The Star Trek (and other Sci-Fi) thread

[ggould]

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!

[Wayback]

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

[ggould]

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!

[darryl]

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."

[ggould]

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?
 

[urth]

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.)

[Wayback]

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

[mshray]

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.

[ggould]

saw this in a random FaceBook group:

[urth]

saw this in a random FaceBook group:

LOL-Trek? I can haz tribblez?

[RGMike]

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.

[Tinka Cat]

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.

[RGMike]

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.

[Wayback]

Star Trek 'Captain's Log' app for iPad pulled:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/techchron/detail?entry_id=60618&tsp=1

[darryl]

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?