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Post by The Doctor on Apr 10, 2014 22:09:18 GMT
So courtesy of the library, I am currently reading copious amounts of Trek novels. There is a moment of sheer joy in 'No Time Like The Past' by Greg Cox which is one of the ones which is more in the pastiche style of the 60's episodes than anything more challenging but there's a place for that kind of thing. Anyway, eeeeeeeeeevil Orion pirates are storming the Enterprise bridge and one of them tosses a grenade at Uhura. She promptly tosses it back at the eeeeeevil pirate who has one of the most amusing 'I'm fooked' exclamations from a doomed evil minion I've seen in a while.
"HELL'S BALLS!" he cries before exploding.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 27, 2014 22:31:09 GMT
50 years ago today filming started on the Star Trek pilot The Cage
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 28, 2014 9:30:56 GMT
*salutes*
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Nov 28, 2014 12:51:53 GMT
Hon-our Guard! Hon-our Guard, Ten-SHUN!
*snaps sharply to full Parade Attention*
Karl
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Post by Bogatan on Dec 15, 2014 17:16:44 GMT
Via Amazon just received the complete TNG Bluray boxset. The entire 7 seasons come in the two biggest clamshell cases I've ever seen.
4 wholes seasons in one case.
To think 20 years ago I would have been able to fit two vhs tapes with four episodes on in the same shelf space as I can now fit 4 seasons.
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Post by Stomski on Dec 16, 2014 9:37:28 GMT
...and yet they *still* can't make Shockprowl's shoes smell fresh.
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Post by Shockprowl on Dec 17, 2014 1:05:31 GMT
'Far as I'm concerned technology peaked with frozen pizza.
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Post by KnightBeat on Dec 18, 2014 18:39:57 GMT
You'll be able to 3D print a pizza soon.
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Post by legios on Dec 18, 2014 19:48:24 GMT
But if all you want is a Pizza that tastes like plastic we already have Dominoes...
Karl
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Post by Bogatan on Dec 18, 2014 20:15:26 GMT
The Chicago Town stuffed crust Pizzas are a thing of joy. Unlike other frozen pizza they even taste good cold the next day.
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Post by Bogatan on Dec 18, 2014 20:16:47 GMT
Straying back on topic, even though I did catch most of the first two seasons on TV, I am again blown away by the remastering.
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Post by Shockprowl on Dec 19, 2014 18:17:51 GMT
But if all you want is a Pizza that tastes like plastic we already have Dominoes... Karl HA HAA! Oh you're The Man, Karlos! I hate Dominoes pizza! Yuk! |
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Post by Shockprowl on Dec 19, 2014 18:19:23 GMT
The Chicago Town stuffed crust Pizzas are a thing of joy. Unlike other frozen pizza they even taste good cold the next day. I LOVE next day cold pizza! Problem is I tend to eat it all the night before.... |
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Post by Bogatan on Jan 9, 2015 20:21:01 GMT
Watching the one with all the 1s and 0z in the title. Watching the Enterprise dock at the space station just looks phenomenal, every bit as good as equivalent TOS movie scenes from the same period which I have always considered the peak of pre CG spaceship shots.
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 9, 2015 23:20:02 GMT
Oz? Eh?
-Ralph
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jan 9, 2015 23:39:05 GMT
The Bynars episode, out-Trekked fool!
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Post by Bogatan on Jan 23, 2015 23:05:11 GMT
So the episodes are great, they look brand new, even if the remaster is a bit ropey in season 2. But the extras are more than worth the money on their own. At about 7-10 hours per season theres a lot to get through. Contemporary interviews and behind the scenes stuff. Extras from 2000-2002 for the DVD releases and then the new stuff for the Blurays.
Individually the different sets are entertaining and informative, but comparing the different periods is fascinating. Views from cast and crew at the start of the show when everyone is selling the show then towards the end of TNG lifespan around the last movie and then a decade on when memories may have faded, but everyone can be far more honest about what was happening.
Great stuff.
Oh and extended Measure of a Man. 20 years after All Good Things watching 13 minutes of brand new TNG is a joy.
Oh oh oh, Star Trek Phase 2 footage. Even just test footage is amazing to see. For the first time I can see what it would have looked like, a strange mix between TOS and The Motion Picture. Shame they couldnt have made a series or two before deciding the future was movies.
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 7, 2015 22:57:18 GMT
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Post by Shockprowl on Mar 7, 2015 23:24:43 GMT
Oh gosh that is sad.
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Post by legios on Mar 7, 2015 23:50:18 GMT
Harve Bennett was a good producer, the sort of person integral to getting things made but who people never really think about. His work on the Star Trek movies was a darn good job. He will be missed.
Karl
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Mar 8, 2015 19:39:31 GMT
Another sad loss.
He did indeed make sure that things got done, a talented line producer.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on May 4, 2015 16:29:05 GMT
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Post by legios on May 4, 2015 19:54:39 GMT
Indeed. Considering her personal history and how hard she had worked on turning her life around it is somehow that bit more of a shame.
: - (
Karl
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Post by Shockprowl on May 4, 2015 20:45:30 GMT
Oh no! I loved her cameo in Search for Spock.
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Post by The Doctor on May 17, 2015 9:18:05 GMT
So I read the third in the apparently never-ending RISE OF THE FEDERATION series before diving into the DEPARTMENT OF TEMPORAL INVESTIGATIONS series...all by the same author. One non-stop cavalcade of continuity porn and Deltans with super sex powers. I may have broke myself
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on May 17, 2015 9:26:44 GMT
It was a joy to receive a series of ever more unhappy whatsapp messages yesterday...
Andy
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Post by Fortmax2020 on May 17, 2015 9:45:53 GMT
He'll be eagerly watching Enterprise again by the end of the month at this rate!
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 17, 2015 11:10:50 GMT
It's been a long road....
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Post by The Doctor on May 17, 2015 12:21:05 GMT
Who knew the world needed a novel the premise of which was to explain what happened to the NCC 1701's original engines???!!!
*weeps*
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on May 21, 2015 22:40:11 GMT
Ralph, come and tell the nice people of your current Trek Novel pain.
Andy
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