Star Trek!

[Haggis Killer]

Well, sort of...

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[The Queen]

hock:

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

...since he was always a little too meticulous in his grooming on tht show.

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

If you post another link like that again, I'll invite El Dingo to baby sit wee Benzilla. That was horrifying. It left a bad taste in my brain.

[Greg_phpbb3_import1]

How can you not get on board with Warp Factor Love? You just don't want to go to new planets, like . . . sorry. Too Easy

:ANAL:

[Drunk Monk]

What, your tricorder doesn't have the Gay-dar plug in? Just look at the way Sulu minced and sashayed in his little cape in Wrath of Khan.

BTW, here's the one time Sulu found his way into my writing:
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[Drunk Monk]

I've been talking about Worf's World for years. As soon as I get my first royalty check, I'll treat you all to a fine single malt.

http://screenrant.com/star-trek-captain-...hael-dorn/

[Drunk Monk]

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Exclusive: Michelle Yeoh Boards Star Trek: Discovery
MICHELLE YEOH NICHOLAS MEYER TV NEWS TV PREMIERE DATES
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ON NOVEMBER 22, 2016

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Michelle Yeoh is the first star to join CBS All Access’ Star Trek: Discovery
Star Trek: Discovery has found its first star! Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon‘s Michelle Yeoh is set to headline the CBS All Access series, Nicholas Meyer just confirmed to CS. Meyer, who helmed Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, is serving as a consulting producer on Discovery. Although it is unconfirmed at this time, Michelle Yeoh’s role is potentially the series’ lead, a female Lieutenant Commander.
RELATED: Star Trek: Discovery Details Reveal Timeline, Names & More

“I know Michelle Yeoh is in it,” Meyer told us during a discussion of his 1979 sci-fi classic Time After Time. The film, starring Malcolm McDowell as H.G. Wells and David Warner as Jack the Ripper, received a Blu-ray edition last week from Warner Archive.
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Michelle Yeoh recently reprised her Yu Shu Lien for a Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon sequel, Sword of Destiny. She also played a recurring role as Lotus on the second season of the Netflix original series, Marco Polo.
Star Trek: Discovery is executive produced by Bryan Fuller with Gretchen Berg, Aaron Harberts and Academy Award winner Akiva Goldsman manning the bridge.
RELATED: Star Trek: Discovery Details Reveal Timeline, Names & More
Following its May 2017 premiere on the CBS Television Network, all episodes of Star Trek: Discovery will be available in the U.S. exclusively on CBS All Access. Continuing the worldwide appeal of the franchise, each episode of the series will be available globally within 24 hours of its U.S. premiere, presented on Netflix in 188 countries and through Bell Media platforms in Canada.
Who would you like to see join Michelle Yeoh in the Star Trek: Discovery cast? Share your thoughts in the comments below and check back soon for our full interview with Nicholas Meyer.
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In hopes of beating tg to this post while in Ireland.

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

Oooooooo! I hope this is true.

[Drunk Monk]

When not watching EL REY at my mom's, I often find myself watching the Heroes & Icons network lately, specifically Star Trek reruns.  Last night was Day of the Dove, one of my all time favs, because...well...SWORDFIGHTS!  Dumb swordfights, granted, because they got phasers, but still, it's so worth seeing Scotty grab that Claymore.  Luv that.  Then it was TNG for the Perfect Mate, an ep I'd never seen before (or just forgot) with the luscious Famke, as the metamorph uber hottie.  She nails it for every trekkie fanboy.  Great ep.  

Kids today.  They don't know good TV.  Riverdale?  Give me a break.  

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

Famke and her dancing Jansens!

[Drunk Monk]

Quentin Tarantino Hatches ‘Star Trek’ Movie Idea; Paramount, JJ Abrams To Assemble Writers Room

by Mike Fleming Jr

December 4, 2017 5:03pm

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EXCLUSIVE: Already busy prepping to direct the film he just set up at Sony Pictures, Quentin Tarantino is also planning to boldly go where he has not gone before. Sources said that Tarantino has come up with a great idea for a Star Trekmovie at Paramount. After sharing his idea with JJ Abrams (who himself is busy prepping Star Wars Episode IX), I’ve heard the plan is to assemble a writers room of scribes who’ll hear Tarantino’s take and begin to put together a movie. If it all works out, Tarantino might direct it, with Abrams producing.

