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Trek Talk was Re: Whatever happened...
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Wed, 22 Dec 2004 22:18:49 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Ted Michon wrote:
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Like in Star Trek (the original series) the Spock’s Brain episode.
-Ted
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Many people forget, however, that the ‘Gamesters of Triskelion” was after
‘Spocks Brain’
K, it’s not on ‘City on the edge of Forever” or “Tomorrow is Yesterday” or
“Doomsday Machine”, but “Gamesters” is ranking up there in my books ;)
Though, stated right now I’m nut sure that Gamesters was after Spocks
Brain--both ere season 3 eps (iirc) ;)
Lovin’ the Trekkie talk :)
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Dave-
Without question, my two most favorite times in a movie theatre were
watching, for the first time, the space opening through the moon landing in
2001: A Space Odyssey and every second of Star Wars (we saw the 16:00
showing on opening day at the Chinese Theatre in a crowd of mostly special
effects workers), but that said one of my most favorite of all movie moments
is in Star Trek IV when the crew goes up in a shuttle to see their new ship
and it is revealed to be ... another Enterprise. That scene works for me
every time (sort of like the reverse of watching the last launch of
Challenger).
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I loved the end of ST4--we had Sarek and Spock do the father/son “I never used
to appreciate the decision you made but now I do” (and for any Trekkie worth
their salt, that’s a very big thing...) and then the banter on the shuttle
“Excelsior?? why in gods name would you want that bucket o’ bolts??” :), and
then cue the music....
Oh My Goodness--I was very misty eyed in the theatre that day--almost as much as
when “My God Bones, what have I done?”
Wow.
See, funny you should mention the Challenger--I still remember exacly where I
was when I found out, just like the Columbia, and I still relelber the feeling I
had when I first saw the Enterprise float off the 747... and I get that “je ne
sais quoi” feeling there as well--it’s like one is the ‘birth of the next step
of humanity’ and one is ‘the death of dreams’, but more than that.
I have a poster at home that I stumbled acrosss years ago, with a set up of the
moon landing astronaut suit and, reflected in the visor is the Enterprise from
the original series--“Face of the future” or something like that--can’t remember
‘casue the poster is stored somewhere and I haven’t seen it in years, but it’s
just that really undefinable feeling that Star Trek brought out in me, that Star
Wars, B5, et al, didn’t. The problem is, I do really like B5 and Firefly lots
more ‘cause of the consistency, and the better stories, and such, but Star Trek,
and the Great Bird of the Galaxy--that’s the birth of the genre for me.
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City on the Edge of Forever, A Piece of the Action, The Doomsday
Machine, The Trouble with Tribbles... it’s a wonderful list. I liked
Gamesters too, but overall it still felt terribly “third season”.
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It was, as were most others in the third season. But it was a fun one.
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The soul of the series, to me, was the interplay between Spock, Bones, and
Kirk. DeForest Kelly was born to his role in any context (same guy in a chuck
wagon), Leonard Nimoy played Spock seriously, and William Shatner was just
wonderfully over the top.
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Love those Canadians. ANd I completely agree with your assessments.
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Much as I love Star Wars and John Williams incredible music (and I do love
it, my wife and I walked down the aisle to it at our wedding), the emotional
tug of the first few notes of the Star Trek theme are more powerful to me.
-Ted
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Completely agreed, which is why it bothered me that, in the last movie with the
original crew, the music wasn’t there!!! Grr!! Seems they played more of
Alesander Courage’s theme more in TNG movies than they did in ST 6!!
The good bit I liked is that when Roddenberry used the same theme music from TMP
in TNG--that’s a pretty spectacular theme.
Anyway, time for home for me.
Dave K
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| (...) David- The funny thing is that I was thinking about that scene just yesterday (during my 3 hour traffic delayed drive home from our current SCLTC show in San Diego). The actual lines are closer to "As I recall I opposed your enlistment to (...) (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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| (...) Egad, the third season was, well...not quite as good as the previous 2... but I have a fondness for the original series. (...) I'm bummed I came in late :-) (...) My favorite two times at a theatre were watching Raiders of the Lost Ark - lord, (...) (20 years ago, 24-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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| (...) Dave- Without question, my two most favorite times in a movie theatre were watching, for the first time, the space opening through the moon landing in 2001: A Space Odyssey and every second of Star Wars (we saw the 16:00 showing on opening day (...) (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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