Re: "live long and prosper"ps238principalMay 14 2009, 07:28:08 UTC
I've never had a problem, either, but I don't know if I'm double jointed. I do recall trying (and kind of succeeding) to learn how to raise one eyebrow like Spock by practicing in a mirror...
...which could explain my dating history, but what's done is done.
Anyway, knowing the Vulcan salute sets one up perfectly to be able to perform the secondary "nanu-nanu" greeting from "Mork & Mindy."
The only way I can describe that cover art is: AWESOME, DUDE! Possibly "radical" as well. Could be "gnarly"; I was never cool enough to get away with that one, so I don't really know.
Wednesday's backwards compatibletremor3258May 14 2009, 13:20:59 UTC
I think I've got an old shareware copy of that last panel star trek game. It's kind of fun, though the last difficulty level is impossible (Klingons keep arriving on map)
Re: Wednesday's backwards compatibleps238principalMay 14 2009, 19:10:58 UTC
I played it WAAAAAAAY back on an old mainframe at the college where my parents taught. Later on, someone made a version called "VGA Trek" for the PC, and then there was a game that played like a version of it on steroids for the C64 called "Star Fleet".
My favorite think about VGA trek was the "death ray." If it failed, half your crew turned into mutants, resulting in smiley faces and tic-tac-toe games appearing on the main viewscreen at times.
Re: Wednesday's backwards compatibletremor3258May 14 2009, 21:44:01 UTC
My favorite trek game is "Begin", which was text based for the first version, but Begin 2 and Begin 3 are much more graphical, and you can do some major fleet battles with them.
Re: Wednesday's backwards compatibletremor3258May 14 2009, 22:02:11 UTC
Yeah, I played the vga trek version (with color. And the goofiest internal speaker sound-effect for a photon torpedo in the history of foley). The death ray mutant effect was interesting. Even an innocent 'change the speed we're at' effect could be met with 'do it yourself'.
New Star Trek Movie
anonymous
May 14 2009, 17:27:59 UTC
Well, not all the reviews have been positive. Some have foudn the plot to be rather, well, "empty" is a good word I guess. Or contrived. But you really have to look past the special effects to notice...
Re: New Star Trek MovietkieMay 15 2009, 14:39:20 UTC
Oh, much better than "Insurrection" or "Nemesis."
The plot requires a little handwaving at times, but I was more interested in the characterization anyway, and since I thought it felt like all our old friends were back, just with new faces, I loved the movie. Behind the shiny, shiny special effects, it's a character-driven movie -- the plot is really an excuse for the everyone to interact. Something for them to do. ;)
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...which could explain my dating history, but what's done is done.
Anyway, knowing the Vulcan salute sets one up perfectly to be able to perform the secondary "nanu-nanu" greeting from "Mork & Mindy."
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I just cannot get my little finger to move over. I can't roll my tongue either.
Knowing that Sylar can't do it either makes me feel somewhat better.
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My favorite think about VGA trek was the "death ray." If it failed, half your crew turned into mutants, resulting in smiley faces and tic-tac-toe games appearing on the main viewscreen at times.
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Still, as long as it's better than "Insurrection" (that $*%#(@ joystick at the end, among other things), I'm happy to rent a theater seat.
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The plot requires a little handwaving at times, but I was more interested in the characterization anyway, and since I thought it felt like all our old friends were back, just with new faces, I loved the movie. Behind the shiny, shiny special effects, it's a character-driven movie -- the plot is really an excuse for the everyone to interact. Something for them to do. ;)
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To me those = nay.
ce la vie.
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