And the AICNs Have It

There's a McCoy and I can't look.

Because he's the last one. After this that's it. No more waiting - the thing's totally cast.

Okay, here we go...

Karl Urban.

Karl Urban... We've heard the name. No one's surprised.

Karl Urban.

La De Friggin Da

Still waiting for it all to sink in... waiting... waiting...

Nope, still can't wrap my mind around it.

Well, that's all folks. And by folks I mean Shatner.

William Shatner is out and Chris Pine of crappy movie fame is in. At least he's a reasonable look-alike and he's reasonably hot to boot. We'll wait to see if he has a brain - giving up a shot at any other movie for The Posiedon Adventure doesn't look promising - and if he can act. Questionable, I doubt he got much from Lindsay Lohan.

I remember idolizing Shatner as a child. My parents would joke about him all the time and I just couldn't stand it. They never understood how much it bothered me. As I got older, I was able to understand that Shatner is an egomaniacal freak of nature and that he's self-important and that he's not that smart and probably not easy to get along with. I also began to understand that Captain Kirk, himself, isn't exactly going to be winning a Nobel Prize for Brilliance anytime soon. But still, Kirk is a hero for nothing more than stupid bravery and sheer dumb luck and Shatner is to be honored for bringing Kirk to us.

And so I'd like to request a moment of virtual silence for Shatner's Kirk, who we will probably never get to see again. Forty years was not enough - and keep writing your damn books. Just because they're all the same doesn't mean we'll stop reading. After all, you're William Shatner!

Yayayayayayayayay

I recently found a site that sells quality asian versions of the star trek sets. For CHEAP. That means I'll have it all in about three months for a reasonable price without copyright violation. Which means that then I can start buying other things. Wonderful things. I think X-Files is next, or maybe The Pretender.

Perfection

I was struck today by the fact that I cannot find anything wrong with The Homecoming/Circle/Siege trilogy. Nothing. Nada, zip, zilch. It's a perfect moment in Star Trek. Someone come tell me something I missed, 'cause I'm feeling queasy.

Day of rest. Or something.

I finally got a day off and what did I do? I watched "The Apple", "Silicon Avatar", "The Homecoming", "The Circle", "The Siege", four Buffies, and I'm just about to watch "Cardassians". I'm finally caught up though.

Yay on me.

Oh, and I cleaned my room, went to the gym, and did laundry. And I need to clean the bathroom in the worst way.

Sometimes it bites to be a nerd.

The more I learn...

The More I learn:

the less I fear.
the better I feel.
the happier I am.
the more I know.
the more I have to fear.

I dunno, it just seems to run in cycles with me. Sometimes I'm thrilled about the movie, and sometimes I just want it to go away. I admit it - like Kirk and Spock, I am afraid of change. I have grown inflexible, and I may have outlived my usefulness.

Brothers

I just love the ep where Lore kills Noonien Soong. But what I've never understood is why. I know he's insane, but he had no reason to kill his own father. And he was genuinely upset that Soong was dying.

So why kill him?

I don't understand the mentality of the insane. Or the sane, for that matter.

"I am not less perfect than Lore. I am not less perfect than Lore."

-Data

As if that's not enough

We also have Sulu cast - John Cho. So we're doing pretty well here, really, and also, FYI - this is totally gonna work people!

We have Scotty.

I think I'm right in saying that Simon Pegg is a good damn choice. And after all this - I'm willing to finally let it go and trust J.J. again. He's gotten too much right for me to worry about him anymore - until November, when shooting starts, with it's whole new bag of worries.

Boy did he call it.

"I told him we shouldn't have colonized so close to the Cardassian border."

-Mr. Mott
"Ensign Ro"
Star Trek: The Next Generation

Fear

Watching Mirror, Mirror and The Enemy within so close together is that they really show you the dark side of humanity.

The very dark side.

There's the side of Kirk you don't want to see. And Spock, and Sulu, and Chekov. We don't really see Uhura or Scotty or McCoy being evil.

Scary, isn't it?

