I have been watching Star Trek: Voyager lately and have been thinking about how short the television seasons are these days. It is amazing to me that each season of Voyager has 26 episodes more or less and lasted 7 seasons. Now we are lucky if a show has ten episodes and makes it past season two! It is a real treat to sit back and watch Voyager because of the amount of time put into the characters and their history, of course with more money the sets were great, the writing interesting, and unique costumes, and crew. One thing I have to add is that I love the character 7 of 9 and wish they had brought her onboard a lot sooner, maybe the second season, it could have worked the first season but we needed some time to get used to the Delta quadrant. I liked the interaction with the Borg keeping in mind that DS9 was on television at the same time as Voyager for several years and the TNG crew was off making movies, some of it with the Borg, and the writers needed to keep the Star Trek Universe more or less unified and the stories consistent, and I personally think they did a great job!
If you haven't watched Voyager in a while, it is fun to refresh your memory and spend some time in the Delta quadrant!
I have been reading the novel entitled Robots and Empire by Isaac Asimov and then happened to see the movie Bicentennial Man based on his novel by the same name. I was able to note that Asimov had been a co- writer of the screenplay of the movie because his style of writing is, in my opinion, very poetic and I recognized it immediately. I love poetry in general of any genre, especially science fiction, and his writing has that special flavor, almost a musical quality to it. His portrayal of robots is wonderful, Daneel is very human - like and Giskard has special mental abilities that can influence people and situations in the novel and I feel like I am floating through the story with the greatest of ease. However, if you are not able to spend the time on a lengthy novel, Bicentennial Man is a lovely tale of the evolution of Andrew, the robot and main character of the film, and what a film it is, a real treat. I highly recommend watching this movie, I don't even want to describe it so that it unfolds in front of you and you become as aware of the world as Andrew does, I put a clip of the movie below, enjoy!
I am glad the International Federation of Trekkers will relaunch their website because I never saw the first one! The countdown clock they have is very cool and as I write this there are 14 days left until it is up and running. From the article:
The International Federation of Trekkers (IFT), a Star Trek fan club, was first organized in 1984. A nonprofit corporation, IFT’s purpose, is “To promote the humanistic philosophies and ideals portrayed in the Star Trek myths in a realistic fashion conducive to the continued existence and responsible advancement of human kind. To provide, promote, and support education and positive legal activism in the area of human rights, racial and sexual equality, environmental causes, and space exploration. To promote a more positive impression of Star Trek fans as intelligent, socially conscious, active individuals who are aware and concerned about the real world today.”
Well, it looks like they have a lot of work to do in promoting their very positive ideals with an oil spill destroying the Gulf of Mexico, many wars currently being fought, and massive unemployment due to a global economic crisis. While a lot of the ideas are nice in the Federation, I doubt it would work and it sounds too much like one world government. I do not know if humans could evolve to the point of leaving greed for money and power behind, like the Vulcan species suppressed their violent emotions in exchange for approaching life with pure logic, and be able to handle a Federation that involves working with and getting along with other species when we cannot even get along on Earth with other races. Here is a link to the article about the website.
I watched the miniseries V in 1983 and enjoyed the story very much, but I was not 100% into it, however I did like the idea and execution of the story, but I have never been a big fan of aliens that come to conquer the Earth unless there are good aliens to help us poor humans defend against them, ha! I do like the new television series or as they say, re-imaged version of V, because I like the main actors, the story is still good, and the special effects very interesting. I am glad they are making a second season of the show because so often science fiction gets axed very quickly without giving the story and actors time to get into a rhythm. I suggest giving the show a try, it is good and here is a cool clip from the show.
A woman wore a Stormtrooper costume to her graduation so I do not know if this qualifies as being a fan or a fanatical fan or just plain crazy! From the story:
Ever hear the story about the woman who wore her Star Trek uniform to jury duty? Interestingly enough, I have another story to tell along that same lines, but with a different genre.
