State of Confusion speech - Page 4

Takeda Shingen · 02-13-13, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

What is your take on Hello Kitty?

American hero.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/video/hello...space-18439265

Dowly · 02-13-13, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

Still, there's no law saying you have to like it, personally I go against the rule of Trek and rate The Undiscovered Country as better than the Wrath of Khan, but that's just me.

Indeed. I dont mind the show itself, like I said, it seems pretty OK. What I do mind is
the "Oh, it's Star Trek, so it's automatically great!" stuff what most fans of the show
seem to be all about. Few months back I tried to find Scifi movies that I hadn't
seen, so I browsed through two dozen top 10/top 5 lists and Wrath of Khan was
in majority of them, in Top 5. There are so many Scifi movies that would
deserve a place in the top 5, that are better than WoK, but nostalgia seems to
take first place.

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Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

I was going to post either that or Care Bears, but that logo was too perfect.

I loved Care Bears!

Jimbuna · 02-13-13, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

You betcha. I still have them.

Actually my wife still has her bed set from when she was a little girl. She puts them on the couch when our daughter are sick.

Now that my friend is very cool

Buddahaid · 02-13-13, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

Confirming that Star Trek is the second stupidest thing that I have ever seen.

Evidently you never saw 'Lost in Space'.

02-13-13, 05:40 PM

That's probably number one.

vienna · 02-13-13, 05:42 PM

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Evidently you never saw 'Lost in Space'.

I watched for LiS for Angela Cartwright; she was about one or two years younger than me and she was a bit of a cutie...

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02-13-13, 05:45 PM

Judy had it all over Penny.

Takeda Shingen · 02-13-13, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Buddahaid

Evidently you never saw 'Lost in Space'.

You're right. Star Trek never featured such ridiculous monster concepts and OH MY GOD....

and this....

this too....

and what the hell is this?

And the costume department has clearly gotten lazy.

vienna · 02-13-13, 05:51 PM

As a Subsim note on ST:TOS, one of the episodes was inspired by the submarine film Enemy Below starring Robert Mitchum...

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02-13-13, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

and what the hell is this?

THAT is clearly left over from the Twilight Zone episode!
The one about the thing on the airplane wing!!
That episode scared me for life!!

vienna · 02-13-13, 06:08 PM

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That episode scared me for life!!

Shatner's acting will do that to people...

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Sailor Steve · 02-13-13, 06:12 PM

So Star Trek has become the subject of debate again. I guess I have to say something as well.

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Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

Confirming that Star Trek is the second stupidest thing that I have ever seen.

Star Trek was a product of its time. Shows like Rawhide and particularly Wagon Train were among the favorites of the period, and ST was designed to follow that pattern. At the time Trek was considered revolutionary. As for the acting, I think the real reason William Shatner gets so much flak is that people today have forty years of comedians making fun of him. Watch something like The Outrage, and he's fine. I recently rewatched the original series, and he's fine. Of course I watched it when it first aired, and I was sixteen at the time, and it was, as I said earlier, revolutionary.

Not long ago I watched Boston Legal, and he's not only fine, he's great.

Next Generation: I thought they tried to hard to make a better Trek and ended up trying even harder, and the harder they tried the worse it got. The only episode I ever enjoyed was the last show of season 1, with the Star Fleet bigwigs taken over by the alien bugs. Other than that, where the original series had truly great episodes, and some truly awful ones, Next Generation managed to have consistently mediocre shows.

Deep Space Nine: More of the same. I couldn't watch past the first season. I've been told that later on they got a lot better, but by then I could no longer bring myself to watch it.

02-13-13, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by vienna

Shatner's acting will do that to people...

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Ya got me there!

I remember the Twilight Zone episode, Nightmare at 20,000 Feet, like it was yesterday!!

Back then I sat close to the TV as I was Dad's 'remote control' at the time.

When that scene where he opened the curtain and jammy boy was there?
I shat myself!!

Takeda Shingen · 02-13-13, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Not long ago I watched Boston Legal, and he's not only fine, he's great.

The Shatner-Spader duo was one of the best things I have ever seen on television.

razark · 02-13-13, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by privateer

THAT is clearly left over from the Twilight Zone episode!
The one about the thing on the airplane wing!!
That episode scared me for life!!

Ok, I can see that. But what's the big white furry thing, then?

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