilers from start to finish. I suspect that
for people who have seen the film, this is freakin' hilarious:
Star Trek Into Darkness: The Spoiler FAQ
http://io9.com/star-trek-into-darkness-the-spoiler-faq-508927844
yes, this is great!
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It's a longish read, but this article is a cogent and well-executed deconstruction of all the
various Star Trek series:
I Boldly Went Where Every Star Trek Movie and TV Show Has Gone Before
http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/the_completist/2013/05/star_trek_movies_and_tv_series_which_are_the_best_why.single.html
Just saw it tonight. I have to admit, this essay really changed my point of view. I'll wait a while to discuss the movie. What's the accepted time frame to avoid spoilers?
I haven't seen the movie yet. Who knows, I may never see it. But I'll take a stab at it anyway.
Does it have anything to do with the possible fact that this is really a summer "blockbuster" action
movie that merely wears the trappings of Star Trek, as opposed to a movie that is Star Trek
through to its soul and happens to have good action and dazzling f/x as well?
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It's a longish read, but this article is a cogent and well-executed deconstruction of all the
various Star Trek series:
I Boldly Went Where Every Star Trek Movie and TV Show Has Gone Before
http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/the_completist/2013/05/star_trek_movies_and_tv_series_which_are_the_best_why.single.html
Just saw it tonight. I have to admit, this essay really changed my point of view. I'll wait a while to discuss the movie. What's the accepted time frame to avoid spoilers?
I haven't seen the movie yet. Who knows, I may never see it. But I'll take a stab at it anyway.
Does it have anything to do with the possible fact that this is really a summer "blockbuster" action
movie that merely wears the trappings of Star Trek, as opposed to a movie that is Star Trek
through to its soul and happens to have good action and dazzling f/x as well?
uh, yeah, I guess so!
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It's a longish read, but this article is a cogent and well-executed deconstruction of all the
various Star Trek series:
I Boldly Went Where Every Star Trek Movie and TV Show Has Gone Before
http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/the_completist/2013/05/star_trek_movies_and_tv_series_which_are_the_best_why.single.html
Just saw it tonight. I have to admit, this essay really changed my point of view. I'll wait a while to discuss the movie. What's the accepted time frame to avoid spoilers?
I haven't seen the movie yet. Who knows, I may never see it. But I'll take a stab at it anyway.
Does it have anything to do with the possible fact that this is really a summer "blockbuster" action
movie that merely wears the trappings of Star Trek, as opposed to a movie that is Star Trek
through to its soul and happens to have good action and dazzling f/x as well?
uh, yeah, I guess so!
I finally made it last night... it was, uh, okay. I got caught up in the action of the second half, and quite enjoyed Spock at the end (I have no problem with Spock shedding a tear or getting lost in a rage of vengeance -- he is half human and still learning to control his emotions at this stage of his life).
The problems are many. The opening sequence is idiotic, an unbelievable action set piece, the only purpose of which was to serve as an entry point into the plot. There was never a sense of danger there, because it's obvious that none of the characters in the scene are going to die in the first 5 minutes of the movie. There were a lot of things going on that just served the needs of the moment, the action or the plot.
BTW, Geoff -- I was fine with the Tribble. They referenced a couple of episodes, mentioning the "Mudd incident" at one point, so perhaps there was a Tribble incident along the way as well. It was, after all, a dead tribble.
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Just saw it tonight. I have to admit, this essay really changed my point of view. I'll wait a while to discuss the movie. What's the accepted time frame to avoid spoilers?
I haven't seen the movie yet. Who knows, I may never see it. But I'll take a stab at it anyway.
Does it have anything to do with the possible fact that this is really a summer "blockbuster" action
movie that merely wears the trappings of Star Trek, as opposed to a movie that is Star Trek
through to its soul and happens to have good action and dazzling f/x as well?
uh, yeah, I guess so!
He's no fun -- he fell right over!
I've been getting some amusement over reading the various reviews of ST:ID.
Here's the end of the usually entertaining and occasionally enigmatic Richard
Von Busack's review in the San Jose Metro:
The bigger emotional climax is, sadly, mush. To make it plain: I want to be
the weakling who snivels when Spock looks manfully at Kirk, barely concealing
his emotions. I don't want to watch them snivel at each other.
Quinto is an odd duck -- a pale Poindexter, an overexplainer so pedantic you
feel for him. I loved the way Spock dropped his jaw a little when Kirk declares
his friendship, as if what the captain had said was shockingly indecent. When
Quinto's Spock and Pine's Kirk look at each other, it's clear there could be no
other serious affection in each other's lives; the prophecies in the slash
fiction are fulfilled.
These reboots are a fight between market forces, between what a friend
dismissively calls "gamer crap" and the sturdy roots of the Trek mythos, whose
lifeblood (and sap) come from 20th-century moveimaking.