But what's scarier is the people on Heroes. Sometimes they're good and sometimes they're shooting Simone and breaking into people's houses. And sometimes George Takei is handing over other peoples children to that guy who plays Claire's dad and OMFG, what is going on here? Because now everyone's all interconnected.

I hate weekends

The problem with having a weekend away is that now I have to watch "Man of the People", "The Enemy Within", "Mirror, Mirror", "Barge of the Dead", "Ensign Ro", "Brothers", "The Raven", "The Survivors", and "Partruition". I've gotten behind. Not to mention my other shows.

Confusion

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Search 2

I remember confusion. Unending confusion. Rene Auberjoinois was awesome as always. Confusion, confusion, confusion. Wondering - how? Because nothing seemed quite right.

But I never did like Nechayev.

I remember knowing, too, that something was rotten in the state of Camazotz - or Founderworld. Whatever, I'm not picky. The point is, they were creepy. They were NOT RIGHT and I could tell. And I was right.

It was a profound experience, knowing and being correct and predicting. I was twelve years old, and I hadn't ever made a correct prediction. But this - this I knew.

The only time the TNG crew is allowed to have issues

Star Trek: The Next Generation: Family

Worf's parents visit, Wesley has an up-close encounter with his dad's holographic image (Wil Wheaton has apologized for this one, by the way).

The big thing is Picard recovering from his Borg experience. And let me tell you, boy am I glad that they didn't decide that Picard destroying half the fleet was cause for everyone just going back out to space with no emotional consequences.

Aupres de ma blonde
Qu'il fait bon, fait bon, fait bon
Aupres de ma blonde
Qu'il fait bon, fait bon

Au...dum da-da blonde
Qu'il bo-bo fait bon..

-Jean-Luc and Robert Picard
Singing drunkenly

Why Humans need Telepathy

Star Trek: The Next Generation: Darmok

Some aliens that make no sense kidnap Picard. Will can't get to Picard, but Deanna thinks it's not exactly a fight to the death.

Deanna and Data learn to communicate with the aliens - sort of. Meanwhile, Picard really does, but the alien captain has to die to get it done.

His arms wide...why? Because he's holding them apart?

-Captain Jean-Luc Picard

They reuse this word way too much

Star Trek: The Changeling

Changelings are always misguided, is the only thing I have to say.

That, and the alien probe that Nomad joined with must have been really, really, advanced.

Somehow, a teeny tiny probe managed to destroy four billion people in a teeny tiny amount of time. Of course, Kirk gets stuck dealing with the probe. Luckily, the probe thinks Kirk is it's father (kind of the reverse of Star Wars). The probe is on a mission to sterilize all life that is imperfect. Kirk proves to the probe that it, itself, is imperfect - but not until after Scotty's had to be resuscitated and Uhura has to relearn everything she ever knew.

That's problematical, sir.

-Scottty

See, it is a word!

Nudity

Star Trek: The Naked Now

Everyone gets drunk. Every time I watch this episode, I think of The Naked Time, the episode based on this one they made for TNG. Let's just say it was less than stellar.

That's a pun, FYI.

That said, this is actually a good episode, highly amusing in many ways, and yet with very serious components as well. Also, I think Kevin Riley is pretty hilarious.

I'll protect you, fair maiden!

Sorry, neither.

-Sulu and Uhura

Huh

And, on the flip side, Mike Vogel of The Posiedon Adventure fame, may be the new Captain Kirk. More news to come.

Personally, the man makes the worst decisions about which movie to do ever. I think that maybe he could be the barometer here. If he decides to not, we'll know it's good.

TNG's Twentieth Anniversary

I'm going to keep adding to this as stuff happens today, but here's a good start.



Twenty years ago, I was barely four. I didn't understand the concept of a spinoff, or that there were two seperate Star Trek shows. I remember watching "The Way to Eden" before TNG one night and thinking Picard was dead because Dr. Sevrin had about the same amount of hair, so that must be the same guy.

I couldn't know, then, that TNG would be with me for the rest of my life. I was, after all, just a nerd in training, not the real thing yet.