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| The Official "Star Trek" Thread; Updated with on-set Spy Photos! | |
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| Russzilla | May 10 2009, 04:45 PM Post #286 |
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The wife and I saw it last night also, and we both loved it! I agree with you Pack on every level. Pine and Urban's performances were simply great. And the relationship between Spock and Uhura is pretty cool also. (and caught us completely off guard) I'm not gonna say much more that Pack hasn't covered already, except that this movie is a must see for Trekkies and non Trekkies alike. A great Star Trek movie!
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| packmule | May 30 2009, 07:55 PM Post #287 |
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The total worldwide box office receipts for Star Trek(2009) are solid, the film generating, to date, $292 million in revenue($200 million in the US). Source: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=startrek11.htm |
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| packmule | Jul 26 2009, 12:07 AM Post #288 |
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http://www.startrekmovie.com/comiccon/ There is one sequence of this video where Leonard Nimoy says goodbye to the film crew and director J.J. Abrams after Nimoy's sequences were shot: it was kind of sad and Mr. Nimoy was understandably a little emotional about it. Watching Nimoy's parting words to the the others only confirmed what I have known for a long, long time: this man is not only a marvelous actor but also a class act. 
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| crowmagnumman | Jul 26 2009, 05:12 PM Post #289 |
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Well from what I've heard, Nimoy is returning for the next Star Trek movie, which would be totally awesome. I hope he does. It's also rumored that the next Star Trek movie would end with a cliffhanger and then it would continue with the next movie. I'm totally up for that. |
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| packmule | Jul 26 2009, 11:50 PM Post #290 |
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Take a trip back in time to January, 1968 to watch The Gamesters Of Triskelion, a season two episode from the original "Star Trek" TV series: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iig53f6CU9E 
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| packmule | Jul 27 2009, 09:48 PM Post #291 |
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| crowmagnumman | Jul 28 2009, 07:22 PM Post #292 |
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As big a Star Trek fan that I consider myself to be, I still haven't seen every episode of the original series. So lately I've been watching some of the episodes that I've missed and some of my favorites in the remastered format, with the updated effects and sound. I will always consider the original versions to be the REAL versions. But I admit to enjoying seeing these remastered updates. They make the episodes feel kind of fresh again. |
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| packmule | Jul 28 2009, 09:14 PM Post #293 |
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I've watched about half of the season two episodes of the original ST series online at YouTube...including several today: "Mirror, Mirror", "The Doomsday Machine" and "Catspaw". Barbara Luna, who played "Marlena" in "Mirror, Mirror"...was a seriously beautiful woman back in the 60's.  
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| crowmagnumman | Jul 29 2009, 12:45 AM Post #294 |
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Oh, I totally agree. Barbara Luna was a gorgeous woman back then.  Just recently I saw her in an episode of The Invaders, and she's pretty hot there too.   Star Trek: The Original Series was full of beautiful babes. My favorites... Sherry Jackson. She played two characters in two different episodes, but I think she was hotter in "What Are Little Girls Made Of", as Andrea.     Not from Star Trek, but still hot.  I think she was even hotter in the Lost in Space episode "The Space Croppers", as Effra. The Hillbilly routine made her character kind of irritating, but that doesn't really detract from her beauty. She was just playing a role.   And then there is Marianna Hill as Dr. Helen Noel in "Dagger of the Mind."  Also worth mentioning are... Sally Kellerman(Dr. Elizabeth Dehner in "Where No Man Has Gone Before") Jill Ireland(Leila Kalomi in "This Side of Paradise") Joan Collins(Edith Keeler in "City on the Edge of Forever") But I have not yet mentioned my favorite babe from the original series. She is, in my opinion, the most beautiful woman from the original show. Madlyn Rhue, as Lieutenant Marla McGivers in "Space Seed."   |
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| packmule | Jul 29 2009, 07:22 PM Post #295 |