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While Tarantino has always come up with his own original films, many have wondered what he might do if he took the reins of an existing franchise. He has only done that on television, twice directing episodes of CSI and once an episode of ER. He has spoken about the appeal of taking on one of the James Bond movies, but the hard part of something like that is getting the rights holders to give him a wide creative swath that comes along with a final cut auteur like Tarantino. This would give a remarkable boost to the venerable franchise for Paramount, which is looking to build them under studio chief Jim Gianopulos.


As Deadline revealed last month, Tarantino agreed to make his next film for Sony Pictures. The untitled film is an ensemble that deals with a period in Los Angeles around the time of the Manson murder spree around 1969. He has asked Margot Robbie to play Sharon Tate, and has been discussing two great male lead roles with Tom Cruise, Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt, though he hasn’t yet set final casting. Release date is August 9, 2019. That is the 50th anniversary of the death of Sharon Tate, but the description of the picture as a Manson Family pic isn’t really accurate, kind of like describing Inglorious Basterds as a movie about Hitler.
Paramount declined comment, and attempts to reach Tarantino’s camp were unavailing. Stay tuned.

Interesting idea, but I'd rather see David Leitch take the con.

[Drunk Monk]

I've been talking about Worf's World for years. As soon as I get my first royalty check, I'll treat you all to a fine single malt.

http://screenrant.com/star-trek-captain-...hael-dorn/

Why Don't We Have a Star Trek Show From the Aliens' Point of View?


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Neela attempts to assassinate Vedek Bareil in “In Hands of the Prophets,” one of the major catalysts of Deep Space Nine’s early conflict over the Bajorans.Image: CBS
Very few Star Trek fans believe that the first seasons of Deep Space Nine—focusing on the unstable relationship between the Bajoran government, its spiritual leaders, and the only-sort-of welcome Federation—are its strongest. But it’s gotten me thinking lately that it could form the basis of a fascinating Trek show in its own right.
There comes a point in any Star Trek fan’s re-watch of Deep Space Nine where they think to themselves, “Man, I could just skip all this Bajoran drama and get straight to the Dominion stuff.” It’s inevitable—the early seasons aren’t bad, really, they just have to compete with some of the best longform storytelling inTrek’s entire history. I’ve been rewatching DS9 myself recently—thanks to the bug biting me again after Star Trek Online’s wonderful anniversary expansion—and am still in those early seasons, full of Bajoran turmoil and enough Vedeks you can shake one of those silly three-pronged pope hats at.