The tensions resemble the same quarrel between military ardor and technical
expertise played out in every giant-insect movie ever made; eventually, the
white coats and the top brass patch up the differences between them over the
bodies of the dead alien invaders. Maybe I'm being too hard on the Captain.
Kirk is still essentially out of control when the movies ends, but maybe, just
maybe, he's beginning to see the light of logic. No, probably just another lens
flare.
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Of the high-profile sci-fi movies this summer that I'm aware of, three down and
one to go. Oblivion, Star Trek Into Darkness, and After Earth all getting mixed
reviews, with ST:ID clearly the better of a sorry lot, and the other two fighting
a hard battle for last place. That leaves Elysium starring Jodie Foster and Matt
Damon. Any others to watch for?
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Of the high-profile sci-fi movies this summer that I'm aware of, three down and
one to go. Oblivion, Star Trek Into Darkness, and After Earth all getting mixed
reviews, with ST:ID clearly the better of a sorry lot, and the other two fighting
a hard battle for last place. That leaves Elysium starring Jodie Foster and Matt
Damon. Any others to watch for?
Personally I'm looking forward to Man of Steel; if nothing else Michael Shannon as General Zod is worth the price for me. I was interested in Pacific Rim until I saw the trailer; it's clearly a Transformers knock-off. Ditto R.I.P.D., a Men in Black clone. I'm with ya on Elysium because I loved District 9.
Oh and World War Z has gotten bad early buzz.
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Of the high-profile sci-fi movies this summer that I'm aware of, three down and
one to go. Oblivion, Star Trek Into Darkness, and After Earth all getting mixed
reviews, with ST:ID clearly the better of a sorry lot, and the other two fighting
a hard battle for last place. That leaves Elysium starring Jodie Foster and Matt
Damon. Any others to watch for?
Personally I'm looking forward to Man of Steel; if nothing else Michael Shannon as General Zod is worth the price for me. I was interested in Pacific Rim until I saw the trailer; it's clearly a Transformers knock-off. Ditto R.I.P.D., a Men in Black clone. I'm with ya on Elysium because I loved District 9.
Oh and World War Z has gotten bad early buzz.
The trailer for World War Z looked a mess. Elysium's trailer looked good.
Not all that interested in yet another Superman flick.
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Any others to watch for?
There was also a trailer for "Ender's Game", but I think it said it was coming out Nov. 1. The trailer looked fine, but I think they're going to ruin it anyway. And, since it's based on a game already (prophetically, by Orson Scott Card), the "gamer crap" will be off the charts.
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on MeTV at 9 tonite: "Space Seed", the Star Trek episode that introduced Ricardo Montalban as Khan.
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Goldstar is offering half-price tix for the Trek convo at the Hyatt Burlingame. Shatner will be in da house.
http://www.goldstar.com/events/burlingame-ca/the-official-star-trek-convention
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Early heads-up: Me-TV, which has been showing Trek in chron-order, will be showing the next-to-last ep of Season One, "The City on the Edge of Forever" next Sat nite (9/21). Always on everyone's short list of Best. Episodes. EVAH. Written by the great Harlan Ellison and winner of a Hugo award. Joan Collins when she was hawt. What more do you need? Be there. Aloha.
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Early heads-up: Me-TV, which has been showing Trek in chron-order, will be showing the next-to-last ep of Season One, "The City on the Edge of Forever" next Sat nite (9/21). Always on everyone's short list of Best. Episodes. EVAH. Written by the great Harlan Ellison and winner of a Hugo award. Joan Collins when she was hawt. What more do you need? Be there. Aloha.
Just a reminder. Tonite at 9.
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https://medium.com/the-nib/captain-kirk-vs-the-internet-ebdcbc9b7c40
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https://youtu.be/zI3UfxyIdgs
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http://dangerousminds.net/comments/bank_of_canada_urges_star_trek_fans_to_stop_spocking_their_fivers
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Seeing lots of cool thing on fb, I'll dump some of them in this thread.
http://www.undeniableruth.com/2016/09/08/star-trek-saved-my-life/
https://www.peacecorps.gov/stories/5-ways-peace-corps-service-is-like-star-trek/
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Seeing lots of cool thing on fb, I'll dump some of them in this thread.
http://www.undeniableruth.com/2016/09/08/star-trek-saved-my-life/
https://www.peacecorps.gov/stories/5-ways-peace-corps-service-is-like-star-trek/
and don't forget the Trek "like" buttons
http://www.ew.com/article/2016/09/08/star-trek-50th-anniversary-facebook
Apparently you only get then if you've liked the official Star Trek FB page...
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an article about my favorite TNG episode, which turns out to be a favorite of a lot of people
http://io9.gizmodo.com/the-making-of-star-trek-the-next-generations-greatest-1786330645
One thing I'd like to add that was not mentioned in the article, and seems somewhat obvious to me, is the comparison between this story and "The Last Temptation of Christ."