RE: [Utah-astronomy] Science film screening
Actually my favorite of all the space TV shows was "Babylon 5". It started out with a plan for a 5 year story arc. It went five years, told its story and then ended. People (or aliens) died, things changed, there were consequences. People still were jealous, venal, deceitful. On Star Trek, humanity somehow had gotten over all that. Yeah, right. Star Trek in all versions reminds me of one of those Oliver Sacks stories about people with no memory. I know if one of my friends was taken over by an alien life form and tried to kill me, I'd probably still be pissed off about it for a week or two. In Star Trek, you never even heard "Hey, remember when Chekov thought he was a Bluxtar". Of course I'm just angry they didn't make the Star Trek episodes I wanted them to make. The one about transporter hackers who'd beam a pint of water into Kirk's bladder during a key love scene. Or the one about the night crew on the bridge. Cigarette burns on the Captain's chair. Half a donut at the science station. I'm just bitter.
"Pardon me, but would you happen to have any Grey Poupon?"
Excellent.
At least Capt. Kirk HAD love scenes. I've always admired him for his eclectic taste -- didn't matter if the object of his affection was green, black or white. (Although a woman colleague calls him "that slut.") -- Joe
Actually my favorite of all the space TV shows was "Babylon 5". It started out with a plan for a 5 year story arc. It went five years, told its story and then ended. People (or aliens) died, things changed, there were consequences. People still were jealous, venal, deceitful. On Star Trek, humanity somehow had gotten over all that. Yeah, right.
Star Trek in all versions reminds me of one of those Oliver Sacks stories about people with no memory. I know if one of my friends was taken over by an alien life form and tried to kill me, I'd probably still be pissed off about it for a week or two. In Star Trek, you never even heard "Hey, remember when Chekov thought he was a Bluxtar".
Of course I'm just angry they didn't make the Star Trek episodes I wanted them to make. The one about transporter hackers who'd beam a pint of water into Kirk's bladder during a key love scene. Or the one about the night crew on the bridge. Cigarette burns on the Captain's chair. Half a donut at the science station. I'm just bitter.
"Pardon me, but would you happen to have any Grey Poupon?"
Excellent.
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OK Joe, you got it out of me. Here it is, my first public confession. Decades ago, inspired by a story from fandom at a ST convention called "Spock Enslaved" , in our college days, one of my best friends in the world (who is now a PhD researcher & NASA consultant with an honest-to-ghod reputation, and must remain nameless) and I would, on weekends, for the amusement of ourselves and our immediate circle of friends, write Star Trek pornography. We stayed true to the characters- as much as possible considering the genre, anyway. And it just about wrote itself. There were frequent pizza deliveries to the Enterprise. I think our best, most critically-acclaimed work was titled "Where No Man Has Gone Down Before". We had to stop when we eventually grew up and started down real career paths. But it all still exists. At least one other list member was there and has read some of it. But due to our very real fear of the legal department at Paramount, it all must forever remain locked away in the annals (no pun intended) of time! Now if anyone ever brings this up again, of course I'll have to deny it. Good thing it's in a digital email so privacy is guaranteed... --- Joe Bauman <bau@desnews.com> wrote:
At least Capt. Kirk HAD love scenes. Of course I'm just angry they didn't make the Star Trek episodes I wanted them to make.
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Chuck Hards -
Joe Bauman -
Michael Carnes