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In spite of their horrendous advertising campaign (Kingons? Really?) and slightly less horrendous food, I schlepped over to the local Burger King to grab myself a value meal for lunch and score the set of Glasses for the current Trek film.
They are available in a set, instead of buying them separately, which I supposed makes a certain amount of sense. I remember back in '80, when Empire was coming out and my cousin Sherif & I were in a BK for dinner and we saw the announcement that they'd soon be releasing the Empire glasses at BK. We tried to buy them on the spot, ignoring the info on the placemat that said "coming soon".
The glasses were released on a weekly basis, which pretty much guaranteed I'd be going in every week until they were done. There was a glass for Darth Vader & Boba Fett, C -3PO and R2, Luke Skywalker and Yoda, and Lando Calrissian. I think. I'd have to go check the china hutch at home to verify.
They're still very affordable collectibles; my Vader glass was broken by a visitor, so I had to replace it which cost less than $5.
So, still being huge nerds, I figured I'd go get the new Trek set. The crispy chicken sandwich is, well, criminally small. I think I'm kind of hungry again.
I really need a spiffy Trek icon, don't I?
They are available in a set, instead of buying them separately, which I supposed makes a certain amount of sense. I remember back in '80, when Empire was coming out and my cousin Sherif & I were in a BK for dinner and we saw the announcement that they'd soon be releasing the Empire glasses at BK. We tried to buy them on the spot, ignoring the info on the placemat that said "coming soon".
The glasses were released on a weekly basis, which pretty much guaranteed I'd be going in every week until they were done. There was a glass for Darth Vader & Boba Fett, C -3PO and R2, Luke Skywalker and Yoda, and Lando Calrissian. I think. I'd have to go check the china hutch at home to verify.
They're still very affordable collectibles; my Vader glass was broken by a visitor, so I had to replace it which cost less than $5.
So, still being huge nerds, I figured I'd go get the new Trek set. The crispy chicken sandwich is, well, criminally small. I think I'm kind of hungry again.
I really need a spiffy Trek icon, don't I?
I am unfamiliar with the Canon
May. 21st, 2009 12:49 pmThat's my problem, you see. I'm unfamiliar with the canon.
I don't know about the back history of this thing, whether this thing is Tolkien's Middle Earth, Fleming's James Bond, or Doyle's Holmes. So if I see a media iteration, I'll assume that's it. Even if I know there's gaping bloody holes in it, I'm fine as long as that's behind the scenes (or at least out of my eyesight).*
I'm usually not familiar with the genre (any genre), even if I love it. No, seriously, I'm a huge fan of Godzilla and other Kaiju, but the US Remake makes up an unacceptable percentage of my viewing history. Most of my knowledge comes from a magazine article that included an illustration of Big G done by John Severin (IIRC). I love the concept of giant monsters, and remember enough that I know that any Godzilla movie with a baby Godzilla is likely to suck. But I don't know the canon.
I'm married to a Trekkie, but my exposure was mostly through CKWS' Saturday afternoon broadcasts which, and I am serious, seemed to consist almost entirely of reruns of Devil in the Dark**. I read a scattering of the novels (which tended to be about the quality of... Well, Star Trek novels). My first consistent exposure to the franchise was TNG, which I still recognized as being off.
Dr. Who? Look, that just scares me. The Canon on that sucker consists of 40 years of TV, much of it only preserved by monastic scribes while society fell around them.
Marvel Comics of the '80s? Sure, I am familiar with that Canon. Champions? I'm familiar with that Canon, mostly by luck. D&D? Canonical by assimilation. Star Wars? Religiously, up until Zahn's atrocious trilogy, which was easy enough (he said sardonically, drinking a hot chocolate while his lightsaber opened with a snap hiss). But then I schismed.
But mostly? I'm not familiar with the Canon.
That's freeing. I can look at something and not go "But that isn't right". I can judge things on their own merits, as much as I'm able to. Experiencing without the depth of history is a valid experience, just as much as approaching it with a bibliographic knowledge of which side of the aluminum foil was used for the Cybermen costume in which specific episode.
So I don't mind that I am unfamiliar with the canon.
* I suspect this is the same reason people can enjoy the LXG film.
** To this day I cannot recall having seen City on the Edge of Forever in full. Or Amok Time. I'm pretty sure I saw the Gangster one. And the Nazi one. And the Jesus one. And the one with the rabbit and Kirk getting beat up by a drunken Irishman.
