Star Trek

[Buster's Uncle]

'Cause I may hate that movie, but I actually love fake Trek - it's like having a sibling who annoys you and hurts your feelings a lot, so it's complicated.  If it didn't pretend to be Trek I'd sure love it a lot more, though.

And I think I'm the only person to denounce fake Trek in this thread, actually.  I'm interested in what you thought of Generations.  Perhaps our respective opinions are worth discussing - I have nothing against you for having them.

[Vishniac]

Ok, if you want it, I'll try to write it. But these things take time...

To make you wait, start by asking yourself these simple questions:

- If you could live your life again, would you change a thing or leave it all the same?
- If you had the chance again, would you change a thing at all?
- When you look back at your past, can you say that you are proud of what you've done?
- Are there times when you believe that the right you thought was wrong?

Iron Maiden - Judgement Of Heaven (With Lyrics)

[Buster's Uncle]

Rhetorical questions, or do you want answers?

[Mylochka]

A pretty blue girl to look at while you think deep thoughts...

[JarlWolf]

 If you could live your life again, would you change a thing or leave it all the same?

While in this hypothetical situation I would've changed a lot of things, specifically my actions in certain situations (I am not proud of some things I've done to people) and possibly changed the circumstances, most of what I did I didn't really have much of a choice and at this point I can't dwell on it. But one thing I would change is that I wish I was able to go and visit my first wife in her last days... at the time I was abroad and I couldn't get shipped back in time. Needless to say I was pretty miserable about it. (and it still hurts to think of it, even after all these years)

- If you had the chance again, would you change a thing at all?

If this change was meant as in, I could change circumstances or my actions, if its the former I would've wished my first (and arguably only true, loving) wife wouldn't have had cancer to begin with. If it's the second... No. What I did was out of survival, not proud of it but if I hadn't of done it I and others would've died.

- When you look back at your past, can you say that you are proud of what you've done?

No. Not for the most of it im not. I've done a lot of terrible things in my lifetime and I've ruined many people's lives. I've taken enough life to warrant me a mass murderer yet I am respected for it. But on the other hand, if it wasn't for me many men and women who were in those bull[poop]situations would not have made it and would have not been alive today for some of the things I've done. So its a bit mixed, I did my job and I did it the best I could.

- Are there times when you believe that the right you thought was wrong?[/b][/i]

There is no such thing as right and wrong, and to think so is foolish. There is only what is done, what happens and what doesn't happen. I have done things, some I am not happy with. I did things because it was necessary, and things happened because of it. And because of what I did, some other things didn't happen. But the point is, for the people I did help and for myself as well, life happened for us and continued. To think otherwise in my case would drive me into depression, so I avoid it.

Edit: I will be honest though. Some people deserved to die in the situations I was involved in, and I have no regrets having killed them. My respect for them as human beings was non existent for what some of those monsters did.

[Buster's Uncle]

Captain Kirk watches Miley Cyrus performance

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[JarlWolf]

 

[Geo]

I'm so not going to watch that... 

[Buster's Uncle]

I loathe every little thing about Q without let or hindrance, but since everyone loves Spock and some of you will enjoy this, have at it:

Spock vs. Q

[Buster's Uncle]

Redesigning 'Star Trek': the original series brought to life in 80 pulp posters
Artist Juan Ortiz turned an obsession into a great new book
 
By Andrew Webster on September 5, 2013 10:06 am


For 30 days in 2011, Juan Ortiz gave himself a task: create a new poster every day, each one illustrating a single episode of the original Star Trek series. "I had little sleep during that time," he says. When he was finished, some friends convinced him to reach out to CBS directly. The posters were a hit, and with CBS' blessing, Ortiz ultimately managed to make one for each of the original series' 80 episodes. The results have been collected in a new book called Star Trek: The Art of Juan Ortiz, which for the artist is something of a love letter to the show. "The original series is ingrained in my head," he explains.

The designs feature a vintage style, with some reminiscent of classic movie posters and others harking back to the covers of pulp sci-fi novels. According to Ortiz, what makes them work — and fun to work on — is the sheer diversity of the episodes he illustrated. "Each episode is its own story," he says. "A court drama, a monster flick, a love story, a war story, a western, etc. So it was easy to approach each episode on its own merits and not be bored with the same idea throughout. I was also my own art director, so I had the freedom to create images of just about anything that I wanted, unhindered by the series' low budget — like dragons on Vulcan."



"Each episode is its own story.".

Ortiz has worked as an artist and illustrator since 1985, creating images for the likes of Disney, Warner Bros., and DC Comics. But despite this experience, he claims he doesn't really have a style of his own, which came in handy for this particular project. "I tend to see things as though they were designed by someone else," says Ortiz, "mostly by designers that have inspired me. I have an eclectic taste in genres, music, movies, and books, so the challenge was to create images that were inspired by works that I love, rather than copied."

Some of the best loved episodes proved intimidating to illustrate, and Ortiz's favorite was a poster that almost didn't even get made. The first pilot episode for the original series, known as "The Cage," was filmed in 1965, but didn't actually air until 1988, well over a decade after the show was off the airwaves. Because of this, it was the last piece he worked on, and it was a challenge to get it finished by CBS' deadline. "It was also the most colorful, having been inspired by the artist Shag," Ortiz explains. "Shag is the reason that I taught myself vector art; I had fun adding the copy, too."

You can check out a few of Ortiz's posters below, but be sure to grab Star Trek: The Art of Juan Ortiz to get the full experience.

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http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/5/4697206/redesigning-star-trek-the-original-series-in-80-posters

Starring BATGIRL!

[Geo]

Not batting stargirl? 

[Buster's Uncle]

Nope.  The (oh, so hot) green lady in Whom Gods Destroy was Yvonne Craig, who played Batgirl.

Stargirl is only a comicbook character.

[Mylochka]

Oh, yes, I have seen those.  They're cool!

At the STAU group at da, we had a contest to create posters for the cartoon episodes.  Here's a couple I did:

[Buster's Uncle]

[Mylochka]

Ooops, included a regular episode in there too..

Here's a poster from my pal Ptrope... He's the only person I know who actually claims this episode as a favorite...