ensign_beedrill

There is one that I can remember:

Spock and I are crawling in this dark passageway. All of a sudden there's a square of light ahead and we go up to it and it turns out to be a hole. Apparently we were crawling between the walls in my house. So we look out into the kitchen and there's Captain Kirk. We go out to say hi, but it turns out he's an evil Captain Kirk. Then... all of a sudden... the kitchen and Spock disappear and Kirk and I are in this white room with padded walls, floor, and ceiling. And we start to fight. And so we're punching each other and kicking and scratching and whatever. And then Kirk whips out his phaser and points it at me and shoots. Instead of a red beam, it's a blue rectangle. As it comes at me I can't move and I just think I'm going to die. But it passes right through me, and I don't feel a thing. Kirk, confused, tries it again and again but it still doesn't work properly. Then I remember that phasers do that when they're about to overload. (OK, they don't actually do that, but in the dream, they do.) So I run for the door, go outside, (and there's Spock, by the way), slam the door closed and hold the handle. I feel it turning and I keep the door shut. Then there's a big explosion and the walls bulge out. I feel really bad because... well... I killed Kirk. So I open the door and there he is, standing, charred black. He had lost his shirt (of course) and his pants were all cut off at the knees. But he was smiling and he was good Kirk again. Seems the explosion knocked the evil away.

*shrugs*

i wonder how many writers we have here? :huh:

 

I know about Bev, Yilllara, Takara, bysty and myself....who else?

I am a writer of sorts. I haven't written any Trek fan fiction... or much fan fiction, for that matter. (I'm really not very good 0o) But I do like to write. That's one of the reasons I like to come here. I might not be a great writer, but it's still something I like to do... and combining it with Star Trek... well... who could ask for more?

Cause after school gets out i go to work.By the time i get off of work its about 10:00 pm and i get on here,make some posts then go to bed.

When do you do homework? Just curious.

49 C?  Where do/did you live (at least at that time)?

I lived in a tiny little country called Kuwait. Ever heard of it? Its name has been mentioned in many news stories lately. I only lived there a year and a half... and that is enough. In fact, it's too much. I liked some of the food, though.

The funny thing is, that businesses and schools and stuff are supposed to close and let people go home if it reaches 50 degrees C. However, the official thermometer only registers up to 49 degrees C. Anyway, that's the story I heard.

Shatner to Play Kirk's Grandfather?

from Trek Today

Rick Berman has asked William Shatner whether he would be interested in appearing on Enterprise, the Captain Kirk actor told fans in a chat this week.

 

"Rick Berman did ask me if I would be willing to appear in Enterprise, and I indicated that if it was a good idea and script, yes," Shatner wrote during a chat with The Star Trek Fan Association.

 

Questioned by a fan about Jim Kirk's father George, a character from Pocket Books' Star Trek novels, Shatner replied, "Actually, the thought was to play my grandfather, which was the idea pitched originally by Mr. Berman."

 

However, he added, "I have not heard any further from them."

 

Elaborating on his previous comments that he had an idea in the works for a new series, Shatner said that his initial pitch has been to Pocket for a book series. "Now we have to see how Paramount would react," he said.

 

Though he reiterated that it would be premature to discuss the details of his pitches to Paramount, he expressed concern about the current direction of the franchise. "Star Trek has always had an underlying theme about humanity...after so many years now, it would seem that Paramount may have lost that focus," he said. When the series gets "too fancy," he added, the themes get diluted.

 

Though he expressed his feeling that Star Trek for the present "is pretty much dead", Shatner noted that Star Trek "has always been cyclical, and my expectation is that [it] will renew itself in time."

 

"I am really no authority on Enterprise, having seen only pieces of it," he said. He recommended the attitude from the Trek spoof Galaxy Quest: "'Never give up...never surrender.'"

 

To read more of Shatner's comments on these topics as well as possible visits to Germany and Israel, paintball, horses, his non-Trek books, his co-stars and more, read the full item at The Star Trek Fan Association. Thanks to TrekWeb for the alert.

