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.

Random Thoughts On… Random Stuff

Couple topics that don’t merit their own individual posts, so let’s shoot them out in one post right now…

– Last night’s RAW was… meh. Apparently, the newest Paul Heyman guy is Joe Hennig with a new name, Curtis Axel… Well, it’s a step up from Michael McGillicutty, that much I’ll say. And how nice was it of that HHH chap to put this guy over in his first night by making a complete ass out of him before stumbling to a really WTF ending. Who won the match? They never said a thing on that… Oh, and Ryback wants an Ambulance Match with Johnny C… god, this show hurts my head sometimes.

– Actually, I’m just glancing at WWE.com and it turns out Axel won by forfeit… that’s what happens when you don’t announce your wins. Lame.

– So Irate Gamer uploaded his latest video episode and it’s on the NES Star Trek… meh. That was my only really reaction. This was just meh. Nothing about the video was particularly funny in either an intention or unintentional sense. I was just… meh. I’ve got nothing.

That’s it. I’m done for now.

Later.

Star Trek V Chair Poster

Found this on the hard drive the other day. Don’t know where I got this from originally, but it’s a vaguely interesting post depicting the U.S.S. Enterprise en route to encounter the alien chair from deep space.

Or at least, that’s what this poster tells me.

Fun fact: this was the first Star Trek movie I saw in theaters. Not exactly an auspicious start to the Trek movie going experience, but for all the bad this movie offers, there are some genuinely heartfelt and fun moments.

Or at least, I’d like to think so…

Also… seatbelts in the movie theater? While watching Star Trek?

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RUINED FOREVER, GOD-DAMMIT!