Manja Peters, who is a 36 year old woman, and a student from Canterbury University in the United Kingdom, decided she wanted to do something special for her last graduation. So in order to celebrate getting her Bachelor of
Fine Arts Degree, Peters decided to wear a full Star Wars Stormtrooper Costume during the ceremony.The reason for the costume, Peters admits, is that she is a film major and that she grew up watching Star Wars. It was directors like George Lucas who gave her the interest in film studies. Plus she says, it was meant as a way to make others happy. She commented:
I also wanted to bring a few smiles to people’s faces. It’s been tough, with the recession and redundancies.
Not everyone, though, seemed joyous about her wardrobe selection. According to Peters, some people felt nervous about the costume. But she explained, “I’m short so I’m not that imposing.”
Now where have I heard a line about a short Stormtrooper before? Hmm.
Actually, I think it is very creative and she was being artistic and unique and realistic about the times we live in. If anyone had a problem with her choice of attire, they really need to get over themselves. LINK
I usually muse about science fiction subjects, but I came across the film entitled Perfume: The Story of a Murderer and was entranced by this unusual and horrific story. The movie was made in 2006 but is based on a German novel written in 1985 by Patrick Suskind. The story is set in 18th century France and shows us the deplorable living conditions of that time and focuses on Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, the antihero of the story. The journey of his birth to his death describes his super human ability to smell and his eventual obsession to make the most magical perfume in the world, a perfume that could control humanity. However, the way he goes about making this perfume is beyond comprehension and not what you would expect. If you have not seen this movie, in my opinion, it is a must see because the acting is beyond excellent, the music outstanding, and the cinematography fantastic.
When I think of the television show Star Trek: Enterprise, I think of my favorite character T´Pol who was the Vulcan science officer. I did enjoy this series of Star Trek even though it was a prequel set 100 years before the Original Series of Star Trek. I usually do not like prequels and this series had problems, in my personal opinion, in the third season but the fourth season explained some differences between TOS and TNG such as the Eugenics Wars as well as the different appearance of the Klingons between these very same series. In Enterprise, my favorite character was T´Pol because she was a strong, smart, yet feminine character, who felt torn between two worlds. She remained loyal to her Vulcan heritage and the suppression of emotion, duty to logic, duty to science, and tradition, and on the other hand, she was very curious about humans and their lack of logic at times, impulsiveness, and willingness to take chances. I was pleased to read an interview will Jolene Blalock who played T´Pol and her interesting comments:
A science fiction fan from her childhood days, Jolene Blalock loves playing roles in the sci-fi/fantasy genre.Part of the attraction of sci-fi and fantasy, for Blalock, is that it makes people think beyond the ordinary.“Well, sci-fi/fantasy is always going to attract me, because it’s something that’s special to my heart,” said Blalock. “Growing up, I grew up on the original Star Trek. Also, when I was in sixth grade, I would come home from school and watch the Star Wars trilogy back to back every day for the entire year. It’s something that brings humanity outside of itself. It makes us think outside of ourselves, it presents the question what if, what if we could jump the timeline, what if we could meet another intelligent species, what if we could colonize on another planet. It deals with very big ideas, so sci-fi/fantasy, you can do [anything].:As T’Pol, Blalock enjoyed her character’s effect on the men on the Enterprise. “I enjoyed her ability to suck the air out of a room,” said Blalock. “I enjoyed her, what I mean is, the boys could be having their boys moments and she would walk in and all the air would just be sucked out of the room. I enjoyed that. And she didn’t have to say anything. I loved her inability to take a joke. Or to get a joke.”T’Pol had something in common with Blalock’s Sister Nicci character from Legend of the Seeker, both were strong characters without sacrificing femininity. “”I enjoy every role that I take, for different reasons,” said Blalock. “Effeminate, I feel that T’Pol was quite feminine in her own right, and I feel that all of my characters have been quite feminine. They’ve been strong females.”
I love what she has to say on the subject of scifi/fantasy in that we can think outside of the ordinary such as what we would do if we met a sentient alien being, or how would we react if we could travel in space for long periods of time, how would we treat each other and alien races? These are the types of questions I muse on because even though it might be a science fiction novel or movie, it relates to everyday life, and we can learn that our attitudes and behavior do have real world consequences. On another note, I enjoyed seeing Blalock in Stargate Sg1 and Starship Troopers 3!
