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Post subject: Re: Live Long and Prosper; the Trek Thread
Posted: Sun July 30, 2017 3:53 am
NEVER STOP JAMMING!
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Sharner's style was actually pretty generic "pre-method" 60's tv, and the action scenes couldn't have been more ordinary for the era (btw I still believe that all fighting should be limited to hip tosses and hammer punches), but his show did well and he was memorable in it, so...
By the time the first movie hit he'd started to get in on the joke. Then he basically played more and more to what people felt "Shatnering" was as he aged.
Summary: William Shatner is sci fi's Eddie Vedder.
Post subject: Re: Live Long and Prosper; the Trek Thread
Posted: Mon August 07, 2017 2:04 pm
I've been POOSSTTIiiEEnngeeaahh
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 5:53 pm Posts: 12082
Pretty sure Fuller wanted it to be an anthology series from the jump hitting different parts of the timeline but they told him no. Vindication I guess.
It's a shame they didn't learn the value of taking chances with new ideas by the creatives after the Voyager/Battlestar debacle.
They said no to a Star Trek pitch from JMS. He then went on to make Babylon 5, and they copied the basic idea of it for DS9. Then went on to copy many of the stories and episodes.
Post subject: Re: Live Long and Prosper; the Trek Thread
Posted: Sat September 09, 2017 1:26 am
NEVER STOP JAMMING!
Joined: Wed January 02, 2013 1:56 am Posts: 21842
Related note: Master and Commander is my favorite Star Trek movie.
Our lovely ship is out alone in the reaches. There's a talented enemy commander with a better, more powerful ship. We lose the opening fight and hide in a cosmic gas cloud. The big, warm-but-stern commander has a science geek doctor friend. They explore new lands along the way, and debate the weight of duty versus scientific discovery. They play classical music for fun. The crew is treated as something more than background fodder, and their losses matter. There are terrible one liners galore (the lesser of two weevils).
Post subject: Re: Live Long and Prosper; the Trek Thread
Posted: Sat September 09, 2017 1:48 am
Major Dude
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McParadigm wrote:
Related note: Master and Commander is my favorite Star Trek movie.
Our lovely ship is out alone in the reaches. There's a talented enemy commander with a better, more powerful ship. We lose the opening fight and hide in a cosmic gas cloud. The big, warm-but-stern commander has a science geek doctor friend. They explore new lands along the way, and debate the weight of duty versus scientific discovery. They play classical music for fun. The crew is treated as something more than background fodder, and their losses matter. There are terrible one liners galore (the lesser of two weevils).
Excellent call.
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