Just wanted to say thanks to eBay. I like how you made it so that when somebody quotes another post, it @mentions the user they quoted. That is a nice improvement, and I really like it.
doug@ebay wrote:@castlemagicmemories, IMHO, the BEST of the Star Trek films! "Wrath of Khan" is the "Empire Strikes Back" of the Star Trek universe!
Despite "Return of the Jedi" originally being called "Revenge of the Jedi," but "Revenge of Khan" was coming out so it got changed...as did "Revenge of Khan" to "Wrath of Khan."
Or some kind of story like that!
Showing my geekdom, my childhood best friend and I used to be able to recite every line in "Wrath..." and I think I could still give it a pretty good go!
Geeks of the world, unite! Right there with you, Doug!
Here it comes!
IMO, the Wrath of Khan SHOULD have been the first Star Trek movie made, and it was actually expected by fans as the original episode, Space Seed, ends with the line, I only hope that in a hundred years, that crop won't have sprung right out of the ground and come looking for us.
So dare I say, logically, that was the perfect episode to be the basis of the first Star Trek Movie. I was disappointed with Star Trek the Movie, although it did touch on the V-ger theme which was from the original series.
Thanks for sharing that, Doug...bet you still can give it a pretty good go!
Live long and prosper! And if you have any problems, you could just get Scotty to beam them over to the Klingons, where they will be no tribble at all. They aren't happy anyway; remember
the swaggering, overbearing, tin plated dictator with delusions of godhood remark and calling the Enterprise a garbage scow!
Wait, she should be hauled off AS garbage was the rest of that comment. Scotty didn't like that!
Ha ha, good one @castlemagicmemories. You have me beat as a Trekkie! I will say I still do have a pretty interesting Star Trek collection...some may wind up on eBay ha ha.
Ahh, Star Trek the Motionless Picture. I saw it in the theater and was not thrilled. We do have the great opening scene and the Klingon Battle Theme music though! And interesting to re-visit the v-ger theme...though it at some point got a bit overdone.
Wrath would have been perfect as is as the first film in the re-boot!
As far as the shows, only TOS did it for me. Captain Kirk was prob my first hero and idol.
@castlemagicmemories wrote:
doug@ebay wrote:
@castlemagicmemories, IMHO, the BEST of the Star Trek films! "Wrath of Khan" is the "Empire Strikes Back" of the Star Trek universe!
Despite "Return of the Jedi" originally being called "Revenge of the Jedi," but "Revenge of Khan" was coming out so it got changed...as did "Revenge of Khan" to "Wrath of Khan."
Or some kind of story like that!
Showing my geekdom, my childhood best friend and I used to be able to recite every line in "Wrath..." and I think I could still give it a pretty good go!
Geeks of the world, unite! Right there with you, Doug!
Here it comes!
IMO, the Wrath of Khan SHOULD have been the first Star Trek movie made, and it was actually expected by fans as the original episode, Space Seed, ends with the line, I only hope that in a hundred years, that crop won't have sprung right out of the ground and come looking for us.
So dare I say, logically, that was the perfect episode to be the basis of the first Star Trek Movie. I was disappointed with Star Trek the Movie, although it did touch on the V-ger theme which was from the original series.
Thanks for sharing that, Doug...bet you still can give it a pretty good go!
Live long and prosper! And if you have any problems, you could just get Scotty to beam them over to the Klingons, where they will be no tribble at all. They aren't happy anyway; remember
the swaggering, overbearing, tin plated dictator with delusions of godhood remark and calling the Enterprise a garbage scow!
Wait, she should be hauled off AS garbage was the rest of that comment. Scotty didn't like that!
" hope we don't get in trouble for taking this off topic!"
For what it's worth, I have always felt that it should be up to the OP to decide if something is going off topic and not the mods...I have a feeling that you trekkies will be safe if that is the rule!
@hidy-hoo wrote:" hope we don't get in trouble for taking this off topic!"
For what it's worth, I have always felt that it should be up to the OP to decide if something is going off topic and not the mods...I have a feeling that you trekkies will be safe if that is the rule!
Thanks, Hidey!
With apologies to the OP for the derailment here!
And Doug, YOU won't get into trouble, you work for Ebay, you can do whatever you want! LOL I, on the other hand, am expendable...
Yes, exactly! I was VERY skeptical about the reboot, because there was just SO much that could go wrong. I saw commercials about it that showed a romantic encounter between Kirk and the green girl, and thought it might be too graphic. So I had my reservations, but asked a fan who saw it what they thought, and they approved. Still, I waited til it hit tv. And was very pleased with it. It was VERY believable, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana, et al were incredible.
It might interest you to know that Devil in the Dark was shot when William Shatner's father passed away. When Spock was mind melding with the Horta, and saying, Pain, pain! William Shatner said, somebody get that man an aspirin.
I understand Leonard Nimoy was not happy with that. Supposedly this was William Shatner's favorite episode.
Wow, you really know your Star Trek, Doug! I had no idea you were so well versed, my apologies for giving you info you were already well aware of. Very impressive! Quite a list of episodes there.
Ok, here's mine. The Trouble With Tribbles, City on the Edge of Forever, Who Mourns for Adonis?, Shoreleave, Catspaw, The Squire of Gothos, Requiem for Methuselah, The Omega Glory, Miri, the Enemy Within, I may be missing some!
@castlemagicmemories, ah yes! You reminded me of some I forgot: Piece of the Action, Catspaw, Squire of Gothos, Enemy Within. I don't think I mentioned Bread and Circuses either!
Thanks for the trip down memory lane! Makes me want to watch some Trek!
@castlemagicmemories wrote:
With apologies to the OP for the derailment here!
And Doug, YOU won't get into trouble, you work for Ebay, you can do whatever you want! LOL I, on the other hand, am expendable...
Yes, exactly! I was VERY skeptical about the reboot, because there was just SO much that could go wrong. I saw commercials about it that showed a romantic encounter between Kirk and the green girl, and thought it might be too graphic. So I had my reservations, but asked a fan who saw it what they thought, and they approved. Still, I waited til it hit tv. And was very pleased with it. It was VERY believable, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana, et al were incredible.
It might interest you to know that Devil in the Dark was shot when William Shatner's father passed away. When Spock was mind melding with the Horta, and saying, Pain, pain! William Shatner said, somebody get that man an aspirin.
I understand Leonard Nimoy was not happy with that. Supposedly this was William Shatner's favorite episode.
Wow, you really know your Star Trek, Doug! I had no idea you were so well versed, my apologies for giving you info you were already well aware of. Very impressive! Quite a list of episodes there.
Ok, here's mine. The Trouble With Tribbles, City on the Edge of Forever, Who Mourns for Adonis?, Shoreleave, Catspaw, The Squire of Gothos, Requiem for Methuselah, The Omega Glory, Miri, the Enemy Within, I may be missing some!
