Scott Atwell Star Trek Discussion thread (Series and Films) (7 Viewers)

[Nelson Au]

Now for something completely different...

I was thinking about Star Trek The Motion Picture. What occurred to me was that V‘ger has learned all that is learnable and has been on a long journey amassing all that massive knowledge. If you‘re a viewer of Star Trek Discovery, the sphere data is kind of like that. And morphing itself into the Discovery’s computer sort of gave it sentience.

Thought I’d just mention that, nothing earth shattering. It just occurred to me.

 

[TravisR]

Am I the only one who finds it extremely funny that Netflix gives TOS a TV-14 rating for "sex, fear"?

 

[TravisR]

It seems particularly fitting for 2020, where a huge part of the covid problem is that people can get and pass on the virus without ever feeling the effects of it themselves. Sevrin doesn’t believe in the science and that’s an issue today as well.

In a similar vein, I just watched The Cloud Minders and was taken aback by the surprisingly relevant discussion about the efficacy of masks to ward off sickness.

 

[bmasters9]

Am I the only one who finds it extremely funny that Netflix gives TOS a TV-14 rating for "sex, fear"?

And what would they mean by that?

 

[Osato]

Am I the only one who finds it extremely funny that Netflix gives TOS a TV-14 rating for "sex, fear"?

It’s pretty funny.

 

[Nelson Au]

Speaking of relevancy, tonight I watched the DS9 episode, Far Beyond the Stars. It’s been a while since I’d seen it. The past summer shows that the times have not changed.

 

[Rick Thompson]

I remembered hearing one of the tmp themes on price is right as a kid too. I actually thought I heard the bob James remix though.

Omigod. It's a bad flashback to when everything got a 4/4 synthesizer track for disco. Hit it with a photon torpedo! NOW!

 

[Museum Pieces]

I really enjoyed this podcast by Women at Warp about Roddenberry's adaptation of TMP. I thought they were spot on. I remember reading it as a 14 year old and asking myself what all the sex stuff had to do with anything. These girls know their stuff. And had me laughing out loud. https://www.womenatwarp.com/episode-154-book-club-sttmp/

BTW, I always believed Alan Dean Foster ghost wrote it, but I get the impression from this that it's not true.

 

[Josh Steinberg]

JoshEH and I were discussing the book earlier in the thread - Roddenberry did indeed write it and it reflects some of his passions and embrace of sci-fi fads of the time. It’s both very 70s and very futuristic but not quite the future we see in the film. It’s a fascinating alternate take on the same material.

 

[Blimpoy06]

The introduction in the novel by Kirk as if it was a historical document was very similar to what Alan Dean Foster was doing with the novelizations of the Animated episodes in the Log Series. I think this is why that rumor was thrown around at the time of publication.

 

[Josh Steinberg]

He’s credited for the film’s story so it also makes sense people would assume he wrote the book.

 

[Osato]

The introduction in the novel by Kirk as if it was a historical document was very similar to what Alan Dean Foster was doing with the novelizations of the Animated episodes in the Log Series. I think this is why that rumor was thrown around at the time of publication.

One of the guys in inglorious treksperts read passages from the book while doing the voices of gene, shatner and nimoy. It was really good.

 

[KPmusmag]

Am I the only one who finds it extremely funny that Netflix gives TOS a TV-14 rating for "sex, fear"?

And I watched a bit of The Sound of Music on ABC last night and they had it as PG-13. Huh?

 

[Nelson Au]

I listened to that podcast Osato. I had not heard that episode yet, still catching up on their podcasts. Now I want to re-read the novelization. Darin, I’d forgotten that the novelization‘s intro was written that way. Kind of cheeky. I read that way back in 1979.

i hope we will see the remastered Star Trek The Motion Picture soon.

 

[Blimpoy06]

Women At Warp is a fantastic podcast. Such a fresh perspective on Trek. I never cared much for "Wolf In The Fold" to begin with, but it's a really offensive show to these women. I'm on my 4th episode already.

 

[Nelson Au]

Thanks Darin, so many Star Trek podcast out there!

 

[B-ROLL]

And what would they mean by that?

Be afraid ...

,,,be very afraid !

 

[The Obsolete Man]

Things were so very pointy in the (22)60s.

 

[Nelson Au]

Thought I’d do a post about an interesting podcast I’m listening to. It’s the Trekmovie podcast and this one is about the documentary film makers who made the series of documentaries that Shatner was involved in producing such as:

• The Captains
• The Captains Close-up
• Chaos On The Bridge
• Get A Life!

What was said was interesting enough piqued my interest in collecting the Captains set from Shout Factory.

However, there was a much more interesting discussion about the Deep Space Nine documentary, What We Leave Behind. One small segment was the remastering of the DS9 footage and how that effort proved it can be easily done for remastering of the series. It’s a matter of CBS agreeing.

The Shuttle Pod Crew Talks Making Star Trek Documentaries With David Zappone And Joe Kornbrodt

David and Joe talk about the 8 Trek documentaries under their belts plus new DS9 and VOY docs in production.

trekmovie.com

 

[B-ROLL]

Thought I’d do a post about an interesting podcast I’m listening to. It’s the Trekmovie podcast and this one is about the documentary film makers who made the series of documentaries that Shatner was involved in producing such as:

• The Captains
• The Captains Close-up
• Chaos On The Bridge
• Get A Life!

What was said was interesting enough peak my interest in collecting the Captains set from Shout Factory.

However, there was a much more interesting discussion about the Deep Space Nine documentary, What We Leave Behind. One small segment was the remastering of the DS9 footage and how that effort proved it can be easily done for remastering of the series. It’s a matter of CBS agreeing.

The Shuttle Pod Crew Talks Making Star Trek Documentaries With David Zappone And Joe Kornbrodt

David and Joe talk about the 8 Trek documentaries under their belts plus new DS9 and VOY docs in production.

trekmovie.com

AND paying for it with little expectation of return on investment - even if they release it to CBS ALL ACCESS first (maybe airing it on the Over The Air CBS once-a-week like a new shop a-la Discovery) and then a blu-ray(4K?) release I don't they would get their investment back.