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Re: Trek Talk was Re: Whatever happened...
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Fri, 24 Dec 2004 05:13:42 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, David Koudys wrote:
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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) ;)
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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.
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Lovin’ the Trekkie talk :)
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I’m bummed I came in late :-)
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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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My favorite two times at a theatre were watching Raiders of the Lost Ark -
lord, everything on that flick was great and way different from what I was used
to seeing - and the Death Star Battle in Star Wars - when the Death Star blew,
the cheers overtook the soundtrack!
That said, the Enterprise-A scene is a pretty strong one, but Spock’s death
scene in ST II is a good one too...
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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....
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My favorite scene in the Trek flicks comes from ST III when Kirk and crew board
Enterprise, and Kirk tells his crew that he has to go on by himself...and they
all remain. That’s what made STIII the most special to me..if anyone has friends
that are willing to follow no matter what, they are truly lucky.
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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.
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I was in college (sophomore), got up late, and heard about it in passing as
something happened. Then I saw the footage, and was in shock.
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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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It’s the hope in the series. Star Trek (the series) was exploring - not fighting
a war or running away... Star Trek appealed to what we would like to
do...explore.
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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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What about Errand of Mercy, and Assignment: Earth :-)?
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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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Agreed.
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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.
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The first notes of the original series are very powerful to me...and the movie
theme is strong but in a different way.
Joe
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Anyway, time for home for me.
Dave K
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| (...) Yep, even the third season, in the grande scheme of the history of television, was still pretty good. It looked like the actors were having more fun with their roles anyway. (...) I would have to say that ranking up there for me was when (...) (20 years ago, 24-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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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?? (...) (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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