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But this time—instead of longing for the sweet release of balded, goateed Sisko as the herald of the Dominion war—I found myself oddly drawn into just how deeply the show dove into the perspective of the Bajoran people. Despite being a franchise laden with alien species being discovered and explored, Star Trekusually moves around so much from episode to episode that we don’t really get to dive into a lot of those alien societies beyond a surface level. Even the more regular aliens we see across Trek shows—primarily Vulcans and Klingons, and then smaller staples like the Bolians, the Ferengi, the Betazoids in The Next Generation, and the Trill in DS9—are often framed by the perspective of a single member of that species, and they’re seen almost wholly within the structural confines of the Federation.
The Bajorans were different, however, because in the confines of the story DS9was telling, Bajor and Starfleet were stuck with each other, and neither side was really excited to deal with the other at first. They had to get to know each other—Starfleet so they could eventually convince Bajor to be inducted into the Federation, the Bajorans because they desperately needed help recovering from a traumatic and tyrannical period occupation—and it was a process that had the time to develop over the course of multiple seasons. It was a process that was often messy and reflected on the poorer flaws of both sides—one not as amicable as alien contact often is in Star Trek—and boldly, the Federation were not always seen as in the right. They could be meddlers and sly political players as much as they could be useful allies and benevolent saviors. It was a fascinating push and pull at times, even if DS9 would take a harder look at Starfleet in war time with the Dominion storyline.
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“Progress” was one of the early episodes that tried to look at stories that could be told on Bajor, largely away from the perspective of Starfleet.Image: CBS
However, even as the show slowly started fleshing out the Bajorans in those early seasons, it was still mostly from the basis of examining them from the Federation’s perspective. Even when Major Kira, the show’s focal Bajoran character, is acting as the primary surrogate to explore those ideas, she’s usually doing so on behalf of the Federation in her role as DS9's liaison. Deep Space Nine is the closest Trek has come to giving us an outsider’s perspective on the Federation and Starfleet at large, but it is still a fundamentally Federation-focused show.
So... now that we know a bunch of new Trek shows are on the way—an animated series, a Starfleet Academy YA show, and maybe even possibly the return of Patrick Stewart himself!—why not give us one that can actually explore that idea?
It doesn’t have to be the inverse of Deep Space Nine, where Odo, Kira, and Quark are the main focal characters and Sisko, Dax, Bashir, and O’Brien are merely supporting players. But altering the show’s initial premise would give us a fascinating lens with which to explore the Federation—a prospective new member world of the Federation having to get to know Starfleet and its potential new neighbors, and really seeing if those vaunted ideals of utopia hold up beyond the Federation’s reputation. Not only would you get the chance to explore a new Trek society, you’d get to frame the Federation and Starfleet from a perspective we’ve never truly gotten to explore before.
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“Oh look, the Federation got trapped in a killer board game with some other new aliens. What you gonna do?”Image: CBS
At times it could even be a playful satire of Trek and the very weird stuff our Starfleet heroes tend to get up to in their weekly adventures. Former io9 writer and Trek savant Katharine Trendacosta has long argued for the hilarious idea of a poor Starfleet recruit who has to make sense of the mission logs of a ship that’s as frequently maligned on wacky adventures as the Enterprise, which would be a great Trek show. Imagine being on the receiving end of “sorry one of our away teams got hit by a tachyon pulse and sent into a subspace dimension where they basically met God” as someone completely unfamiliar with what the Federation gets up to on a regular basis.
But an alien-led Star Trek series could really test the ideals of the Federation as a society, putting on a game face as the peaceful utopia it strives to be while having to deal with integrating an entirely new species and perspective into its grand alliance. Are they all really as good as they seem? Can they be trusted? But perhaps most importantly of all—what are they really like when that facade of benevolence slips, just as it did in Deep Space Nine, when it encountered the Dominion? Exploring the Federation as the “other” could be a truly fresh take—and a valuable one.
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And in the right hands, it’s a scenario it could reaffirm the goodness and kindness that’s crucial to Star Trek’s ideals—instead of hearing those ideals simply espoused by the Federation itself (and accepting them at face value because they’re the “good guys”). Getting to see them in action from the view of an outsider would be a chance to re-affirm that their tenets aren’t just for show. The goodness of the Federation can ring a bit hollow when it’s the Federation itself standing up and just announcing that it’s good—seeing it in action from an alien perspective would prove it’s more than just patting itself on the back.
But above all, it’d be something really new for Star Trek to engage with long term. We’ve had six shows and umpteen movies about the Federation boldly going, seeking out new life, and new civilizations. Why not stop and see what some of those new civilizations actually think of them for once?

Screw the Bajorans. Worf's World.  WORF'S WORLD!!!

[Drunk Monk]

From Trouble with tribbles:

When are you going to get off that milk diet, lad? - Scotty
This is Vodka! - Chekov
Where I come from, that’s soda pop. Now this is a drink for a man. - Scotty
Scotch!? - Chekov
Aye - Scotty
Was invented by a little old lady from Leningrad! - Chekov

