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By Dr. Steven Taylor
In case you don’t like any of the current candidates: Click. By Dr. Steven Taylor
Via TrekToday: Finnish Politician Campaigns In Klingon A Finnish Green Party candidate has made his web site available for readers of Klingon, despite translation difficulties because he was unable to find a Klingon word for “green.” What more could you ask for? For those dying to practice their Klingon, the site is here. [Cross-posted at PoliSciFi] Sphere: Related ContentBy Dr. Steven Taylor
Classic: I suppose that this belongs on PoliSciFi or Deportes, but it just seemed to deserve being on the main page (plus the whole Hardaway thing made the political Blogosphere because of a Michael Medved column and various responses). h/t: Chris Lawrence. Sphere: Related ContentBy Dr. Steven Taylor
When geeky analogies go awry courtesy of David Wu (D-OR): By Dr. Steven Taylor
By Dr. Steven Taylor
(Context: last night we watched Star Trek III and the kids have also been watching some of TOS) My two youngest playing: Youngest son: Let’s play Star Trek! Middle Son: Ok! I’m Captain Kirk. But not the old one, the young one! Indeed, my Oldest expressed confusion the other day over the fact that the Kirk in the movies was the same one as the one on TV Sphere: Related ContentBy Dr. Steven Taylor
Via the NYT: Jane Wyatt, Mother on ‘Father Knows Best,’ Dies at 95. While I wholly remember Ms. Wyatt as the Mom on Father Knows Best, the first thing I thought of was “Spock’s Mother” when I saw the headline. And, that does get a mention: One of her more offbeat television parts was that of Amanda, the human mother of Mr. Spock, the pointy-eared Vulcan member of the “Star Trek” crew of space voyagers in the late 1960’s. She reprised the role in the 1986 film, “Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.” It may be offbeat, but odds are that she will be remembered longer over time for those brief minutes on the small and large screens than for everything else–geeks have long memories after all. Sphere: Related ContentBy Dr. Steven Taylor
Via E! Online: Extreme Makeover: “Star Trek” Edition
Intriguing. I had read some stuff in the last week or so about a CGI upgrade for the series for HD, but had gotten the impression that this was for an HD-DVD release, not for broadcast, and certainly not starting this month. It is encouraging that the Okudas are involved, as they should know what they are doing. Of course, spiffy new exteriors and fx may cause a sort of mental whiplash when some of the old sets come on screen. Sphere: Related ContentBy Dr. Steven Taylor
And no, this is not an autobiographical post… Via the The Age: Star Trek’s a thesis
–and I had to move to another continent to do my dissertation research. Clearly, I picked the wrong field… h/t: Reader Ratoe via e-mail Sphere: Related ContentBy Dr. Steven Taylor
The Trek Movie Report asks of the fellow heading up the next Trek project: JJ Abrams: The New Roddenberry or The New Meyer? Let’s just say that I hope, as the piece speculates, that Abrams is more the new Meyer and not the new Roddenberry. While Roddenberry deserves many accolades for creating Trek and especially for the work he did in the first two seasons of the show, the bottom line is that he never seemed capable of fully understanding his own creation–or, at least, significant elements of its magic. For example (and as the post at the Trek Movie Report rightly notes) ST:TMP was wholly almost devoid of the Trek magic–yet, after Paramount gave the reigns to Harve Bennett and Meyer with Treks II, III, IV, the magic was clearly back. After the hiccup that was V, Meyer was back for Trek VI. I would also note that ST:TNG was better starting in season two, after Gene was no longer able to be hands-on with the show. Certainly his desire to portray humanity as having evolved beyond petty conflicts has a serious problem with it: no conflict=no drama. As such, the characters on TNG were pretty boring at first. |
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I may well write in these guys if the outcome of the presidential primaries is less than satisfactory. Of course that’s pretty much the way it will turn out.
Who among us would not want to live long and prosper. We all want the best rates for airline travel and hotels. We all want a job surrounded by lovely beach ladies or eat, shirtless, off the floor.
Shatner and Hasselhoff…better today! Warp Speed mister!
Comment by Ken Mabry — Monday, August 20, 2007 @ 8:30 pm