I don't know about the back history of this thing, whether this thing is Tolkien's Middle Earth, Fleming's James Bond, or Doyle's Holmes. So if I see a media iteration, I'll assume that's it. Even if I know there's gaping bloody holes in it, I'm fine as long as that's behind the scenes (or at least out of my eyesight).*
I'm usually not familiar with the genre (any genre), even if I love it. No, seriously, I'm a huge fan of Godzilla and other Kaiju, but the US Remake makes up an unacceptable percentage of my viewing history. Most of my knowledge comes from a magazine article that included an illustration of Big G done by John Severin (IIRC). I love the concept of giant monsters, and remember enough that I know that any Godzilla movie with a baby Godzilla is likely to suck. But I don't know the canon.
I'm married to a Trekkie, but my exposure was mostly through CKWS' Saturday afternoon broadcasts which, and I am serious, seemed to consist almost entirely of reruns of Devil in the Dark**. I read a scattering of the novels (which tended to be about the quality of... Well, Star Trek novels). My first consistent exposure to the franchise was TNG, which I still recognized as being off.
Dr. Who? Look, that just scares me. The Canon on that sucker consists of 40 years of TV, much of it only preserved by monastic scribes while society fell around them.
Marvel Comics of the '80s? Sure, I am familiar with that Canon. Champions? I'm familiar with that Canon, mostly by luck. D&D? Canonical by assimilation. Star Wars? Religiously, up until Zahn's atrocious trilogy, which was easy enough (he said sardonically, drinking a hot chocolate while his lightsaber opened with a snap hiss). But then I schismed.
But mostly? I'm not familiar with the Canon.
That's freeing. I can look at something and not go "But that isn't right". I can judge things on their own merits, as much as I'm able to. Experiencing without the depth of history is a valid experience, just as much as approaching it with a bibliographic knowledge of which side of the aluminum foil was used for the Cybermen costume in which specific episode.
So I don't mind that I am unfamiliar with the canon.
* I suspect this is the same reason people can enjoy the LXG film.
** To this day I cannot recall having seen City on the Edge of Forever in full. Or Amok Time. I'm pretty sure I saw the Gangster one. And the Nazi one. And the Jesus one. And the one with the rabbit and Kirk getting beat up by a drunken Irishman.
The weekend, but first two things:
May. 10th, 2009 08:11 pmA) It sucks quite a bit that you cannot get either Hogfather or Colour of Magic from Amazon.ca OR Chapters. Sure, you can get it from Amazon.com, but they've started charging for duties EVEN THOUGH THEY SHIP FROM MISSISSAUGA.
B) Okay, yeah, we had fun at Trek. But the Fridge moment for that movie (which, admittedly, didn't hit me until Cynra & I were having Timmy's and donuts ten hours later) was a doozy.
We also took in a film from Hot Docs Ron Mann retrospective, which was about the Twist (the link is to an interview of Ron Mann by Peter Gzowski, which will mean nothing to 90% of you).
I really need to learn more about music history. Disco and R&B and, admittedly, Rock is all various types of enigmas for me.
B) Okay, yeah, we had fun at Trek. But the Fridge moment for that movie (which, admittedly, didn't hit me until Cynra & I were having Timmy's and donuts ten hours later) was a doozy.
We also took in a film from Hot Docs Ron Mann retrospective, which was about the Twist (the link is to an interview of Ron Mann by Peter Gzowski, which will mean nothing to 90% of you).
I really need to learn more about music history. Disco and R&B and, admittedly, Rock is all various types of enigmas for me.
The weekend, but first two things:
May. 10th, 2009 08:11 pmA) It sucks quite a bit that you cannot get either Hogfather or Colour of Magic from Amazon.ca OR Chapters. Sure, you can get it from Amazon.com, but they've started charging for duties EVEN THOUGH THEY SHIP FROM MISSISSAUGA.
B) Okay, yeah, we had fun at Trek. But the Fridge moment for that movie (which, admittedly, didn't hit me until Cynra & I were having Timmy's and donuts ten hours later) was a doozy.
We also took in a film from Hot Docs Ron Mann retrospective, which was about the Twist (the link is to an interview of Ron Mann by Peter Gzowski, which will mean nothing to 90% of you).
I really need to learn more about music history. Disco and R&B and, admittedly, Rock is all various types of enigmas for me.