Beedrill, the point at which the anomaly doesn't exist is any moment after the Pastuers pulse in normal time.  Any time before that the anomaly does exist.  So before the Pastuer initiated the pulse, they should have detected the anomaly.

Oh, I get it now. *smacks head* It just suddenly clicked. Yes, I understand.

I'm not sure how quickly it did grow into the past so perhaps when they arrived there before the initiation of the pulse the anomaly was so small that it couldn't be detected.

That's probably it. As for it being bigger when the Enterprise came back, perhaps it starts off growing small and then, boom, gets bigger. Yes... the boom is needed for emphasis.

I would love to watch the episode again.  I'm starting to confuse myself, and I need to see it again to get straightened out.

I think I'm going to have to do that again. If I have time. I just happen to have them on tape. (Couldn't bring myself to tape over them, as I love those two episodes.) The question is whether I'll have enough time to do it this weekend...

Ensign Beedril, yes I suppose i'm a bit of a geek who likes to think about the universe and such.  anyhow, the reason they would be able to see it before they create it would be because it grows into the past.  Picard could see it in the present and the past and it had not been created yet; they create it in the future.  Here is a timeline to better illustrate my point.

But wouldn't there be a point in time when the anomaly doesn't exist? That's what has me confused. It does grow in the past, but the Pasteur should not have been able to detect it because it wasn't there. I'm using this point in time as a reference point. If this isn't the point when the anomaly didn't exist, then when is it? There has to be some point. Here's my view...

BEFORE CREATION OF LIFE ON EARTH

- Anomaly spans entire Alpha Quadrant

BEFORE FARPOINT MISSION

- Anomaly is very large

SEVEN YEARS AFTER FARPOINT

- Anomaly is big, but not very large

FUTURE - WHEN THE PASTEUR LOOKS FOR THE ANOMALY

- The anomaly has been growing smaller. And now it has grown so small that it is non-existent. This is its starting point. This is where it's created. At one point in time, it has to grow so small that it doesn't exist. That should be this point in time. This is the vertex of the "parabolic curve", so to speak.

FUTURE - WHEN MODIFIED ENTERPRISE-D RETURNS SOMETIME AFTER PASTUER'S PULSE

- using what I said before, the anomaly has grown in the future as well.

How come Data says the tacyon beam was coming from the Entreprise in 3 different time frames when in the future, it was the Pasteur who made the tacyon beam and not the future Enterprise-D?

Perhaps Data was just assuming. He couldn't have known what was going on in the future. He probably just assumed it was the Enterprise

Gee, it can be really hard to write down thoughts and timelines when anti time is involved. The english language just doesn't have the right tenses.

I believe The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams references a book of tenses you can use when speaking of things like this. I forget what it's name is. Eh, it's just a joke anyway. But it's funny.

Amazing, considering how bad children's programming is these days. When I was a kid, Saturday morning cartoons were worth getting up early to watch. I remember playing a lot. I rode my bike a lot. That was great.

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Hey... why don't kids wear helmets anymore? I've noticed that... kids don't wear helmets. It's annoying. I'm driving around and I see a kid on a bike and he's not wearing a helmet. I just want to run him over. Grr. OK, I've never actually run over a kid...

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I think part of it has to do with parents. They just tell their kid to go sit down in front of the TV. Sometimes it has to do with homework. When I was little, I never had any homework, but for some reason, now kids are getting all of this homework... it just amazes me. And they have to do their homework before they can play and by the time it's done, it's dark out. And besides, who wants to go outside when you can get on the computer? I love my computer. Maybe a little too much... but I have an excuse! A lot of time and sweat and blood (well, maybe not blood) went into constructing that thing. He's my masterpiece. My work of art.

As for PE... that was always a joke. Especially in high school. There were two groups of people. The people who didn't care and didn't do a thing and the people who were all competitive and didn't let anyone else play. I didn't fit into either group, so I didn't get to do much. I remember one time in middle school I had this evil PE teacher. We had these skills tests. One of them was you got five chances to shoot a basketball. If you got four out of the five into the basket, you got an A and so on down the line. I can't shoot a basketball... I got an F. Then there was this one time we had to run a mile in 49 degrees Celsius heat. (Don't ask me what that is in Fahrenheit, I don't know. It's just really, really hot.)