When I saw the new Apple iPad, my jaw dropped, it looked just like the Padd so frequently used in all of the Star Trek series! I always liked those Padds in the television shows because you could write stories, poems, but also look up historical records, do inventory, read books, write mission reports, the sky was the limit. I am not a big fan of new gadgets that come out every week and make the gadget I just purchased obsolete so I tend to only pay attention to what is being invented and usually it takes me years to get something new that I feel will stay around a while without being replaced quickly. When I see something similar to a common Trek prop, I get more curious than usual, but not curious enough to buy until it really has books, history, math, well, something very Star Trek -like, but that is just me, waiting for the ultimate piece of technology. Anyway, I like the look of it but I am waiting to hear if it is easy to use and not too sensitive to the touch or fragile because I am very rough with things like my cellphone, for example, I have dropped it more times than I can count and it still works! I would not want a fragile Padd, it needs to be space-worthy, Ha!
I have blogged about science fiction from the medical point of view and how it is hard to watch some shows with my spouse and in-laws who happen to be doctors and sometimes roar with laughter at the medical mistakes made in the shows, sometimes I have to go to another room if I want to watch a show in peace! I mentioned I like the television show ER with all the mistakes, and I also adore Becker , which I am told is more medically accurate, and now I like Nurse Jackie as quirky as that show is, it makes me laugh. So why the title of my post? The last episode of Nurse Jackie I watched, she sang the song "Up on the Roof" to her daughter and I was so delighted by that because I had not heard that song in so long. It reminded me of how I get on the roof to use my telescope or binoculars to view the night sky in peace because it gives me the best view. Anyway, I took the long way around to say I love the song and I do get up on my roof to stargaze, and I like the new show Nurse Jackie (which I am told has loads of medical mistakes) but is very humorous.
I enjoy reading the Star Trek novels especially since no new series have been made in a while. There are plenty of books to choose from and used book stores are my favorite place to pick them up. From Trek Today:
Star Trek: Unspoken Truth, written by Margaret Wander Bonanno and due out at the end of the month, tells the story of Lieutenant Saavik, left behind on Vulcan while the crew of the Enterprise is forced to return to Earth to be court-martialed for stealing the Enterprise and destroying it while on a mission to retrieve Spock’s body and katra.
That sounds good, I cannot wait for that one. More:
The second book, announced on Christopher L. Bennett’s website, has a working title of Star Trek: DTI (Department of Temporal Investigations.) The DTI was introduced in the Deep Space NineTrials and Tribble-ations episode, when agents Lucsly and Dulmar paid Captain Sisko a visit after Sisko and crew’s visit to the past.“I’m able to announce my new Star Trek project now, and it’s my most offbeat one yet,” said Bennett. “The working title is Star Trek: DTI, with a more specific title to be settled on later.
I hope they keep writing books or make another television series or both, why not?!
German scientists have been researching cloaking technology in three dimensions and ironically have been practicing on gold. I could go off on how funny and odd that is, cloaking gold? I know a lot of money has disappeared in this economic crisis, but it has been fiat currency, to make gold disappear, that is another story! In all seriousness, this technology has been researched for some time now with some success achieved in two dimensions and now in three dimensions, using gold. Those of you who watch or read science fiction, for example, Star Trek, the Romulans, Klingons, and Jem ´Hadar, all use cloaks. The Jem ´Hadar from Deep Space Nine are unique in that they cloak themselves and can sneak up right in front of you without you even detecting their presence, the Romulans and Klingons cloak their ships, so in all these examples, the cloak is used for battle or to move from place to place in stealth. Now I am racking my brain trying to find some purpose that cloaking will benefit humanity and I cannot. Maybe the answer eludes me in this time and place, but all I can see is the military of any country eager to get its hands on this kind of technology as well as police. Not even the Federation in Star Trek used cloaking technology in order to keep the peace with those who used cloaks and the Federation did not believe in spying on its own citizens. So again, I wonder why this type of scientific study is taking place?
Two scientists in Japan decided to make a model ship, the Enterprise, so small you need a microscope to see it and in the mean time taking the art of building model ships to a whole new level. I wonder where they will keep it?
