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Does Star Trek Even Make Sense?
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| May 1, 2003
| J. Neil Schulman
Posted on 05/01/2003 10:58:43 PM PDT by J. Neil Schulman
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To: x
I agree. Except for the womanizing, Kirk was a lot like Bush.
To: patriciaruth
Dr. Janice Lester ... and what was with that horrible pink-and-black outfit she was wearing? ... it's AWFUL!!! (to semi-quote the guy from "Airplane!") ...
and they let her go at the end? ... with her current boyfriend? ... after they wiped out the staff on the planet they were working on? ... aye carumba ...
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posted on
05/02/2003 1:24:03 AM PDT
by
Bobby777
To: Green Knight
I found the molasses evolution of Daniel Jackson sort of interesting.
At the beginning of the series, he was all PC and science; and then he learned how to use a gun.
To: Bobby777
They had lots of fun designing female costumes for the original series. Kind of like a "more light" "less filling" water fight in a Budweiser male dream ad.
To: patriciaruth
yeah, with the blonde girl in the tin-foil and then the blonde with the water that speeds you up and a few others ... but that last outfit, in "Turnabout Inruder" ... it was just a bad-looking one-piece ... horrible ...
maybe that's what she was mad about ... LOL ... 8)
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posted on
05/02/2003 1:35:08 AM PDT
by
Bobby777
To: Bobby777
maybe that's what she was mad about I can't be Captain AND I have to wear this ghastly outfit??? I agree.
What was the blonde Ensign's name in year one?
To: patriciaruth
are you speaking of Yeoman Janice Rand? ... she was at the transporter controls in "Star Trek: The Movie" when the Vulcan and another gal were turned into a couple of blobs ...
of course it was what happens when you transport during a power test ... ouch ...
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posted on
05/02/2003 1:53:08 AM PDT
by
Bobby777
To: patriciaruth
gotta hit the sack ... I'll check back tomorrow and try to answer any more questions ... g'night ...
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posted on
05/02/2003 1:55:21 AM PDT
by
Bobby777
To: Bobby777
Yeoman Janice. Yes, that sounds like the Pavlovian sound the guys would sigh when we met for Trek on Thursday nights.
To: patriciaruth
True on all points. I think the least sexist episode of the original series is the orginal Star Trek pilot, the one with Captain Pike in charge.
To: patriciaruth
At the beginning of the series, he was all PC and science; and then he learned how to use a gun.
Well first in the movie, he learned how to use a nuke.
To: Paul C. Jesup
LOL!
To: Paul C. Jesup
True. In the pilot episode, Jeffrey Hunter's Number One was a female, who later came back to play Nurse. But America wasn't ready for female liberation, so they went overboard in the opposite direction.
To: patriciaruth
Forgetting the Prime Directive, I always wondered what would have happened if Kirk was suck on Voyager for a week, the political correctness and having to obey a female captain might drive him complete insane. But then when he got back to his own time, who would notice the difference.
A couple of interesting Star Trek links.
http://www.stardestroyer.net/Empire/Essays/Trek-Marxism.html
http://www.stardestroyer.net/Empire/Essays/Philosophy.html
http://my.voyager.net/~jayjo/sfview.htm
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posted on
05/02/2003 2:58:37 AM PDT
by
Green Knight
(Looking forward to seeing Jeb stepping over Hillary's rotting political corpse in '08.)
To: patriciaruth
Forgetting the Prime Directive, I always wondered what would have happened if Kirk was stuck on Voyager for a week, the political correctness and having to obey a female captain might drive him completely insane. But then when he got back to his own time, who would notice the difference
To: Paul C. Jesup
I always wondered what would have happened if Kirk was suck on Voyager for a week, Oh, he'd have Kate in bed in the first fifteen minutes and then the Ga'ould would attack and kidnap her to be Queen of Anubis in the second fifteen minutes and Kirk would have the crew solving all the damage problems that had thrown them out of their chairs in the third fifteen minutes and then Kirk would go mano a mano with Anubis for the climax in the last part.
And for the tag Spock and McCoy would rescue him and make jokes.
To: patriciaruth
Considering, Q, with his God-like powers, could not get Kate in bed, I doubt Kirk would have much luck.
Kate always struck me as somewhat of a cold fish.
To: J. Neil Schulman
Does it even make sense to ask stupid questions?
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posted on
05/02/2003 3:04:15 AM PDT
by
RWG
To: RWG
Does it even make sense to ask stupid questions? You have a terrific point. But you have missed the trenchant discussion on this question by Jesup: I always wondered what would have happened if Kirk was stuck on Voyager for a week
One never knows when brainstorming a mediocre question if it will lead to the sparkle of a true gem.
Go with the flow.
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