Hair Trigger
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Never thought about the similarities with the characterizations.
I read somewhere, when the series was in development, that Roddenberry tried to sell the series to doubtful TV execs as a "Wagon Train" to the stars.
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Never thought about the similarities with the characterizations.
I read somewhere, when the series was in development, that Roddenberry tried to sell the series to doubtful TV execs as a "Wagon Train" to the stars.
I liked the series with Jeri Ryan.
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I remember how Star Trek was cancelled after the third season and right after that Armstrong was seen via television walking on the moon! But it was too late. People across the country were practically begging for the show to return. It stayed in syndication forever after that. Took another ten years for the first movie to hit the theaters.
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First Generation Trekker here, September 5, 1966 on our then B&W TV-remember those? Gene Roddenberry described it as "Wagon Train to the Stars". In the later series they tried to get away from the "happy crew" idea, recognizing that military units are rarely a band of brothers.
I guess it makes sense it has some similar characteristics to Westerns. Gene Roddenberry was a writer for 'Have Gun - Will Travel'.
We did a training staff exercise (Army, 30 years ago) comparing Kirk and Picard. The consensus was we all wanted to work for Picard, but we all wanted to BE Kirk....
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At one Creation Con, when asked "How would Kirk handle a situation as opposed to Picard?", Shatner replied:
"Those are made up stories, folks."
"Those are made up stories, folks."
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The wife and I have rewatched every episode of every series up to Enterprise with our two youngest daughters. I avoided Voyager when it first came out. 20 years later I have to say it has some of the best episodes in the whole franchise. I draw the line at anything that came out after Enterprise, though. I hated the new movies and I am not interested in Discovery or Picard from what I have seen.
If you liked Star Trek, Farscape, or Lexx, you should watch Andromeda. It has some cheesy moments and a few seasons where the show falters but it is an underrated gem overall.
If you liked Star Trek, Farscape, or Lexx, you should watch Andromeda. It has some cheesy moments and a few seasons where the show falters but it is an underrated gem overall.
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I always thought that the Andromeda avatar was really hot! That still didn't compel me to tune in very often!
Farscape reruns just started locally on broadcast TV. I prefer my Muppets in old run down theaters! My BFF and I act like Waldorf and Statler! (not such a good thing in church!)
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The post about Andromeda made me think of the 1971 sci-fi movie Andromeda Strain. For its time it was quite a tale.
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She is very beautiful. And she is married to Michael Shanks from Stargate SG1. Lucky guy.
"Ouch!"
"Who are you?"
"The name is Mudd. Harcourt Fenton Mudd, Harry for short. I reiterate – ouch!"
- Harry Mudd and Gabriel Lorca, after the latter grabs the former's neck upon awakening