In what certainly has to be the smallest scale ever for a science-fiction ship model, two scientists have constructed the USS Enterprise in a one-billionth scale.The scale model of the Enterprise is so tiny, that it can only be seen by an electron microscope.Scientists Takayuki Hoshino and Shinji Matsui of the Himeji Institute of Technology, located in Japan, used a focused ion beam to cut out the model, using a process called chemical vapor deposition (CVD).The CVD process used phenanthrene gas to etch the tiny 8.8 micrometer USS Enterprise.
I thought I would bring up an older post I wrote about the economy since the California budget is still in the hole, one year ago the Stock Market plunged to new lows, people are still denying anything is wrong with the economy, and forget about getting the truth from the mainstream press about the entire economic mess in the world. We have change alright, for the worst, in my opinion. Here is the original post: How does the Terminator, Twitter, and the economy relate you ask yourself? Well I received a most interesting e-mail from a friend who is into economics and knows how much I love science fiction and thought I would get a kick out of reading the article and I did. The article is relating Skynet, from the Terminator series, which is a computer system that is created for defensive purposes, to Twitter and other social networking/info sites that provide us with quick information and connection to others. How, once again you ask, does this relate to the economy? Well, Skynet in the Terminator became self-aware and viewed humans as a threat to its existence and thus began the quest to wipe out the human race (I believe the Governator of California has become self-aware that he cannot fix the budget problems of that State in the US but that is another post!) The article, which is found in Marketwatch and I will link at the end of the post, states that Tweeting and Twittering about the internet is making our attention spans shrink with the massive amount of data being downloaded into our minds each day. It makes us forget that, for example, GM would not survive through December '08 without a bailout and bankruptcy would be devastating for all involved to fast forward to June 1st, 2009 and bankruptcy is the best thing in the world for GM and "Skynet", I mean the major networks and online papers are cheering the bankruptcy and telling us the economy is improving! This entire thing reminds me of an episode of Stargate SG1 called Revisions(2003) in which each member of a very small society that lives in a bubble has a neural interface that keeps each person linked with the computer and when a "revision" is made, all memories of the previous persons or situations are erased as if it never happened. So if we had placed on our heads a neural interface, Skynet, or insert here your favorite government agency, would have just revised the data and we collectively would have forgotten the whole GM debacle. I love technology and I know this article sounds pessimistic but with high quantities of information available to us these days, it is important to be discriminating in what we read and make sure our long term memories stay intact. Anyway, I thought the article interesting and worth reading HERE.
It seems that top 10 lists or 10 things to know abound on the internet but once in a while a list is funny, especially when it concerns science fiction. This list from TechRepublic is fun and contains many Star Trek "things" so of course I love it.
10 things every geek should know
Date: January 19th, 2010
Author: Nicole Bremer Nash
In the spirit of bettering myself and continuing my quest for knowledge of all things geeky, I have come up with a list of 10 things every geek lad or lass should know. It’s my New Years resolution to know them all by the end of 2010. In no particular order:
Every geek should be able to give the Vulcan “Live long and prosper” hand signal from Star Trek. (Check out this toy for geeky sports fans.)
A true geek must be able to carry on a conversation using only Monty Python quotes.
It never ceases to amaze me how creative people can be with YouTube videos. I found such a creative and unique video on how Star Trek the reboot movie should have ended, it is a hoot! Enjoy the video!
I have discussed in many posts that the economic depression we are in is not being fully or truthfully reported in the mainstream press and if you want the truth you have to rely on bloggers. I also found a great website that lists all of the jobs being cut on a daily basis, DailyJobCuts.com. We were discussing a few posts back about two episodes in Star Trek: Deep Space 9 entitled Past Tense parts one and two, in which Sisko, Bashir, and Dax get beamed back in time to the year 2024. Capt. Sisko and Dr. Bashir get picked up by the police and placed in what was called a Sanctuary District for those who have no home, no work, or are mentally ill. These people are walled in, have ID papers, and are not allowed to leave but are going to receive help in finding work, which of course does not happen. Sound familiar? We have so many unemployed in the USA what will happen when there are no more social nets like unemployment insurance? Bernanke and company cannot keep printing money forever, and soon hyperinflation will come and food will be expensive. The writers of these two episodes had great insight into what could happen if too many people were without work and how the government would handle it: put them out of sight, in over crowded conditions, supply very little food, while those on the outside who do have jobs need to work with the government and follow all of their rules and ignore those in the Districts. Wow, this is a great story and a scary one at that. What is going to happen to all of the unemployed, will they get "put away" somewhere? Here is a short clip from the episode, but I suggest watching it all if you have the DVD.