B) Okay, yeah, we had fun at Trek. But the Fridge moment for that movie (which, admittedly, didn't hit me until Cynra & I were having Timmy's and donuts ten hours later) was a doozy.
We also took in a film from Hot Docs Ron Mann retrospective, which was about the Twist (the link is to an interview of Ron Mann by Peter Gzowski, which will mean nothing to 90% of you).
I really need to learn more about music history. Disco and R&B and, admittedly, Rock is all various types of enigmas for me.
So, Captain Sulu got hitched.
Man, do they have to let bagpipers spoil EVERYTHING?
I thought for some reason they'd gotten married over the summer, but they'd just gotten their license.
This is cute:
Man, do they have to let bagpipers spoil EVERYTHING?
I thought for some reason they'd gotten married over the summer, but they'd just gotten their license.
This is cute:
Keeping with the multicultural theme, guests dined on Asian/Baja Californian fusion cuisine and took home Japanese tea-ceremony treats in boxes printed with the phrase: "May sweet equality live long and prosper."
Writer's Block: Becoming a TV Character
Jul. 16th, 2008 09:50 am[Error: unknown template qotd]
Some obnoxious, overly powerful corporate asshole from an '80s nighttime tv drama. An Ewing or Carrington or... some guy who owns a company. Just fucking up the lives of people who piss me off left right and centre.
Failing that, Captain Kirk, because he got a lot of pussy. In spaaaaaaace!
Or Dave Lister. Because there's something to be said for being the last human in the cosmos if your writers are wacky enough.
Some obnoxious, overly powerful corporate asshole from an '80s nighttime tv drama. An Ewing or Carrington or... some guy who owns a company. Just fucking up the lives of people who piss me off left right and centre.
Failing that, Captain Kirk, because he got a lot of pussy. In spaaaaaaace!
Or Dave Lister. Because there's something to be said for being the last human in the cosmos if your writers are wacky enough.
Hoo'd Win: James T. Kirk vs Han Solo
May. 8th, 2008 10:36 amGreetings, Bitterites, as we return to the delightful fields of Hoo'd Win! Today's competitors are two of the most beloved figures in Sci Fi history. One, a rakish starship captain, and the other is an... uh... rakish starship captain.
Han Solo has a surprisingly involved backstory, but let it be said that he flies a ship and plays by his own rules. So does Starfleet captain James T. Kirk. Whether it's flying the Kessel Run in 12 parsecs or performing field experiments in "biological compatibility", there's nothing that can stop these two heroes of the spaceways, other than carbon freeze chambers and space syphilis.
So! Which of these solar sailors will reign supreme? You! Make! The! Call!
[Poll #1184637]
edit: Six hours later, and they're tied 26/26.
edit2: 24 hours later, and Han is ahead by a nose. Hmmm, should I close the poll?
Han Solo has a surprisingly involved backstory, but let it be said that he flies a ship and plays by his own rules. So does Starfleet captain James T. Kirk. Whether it's flying the Kessel Run in 12 parsecs or performing field experiments in "biological compatibility", there's nothing that can stop these two heroes of the spaceways, other than carbon freeze chambers and space syphilis.
So! Which of these solar sailors will reign supreme? You! Make! The! Call!
[Poll #1184637]
edit: Six hours later, and they're tied 26/26.
edit2: 24 hours later, and Han is ahead by a nose. Hmmm, should I close the poll?
Well, that's interesting
Apr. 25th, 2008 10:34 amI'm sure many of you remember Chain of Command, the two part Star Trek: TNG episode where Picard is captured by the Cardassians?
It turns out to have a different spin to it viewed through more modern sensibilities:
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eyebeams noticed how it had evolved.
It turns out to have a different spin to it viewed through more modern sensibilities:
In the part of the story set in Cardassia, Picard is subjected to enhanced interrogation techniques by his interrogator Gul Madred , who at first seeks information about the Federation's defense plans for Minos Korva, but instead soon tries to warp Picard's perception of reality by forcing him to see five lights where there are only four lights shining upon him. Initial attempts to appeal to his rights under treaties with the Cardassians fail, as the Federation will not admit Picard is acting on their behalf, making him an enemy combatant. At the conclusion of his enhanced interrogation ,Picard finds that he wants so badly to see five lights that he actually sees five. Fortunately just before he admits that, Cardassian officers come to return Picard to the United Federation of Planets as per a surrender agreement Jellico imposed. Triumphant, Picard shouts his seemingly unbowed defiance to the intelligence officer, but later privately admits to his counselor his moment of weakness. The sequence recalls the exchange between Winston and O'Brien in Orwell 's 1984 in which Winston sees O'Brien display five fingers, when there are in fact only four . The Cardassian interrogator enjoys the company of his daughter in the interrogation room in between enhanced interrogation sessions.
eyebeams noticed how it had evolved.The Rant du Jour has made Fandom Wank.
