The Star Trek Thread, 3.0

Heard of the Archer Future Guy thing a while back, think I first saw rumours/theories of it on Memory Alpha's Enterprise Fifth Season section. Makes sense to a point but the whole Temporal Cold War thing was pointless.

I'd heard about that a while back.  Not a big fan of the "Archer is Future Guy" idea.

I have a copy of INTO DRECKNESS obtained the Somali way.  I can't watch more than .5 seconds of it.

Been going through the TOS soundtracks.  Still.  Got a hold of them in July.  Now I'm really going through them.

48 years ago today, STAR TREK premiered with "The Man Trap".





I'll probably watch it tonight for kicks.

Posting this news, even though Hilly may be the only other member in the forum interested: http://www.startrek.com/article/new-star-trek-series-premieres-january-2017

I'm cautiously optimistic. I think Trek works better on the television medium, so with the right team behind it could be properly rejuvenated. I don't even care what universe it takes place, Prime or Abramsverse, as long as it tries to stand as its own thing while staying true to the premise.

Makeshift Python wrote:

Posting this news, even though Hilly may be the only other member in the forum interested: http://www.startrek.com/article/new-star-trek-series-premieres-january-2017

I'm cautiously optimistic. I think Trek works better on the television medium, so with the right team behind it could be properly rejuvenated. I don't even care what universe it takes place, Prime or Abramsverse, as long as it tries to stand as its own thing while staying true to the premise.

Well lets hope prime or its own universe...in the Abrahamsverse no matter how promising the start everything turns to crap!

Makeshift Python wrote:

Posting this news, even though Hilly may be the only other member in the forum interested: http://www.startrek.com/article/new-star-trek-series-premieres-january-2017

I'm cautiously optimistic. I think Trek works better on the television medium, so with the right team behind it could be properly rejuvenated. I don't even care what universe it takes place, Prime or Abramsverse, as long as it tries to stand as its own thing while staying true to the premise.

I was going to mention it but we're but a few interested. Like yourself cautiously optimistic. I wasn't cock-a-hoop when I heard. Maybe Kurtzman's name linked to it killed what enthusiam. I heard it might be prime universe. If it's JJverse, pfft.

I hope it lasts -a nagging suspicion it might not.

I have heard that this isn't intended to filter into AbramsTrek.

CBS is more interested in the Prime Universe because they own the TV shows which has all the merchandising, whereas the Abramsverse is only limited to the Paramount films.

Either way, I think it's better to make a show that distances from either in the same manner TNG did. Just come up with a new cast with a unique dynamic, set it hundreds of years later, introduce new elements to the Trek iconography.

Might as well start my life on this forum by indulging my inner Trekkie.

Star Trek TNG: Imaginary Friend

While I don't care much for child-focused episodes, Noley Thornton impresses here. Shay Astar leaves much to be desired though... she can't act and is so aggressive and hostile that she makes the boys in the audience involuntarily cross their legs. No wonder they cast her as August in Third Rock from the Sun.

Fun fact: Noley Thornton is in the music video for We Didn't Start the Fire by Billy Joel. In the 1980s segment of the music video, just after the woman in the red dress, Noley is the twirling little girl clad in ballerina attire.