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STAR TREK DAY | September 8
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| SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
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Posted on 09/08/2023 7:46:53 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: JimRed
**Seven of Nine’s**
Had to look that up. My wife and I dumped the tv (literally) Dec, 82. Even quit going to movies. Our kids turned pretty creative during the 80s, able to find endless ways to have fun. In the winter, basketball in the barnyard would become nerf basketball in the house, with ridiculous intensity, lol.
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posted on
09/08/2023 10:04:23 AM PDT
by
Zuriel
(Acts 2:38,39....Do you believe it?)
To: algore
Zathras has never watched Blake 7.
He will resolve this paradox.
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posted on
09/08/2023 11:00:42 AM PDT
by
Zathras
To: Red Badger
The original pilot with Jeffrey Hunter was used in the 2 part episode “The Menagerie”.
“Man Trap” was actually the third episode filmed. The first was “Where No Man Has Gone Before” with Gary Lockwood and Sally Kellerman.
The second was “Charlie X”.
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posted on
09/08/2023 11:18:00 AM PDT
by
Fledermaus
(It's time to get rid of the Three McStooges; Mitch, Kevin and Ronna!)
To: wally_bert
Denise Crosby goes full frontal nudity in the movie “10”
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posted on
09/08/2023 11:21:40 AM PDT
by
Fledermaus
(It's time to get rid of the Three McStooges; Mitch, Kevin and Ronna!)
To: Political Junkie Too
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posted on
09/08/2023 11:26:47 AM PDT
by
Fledermaus
(It's time to get rid of the Three McStooges; Mitch, Kevin and Ronna!)
To: Zathras
skip the first episode of b7, you can watch it after you watch the rest of the episodes if you want, but it is super slow and not really relevant to the rest of the series.
I can summarize it in a few words
Blake was the leader of the resistance against federation, he was a threat so he was framed for child diddling, and sentenced to a penal colony. I think the only point was to show the federation was evil, and corrupt while Blake was good.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3754207/posts
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posted on
09/08/2023 11:32:40 AM PDT
by
algore
To: Tell It Right
To me it was more than just a space western. I like Star Trek's futuristic takes on real navy historical events.
Like dealing with an enemy who can cloak and the Enterprise crew saying it's unfair...always made me think about the Allies fighting the German U-boats in WW1. Or when some of them are captured and send a message encoded in some way that only the Starfleet folks can know it's there -- reminds me of the real life Captain Bainbridge of the USS Philadelphia in the early 19th century. The times they have to chose to destroy a federation ship to keep it from being used by the enemy reminds me of Stephen Decatur's crew from a real ship named Enterprise having to burn the Philadelphia. And in one of the Next Generation episodes (I think the one where Picard becomes a Borg) the Enterprise shows up for a battle too late and the crew spends a minute staring in awe of the death and destruction. That scene always makes me wonder what it was like for the real crew on the WW2 Enterprise to arrive at Pearl Harbor too late. (A scene I'm glad they put in the new Midway movie.)
Star Trek had that military aspect to it, but they tried to play it down. The episode, The Balance of Terror was adapted from 1957 film The Enemy Below. Star Trek tried to avoid military force unless required as a last resort. Star Trek was largely adapted from the Western. Think of Kirk as Marshall Dillon, Spock as Chester his loyal deputy, and Doctor McCoy as Doc. It's about the interplay between the main characters. In that context, its the Miss Kitty character that is missing, which was to be Grace Lee Whitney's character before Roddenberry changed things.
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posted on
09/08/2023 11:47:45 AM PDT
by
Dr. Franklin
("A republic, if you can keep it." )
To: Political Junkie Too
Never saw that before!.....................LOL!............
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posted on
09/08/2023 11:48:14 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Dr. Franklin
Star Trek tried to avoid military force unless required as a last resort. I liked that aspect of it. Peace through strength, but no unnecessary wars.
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posted on
09/08/2023 12:12:05 PM PDT
by
Tell It Right
(1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
To: Zathras
Have you seen the animated B5 movie?
I loved it although the animation style took a little getting used to.
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posted on
09/08/2023 12:17:18 PM PDT
by
wally_bert
(I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure..)
To: Fledermaus
I vaguely remember that movie.
Saw some of it on TV as a kid.
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posted on
09/08/2023 12:24:10 PM PDT
by
wally_bert
(I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure..)
To: Fledermaus
And 48 Hours with Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte.
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posted on
09/08/2023 12:34:28 PM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
("Okay. As long as the paperwork is clean, you boys can do what you like out there." -Fifi)
To: wally_bert
Half of it would be cut out for TV.
Lots of nudity.
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posted on
09/08/2023 12:40:15 PM PDT
by
Fledermaus
(It's time to get rid of the Three McStooges; Mitch, Kevin and Ronna!)
To: Fledermaus
I ran it through IMDB, a lot of actual names in that movie.
See about tracking down a copy.
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posted on
09/08/2023 12:50:33 PM PDT
by
wally_bert
(I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure..)
To: wally_bert
Almost every female listed as Party Guest were naked.
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posted on
09/08/2023 1:03:43 PM PDT
by
Fledermaus
(It's time to get rid of the Three McStooges; Mitch, Kevin and Ronna!)
To: Leaning Right
Neither her or Troi can compete with Claudia Christian of B5.
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posted on
09/08/2023 1:09:23 PM PDT
by
wally_bert
(I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure..)
To: algore
I remember watching B7 late Saturday nights on the local PBS station when I was a kid. I remeber it being really cool to my nerdy pre-teen self. Never been able to find it on DVD in the US to rewatch it.
To: wally_bert
She got a bum deal.
Yes, but IMHO, demoting, and then removing Grace Lee Whitney's character as Kirk's love interest shortened the show's prime time run. Roddenberry never wanted Kirk permanently domesticated, just to have a series of flings. In The Wrath of Khan we learned that Kirk had a son, but then he was killed off just as quickly. Kirk as a family man, or even a father, was never really permitted by "the creator". It was perfectly OK for Kirk's family to be dying in the story line though. Sam Kirk was found dead in the final episode of Season 1, Operation -- Annihilate!
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posted on
09/08/2023 7:20:23 PM PDT
by
Dr. Franklin
("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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