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Thanks for posting those pics. I forgot all about Marianna Hill: she was a hottie! Ted Cassidy...now that was one scary looking dude.  My favorite hotties from the original ST series would have to be Barbara Luna, Sherry Jackson, Marianna Hill and also Yvonne Craig, the latter the green skinned gal from the episode "For Whom Gods Destroy". Nichelle Nichols looked damn good in her own right, especially in that outfit in the season two episode "Mirror, Mirror". I also liked the young lady who played the Vulcan female Spock was supposed to mate with in season two's "Amok Time". My current top ten favorite ST episodes from the original series:
Here's a post from a ST message board with an image of "Marta"(Yvonne Craig) from the season three episode called "For Whom Gods Destroy": http://www.startrekmovie.com/forums/showpost.php?p=103257&postcount=57 Here's a blogger who has posted images of all the famous original ST series women: http://eeknight.livejournal.com/341538.html I did see a pic of a young Sally Kellerman in this blog: she looked great!  One of the reasons why I believe the original ST series remains the best among all of these shows is the portrayal of these characters, and the writing. The original series managed to make me care about these characters a lot, as well as marvel at their ability to overcome repeated problems and situations, usually relying on each other. These characters all "had each others back", so to speak. The relationship between the "big three", Kirk Spock and McCoy, has IMO never been duplicated in any other ST television series, especially that of Spock and Dr. Leonard McCoy. Here's a clip from the episode "Bread And Circuses", a clip that illustrates the relationship between these two men: |
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| crowmagnumman | Jul 30 2009, 08:11 PM Post #296 |
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Thanks for the link. This is a wonderfully extensive list.
I couldn't agree with you more. I like, to varying degrees, all the Star Trek shows. But the original series will always be the best. The characters were just so likable and admirable. TNG comes close, but none of the other crews can beat the original. |
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| packmule | Jul 30 2009, 10:11 PM Post #297 |
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Here's an original ST series season two episode called "Obsession": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sLh2IDk2ic I have always believed season two had. collectively, the most entertaining episodes from the original series.
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| crowmagnumman | Jul 30 2009, 10:55 PM Post #298 |
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Obsession is a good one. I should watch that one again in the remastered format. Seasons 1 and 2 are definitely the best. Season 3 has the most bad episodes I think. Not sure what happened there. Maybe after I re-watch all the episodes I want to see, and watch all the episodes I've never seen, I can make a top 10 favorites list. |
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| packmule | Jul 31 2009, 06:32 AM Post #299 |
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From the descriptions I've read of the original ST series seasons, there has been mention that the writers of this series were finding it more difficult to come up with interesting story lines for the eps: Spock's Brain is an example of this, an episode which is generally regarded by "Trekkies" as being one of the worst, if not worst, episodes of the original series. There were some good episodes in season three, like Day Of The Dove, but I think it simply came down to the show writers running out of ideas that would translate into fresh and interesting story lines, which would obviously be a necessity for the survival and continuation of any television show. This happens to many TV series, obviously some sooner than later. Based on declining TV ratings, NBC abruptly cancelled Star Trek in 1969. Believe it or not, Gregg the original ST series never really garnered outstanding TV ratings. It was only after this show went into syndication, and began making the rounds on channels like The Sci-Fi Channel and others, did it gain such an enormous following of fans. |
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| crowmagnumman | Jul 31 2009, 07:56 PM Post #300 |
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Oh yeah. So I've heard. Mainly it wasn't successful in the beginning because they put it in the wrong time slot. It came on too late in the evening, so kids didn't get to see it. And so it wasn't until the re-runs that the target audience got to see it. I heard that there was a big fan petition to get the show renewed after season 2, and because of fan's efforts it got a third season. So it seems as though it did have a cult fan base at least. I think the best episodes from season 3, that I've seen anyway, are... The Enterprise Incident Is There No Truth in Beauty Spectre of the Gun Day of the Dove The Tholian Web Wink of an Eye The Savage Curtain |
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