88Comrade2000 Posted September 8, 2016 Author Share Posted September 8, 2016 Happy 50th Birthday to Star Trek. I was still 2 years, 25 days away from being born; when the show originally aired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sisko Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 I first started watching TOS in reruns in the mid to late 70s when I was maybe 10 years old. In my area it aired in the afternoons after school. We only had one TV back then and my grandmother immediately started complaining about the "crazy foolishness'" I was watching on TV. After about 3 or 4 days of watching it after school, I decided to go outside and play (a foreign concept to today's rugrats?) one day since I knew I'd be seeing these episodes over and over again after a while. On my way out my grandmother says "Please turn on my show on your way out." I died laughing. What an incredible show that the themes were universal enough that an elderly black lady with a limited Jim Crow education and life experiences could enjoy it as much as anyone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88Comrade2000 Posted September 9, 2016 Author Share Posted September 9, 2016 (edited) More details on STD http://www.treknews.net/2016/09/08/bryan-fuller-balance-of-terror-is-a-touchstone-for-the-star-trek-discovery-story-arc/ Edited September 14, 2016 by Rdskns2000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88Comrade2000 Posted September 14, 2016 Author Share Posted September 14, 2016 http://www.ew.com/article/2016/09/14/star-trek-discover-may-date So, STD is now delayed until May 2017. Is that a good or bad thing? Hmmm. Something tells me this show might flop by not having the focus on the Captain?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nonniey Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 On 9/8/2016 at 10:14 PM, The Sisko said: I first started watching TOS in reruns in the mid to late 70s when I was maybe 10 years old. In my area it aired in the afternoons after school. We only had one TV back then and my grandmother immediately started complaining about the "crazy foolishness'" I was watching on TV. After about 3 or 4 days of watching it after school, I decided to go outside and play (a foreign concept to today's rugrats?) one day since I knew I'd be seeing these episodes over and over again after a while. On my way out my grandmother says "Please turn on my show on your way out." I died laughing. What an incredible show that the themes were universal enough that an elderly black lady with a limited Jim Crow education and life experiences could enjoy it as much as anyone else. May Scottish grandparents introduced this show to me that was in 1969. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 Just recently came across this, and it's a real hoot. Note: In case you can't tell from the * in the title, there's a word (I think it's bleeped out) in the video. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xameil Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 A hoot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcsluggo Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 i just saw the star trek movie (with my kids at the discount, 2nd run, theater in Fairfax city). it was so ****ing stoopid. and fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 2 hours ago, mcsluggo said: i just saw the star trek movie (with my kids at the discount, 2nd run, theater in Fairfax city). it was so ****ing stoopid. and fun the latest one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcsluggo Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 yes.... the one from this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88Comrade2000 Posted October 28, 2016 Author Share Posted October 28, 2016 Well, they lost the showrunner Bryan Fuller. A little news on some of the characters to be cast. http://screencrush.com/star-trek-discovery-cast-klingon-gay-actor/?trackback=fbshare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88Comrade2000 Posted November 24, 2016 Author Share Posted November 24, 2016 Your new Trek Captain cast? http://www.ew.com/article/2016/11/23/star-trek-discovery-michelle-yeoh?1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nonniey Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 (edited) On 10/27/2016 at 9:38 PM, Rdskns2000 said: Well, they lost the showrunner Bryan Fuller. A little news on some of the characters to be cast. http://screencrush.com/star-trek-discovery-cast-klingon-gay-actor/?trackback=fbshare Confused - a Klingon Captain? (of the Federation Star Ship??) And this is set 10 years prior to Kirk becoming a captain??? They need to fire the writers if that is the plot. It would be the equivalent of having a Soviet Captain of an American Nuclear Submarine in the late 1950s. Damn Just watched one of the previews. That ship looks more like a Klingon Battle Cruiser than a Federation Starship. What the hell this looks like it is turning into a complete abortion. Edited November 24, 2016 by nonniey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 (edited) Finally saw Star Trek: Beyond (it was in-flight entertainment, so I didn't spend any money on it). Terrible movie. I'll use the spoiler tag just because I don't want to make choices for others, but if you haven't seen the movie already and you're on the fence about it, I really don't think you'll care about the spoilers because you probably won't care for the movie. anyways... Seriously, what a vapid excuse for a plot. A swarm of ships controlled by radio (why do they bother with pilots if they're a radio-controlled swarm, and why are they using regular ****ing radio signals if they're technologically advanced) can apparently just smash through the enterprise or a space station and come out none the worse for the wear and easily destroy the ship (has the destruction of the Enterprise happened enough times in the movies?). And these same swarm ships are entirely capable of tearing through the space station. Yet for some reason, they need to steal an ancient artifact in order to release it into the space station to kill people when they could just swarm it to death without alerting and