Star Trek

[Buster's Uncle]

Brian Blessed isn't always bombastic. There are some excellent dramatic scenes in I, Claudius when he speaks in a normal tone of voice, very sincere, such as when he and Claudius have a frank discussion about Germanicus and Postumus.

Unfortunately, that's the episode in which Livia kills him...

...He was a bit too Brian Blessed for the part, even so - Augustus was a very somber man, careful of his dignity even in private, and Blessed made him seem frequently a bit ridiculous.  -Not that that was a bad reading of I, Claudius, a book I've read many times, but not a good reading of the historical figure...

[Valka]

I prefer his interpretation of Augustus to the one in the Rome series. Mind you, just about all the characters in that series were crazy in some way.

I think we need a thread for historical dramas, since I could talk all day about those.

[Buster's Uncle]

Go for it.

[Valka]

After I finish cycling through the themes. 

[Buster's Uncle]

[Buster's Uncle]

Challenger, Columbia wreckage on public display for 1st time


In this Tuesday, July 21, 2015 photo, the lunch box astronaut Michael P. Anderson used as a child are among his personal effects displayed in the "Forever Remembered" exhibit and memorial for the astronauts that perished on the Columbia and Challenger space shuttles, at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

[Buster's Uncle]

POOPING IS LOGICAL - STAR TREK Potty Training Book Based on Vulcan Principles
geektyrant
by Joey Paur  8 hours ago






Star Wars: Rogue One writer Gary Whitta and his wife Leah have written a Star Trek-inspired potty training book called Pooping is Logical. The couple used Vulcan wisdom to potty train their own three-year-old daughter, and they thought they would share it with the world in book form.

POOPING IS LOGICAL! tells the story of a young Vulcan child who, just like kids on Earth, is hesitant to make the leap out of diapers and onto the potty. Fortunately his parents, who are wise and loving, are on hand to help him through this transition and assure him that pooping on the potty is a perfectly natural, safe, and grown-up thing to do. In a society based on logic, what could be more logical than pooping?

While talking about the book on his Tumblr, Whitta says they are having problems getting the book published because, “We can’t get anyone to take this seriously.” So he’s encouraging people who might want to buy the book to RT this tweet about it with the hashtag #POOPINGISLOGICAL to show potential publishers that there is interest in a logic-based potty training book set in the Star Trek universe. I'd totally buy it, which is why I'm posting about it here!





http://geektyrant.com/news/pooping-is-logical-star-trek-potty-training-book-based-on-vulcan-principles

[Dio]

What does a person say in response to such an idea? 

[Buster's Uncle]

POOP!

[Dio]

Challenger, Columbia wreckage on public display for 1st time


In this Tuesday, July 21, 2015 photo, the lunch box astronaut Michael P. Anderson used as a child are among his personal effects displayed in the "Forever Remembered" exhibit and memorial for the astronauts that perished on the Columbia and Challenger space shuttles, at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

This product appears to match the interests of BUncle quite well  .

[Unorthodox]

That is indeed a nice lunch box. 

Mine happened to be a lone ranger.  1981 version, I believe, but my mom was just as likely to have bought an older version at a garage sale somewhere.   

Man I loved the lone ranger....too bad he died in 1982.  (my grandpa: he'd make up stories of the lone ranger on the spot, and had "silver bullet" casings scattered in his garden whenever we would come so you KNEW he was telling the truth, sly little devil.  I may have inherited something there...) 

[Buster's Uncle]

Ah.  It wasn't Clayton Moore who died in 1982, I don't think, so who is the Long Ranger of whom you speak?

[Unorthodox]

My Grandpa.  His stories WERE the lone ranger to me, much more than any TV.  I KNEW the lone ranger rode down by his farm. 

Just like Santa (his brother, my great uncle) Died in 1997.  It wasn't till I was in my late teens that I learned the 'santa' mom always called was my Uncle Blaine.  And he'd always just pull a story out of thin air.  I distinctly recall the time she actually dialed one of the 900 numbers and got a recording.  That weren't no santa! 

edit: Ironically, Santa got me drunk at age 8, and I've never cared for a beer again...

[Dio]

My Grandpa.  His stories WERE the lone ranger to me, much more than any TV.  I KNEW the lone ranger rode down by his farm. 

Just like Santa (his brother, my great uncle) Died in 1997.  It wasn't till I was in my late teens that I learned the 'santa' mom always called was my Uncle Blaine.  And he'd always just pull a story out of thin air.  I distinctly recall the time she actually dialed one of the 900 numbers and got a recording.  That weren't no santa! 

edit: Ironically, Santa got me drunk at age 8, and I've never cared for a beer again...

I think that is an unusual version of Santa.

[Buster's Uncle]

'Star Trek' Fan Film Recruits Real-Life Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti
SPACE.com
By Elizabeth Howell  13 hours ago



Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, the record-holder for the longest continuous spaceflight by a woman, joined on as a cast member in the fan project "Star Trek: Axanar." In April, she tweeted this photo posing in the International Space Station



After spending 199 days on the International Space Station, a European astronaut is readying for her next big mission: joining an independent "Star Trek" production.

Samantha Cristoforetti, an Italian astronaut for the European Space Agency, will join the fan-produced film "Star Trek: Axanar" in an as-yet-undisclosed role, film officials said in a blog post. Cristoforetti was the first Italian woman in space during the space station's Expeditions 42 and 43, which wrapped up in June.

The news comes as the production wrapped up a crowdfunding campaign  that raised $487,076, nearly double the original goal of $250,000. Filming will begin in early 2016.

"Star Trek: Axanar" follows the story of Garth of Izar, a character who was introduced in the "Star Trek: The Original Series" episode "Whom Gods Destroy." Garth's story takes place about 21 years before the events of the first "Star Trek" episode, "Where No Man Has Gone Before."

The new, full-length film will follow from a 20-minute crowdfunded prelude that was released last year. Stars in the feature-length film include Richard Hatch, Kate Vernon (both of "Battlestar: Galactica"), Gary Graham ("Star Trek: Enterprise") and Tony Todd ("Candyman", "Chuck", "24"). It is led by Executive Producer Alec Peters.

After a crowdfunding campaign last year on Kickstarter that raised more than $600,000, the filmmakers have decided to break the feature-length film into four episodes costing at least $250,000 each.

The base goal for the work is $1 million, but the filmmakers need at least $1.32 million in total to cover costs from using the crowdfunding site Indiegogo, which takes a cut of projects funded on its site, as well as "ongoing studio costs" and "payment processing," according to the Indiegogo page.

Cristoforetti wouldn't be the first astronaut to appear on Star Trek. In 1993, NASA astronaut Mae Jemison played a small role on "Star Trek: The Next Generation."

http://news.yahoo.com/star-trek-fan-film-recruits-real-life-astronaut-111200274.html