tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052406779197845814.post3240749768458940675..comments2024-03-14T01:22:21.483-04:00Comments on Basil's Blog: Trek WithdrawalBasilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00304218067534993876noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052406779197845814.post-29041408002862150262007-01-07T20:38:11.000-05:002007-01-07T20:38:11.000-05:00In the late sixties, when I was in grammar school,...In the late sixties, when I was in grammar school, they wanted to give me a nickname. Mr. Spock. I discouraged it. Don't laugh at me. And I don't want your pity.<br><br>JJack Hhttp://forgottenprophets.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052406779197845814.post-26141289003278749392007-01-06T06:27:22.000-05:002007-01-06T06:27:22.000-05:00I was also weaned on the original Star Trek, and a...I was also weaned on the original Star Trek, and after it went off the air, I mourned. Then we got cable, and my brother and I found that we could get two re-runs a day from two different stations, and we were in heaven.<br>To say that we got familiar with every one of those original show episodes is putting it lightly ... it's a wonder our parents survived the immersion ;-)<br>To this day, I just have not gotten in to any of the variations. When they are on, and I happen to catch one, I enjoy the sci-fi goodness (or not), but I don't associate them with the 'real' Star Trek. I pretty much agree with you on the movie run-down as well.<br><br>Still - any sci-fi is better than none, except the hubby won't watch much with me. My sister gave me the complete Firefly series and the Serenity DVD for Christmas last year, and he still won't watch any of them. *sigh*Barbhttp://barbette.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052406779197845814.post-69300968165088604082007-01-06T02:04:20.000-05:002007-01-06T02:04:20.000-05:00I cannot begin to describe how intensely I despise...I cannot begin to describe how intensely I despise the Star Trek franchise -- especially TNG, which should have been called the bed-wetter generation, but Voyager almost as much.<br><br>Gene Roddenberry should have been strangled at birth.rightwingprofhttp://rightwingnation.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052406779197845814.post-48373786266993816512007-01-05T12:50:05.000-05:002007-01-05T12:50:05.000-05:00"Spike TV is carrying Voyager."Watched S..."Spike TV is carrying Voyager."<br><br>Watched Season 1 Episode 2 'Parallax' the other night.<br><br>I liked The Voyage Home and quote it often "well, double dumb a$$ on you!" ;)Lauriehttp://soldiersangelsny.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052406779197845814.post-70291290831825145462007-01-05T09:34:46.000-05:002007-01-05T09:34:46.000-05:00Friday Morning Roundup, Reading List and OTP...Her...<strong>Friday Morning Roundup, Reading List and OTP...</strong><br><br>Here’s your Friday Reading List from the Yak:<br>1. Wizbang has a Pelosi-palooza themed caption contest running. Take your best shot. (In a related - horror - story, Don Surber explains, in five words or less, what Nancy Pelosi has to do with....The Random Yakhttp://www.randomyak.com/?p=1748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052406779197845814.post-46168346956480075652007-01-04T23:45:59.000-05:002007-01-04T23:45:59.000-05:00DS9 was a lot grittier and darker, in many ways th...DS9 was a lot grittier and darker, in many ways the writers took the Federation out of its sickly sweet, cloying goodie two shoes state..and threw them to the wolves.<br><br>"The Siege of AR 558."<br><br>Soldier:(watching the new troops land, shaking his head) ".....children"<br><br>Sisko:(cradling his weapon) "Not for long"<br><br>Sacrifice of Angels<br><br>"Inter arma enim silent leges"<br><br>If Voyager was about exploration and "getting home"..DS9 was about the horrors of war..and about the day the Federation finally grew up.<br><br>In that regard, the story writers slammed the message home....and the idealistic world of the Federation was bathed in blood.<br><br>Brilliant. And a shattering change of direction.Sonnabendhttp://didgeman.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com