I found two funny Wil Wheaton videos, funny that is if you are a nerd like myself and love Star Trek, The Big Bang Theory, and the Family Guy television shows. Wil also has a very cool BLOG that is fun to read as well, and he loves twitter and you can catch him tweeting quite regularly. Enjoy the videos!
I figured I would reblog this post I wrote last year since States in the United States are on the verge of bankruptcy, and entire countries like Greece are getting bailed out! What crazy and desperate times we are living in, so I thought I would bring a little levity to the issue with Quark and his Ferengi pals, but the truth is the Rules of Acquisition seem to be more and more real these days as far as central bankers are concerned. Enjoy the post. The character "Quark" in Star Trek Deep Space Nine is an alien called a Ferengi who has one purpose and that is to make a profit by following The Rules of Acquisition. I find it interesting that Earth, according to Star Trek lore, has evolved past the need for currency and simply works to better the human condition. While noble in sentiment, I find it hard to believe that humans could move beyond the need for gold or silver to pay for goods and services. All other species in the Star Trek Universe use gold pressed latinum as currency and it cannot be replicated therefore it is considered very valuable. Quark is constantly trying to acquire as much as possible but working in close alliance with the Federation Earth officers it would be difficult to turn a profit since they earn no wage. It would equally be difficult to work, not earn a wage, yet live in a place in which other worlds still pay for goods with latinum. The Federation does trade technology and service for other goods but I still wonder how Earth got to that point of not needing currency. The reason I muse this issue of money at all is because I have a great interest in economy and some friends who know a lot about the world economy send me e-mails on current economic trends. Right now in the world, a majority of world currencies are simply fiat and the only real currencies are the precious metals and more specifically gold and silver which do not devalue in distressed economic times and cannot be printed (replicated) at will. It would appear that the Ferengi Rules of Acquisition have been used by the central banks for many years now, and this could be laughable if it were not so tragic, but these are just my musings in these strange times we are living.
Here is a partial list of The Rules and the link to read more. Enjoy!
Once you have their money ... never give it back.
Never pay more for an acquisition than you have to.
Never allow family to stand in the way of opportunity.
A man is only worth the sum of his possessions. (From Enterprise, episode "Acquisition"; sloppy script-writing, as rule 6 (see above) was already given in DS9)
Keep your ears open.
Small print leads to large risk.
Opportunity plus instinct equals profit.
Greed is eternal.
Anything worth doing is worth doing for money.
A deal is a deal ... until a better one comes along.
A contract is a contract is a contract (but only between Ferengi).
A Ferengi without profit is no Ferengi at all.
Satisfaction is not guaranteed.
Never place friendship above profit.
A wise man can hear profit in the wind.
Nothing is more important than your health--except for your money.
There's nothing more dangerous than an honest businessman.
Never make fun of a Ferengi's mother ... insult something he cares about instead.
I found a video that talks about Hollywood remakes of classic science fiction movies, specifically for the year 2009. I think the studios do remakes because of budget constraints and the idea that if it worked once it will be good again with new technology applied into it. I hope that since most movies are being made with lower budgets due to the economic times, being made outside Hollywood, and in other countries, just maybe there will be original scripts written or movies made from current science fiction literature. I hope so because sometimes the original is the best and no matter how fancy the new version, the original cannot be beat, besides, I would like some fresh stories that make me think, I guess I want too much!
I found a video that highlights inconsistencies between the television series and the various movies made after Star Trek: The Next Generation ended. I caution you, this is only for the die hard fans of Star Trek, and especially TNG, but it is fun and hilarious if you are into Star Trek and find amusing mistakes they make in writing. When you have written so many episodes of dialogue, have several movies, then add to the mix a wide variety of writers, it would be difficult to keep track of such mistakes, but it is all in good fun!
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