It is good, like seeing the sun rise.
You know what surprises me? That there's no Legolas/Kirk slash.
I mean, we KNOW that Kirk goes for guys with pointy ears, right?
It is good, like seeing the sun rise.
You know what surprises me? That there's no Legolas/Kirk slash.
I mean, we KNOW that Kirk goes for guys with pointy ears, right?
Khaaaaan! OR There Goes Christmas!
Feb. 14th, 2008 08:35 amAbrams Star Trek Delayed until Summer '09.
I knowthetathx1138 looks forward to this movie with all the enthusiasm of dental surgery, but I'm much more blase.
Apparently Paramount wants to build their summer around it. Also good news to see the Shitty New Stiller comedy moved forward to August.
I know
thetathx1138 looks forward to this movie with all the enthusiasm of dental surgery, but I'm much more blase. Apparently Paramount wants to build their summer around it. Also good news to see the Shitty New Stiller comedy moved forward to August.
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Nov. 29th, 2007 08:59 amWell, I can't watch it at work, but it's got Star Trek music and cats, so I'm gonna guess I'll like it.
Edit: Yeah, it was awesome.
So, in the interests of using every resource my corporate masters have provided for me I've started to make use of the new complex's "wellness centre" (corporate talk for "gym").
The people running it do a little fitness check, and then provide you with an exercise plan. Much excitement. Two days in so far, and I'm feeling a bit sore, which I suppose is to be expected.
Spending a lot of time feeling unappreciated. That's pretty much par for the course.
Last night, Cynra & I went to see The Menagerie on the big screen. Interesting experience. Started off with a short intro by Eugene Rodenberry. The updated FX were nicely done.
Of course, exhaustion made me almost nod off three times, at which point I wept at having betrayed Kirk or something like that.
Here's actual Dialogue from after the film.
Cynra: So, did you like it?
TBG (slumping shoulders and holding mouth agape): Buuzzzz!
The people running it do a little fitness check, and then provide you with an exercise plan. Much excitement. Two days in so far, and I'm feeling a bit sore, which I suppose is to be expected.
Spending a lot of time feeling unappreciated. That's pretty much par for the course.
Last night, Cynra & I went to see The Menagerie on the big screen. Interesting experience. Started off with a short intro by Eugene Rodenberry. The updated FX were nicely done.
Of course, exhaustion made me almost nod off three times, at which point I wept at having betrayed Kirk or something like that.
Here's actual Dialogue from after the film.
Cynra: So, did you like it?
TBG (slumping shoulders and holding mouth agape): Buuzzzz!
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Nov. 12th, 2007 10:52 amMPIX on Demand has all the original Trek movies on show. So, I watched (semi-watched) TMP. Man, the orbital transporter tech was hot.
Anyway, I can understand why some might have found it less than engaging. I remember having the Happy Meal.
Hee hee. Spock said "closed orifice".
[Poll #1087244]
Anyway, I can understand why some might have found it less than engaging. I remember having the Happy Meal.
Hee hee. Spock said "closed orifice".
[Poll #1087244]
A busy couple days of Nerd Rage
Nov. 11th, 2007 02:47 pmDid anyone else see bursts of nerd rage after the casting announcment of Winona Rider mistakenly said she'd be playing Spock's Vulcan mother?
One ML I'm on erupted into savage flares of hatred, like this was some final straw, some last insult they could stand against the sacred Trek. Obviously, they possess some kind of foresight, some psychic capacity to see into the future (or at least read the script and the mind of JJ Abrams) that I lack.
Or, as I say, Nerd Rage.
One ML I'm on erupted into savage flares of hatred, like this was some final straw, some last insult they could stand against the sacred Trek. Obviously, they possess some kind of foresight, some psychic capacity to see into the future (or at least read the script and the mind of JJ Abrams) that I lack.
Or, as I say, Nerd Rage.
