Tag: George Takei
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STAR TREK REWIND: “Albatross”
“Jim, if I’m ever in jail again, don’t send that Vulcan to release me. Just let me rot!” I love how the inhabitants of Dramia wait for the Enterprise to finish delivering necessary medical supplies before they put McCoy under arrest for charges equivalent to genocide. Pretty sneaky, Sis! This brings out the anger in…
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STAR TREK REWIND: “The Practical Joker”
“Come on Spock, where’s that Vulcan sense of humor?” Chuck Menville was a name virtually synonymous with ’80s children’s entertainment. Menville wrote for Land of the Lost, The Real Ghostbusters (not to be confused with the ’70s live-action series starring Larry Storch), as well as The Smurfs, and Tiny Toon Adventures. His material was characterized…
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FRANCHISE REWIND: Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, 1991 (William Shatner) Paramount Pictures “Second star to the right. And straight on ’til morning.” I think we go back to being dark in the Star Trek franchise because, while we had humor throughout the franchise, Star Treks IV and V embraced and then went overboard with high hilarity.…
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STAR TREK REWIND: “Bem”
“Mister Spock, something funny is going on.” David Gerrold returns to pen “Bem.” The titular character, voiced by James Doohan, is a bit of an annoyance for Kirk and crew as he insists on accompanying the landing party to the mysterious alien planet of Delta Theta III, populated by aborigine natives. He also seems to…
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STAR TREK REWIND: “The Pirates of Orion”
“Blasted Vulcan, why can’t you have red blood like any normal Human?” I don’t understand why there are outbreaks of disease on starships. I remember being told one time that vaccines are usually kept at airports in case they have to make a long trip to another location in the event of an epidemic. I…
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STAR TREK REWIND: “The Return of the Archons”
“You will be absorbed. Your individuality will merge into the unity of good, and in your submergence into the common being of the body, you will find contentment, fulfillment. You will experience the absolute good.”* Gene Roddenberry was a humanist. He didn’t embrace religion. In his works, he disliked religion, perhaps considering it the “opiate…
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STAR TREK REWIND: “Flashback”
“Structure. Logic. Function. Control. The structure cannot stand without a foundation. Logic is the foundation of function. Function is the essence of control. I am in control. I am in control.” To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the franchise, Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine produced episodes featuring characters from the Original…
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FRANCHISE REWIND: Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
“What does God need with a starship?” Ooh, I knew we were going to get to Star Trek V eventually. I remember there was a bizarre theory circulating around for quite some time about the Star Trek movies in that the even-numbered movies were the good ones, and the odd-numbered movies were bad. The theory…
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STAR TREK REWIND: “The Jihad”
“My people are cautious, what you would call ‘cowards.’” The Soul of Skorr sounds like a talisman in a video game, a Myst-like (remember Myst?) connotation that requires the unlocking of boxes, scanning of maps in order to locate the lighthouse that reflects the Sun’s rays to pin-point the exact location of the Ark of…
Misadventures in Blissville 