Captain Pike

     He was a good Captain, but only had standard acting chops.

     Just so you know, the bald-headed alien was a woman in make-up.  They strapped down the boobs so her chest would look flat.

     Also, the blonde chick also doubled as The Orion Slave Girl.

1978 Star Trek Pinball Machine

      A friend of mine has this in his apartment.  Pretty cool, eh?

     This was made when they were thinking of doing the next Star Trek series for T.V., but then they changed their minds after the success of Star Wars, and decided to make 'Star Trek: The Motion Picture' which was kind of a let down.  That movie tried to be 2001: A Space Odyssey, and Star Trek is not that.  It's about the character interaction, duh.

     Anyway, it is a beautiful pinball machine, and still works.

Spock Shock Video Clip

     Here is this short little Spock clip that I used in a lot of my videos.  I think it has run its' course, so I'm posting it here, and then deleting it from my computer.  I need to make more memory room.

     I can watch this clip over and over again.  I find it funny.

     I've watched it ten or twenty times in a row before.

Best of George Takei

      If you want to hear ten hours of joy, listen to 'Best of George Takei' on youtube.  Here is the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilBNCf0Euxk

Enjoy.

The video was uploaded by Todd Packer, who has lots of 'Best Of...' videos from The Howard Stern Show on his channel with great images to go along with the audio.

     Maybe the next Star Trek movie could take place in the 'Mirror Mirror' universe. 
     This is a way they could bring Shatner back.
     He would be the captain of the 'Mirror Mirror Enterprise'.
     He could have a goatee.

     Since they reversed Kirk with Spock yelling out "KHAAAAAAAN!",  they could certainly do some more role reversal.
     Shatner should probably lose some weight.  He would look more like himself.

     There is no reason why they shouldn't bring Shatner back.  Maybe he could give some tips to the actor playing the new Kirk, who more or less looks like a young Kirk, but doesn't have Shatner's acting chops.

    

     I just saw 'Star Trek Into Darkness' yesterday.  It was pretty good except when I almost fell asleep during the scenes where there were a lot of explosions.  One guy I know told me he did fall asleep during the movie, and then he woke up, and the movie was better by that time.
     There is so much going on in the film that one becomes over-stimulated, and then numb to what is going on.
     The movie opens with Kirk and Spock on a 'Class M' planet, with lots of aliens running around, all dressed in brand new yellow cloth.  Who knows how the aliens kept their yellow clothes so shiny and new especially when they hadn't invented the wheel yet, much less a washing machine.
     Spock ends up in a scene where he could have been on either Mustafar, or on Mordor.  I almost expected an eagle to swoop down and carry him away.  I almost expected Kirk to say, "Spock...you...are...breaking...my heart!"
     Then there is some stuff where Kirk is demoted, then reinstated as Captain.
     Scotty quits, goes to a bar, and comes back after a day.
     Uhura kisses Spock.
     There are Klingons wearing armor, but only one removes the helmet so that they didn't have to do make-up on too many people.  It was much easier to dress them up as medieval looking stormtroopers.
     There were a lot of explosions where it was amazing that anybody survived them.  Maybe Kirk had superskin.
     The guy who plays Spock is great, but I wanted at least one time in the movie where Kirk says something more 'Shatneresque'.
     It was hard to get into the movie when believability was so easily tossed out of the window.

     I have a brother who really didn't like this film.  He didn't like the story.  I understand that point of view after seeing this movie.

     Well, I did end up liking the movie, and I would be willing to see it again.  There was a lot of cool visual content to look at.  A lot of it was stunning, and well-done.

     How so many people survived during so much turmoil is beyond me, though.  Starfleet must require everyone to be a super athelete in addition to being super smart.  Historically with humans, that is almost impossible.

     The Alternate Universe timeline doesn't bother me in the least.  That is acceptable within the realms of science fiction.
     Ultimately, this film is a fantasy.  Things that happen in this movie defy the laws of physics.

     There was a blonde in bra and panties in one scene, so that was good.  As a viewer, I could have used more of that.

     The movie has things in it to satisfy all generations of Star Trek fans.  There is something for everybody, so be happy with that, and don't complain.
 
     This movie will be good for people's home theaters.

     I think with another viewing that the story will make more sense to people.

     No one can deny the amount of work that went into this film.

     I was just happy to see a half-way decent Star Trek film.

     I went in really skeptical, but I will give this movie a 'thumbs up' and worth seeing at least once.  It's Star Trek, c'mon.

     I think this movie will hold up over time.

     I enjoyed the ending credit sequence as a nice touch.

     'Star Trek Into Darkness' did combine features from other Star Trek films, Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica, and Babylon 5.  It could have used just more basic drama from the original series, though...maybe....with....some....incidental...music.

     Here's the video of this text:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8jSfZt2OpM

     Here is the first picture I've ever posted on this blog.  Maybe it will steer me logically in the correct direction...

     Here is 'The Enterprise'.

     Without it, you don't have much of a show.

     When 'Star Trek: The Motion Picture' came out in 1980, grown men were crying in the audience.  They hadn't seen new footage of their beloved ship in ten years, not counting the animated series.

     Fictional or not, it is one of the most beautiful vessels ever created.  It was designed by people who knew what they were doing.

     Never intended to land on a planet, that is one of its drawbacks, though.

     Anyway, 'The Enterprise' is one of the main characters of Star Trek.  She has a personality, and a constant presence.

     Most people don't know that the voice of the computer was voiced by Majel Barrett, who played Nurse Chapel in the original series. 
     Most people don't know that she was the original #1 in the pilot, even wearing pants.  People don't recognize her because she was a brunette as #1, then she dyed her hair so she could still be in the show. 
     It's a long story, and maybe I'll talk about it later.  Maybe not.

     I think someday that this ship will actually be built, if the human race does not destroy itself before then.  There are enough people in the hundreds of years to come who will want to make this ship a reality.
     A doable project would be to build it on the ground as a museum.  It could be done.