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At the end of a long day of going boldly into the unknown, the crew of the legendary Starship Enterprise-D often relaxed in the ship’s beautifulTen-Forward Lounge.
It was there, in what many considered to be the true heart of the ship, that off-duty crew members often gathered to socialize, to share a meal, or to enjoy an after-hours drink. Ten-Forward also saw diplomatic receptions, concerts, and even some epic three-dimensional chess battles. Situated on Deck Ten on the forward edge of the ship’s primary hull, the crew’s favorite gathering place featured large windows offering a spectacular view of the infinite cosmos beyond.
Although most Enterprise crew members were career Starfleet officers, Ten-Forward’s bartender was a civilian named Guinan, a long-time friend of Captain Jean-Luc Picard. Guinan, an El-Aurian, was famed for her almost-mystical ability to understand anyone’s feelings from even the most casual conversation, making her ideally suited to select the perfect beverage for each person on nearly every occasion. Guinan was able to choose from Ten-Forward’s interstellar array of selections from around the galaxy, ranging from synthehol to such exotic offerings as a Zartak aperitif, a Samarian Sunrise, and even prune juice, which security chief Worf solemnly proclaimed to be a “warrior’s drink.” And, of course, Ten-Forward also provided a classic selection of some of Earth’s finest spirits.
Celebrating the bold spirit of exploration embodied by the Enterprise and its crew, Ten-Forward Vodkais made from choice American Grain, carefully distilled 6 times, and delivered via terrestrial and interstellar transport for the enjoyment of discerning adventurers on planet Earth, aboard the Starship Enterprise-D, and across the galaxy.
Go boldly, drink responsibly.

TNG?  srsly?  This should reference Chekov.  These liquor makers have no idea WTH they are doing.  Maybe they're from the Mirror Universe.

[Drunk Monk]

Worf's world.  

WORF'S WORLD!!!

'Star Trek: The Next Generation' Star Michael Dorn Believes There's Still Hope for Worf Spinoff
By JAMIE LOVETT - July 28, 2018

Star Trek is about to enter a new golden age in television with Star Trek: Discovery is leading the vanguard and Discovery co-creator Alex Kurtzman in charge of developing new television series to expand Star Trek’s television franchise. Could the long-rumored Worf solo spinoff series be part of that expansion?
Michael Dorn played Worf, Starfleet’s first Klingon officer, through seven seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation, four Star Trek movies, and four seasons of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. That wasn’t enough for Dorn.
Dorn pitched a new series titled Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Worf Chronicles to CBS. Fans campaigned to see the pitch become a reality and there was some hope when news of Star Trek’s return to television first broke. When it was ultimately revealed that the new series, Discovery, would be a prequel to Star Trek: The Original Series fans felt all hope was lost.
Dorn says that isn’t the case. While he hasn’t spoken to CBS about it yet, Dorn tells the Raleigh News & Observer that he believes this new push to expand the Star Trek franchise beyond Discovery is the perfect opportunity to bring The Worf Chronicles to life, and he’d like to have a discussion about just that.
“I think this Worf thing would be perfect — I mean, really perfect,” he says. “It’s just a matter of getting the phone number of the right guy or getting the email of the right person that can actually get you in there. It’s a little early in the game right now, but I still think there’s hope for it.”
Dorn goes on to say that he hoped to explore the Klingons in more depth in The Worf Chronicles.
“I’ve always liked the Klingons,” Dorn says. “I’ve always thought that they were the most interesting aliens outside of the Vulcans and all that. There’s a certain Shakespearian bent with the Klingons. They’re very nationalistic — there’s coups, there’s assassinations, there’s takeovers, there’s all these kind of things. Interestingly enough, they talk kind of Shakespearean.”
That may open up an interesting avenue for The Worf Chronicles to connect with Star Trek: Discovery, which features the Klingons prominently. Perhaps Worf’s adventures in the 24th century could somehow tie back to the events of the Federation-Klingon war and T’Kuvma’s attempts to unify the Klingon Empire in the 23rd century.
Reports suggest that Kurtzman’s Star Trek expansion is considering all kinds of Star Trek shows to put into production. The most talked about among them would see Patrick Stewart return to his role as Captain Jean-Luc Picard from Star Trek: The Next Generation, which could perhaps provide Dorn with another chance to return as Worf and to pitch The Worf Chronicles. There are reportedly at least four other Star Trek series currently being considered, plus the Star Trek: Short Treks micro-series that will precede Star Trek: DiscoverySeason 2.