tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post6473969395305391649..comments2024-03-21T12:51:21.667-04:00Comments on Whisky Prajer: Led Zeppelin IV, A 33 1/3 Book By Erik Davis (With Just A Dash Of Star Trek Thrown In)dpreimerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09905531259256800022noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-28434013750247071382009-11-23T06:43:51.140-05:002009-11-23T06:43:51.140-05:00Re: intellectuals and Trek -- I have a friend who&...Re: intellectuals and Trek -- I have a friend who's worked for several IT corporations, including ATI. ATI's lunch/rec room was festooned with enormous TV screens, which broadcast TOS episodes 24/7.<br /><br />But <a href="http://www.newsweek.com/id/195082" rel="nofollow">we're <i>all</i> Trekkies now</a> -- aren't we?Whisky Prajerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14076228013022881173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-77564131671493998612009-11-23T06:34:23.856-05:002009-11-23T06:34:23.856-05:00Lowell - Next Gen too, eh? That's some dedicat...<b>Lowell</b> - Next Gen too, eh? That's some dedication. Actually, the publication that capped it all for me was <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Compendium-Alan-Asherman/dp/0671796127" rel="nofollow">The Star Trek Compendium</a></i>, which wasn't just rote Trek, but critical as well. This was the first time I'd read a lament over "Spock's Brain" (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spock%27s_Brain" rel="nofollow">W</a>). Prior to that the possibility that Trek had moments that were just plain lame had never occurred to me.<br /><br /><b>Joel</b> -- we only spilled for the single disc edition, which isn't exactly packed with bonus material. But what is there is certainly amusing. The gag reel has some fun moments (which are probably on YouTube by now), and Abrams doesn't hesitate to admit to plot weaknesses (The Cave Of Astonishing Co-Incidence where Kirk and Old Spock finally meet is a whopper, to be sure).<br /><br />The girls like some TOS episodes, but aren't crazy for the whole thing, like their old man. But I have overheard them as they do their own McCoy/Spock shtick. McCoy seems to be a fave for them both -- the raspy voice, the accent, the facial tics are too juicy to pass up.Whisky Prajerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14076228013022881173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-80224617341732315452009-11-23T04:39:18.619-05:002009-11-23T04:39:18.619-05:00Once you get on the Star Trek roll, it's easy ...Once you get on the Star Trek roll, it's easy to find yourself getting sucked back in again, isn't it?<br /><br />The DVD I rented here in Japan didn't contain any bonus material? Am I missing out? <br /><br />Definately seems like your daughters are becoming big fans (as you mentioned). Has the enthusiasm extended over to the orginal shows as well, or is it just the JJ Abrams version?<br /><br />And one more Trek observation: although I'm somewhat ashamed of my own youthful obsession with the franchise, I have noticed when I was in college, and indeed in the post college world, that all the really interesting intellectual minds had at least some history with Star Trek. Certainly not every Star Trek fan ends up becoming a really smart intellectual, but most smart intellectuals have some period of Star Trek fandom in their pasts. So the series can't be a total waste.Joel Swagmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14948746083822200906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-11152419649748390642009-11-22T23:13:42.265-05:002009-11-22T23:13:42.265-05:00I still have the blueprints and technical manual f...I still have the blueprints and technical manual from Classic Trek, as well as the blueprints and technical manual for the Next Generation's Enterprise. I remember imagining which deck my room would be on and which science lab I'd be working in if I was a crewman on the Enterprise. It brought me closer to the Thing Itself.Lowellnoreply@blogger.com