Shatner review Shatner impressions
https://boingboing.net/2021/09/23/watch-william-shatner-review-impressions-of-william-shatner.html

By Mike Grafton (Mike_Grafton) on Saturday, September 25, 2021 - 10:23 am: Edit

More Shatner news!

https://boingboing.net/2021/09/24/william-shatner-is-going-to-space-on-jeff-bezoss-blue-origin-rocket.html

By Charles Gray (Cgray45) on Saturday, October 02, 2021 - 01:31 am: Edit

Jessica Orsini:
"Jga: Roddenberry declared the removal of TAS from canon in 1988. Whether or not he still had sufficient creative control over the franchise by that point to effect such removal is debatable; while Paramount acquiesced at the time, they've gradually moved back toward a "TAS is canon" position in the years since."


I wonder why? The TAS mostly used scripts that had been slated to be used for later seasons of TOS.

By Jessica Orsini (Jessica_Orsini) on Saturday, October 02, 2021 - 10:14 pm: Edit

Cgray45: what it came down to is he was embarrassed by the poor quality of the animation (which, to be fair, was pretty bad, even for 1973) and a lot of the voice-acting (the studio wasn't willing to fork out much for it, so you wound up with situations like James Doohan having to voice over 50 of the various guest characters by shifting his voice up or down in pitch). While some of the scripts were quite good, others were downright silly (and not in a "Trouble With Tribbles" way).

By Mike Grafton (Mike_Grafton) on Sunday, October 03, 2021 - 11:01 am: Edit

FIRST look at a new Star Trek knock off.

https://youtu.be/XD66suMp3J4

By Gary Carney (Nerroth) on Monday, October 18, 2021 - 03:43 pm: Edit

Season 2 of Star Trek: Lower Decks has recently wrapped up; any thoughts about how this series is progressing?

Personally, I'd consider episode 9 of season 2, "wej Duj", to be among the highlights thus far.

Also, a soundtrack album featuring samples from seasons 1 and 2 was recently released.

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Further, the first episode of Star Trek: Prodigy is due out near the end of October; so far as Franchise alumni go, it's set to feature the voices of both Kate Mulgrew and Robert Beltran.

The opening title sequence has been posted, offering a look at the new "hero" ship, the USS Protostar.

By Nick Blank (Nickgb) on Monday, October 18, 2021 - 05:33 pm: Edit

I liked having Klingon Lower Decks, Vulcan Lower Decks, and Pakled Lower Decks, all tying into that episode. And Borg Lower Decks of course.

By Charles Gray (Cgray45) on Saturday, October 23, 2021 - 05:51 pm: Edit

One thing I like about the series is that they avoid the lowest common denominator for comedy like this--turning the crew into a bunch of idiots that woudln't be allowed to sit in a rowboat, much less a starship.

The crew of the Cerritos, is, especially as the last episode showed, *really* good at their jobs. If they're not the best Starfleet has to offer, they're still better than just about anyone out there.

At least for me, humor works a lot better when I'm not thinking "If I was on this ship, I'd desert at teh first port just to stay alive."

By Stewart Frazier (Frazikar3) on Saturday, October 23, 2021 - 08:00 pm: Edit

So going AWOL is better than staying??

By Charles Gray (Cgray45) on Saturday, October 23, 2021 - 10:58 pm: Edit

on the Cerritos? no.

I'm referring to how often Hollywood decides that the only way to be humorous is make everyone actively, suicidly stupid.

It's something that refreshingly, Lower decks doesn't do. say what you want about them, but they are all VERY good at their jobs,when their personal issues don't get in the way.

It's funny7 though. some people just HATE is, and talk about how it's not being respectful to Star Trek and my thought is: Have you ever seen "A piece of the Action" or "The Trouble with Tribbles?" TOS had a number of episodes that were pretty much, "lets take the piss out of of the main characters." So I don't get the dislike of a show that well, more or less does the same thing.

Note, I'm not saying that everyone should like it, because honestly, it's not for everyone, just some people seem to think liek it's some great hate-letter to star trek and I don't get that.

By Paul Howard (Raven) on Sunday, October 24, 2021 - 01:15 pm: Edit

Trying to follow the chat...

TOS = The Original Series?

TSA = ???

Thanks

By Ryan Opel (Ryan) on Sunday, October 24, 2021 - 01:53 pm: Edit

Paul,

TSA is probably TAS=The Animated Series.

Ryan

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Sunday, October 24, 2021 - 09:38 pm: Edit

I like LOWER DECKS but Leanna hates it and I have enough trouble keeping up with the shows I do watch. Since LD is on Roku I never remember to go there.

By Mike Grafton (Mike_Grafton) on Monday, October 25, 2021 - 07:44 am: Edit

Heard a neat interview on NPR. Brothers Ron & Clint Howard. Clint, as you might remember was the kid from the TOS Corbomite Maneuver.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Corbomite_Maneuver

Ron was also on TV & in the Movies...

By Garth L. Getgen (Sgt_G) on Monday, October 25, 2021 - 09:58 pm: Edit

Given that the USS Protostar is an arrowhead design, does that make it a Fast Ship in SFB??


