The Star Trek (and other Sci-Fi) thread

[ggould]

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/

[ggould]

just for the record, it will probably expire after a while:

[Gazoo]

Thanks for the info, Geoff.

And a gift for everyone:

http://www.allstepisodes.com/

[mshray]

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

[ggould]

Saw this on fb:

7 Life Lessons You Can Learn From 'Star Trek'

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-borgenicht/star-trek_b_1116920.html

[Wayback]

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

[RGMike]

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

[RGMike]

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.

[ggould]

I love this:

[RGMike]

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!

[ggould]

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

[Lightnin' Rod]

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.

[ggould]

[RGMike]

Me-TV (Comcast ch. 196) is showing the "Trouble With Tribbles" Star Trek episode @ 9 tonite.

[Lightnin' Rod]

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.