Category: Star Trek Musings

The Real Captain Kirk To Command Navy Destroyer

Source here.

There is no contextual reason to feature this on the blog other than to say that there is an actual Captain Kirk in the U.S. Navy taking command of a Navy Destroyer. A pity they couldn’t (or wouldn’t) push the joke further and have him take command of the U.S.S. Enterprise… that name’s still available, isn’t it?

Behind The Boole And Babbage Trek Advertisement

You remember that Boole And Babbage ad floating around YouTube, where Jonathan Frakes (as Number One) is trying to sell some automation software to a guy named Harold? Well, Trekcore actually got to interview Pat Letsos, the senior marketing director behind that particular campaign. It’s actually quite an interesting read and also includes scans of press material to go along with the ad. Nice stuff.

Check out the interview here, which also includes the original video.

And if you dare, check out the commentary I did for this thing back in March 2011 here.

Attempting To Have TOS Klingons Speak Klingon

The scene below is from the Star Trek episode, “The Day Of The Dove.” A bunch of Klingons are talking and using a Klingon translator gimmick online, I put together this rushed translation that probably sounds crap to somebody, but it’s an interesting experiment.
KANG: HeghDI’ Dujvam tlhap qIrq nach ghoD ‘ej DIr tlhoy’ cabin vIneH.
MARA: maHvaD pIHoH chaH ngejtaH laH vang maH.
KANG: Qo’, maHvaD yu’, HoS, nab ghoj DayaHmoH chaH. not vaj chaH.
MARA: tu’lu’ neH loSmaH maHvaD wa’vatlh loS wa’vatlh lughaj.
SOLDIER: qaStaHvIS wa’ ram loS SaD Hugh SIjlaH qetbogh loD.
KANG: yItuv. Qagh chaH. Sov veS qabna’Daj nom nob maHvaD ‘entepray’Daq jon.