Random Star Trek discussion

A painful discovery early in my education was when I learned that energy is not a substance. It isn't some glowy cloud thing you can shape into a ball.

To say "it's made of energy" is like saying it's made of movement or made of height.

A Brief History of Fictional ‘Star Trek’ Sports

Either that, or the breaking of the stick/suction clicks the comm button.

So I’m rewatching TOS Remastered, I’ve noticed a couple of missed opportunities- though they have have annoyed the purists if they did what I suggest, what do you guys think? Any more to add?

1. Every ship is still Constitution class even though “there are only 12 like it in the fleet”, why not throw in some other classes?? Biggest offender it’s the M5 episode.

2. Insert the DS9 edits into trouble with tribbles, mostly characters in the background and O’Briens “I don’t know sir”

3. Show the ship firing aft phasers at some point.

The Technical Manual for TOS stated something about magnatomic adhesion for the tech that they used to attach phasers and communicators to their uniforms.

I think videos of this guy have been posted before. Here's his largest update. If you don't know, he's building a 1/100 and a 1/25 scale model of the Enterprise. Most of the construction is cardboard, paper, with some 3D printed parts, plastic and small metal parts.

A question someone posted on FB

This guy is doing some good work here.

Ironicaly, Stuart "not now, Madeline!" Pankin was Earl.

And he had to die.

TOS carried on what The Twilight Zone started, morality plays wrapped in sci-fi, as back then you couldn't always get said plays commissioned as kitchen sink dramas.

It was only with sci-fi becoming popular in the 70's it had to start tackling canon.

That said, I still want to see a Terratin radiation beam be used on a Borg, for a bit of Cronenberg-esque body horror.

I mean, it does include Peter Gabriel, so I can't understand why Khan's upset.

the kiddie pR0n?

So I was doing my wife. When I was about to finish I shouted "it's time for the white!" She stopped me and asked "Can you vouch for the loyalty of your men?".

Hang on, I think this analogy got turned around.

You're giving her the white, so you need her to vouch for the loyalty of her men.

I'm such a Trek nerd that. even if I didn't already know Stuart Pankin, I would instantly recognize that line.

In my imagination, the "Madeline" actress is someone who won a "get a cameo in a Star Trek film" contest.

That’s a good point, I should’ve said that!

Meh, he's no John Farnham.

IYKYK. Probably only @Bailey.

I looked into it. "Madeline" is played by the film's hair stylist Monique DeSart (uncredited) and there's no significance to the scene other than injecting a bit of humor.

How many slices of bread does Silaran Prin have with his Soup??

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'It's insightful, it's informative.' Neil deGrasse Tyson on his 5-hour backyard audio chat with William Shatner (interview)

Although I wouldn't mind Archer in there too

And if that cartoon were made in '87 by a boomer, it would just be Picard in the airlock, and Kirk pushing the button.
Same shit, different decade.