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Just thinking, what Star Trek merchandise did anyone here have as a kid? I had a couple of the British annuals which I got second hand, full of artwork better suited to 70s prog rock album covers (and probably plots, too), but the library had a two or three of the fotonovels, City on the Edge of Forever (the one with Joan Collins), Devil in the Dark (the rampaging pizza one) and most oddly, All Our Yesterdays, the one I most remember because bizarrely they had chosen an episode where Kirk, Spock and McCoy were trapped in a freezing cave with a lady, so not the most visually arresting they could have chosen.
Fotonovels were comic books, only they used still frames from the series with speech bubbles for the dialogue. Anyone remember those?
Fotonovels were comic books, only they used still frames from the series with speech bubbles for the dialogue. Anyone remember those?
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The bank of Canada is urging Star Trek fans to stop 'spocking' fivers ..
https://dangerousminds.net/comments...M0U8OOqykQz-I8q-3zj8aViwQduQALDEPa5Uf1XNvBc9o
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Noah Hawley (Fargo, Legion) is in charge of the next ST film, and may do a complete reboot:
Noah Hawley interview
He says it's early stages, but it does sound like he wants to move away from the past, including the Chris Pine series. We'll see, I suppose. Oh, and don't hold your breath for that Quentin Tarantino R-rated one.
Noah Hawley interview
He says it's early stages, but it does sound like he wants to move away from the past, including the Chris Pine series. We'll see, I suppose. Oh, and don't hold your breath for that Quentin Tarantino R-rated one.
Noah seems like a clever chap. The Fargo television series have been quite respectful of the original film without endlessly rehashing its story. If he can bring that kind of storytelling, focused on tone and respectful nods to the original television series, to a reboot Star Trek then it might be quite successful.
My personal favourite series was DS9, but TNG was great, though the quality of the scripts was very uneven at times. Which series do you mean when you say the last few as there have been 4 since TNG: DS9 (Deep Space Nine), Voyager, Enterprise, Discovery. In hindsight each were products of their time, but I am not sure they have or will hold up equally well.
I feel slightly apprehensive about this one.
I know that Star Trek has always explored social issues (notably race and war in the original series and there was plenty about mental health and reconciliation in TNG and DS-9), but with the ever fiercer culture wars in the States (and the UK), I simply don't trust the scriptwriters to handle the contemporary debates intelligently or tastefully.
To be clear, I'm all on-board for decent politically themed plots and character arcs, but given some of the cringe-worthy attempts we've seen lately, I don't have that much faith that we'll get them. Frankly, I'm braced for the worst allegories that can be thrown at us and 'He-Man endings'.
DS-9 was sometimes rather good at paddling in the waters of moral ambiguity, state-power and extremism in a 'noir-ish' fashion, but that was all produced some time ago and society has gone bonkers since.
I know that Star Trek has always explored social issues (notably race and war in the original series and there was plenty about mental health and reconciliation in TNG and DS-9), but with the ever fiercer culture wars in the States (and the UK), I simply don't trust the scriptwriters to handle the contemporary debates intelligently or tastefully.
To be clear, I'm all on-board for decent politically themed plots and character arcs, but given some of the cringe-worthy attempts we've seen lately, I don't have that much faith that we'll get them. Frankly, I'm braced for the worst allegories that can be thrown at us and 'He-Man endings'.
DS-9 was sometimes rather good at paddling in the waters of moral ambiguity, state-power and extremism in a 'noir-ish' fashion, but that was all produced some time ago and society has gone bonkers since.
As well as weaker scripts, I found some of the main characters downright irritating in those later series. I never really took to Janeway in Voyager and the comedy character Neelix just made me cringe.
In Enterprise, the good ol' boy Trip and T'Pol just got right up my nose and Michael's aloofness in Discovery irritated me, as did the cumbersome shoehorned gay lovers plot.
Hope Picard will focus on great stories and not descend into political preachiness.
In Enterprise, the good ol' boy Trip and T'Pol just got right up my nose and Michael's aloofness in Discovery irritated me, as did the cumbersome shoehorned gay lovers plot.
Hope Picard will focus on great stories and not descend into political preachiness.
And also hope that they spent enough on competent actors around Sir Pat. I can grade the series by the proportion of professional actors on the screen. DS9 is right up there. Enterprise was consistently cringeworthy, so help me the beagles were a saving grace. And Mulgrew is a decent stage actress but putting your hands on your hips is not characterization.
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Watched Nemesis again last night in preparation for Picard.
I was 100% convinced that right at the end, there was a shot of Data's head floating through space. It wasn't there! I even watched the entire credits in case it was in there somewhere. But no.
So did I completely make it up, or was it edited out of some versions? I guess it could be upsetting for some viewers. The version I watched was on Sky Cinema.
I was 100% convinced that right at the end, there was a shot of Data's head floating through space. It wasn't there! I even watched the entire credits in case it was in there somewhere. But no.
So did I completely make it up, or was it edited out of some versions? I guess it could be upsetting for some viewers. The version I watched was on Sky Cinema.
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