Garth L. Getgen

By Gary Carney (Nerroth) on Monday, January 10, 2022 - 11:13 pm: Edit

I posted this as a topic over on the Trek BBS, but I thought it worth posting here also: I've been thinking of late as to whether or not one of the current (or forthcoming) Franchise series might benefit from taking a second look at the Breen.

In terms of who (or what) they are as a species, there is something to be said for the option of not ever actually showing this in the Franchise canon. But then, as noted over on Memory Alpha, the novelverse had an interesting approach, in that there might not be one Breen species, but rather a group of them which use the same encounter suit when dealing with outsiders. Indeed, even if one or more such member species were to be shown, there could be others which could be said to exist in-universe that remain "off-camera" when out of the suits. (Actually, since the old suits were reported as being quite awkward for actors to wear, perhaps a modern revision could be made which kept much of the Breen aesthetic while making it less of a struggle to actually use on-set.)

So far as their starship technology goes, the one ship class thus far portrayed for them has that distinct asymmetrical design. There could be other ship types (and/or different eras of starship evolution) in the Breen armada - not least ones which could lean more heavily towards their reported use of organic technology.

Actually, of the various belligerents involved in the Dominion War, the Breen Confederacy didn't end it in all that bad of a position. While a number of Breen warships were destroyed in that conflict, they scored some large-scale successes along the way - not least of which being the first alien force in the Franchise Prime timeline since the Xindi to actually land hits on Earth's surface. Plus, not only did they have relatively unfettered access to Dominion and Cardassian data files (which they no doubt sent copies of back home) during their time in the war, the terms of the Treaty of Bajor were such that they are now effectively off the hook for any decisions being made by (or as regards to) the Founders over in the Gamma Quadrant. And it would appear that they were able to effectively outsource any of their civilian or logistical dangers to Cardassia: so far as we are aware, the Breen home systems and fleet yards survived the war relatively intact.

For one thing, I could well imagine their ranking on Section 31's hit list being significantly moved up in the wake of that attack on Earth...

So, between their distinct starship technology, their potential as a long-range threat to Federation interests in a post-war Alpha Quadrant, plus the lingering question as to what manner of species (singular or plural) the Breen themselves happen to be, I wonder if the Breen might make for a compelling set of adversaries in one of the current (or pending) crop of Franchise series.

Do you agree? If so, where (and how) would you like to see the Breen revisited? And if not, what about them puts you off from wishing to see them make any sort of return?

By Mike Grafton (Mike_Grafton) on Friday, January 21, 2022 - 09:52 am: Edit

Jumping to warp speed montage

https://boingboing.net/2022/01/20/jumping-to-warp-speed-1979-2021.html

By Michael Bennett (Mike) on Tuesday, January 25, 2022 - 02:07 pm: Edit

That was fun!

But they left out going to warp in TOS. I guess that would have been a little boring compared to all those other flashier methods.

By Mike Grafton (Mike_Grafton) on Wednesday, January 26, 2022 - 07:46 am: Edit

I think it starts with TOS.

By Lawrence Bergen (Lar) on Wednesday, January 26, 2022 - 11:41 pm: Edit

They did leave out the original series and the rebooted graphics version of the original series.

Lower drek...no thanks

By Garth L. Getgen (Sgt_G) on Sunday, February 06, 2022 - 09:13 pm: Edit

I haven't been writing much lately, mainly due to training requirements for work and general real-life taking too much of me free time. I do want to dream up a sequel to my Trek-setting fiction "So Clever" that I posted over on Trek-BBS. I left some clues of where I was heading with some side plots, but as the piece got too long (38K+ words), they ended up being unanswered questions. While I don't have the foggiest idea of where the story will go or should go (or should not go), I do want to tie up those lose ends. If you've read the story, please feel free to email / PM (Trek-BBS or FedCmdr boards) me on what you see as an unanswered question. Thanks!!


Garth L. Getgen

By Garth L. Getgen (Sgt_G) on Sunday, February 06, 2022 - 09:33 pm: Edit

Mike Grafton: Very cool link.

The thing I don't like about the TNG and newer effects is the flash of light as if the ship is entering some sort of hyper-space portal.

Likewise, when ships drop out of warp speed, they just appear out of nothingness, again as if from hyper-space. Worse yet, from the perspective of the ship, they don't know what's there before the drop in. At the very least, sensors should display what's up ahead on the main view screen. Otherwise, ships would be running into each other all the time when entering a system.

I must prefer the stretched "rainbow" effect use in WoF and SfS that suggests acceleration. Once the ship reaches a stable speed, the effect goes away. Makes sense to me.


Garth L. Getgen

By Jamey Johnston (Totino) on Monday, February 07, 2022 - 01:56 am: Edit

My .02:

When something breaks the sound barrier, there's a loud boom.

When something breaks the light barrier, there's a bright flash.

This is from the perspective of an outside observer. From within the ship you wouldn't observe it (it would be behind you and you'd be outrunning it).

By Mike Grafton (Mike_Grafton) on Monday, February 07, 2022 - 09:52 am: Edit

Cherenkov radiation

By Lawrence Bergen (Lar) on Tuesday, February 08, 2022 - 12:59 am: Edit

Garth I don't think they would be running into each other necessarily. Space is vast vs those tiny ships. Unless there is some sort of specific worm hole ow warp gate that dumps the all in the same spot no matter where they originated from.

In the movies you arrive in the money shot/spot most of the time.