DuracellEnergizer

Out of concern for Frink's burgeoning ulcer, I'm going to abstain from mentioning parallel/alternate/divergent universes/timelines/realities/dimensions/realms/planes/multiverses/megaverses/the Omniverse in any of the threads or subforums for a while.

I'll be here until

A. Circumstances beyond my control force me to give up Internet access.

B. I suffer amnesia or some other devastating calamity that makes it impossible for me to post here.

C. The site goes offline.

D. I die.

TV's Frink said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

As far as I'm concerned, Nolan's fucked everything he's made up right from Day 1.

 Wait, you have an extreme distaste for someone's work?

If it's any consolation, I think The Prestige is decent (though overlong), and I really liked Memento until the underwhelming ending.

^Exactly.

I don't think he'd converted it into a double-bladed saber at that point, though. =P

^Only in this universe. In other universes --

*DuracellEnergizer hears an ominous noise, turns around in his chair, and sits there like a stuffed bird as big, burly thugs in black ski masks kick down his door*

*DuracellEnergizer finally breaks out of his stupor and tries to rise, but then one of the thugs clubs him over the head with a billy club*

*DuracellEnergizer collapses atop his laptop, crushing it in the process*

...

after Moe Szyslak beated him

I didn't finish reading this book, so perhaps I shouldn't review it. I guess I am anyway, though, seeing as I've gone this far what with the cover image and the introduction and the hey, hey, hey, this underwhelms me?

Yep, that's my opinion of this collection of short stories; there are a few gems in there, but they're few, far between, and sandwiched between a whole lot of meh.

Here's the list of the stories I felt were the best:

"A Time to Mourn, A Time to Dance: Oola's Tale" by Kathy Tyers

"And Then There Were Some: The Gamorrean Guard's Tale" by William F. Wu (My enjoyment from this story is primarily derived from the morbid absurdity of a retarded Gamorrean carrying a rotting corpse it doesn't realize is dead around with it as it tries to solve a murder mystery, though, so it's definitely not a story for everyone.)

"Old Friends: Ephant Mon's Tale" by Kenneth C. Flint

"A Barve Like That: The Tale of Boba Fett" by J. D. Montgomery 

This is my first Star Trek novel. Unfortunately, I didn't like it; to be brutally blunt, I thought it sucked. And that's sad, because it started off with a lot of promise

In the first chapter, Kirk, Scotty, and McCoy have a discussion on the nature of transportation and what happens to the soul when a person is dematerialized and reconstituted during beaming. This immediately caught my interest and drew me into the story; as far as I know, the moral and metaphysical quandaries behind the transporter technology have never been directly addressed in any of the films or series', so I was interested in seeing how the author would tackle those questions following Spock's accidental duplication following an experiment with faster-than-light, interstellar beaming. 

From there on out, though, the book just descends into a tedious quagmire involving some impending war with the Klingons, the disappearance of the Organians, Spock One and Spock Two hating one another, and the rest of the crew trying to find out which is the duplicate so that they can kill him (Wow, that really sounds in character for Kirk & co, doesn't it?)

In the end, it turns out the duplicate Spock is evil (because he's a reversed mirror image of Spock, physically as well as morally, ya know), some boring reality-warping bullshit happens on Organia, duplicate Spock dies (presumably), and then I quit reading the damn book because it was a complete waste of time and I wasn't going to waste the rest of it reading the rest of it.

I've begun reading My Enemy, My Ally by Diane Duane. I've heard a lot of good things about her Trek novels, so I'm hoping this'll be a whole lot better than the floundered disaster Spock Must Die! was.

It's funny; the more I like a thing (a book, movie, etc.), the less I have to say about it.

I guess I'll just say this: I'm definitely going to read the next book in the trilogy.

And it doesn't cover versions of me in other dimensions or realities.

Guy Incognito was coming in

I'm taking my case to a higher court, you charlatan.

riot broke out amongst rabid

Meanwhile, back on Thulcandra, B'harne

TV's Frink said:

OVERRULED

I object to your OVERRULED of my original objection to your original OVERRULED. 

Noted and rectified.

^^This is the Omniverse's way of getting back at you for rejecting cosmic plurality.

DrCrowTStarwars said:

One question are they all female uniforms or are they all just designed for Shatner on the days he forgets his girdle?

LOL. I ended up using a female template for them all because I couldn't find a decent male one. All uniforms (the ones without skirts, that is) are meant to be unisexual. 

NO

I debated with myself whether or not to post these following pictures in the all-purpose art thread, but seeing as no one other than myself ever seems to visit there anymore, I decided to display them here.

Basically, they're all Starfleet/Terran Empire uniforms I've designed for the Star Trek reboot I'm putting together. They range from the Pike years all the way through to the time of the Dominion War.

***

SD ?-18087 (PIKE ERA)

SD 18087-18149 (TOS ERA)

TERRAN EMPIRE (TOS ERA)

SD 18149-18218 (TOS MOVIE ERA)

SD 18218-18299

SD 18496-18538 (TNG ERA)

TERRAN EMPIRE (TNG ERA)

SD 18538-18540 (POST-TNG/PRE-DOMINION WAR ERA)

TERRAN EMPIRE (POST-TNG/PRE-DOMINION WAR ERA)

SD 18540-? (DOMINION WAR+ ERA)

TERRAN EMPIRE (DOMINION WAR ERA)

Don't know, probably don't care (or don't I?).

Philosophers throughout infinity and eternity have been asking that question since existence began.

This is the closest anyone's ever gotten to finding an answer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOavf3_e6Ac

ATMachine said:

The real truth is that I was trying to solve what I thought might be an Internet treasure hunt related to video games. An Alternate Reality Game of sorts.

I think I just heard Frink's brain explode. 

were left out. Seeking vengeance,

TV's Frink said:

I don't own many movie soundtracks.  This is one of the few I do own.  Even though it has that awful Bryan Adams song on it, the rest makes up for it.

Bryan gets no respect anymore*.

*Not that he deserves any anymore, of course. 

Fire, air, and water, feeling