Star Trek

[Buster's Uncle]

[Jeopardy theme plays in head]  Oh, you're counting fake ST ...

Steven Hawking.

[Sava]

Wrong.  Stephen Hawking

Also, "fake ST"?

[Buster's Uncle]

Yeah, that's anything that doesn't have the real Mr. Sulu in it.

[Sava]

 

[Buster's Uncle]

[Sava]

Roddenberry would not approve of that.

[Buster's Uncle]

He approved of money - for him.

[Sava]

He approved of money - for him.

I will protect your right to be wrong.

[Geo]

Yeah, that's anything that doesn't have the real Mr. Sulu in it.

So, did Mr. Sulu play in ALL TOS movies?

[Buster's Uncle]

I don't recall him missing in any...

[Geo]

And did he never appear in TNG, DS9, Voyager, Enterprise NX or whatever more recent branch of Star Trek?

[Buster's Uncle]

Not a time; not even in Generations, although he was mentioned because of his daughter...

[Geo]

Ah, a real and honest 'purity' character then for your purposes.

[Buster's Uncle]

Levar Burton, 'Star Trek: TNG' Star, Beams Up $2 Million for 'Reading Rainbow'
Space.com
By Elizabeth Howell, Space.com Contributor   |   May 30, 2014 01:20pm ET


 
  Levar Burton as Geordi La Forge in “Star Trek: The Next Generation.”  Credit: IMDb Screenshot / Star Trek: The Next Generation / Gene Trindl – © 1987 Gene Trindl – Image courtesy mptvimages.com 

 
 
Talk about warp drive. A "Star Trek: The Next Generation" star's quest to reboot his 1980s-era reading show exceeded a $1 million crowdsourcing goal in just 11 hours.

And with more than a month to go in the campaign, backers of "Reading Rainbow" pushed the pool of money on Kickstarter past $2.6 million.

"We just crossed the million-dollar threshold on the first day. I am overwhelmed," a teary LeVar Burton (Geordi La Forge on "Star Trek: The Next Generation") said in a video message Wednesday (May 28). "Thank you so much. This will enable us to really, really, really do a lot of good."

Reading Rainbow Kickstarter Video

LeVar Burton plans to revive his beloved children's show into a Web series, create a special version for the classroom and then make it available for free to "schools in need".

Unsourced statistics on the website say that 1 in 4 children in the United States grows up illiterate, and Burton said he hopes the campaign will change that.


 
 Actor and Producer Levar Burton tweets with two devices during the STS-134 Tweetup, Thursday, April 28, 2011, at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. About 150 NASA Twitter followers attended the event.  Credit: NASA/Paul E. Alers


15 million tablet views

"Reading Rainbow" was originally developed for television when it launched in 1983, which makes it a bit of a dinosaur among a generation raised on iPads and mobile phones.

Recognizing this, two years ago Burton's group launched a "Reading Rainbow" app for tablets. To date, users have viewed about 15 million of the videos and books included on the app, he said.

But not every family can afford a tablet, which is why Burton wants to make the show available on the Web. The television star also heard from teachers that they wanted to present the show in their classrooms.

As the funds mount for the campaign, Burton said he plans to expand "Reading Rainbow" to as many schools as he can.

"The first million raised will help us get onto the Web and into 1,500+ classrooms … But now that we're there (!), we've got some big ideas for stretch goals," Burton stated on Kickstarter.

"We promise: Every dollar you contribute will help us bring 'Reading Rainbow' to more platforms, and provide [the show] for free in more classrooms."

For more details on Levar Burton's "Reading Rainbow" Kickstarter campaign, visit: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/readingrainbow/bring-reading-rainbow-back-for-every-child-everywh


http://www.space.com/26070-levar-burton-reading-rainbow-star-trek.html

[Buster's Uncle]

Who is the only person to portray themselves in the Star Trek universe?

[Jeopardy theme plays in head]  Oh, you're counting fake ST ...

Steven Hawking.

Arguably, also Joe Piscipo...