Nixorbo
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« Reply #80 on: 04-24-2002 10:25 »
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Teral
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OH...YOUR...GOD!!! This one came late, but it shot right into the top-3 of this season. I'm not entirely sure how to rate it compared to "Roswell" and "Leela's Homeworld", but this was one of the best episodes of the series so far. Damn, now I have to change my top-10. Again. I never was that big a fan of the original series (I'm more of a DS9 nerd), but all the jokes clicked, the pace was fast, the animation was stellar, it was perfect. About the only thing I didn't like was the abscent of the rest of the PE staff. Zoidy's little cameo was nice, but we need more group interaction. Nice that they included DeForest Kelley. I wish he had had the oppurtunity to participate. It would've fit nicely, right after Welshye was killed: Kelley: "He is dead, Bill." Shatner: "Well, d'uh, I can see that myself. This isn't a stupid show, Bones. I mean, DeForest." Okay onto the things I did like, but where to start. I liked it all. Walter Koening's attitude toward ST, "Say Vessels approaching. NO!" Nimoy's attitude in the Head Museum: "I'm not Spock/I'm Spock", anyone? Jonathan Frakes cameo "Yes! Front row"! I almost broke a rib laughing at that sentence. Don't ask me, I just found it incredibly funny. All the jabs on the Trekkers/nerds/ST and sci-fi fans. Hey, I'm not offended, I'm honoured. I loved hearing Leela spout technobabble. When Leela kicked the crap out of Shatner I was positively cheering. I guess she finally saw the similarities with a certain DOOP captain, eh? And then the make out scene. Yeah, you could see it coming (if you had just an ounce of knowledge about ST:TOS), but still very nice. They just needed to curl her tanktop up a few more inches. Spock trying the Vulcan Neck Pinch on Bender "Let's see if this actually works." The way George Takei spoke, there is just something incredibly funny about that. Welshey getting toasted, again and again and again. Like the rest of you, I just pictured me his name as Whesley. Bender's self destruct mechanism. "Thanks alot, now everybody knows". Tha caterpillar bow, particularly when Fry tried it. In short, to cite Nix,was there any part of this episode that didn't rock? [Farnsworth/Koeing]NO![/F/K] Okay, if you don't like Trek, or have been living under a rock for the last 35 years (read: don't have a clue as to what Star Trek is) there might be some meh-moments but still this episode would rock. Rating: Solid 10/10.
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Nixorbo
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Originally posted by Teral: "Say Vessels approaching. NO!"
As an avid ST4 fan, I'm going to have to correct this. Fry: Now say, "Nuclear wessels!" Koening: NO!
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Kyle
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Wait a minute... if Star Trek is forbidden, how come in "I Dated A Robot", we see nerds chatting about the old Star Trek vs. the new Star Trek? I mean, what are we to believe, that this is some sort of (snort) magic mass amnesia?
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Nixorbo
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It's the internet - all sorts of illegal stuff goes on in there
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Kryten
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Originally posted by BrainSluggo: It's difficult to see, but it is suggested that she does it totally starkers, too--while her aging crewmates watch from behind. Also: she's putting more things into Scotty's mouth than just MRE-popcorn. Even non-Trekkies should see Star Trek V: The Final Frontier at least once--it will redefine "crapfest" for you in ways Joe Eszterhas can only dream of, yet it bears a closer resemblance to Star Trek TOS than Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home does. It was worth watching at least once. It had: - A crazy Vulcan
- The triple-breasted cat-chick
- The fattest Klingon I've ever seen
On the other hand, it had Uhura's fan-dance (thirty years ago, this would've been sweet, but not these days), Scotty doing a pratfall so lame that it would make Jerry Lewis blush, and -- and this is the worst of all -- Kirk, Spock, and Bones singing "Row, Row, Row Your Boat". :puke: :puke: :puke:
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Teral
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Well, all ST movies are worth at least one watch. But with regards to ST V that's all, never had the courage the rewatch that horror again.
On another note: Does Takei really talk like that? Or is he just mocking his speech from TOS or something?
He did speak that way too in a "Muppets Tonight" he was in a few years back.
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Teral
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TOS = Star Trek, The Original Series (ie. the ones with Kirk, Spock etc)
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]PaulFSAC[
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Originally posted by Ben: Oh, I see. Thanks Teral.
Forgive me for my ignorance, my experience of Star Trek is about equal to that of VF's. TOS - as Teral put TNH - Star Trek : The Next Generation DS9 - Star Trek : Deep Space 9 *shudder* Don't think there are short cuts for Voyager or Enterprise. B5 - Babylon 5
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]PaulFSAC[
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Originally posted by Timo: Oh good. It's great to have people with a wide variety of backgrounds bringing different perspectives to the table, but it's nice to have someone to relate to as well.
I also have all of B5 on tape, except for my least favorite ep. Got Crusade and Legend of the Rangers as well. I've seen Legend Of The Rangers on TV, although I haven't seen a video/DVD relase for it yet.
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Delta-V
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« Reply #107 on: 04-27-2002 16:53 »
« Last Edit on: 04-27-2002 16:53 »
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Originally posted by ]PaulFSAC[: TOS - as Teral put TNH - Star Trek : The Next Generation DS9 - Star Trek : Deep Space 9 *shudder*
Don't think there are short cuts for Voyager or Enterprise.
Usually, it's: ST:TOS - The Original Series ST:TAS - The Animated Series ST:TNG - The Next Generation ST:DS9 - Deep Space Nine ST:V - Voyager ST:E - Enterprise ST:TMP - Star Trek: The Motion Picture
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ZombieJesus
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Originally posted by bankrupt: I could be wrong, but I think that ship comes from the show Space 1999. I think.
Good episode. I liked the fanscript gag and Fry making a bow and arrow out of catipillars.
Edit: I knew I've seen that ship somewhere. If you go to Amazon.com and search for Space 1999 under DVD, you'll come across the boxsets. There's a picture of that ship in the upper corner of the DVD season 1 set.
Indeed it 's from Space 1999. Sorry but this is the best pic I could get: http://www.sfrevu.com/2001/9973%20Space%201999/eagle1.jpg And the blue ship from Melllvar looked a bit like a Klingon Bird of Prey, or an early Romulan ship.
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Teral
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« Reply #112 on: 04-28-2002 19:08 »
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Anti-nits: I think the cryo-building might have an exemption to that law. Noone can expect newly defrosted people to know about that law, and it shouldn't be held against them if they by accident said the words. About Hermes, he's a bureaucrat. Those people are normally above the law. Maybe he has some dirt on someone, and thus feels save. Okay, I'm done taking this topic waaaaay too serious. Edit: corrected a Nurdbot-like use of grammar.
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meisterPOOP
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Just reviewed the episode and really cracked up when Spock tried to use his nerve pinch on Bender. Funny, Funny, Stuff.
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Tweek
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I loved it, this is amongst the best episodes of Futurama, even though most of the crew weren't in it. The spoofing of Star Trek was spot on.
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Teral
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Fry not being Trekkie? He has talked about Star Trek several times, starting with Space Pilot 3000 when me sees the sliding doors and meets Leonard Nimoy. Granted it might have made more sense if he was a TNG trekkie.
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