Re^2: My favorite crew member from the original Star Trek:
by mr_mischief (Monsignor) on Aug 20, 2007 at 08:17 UTC
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One might even say it resembles a sort of Wagon Train to the stars.
It doesn't surprise me that Mr. Scott is the leading choice so far. Who better for a bunch of Perl programmers than the guy who always seems to find a way to do the nearly impossible within nearly impossible deadlines? | [reply] [Watch: Dir/Any] |
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There was a ST: Next Gen episode where Scotty guest starred. My favorite exchange was when he berated Gordi for giving a precise estimate.
<Paraphrase>Always pad your estimate, and make your Captain think you're a miracle worker!</paraphrase>.
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I loved that bit as well!
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Sorry, I mis-read your post. For a minunte there I thought you said: "find a way to do the nerdy impossible..."
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Re^2: My favorite crew member from the original Star Trek:
by archfool (Monk) on Aug 20, 2007 at 12:24 UTC
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Ummm... A "Wild West ... in space" would be Firefly, wouldn't it? | [reply] [Watch: Dir/Any] |
Re^2: My favorite crew member from the original Star Trek:
by poqui (Deacon) on Aug 21, 2007 at 15:58 UTC
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I agree; but it was no accident that the Original Series was "like" a western in space. That's exactly how Roddenberry intended it to be.
Look at his prior credits and those of several of his actors:
Roddenberry: "The Virginian" 1 episode, "Have Gun, Will Travel" 23 episodes, "Whiplash", "Wrangler"...
DeForest Kelley: "Death Valley Days", "Laredo", "Bonanza" ...
The same for James Doohan, Leonard Nimoy, and William Shatner.
It looks like most, if not all of them worked on "The Virginian" together.
To me, that's part of its charm: "Wagon Train" in space. | [reply] [Watch: Dir/Any] |
Re^2: My favorite crew member from the original Star Trek:
by zentara (Archbishop) on Aug 20, 2007 at 11:38 UTC
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like a wild west movie in spaceI always thought of it as "space opera", the classic "good-vs-evil battles". But then again, that is what wild west movies were, "opera for Americans".
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I always thought of it as "space opera", the classic "good-vs-evil battles".
That's the way it looks now. In 1966 it was the first SF series that touched on (for example) computer records being hacked, or race hatred or the problems involved in First Contact situations.
A lot of this is overlooked now because of the less than stellar acting and cheap sets. But when it first ran, it was pure imagination.
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it was pure imaginationYeah its funny how they brought it back down to reality, as modern society advanced. The first thought that pops into my "green mind" when I think of Star Trek now, is how eventually they learned "that warp drive was polluting sub-space" and to throttle back from warp 7. :-) Can you IMAGINE the uproar if it became known that migraines are caused by UFO's running their engines improperly. :-)
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Re^2: My favorite crew member from the original Star Trek:
by gam3 (Curate) on Aug 21, 2007 at 12:38 UTC
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