invoking the ire of the super-hero Enterprise crew? And of course with the Enterprise so easily put out of commission, the crew just happens to stumble on a ship that crashed 150 years ago and get it in perfect working order in a matter of, what, hours? Scotty may be talented, but even with a full engineering crew working on the ship they're intimately familiar with, repairs can take quite some time. And speaking of radio controlled ships, are you ****ing kidding me with using the ****ing Beastie Boys as Deus Ex Machina to destroy the entire enemy fleet? Seriously, that was an actual thing that happened in something titled 'Star Trek'? And of course we had, yet again, just another villain bent on vengeance. You know, like Kahn in Into Darkness. And tattooed bald Romulan guy from 2009. And Kahn in Wrath of Kahn. Now that I think about it, was Wrath Of Kahn the only one of the not-reboot movies starring a villain bent on revenge? First Contact had a protagonist that let revenge get the best of him. You know, I give the first two movies of the reboot a lot of crap for not being very Star Trek, but at least they could be enjoyable as summer action flicks if you ignore the fact that they're supposed to be Star Trek. But this one just fell so flat even as that, in my opinion. I didn't find myself at all engaged in the action sequences, the plot was nonsensical, and the dialogue really brought nothing to the table. Edited July 24, 2017 by PokerPacker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xameil Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 I bet you won't be happy until Q comes back or Wesley Crusher... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88Comrade2000 Posted December 15, 2016 Author Share Posted December 15, 2016 http://www.denofgeek.com/us/tv/star-trek/250209/star-trek-discovery-cast-trailer-and-release-date Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 2 hours ago, Rdskns2000 said: http://www.denofgeek.com/us/tv/star-trek/250209/star-trek-discovery-cast-trailer-and-release-date Ugh, reading that reminded me that Alex Kurtzman is producing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xameil Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Well....that has Suck written all over it.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88Comrade2000 Posted December 15, 2016 Author Share Posted December 15, 2016 I'll wait and see before I write off the new show but I'll admit that premise and cast doesn't feel like it will be good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dont Taze Me Bro Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 (edited) Not a Trekie by any means. I remember watching the original series re-broadcasts on Saturdays as a kid along with just about all the movies over the years (probably missed a couple in the Next Generation). And watched some Deep Space Nine (is that the one with the borg?) in college here and there as my roommate was a trekie. Anyhow, I've decided to watch all of them (movies included) in chronological order (show timeline - not actual release dates). Been watching Enterprise the past few days. So could someone with more knowledge than myself list out all the shows/movies in order to watch them? I know Enterprise takes place long before the original series, so I started there. I'm assuming that the movies (with exception to the reboots) tie into the order as well. Edited January 1, 2017 by Dont Taze Me Bro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88Comrade2000 Posted January 19, 2017 Author Share Posted January 19, 2017 http://ew.com/tv/2017/01/18/star-trek-discovery-spock-premiere-date/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 On 1/1/2017 at 2:14 PM, Dont Taze Me Bro said: Not a Trekie by any means. I remember watching the original series re-broadcasts on Saturdays as a kid along with just about all the movies over the years (probably missed a couple in the Next Generation). And watched some Deep Space Nine (is that the one with the borg?) in college here and there as my roommate was a trekie. Anyhow, I've decided to watch all of them (movies included) in chronological order (show timeline - not actual release dates). Been watching Enterprise the past few days. So could someone with more knowledge than myself list out all the shows/movies in order to watch them? I know Enterprise takes place long before the original series, so I started there. I'm assuming that the movies (with exception to the reboots) tie into the order as well. Voyager is the one with the borg. As for chronological order, I believe it should go: Enterprise The Original Series The Animated Series Star Trek 1-6 Next Generation Deep Space 9 Voyager (Next Gen, DS9, and Voyager all took place in the same era; not 100% sure of full chronological order, but Next Gen should be before DS9) Generations First Contact Insurrection Nemesis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88Comrade2000 Posted May 18, 2017 Author Share Posted May 18, 2017 (edited) The first trailer for Star Trek: Discovery was released. https://youtu.be/4dxe_ugmIVM Also, looks like they are aiming for this fall to air it and extended the order to 15 episodes. http://ew.com/tv/2017/05/17/star-trek-discovery-trailer/ Edited May 18, 2017 by Rdskns2000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Looks like J.J. Trek: The TV Show. Complete with those awful Klingon designs. Guess I should have expected that, but I keep forgetting that Alex Kurtzman is producing it. Seen nothing in that trailer to give me any reason to believe it'll be anything other than his usual tripe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mournblade Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Yeah the trailer for Discovery didn't fill me with a lot of confidence. The key for a Star Trek TV series is that the leads need to be compelling. Shatner, DeKelly and Nimoy had such awesome chemistry together and that chemistry is largely what made the Original Series successful. So its going to be interesting to see how the leads fare in the Discovery series. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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