timdiggerm

Gaffer Tape said:

seamlessly

For some values of seamlessly

Clearly I just prefer world-shrinkage or whatever.

Gaffer Tape said:

timdiggerm said:

There are certainly parts of TOS that should not be held as canon by anyone. "United Earth Space Probe Agency", anyone?

I don't know about that.  Like the individual assignment patches, they still reference it in Enterprise, so apparently they were trying to make that fit in to everything else.

Yeah, you can retcon all you want, but the universe makes a little more sense if you recognize that they were still figuring stuff out and it doesn't count.

There are certainly parts of TOS that should not be held as canon by anyone. "United Earth Space Probe Agency", anyone?

I have, for some time, been bad at reading. After devouring literature throughout my childhood, college and/or the internet ruined me, and I've been an inconsistent reader, at best, ever since (although I had no trouble zipping through Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy). I'm currently working on Undaunted Courage, and finding myself surprised at how good it is, but I'm also considering the next book. I'm actually hoping that having something next on the readlist (I just made that up. Like a playlist?) will encourage me to finish the current tome.

So, here's the thing: Thanks to all the Star Trek threads, I've been thinking about re-reading Dune. I read it ages and ages ago, but don't remember it terribly well. Thanks to getting lost in fan-wikis multiple times and all the hype, I've been thinking about trying out A Song of Ice and Fire. I've never read that.

Opinions?

http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Cloaking_device#Improvements_in_cloaking_technology

Deep Space Nine. Once you get to the Dominion War stuff, it gets really good (the amputation episode, the recovery from the amputation episode), but without skimping on silly fun stuff (Nog's trading games). Basic premise includes some well-done real-world parallels (Bajorans ~ various oppressed peoples who turn to terrorism), including a look at the good and bad of religion. The good guys aren't always good, the bad guys aren't always bad, but it's not like everyone's in the grey or something. The characters are wonderfully acted and all around enjoyable, and Miles O'Brien is one of main characters. Not every episode is amazing and the early seasons are not as good at the later ones, but overall it's a great show.

Welllll

Actually, wait, in a case where there's only one pad, maybe not?

Yeah, it's a problem of the arms bending inward in one shot, and outward in another.

:(

Ryan McAvoy said:

timdiggerm said:

Ryan McAvoy said:

Obi-Wan ("No blasters! No blasters")

Obi-wan:

Sigh... yes I know who said that line. And it certainly wasn't that actor ^

Touche

Ryan McAvoy said:

Obi-Wan ("No blasters! No blasters")

Obi-wan:

doubleofive said:

 

Hey, it's me. said:

I don't think you can really describe robots as slaves. They were built for their specific duty. They weren't kidnapped from a planet where robots of all kinds roam free and do as they wish and forced into a life of servitude. :-D

As far as you know.

 

Good point, 005. A natural origin for most droids would help explain 3P0's line in AOTC:

"Droids making droids?! How perverse!"

doubleofive said:

So it came from Zahn, I believe.

Crap now we all have to like it. Even Anchorhead.

TV's Frink said:

Did anyone notice the transgender (?) officer (?) on the bridge?

You're either thinking that cyborgs are transgender, only transgender people look like women but shave their heads, or are talking about someone I missed.

Hey, it's me. said:

Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:

Ronster said:

I love the originals with Christopher reeves but ...

Reeves' version the "original"??  Man that makes me feel old.  I still consider it the recent remake.

For the life of me I can not remember any Superman films before the Reeves versions Puggo?? And I ain't no spring chicken! :-D

I just knew Wikipedia would have an article titled Superman in film

I guess Puggo is thinking of "Superman and the Mole-men", or the serials?

Ah model making. The #1 hobby I don't have that I sometimes think "maybe...."

greenpenguino said:

TREKBBS

Oh gosh how long has that been around?

Yeah why haven't they known them yet?

TV's Frink said:

And, I should point out, gay people were around in those simpler times as well.

Technically debatable, as what you and I call "gay" as an identity is a very modern, western concept,

but the point stands that people's sexualities have been all over the place forever.

But seriously, hi!

Bingowings said:

Hi.

Oh god I couldn't dare to read it. How was it?

Weeelll tablets are pretty hi-res these days. You might actually be looking at 720?

If anyone wants good music for that elevator scene in AOTC...

Oh. Well in that case, it's great.

bkev said:

 

My friends and I know of Vic Mignogna through his other work as a voice actor.  While he's talented, he's known to be a tad bit arrogant.  So, with that in mind, we watched it together and critiqued his. EVERY. move. It's pretty clearly a vanity project; look at how Kirk always gets the last word.

 

Very good point, and sad to hear.

I gotta say, I really enjoyed Star Trek Continues E01. The acting and lighting were decent, unlike New Voyages/Phase Two. The story was actually pretty great and engaging, which surprised me (another common fan production problem). They did some of the same stupid stuff that fan productions always do (using TOS actors, using Uhura's first name), but despite that it turned out okay.

And I rather liked Bones.