Originally Posted By JeffG I did see that episode of "Boston Legal" and thought it was amazingly well done, although as Dan pointed out it used old footage. A quick search on IMDB revealed that the footage was from a 1957 episode of an old anthology series called "Studio One". The old episode was entitled "The Defender" and the Boston Legal episode was called "Son of the Defender". -Jeff
Originally Posted By jdub >>I can't believe none of you geeks have objected - it's UHURA, not Uhuru!!!<< The fact that I did not know the name was spelled with an 'A'--and all in caps--only proves that I am NOT a Trekkie Geek! I hated that show--and the only reason I'm interested in this new version is due to Cho! (and Beyonce)
Originally Posted By danyoung Yes, Jeff - thanks for that clarification. jdub, sorry you hate the original. I wonder how many full episodes you've watched. I have the whole series on dvd, as well as Next Gen. Next up - season 1 of DS9! (True ST geek here!)
Originally Posted By jdub It actually took me YEARS before I tried Star Trek series 2--and when I finally did? I actually liked it. I have come though, over the years, to appreciate what a modern-day Shat Jonathan Frakes is! Which is funny, because I think today's Shat is a genious--a true prehumous renaissance!
Originally Posted By fkurucz Ugh! I hate Next Gen. Its my least favorite sequel series. I find them painful to watch. So many unlikeable characters, especially Wesley Crusher. Picard is wooden (I think Patrick Stewart is overrated).
Originally Posted By Mr X Data is great though...other than him the rest of the cast is meh to me too (though I like the stories and I DO like Patrick Stewart).
Originally Posted By Mr X Just read a bunch of spoilers and I must say...I think this will either be the greatest Trek movie of all time OR the worst...what they're attempting doesn't seem to leave too much room for a mediocre, middle ground result. I'm hoping for great.
Originally Posted By fkurucz <<Data is great though>> Yes, Brent Spiner was one of the few good things about that show.
Originally Posted By fkurucz <<Just read a bunch of spoilers and I must say...I think this will either be the greatest Trek movie of all time OR the worst...what they're attempting doesn't seem to leave too much room for a mediocre, middle ground result.>> That reminds me of one time (long ago) when Patrick Stewart appeared on the tonight show and told Leno that he and Carrie Fisher were plugging a Star Trek meets Star Wars movie to George Lucas. I had the same thought: either it will be great, or it will totally suck (I lean towards the latter).
Originally Posted By jdub If Warsie Carrie Fisher & Trekkie Whoopi Goldberg made a movie together, THAT I'd watch. Oh, wait. "Soapdish." Nevermind.
Originally Posted By jdub Maybe Kate Mulgrew will make an appearance in the new movie. I'd love to see her & Beyonce together.
Originally Posted By jdub Yeah, cuz she's a woman, right? Of course, we could put a woman with a notable voice in it into the tights. Let's say today's Kathleen Turner. But I'm sure someone would have something to say about THAT, too! The good news is, all of the MEN of the Trekkieverse have always been hired for mad acting skillz above all else--AND they all have smoov voices!
Originally Posted By trekkeruss Back when I was heavily into Trek fandom, I drove all the way to Cleveland from northern Virginia, just to see Kate Mulgrew at a convention. Mind you, this was a day trip; I didn't stay overnight in Cleveland... so it was a long day. But anyway, what was crazy is that when she was onstage and taking questions from the audience, a few women revealed very personal information, and credited Kate/Capt. Janeway with changing their life, preventing suicide, etc. I'd been to many a convention and nothing quite like that had ever happened before. It was surreal, sad, and uplifting all at the same time.
Originally Posted By Mr X ***That reminds me of one time (long ago) when Patrick Stewart appeared on the tonight show and told Leno that he and Carrie Fisher were plugging a Star Trek meets Star Wars movie to George Lucas.*** Here's a neat thing I thought of...remember in E.T. when he sees a kid in a Yoda costume and says "home! home!"? Just seemed like a cute joke UNTIL Lucas put in some E.T.'s in the galactic senate. Though most have said it's just a "shout out" to the two director friends, if you think about it the two stories COULD be connected. E.T. comes to Earth from a galaxy far, far away...AND the sort of powers he has, levitation etc..., could indicate that E.T. is a Jedi OR that EVERYONE from that galaxy (remember Star Wars was "a long time ago"), have evolved to the point where they are on the level of the Jedi (E.T. making the bikes fly, for example, is something even a Jedi couldn't do "back then"). Just thought that was neat.
Originally Posted By fkurucz <<Yeah, cuz she's a woman, right? >> Not really. Mulgrew just has (IMO) an irritating voice. My wife can't stand her either.
Originally Posted By Mr X They've already done "Trek meets Wars", by the way... <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p55YD8QhQ3o" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =p55YD8QhQ3o</a>
Originally Posted By jdub >>Mulgrew just has (IMO) an irritating voice. My wife can't stand her either.<< Well, I am most sure that there are plenty of folks who wouldn't kick her out for eating crackers, Peter Falk included!