As for what I have...

CDs: A bunch. Most of them country. Some are soundtracks.

DVDs: I own one DVD... and it's Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

However, this doesn't remove the fact that they should have been able to see the anomaly before they initiated the pulse. 

I'm not sure I understand what you're saying. Why would they be able to see the anomaly before they even created it? Even with anti-time and all that stuff working, they still wouldn't have been able to see it. They are the ones who created it, and they couldn't see it until they created it.

As for time and anti-time existing together as a parabolic curve, you may or may not be correct about that.  Only a true study of quantum dynamics could tell you if that is plausible. 

Well, I didn't do any studying for my theories. You're right, I have no science to back them up. But it's still fun to think about and wonder over. Yeah, I contemplate the uncertainties of the universe for fun. Can we say geek? Yeah, I'm a geek and I'm proud.

Interesting theory about the anti-time, Commander. Sounds like you like doing this sort of thing for fun, too.

Hmm, I didn't notice that before. Ah, but I have a very scientific-sounding explanation. See what you think.

Statement: Time can't exist without anti-time, and anti-time can't exist without time.

There was one point in time when the anomaly didn't exist... the point in time that the future Picard went to investigate it. (This point will be used as a reference. All things future come after this point. All things past are before this point.) Once he sent out the pulse, though, it triggered the whole anomaly thing which became larger in the past. Who's to say, though, that it didn't become larger in the future as well? If time and anti-time do indeed exist together, it is possible. It could be like a parabolic curve. For each point in time in the past, there is an opposite point in time in the future where the anomaly is exactly the same size.

Q only focused on showing Picard that it grew larger in the past, because it is harder to wrap your mind around that concept. Also, in the future, Picard will eventually die, and he wouldn't be able to go and investigate. However, Q had to let Picard get a little glimpse of it growing in the future to enable him to figure the whole thing out.

Plausible?

Phil Vaser is awesome, I saw him at Fan Fair 2000 and thought he was great! What a panio player.

Oh, yeah! When I saw him, it was just him and a piano. No backup singers, nobody playing other intstruments... just him, and it was just great. He sure can write a song, too!

Garth Brooks stood one year for 23 hours in a row meeting fans, didn't even step away to go to the bathroom!

I did not know that! Very interesting...

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You could open your mind to different possibilities. Everything doesn't have to work out the way you want it. Perhaps the Xindi attacked just to get Earth's attention... to bring the enemy to them. And then there's that whole thing with the future person. It could all just be a big, elaborate set up. You haven't the slightest idea of what's going on. You are just as in the dark as Archer and gang. I personally have a hard time believing that Earth would attack and conquer the Xindi world in the future. We've seen the future and the way people are. They're more honorable than that, and the days of conquering other peoples' homes are over. I haven't seen the Federation ever try to conquer someone's world, not even an enemy's world. It's just not something people in the future would do. Perhaps it wasn't even the Xindi who attacked Earth. There are so many different possibilities, it's impossible for you to say that your view is the only right one. The producers and writers might have something totally different in mind, and it will probably be something you never even thought of.

I'm all for constructive criticism, but that's not what you have put forth here. Constructive criticism is evaluating with the intent to help or improve. It seems that you have no such intent. The way it looks to me is that you just want to complain. There is a big difference between complaining and constructive criticism. You complain that Enterprise isn't original. I've seen many of your posts here, and they all say exactly the same thing. So much for originality. Just look and you'll see. Take off your bias and set it aside for a moment. People only see what they expect to see. If you expect to see a remake of all the previous Star Treks, then that's what you'll see. If you expect something original and great, then that's what you'll see. The fault is not in the story lines, it is in yourself.

Men at some time are masters of their fates:

The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,

But in ourselves, that we are underlings.

--Cassius

(That's probably totally irrelevant... I just love that quote)

And if all that doesn't get to you, then you could always do this. Don't watch the show. It's for entertainment, and if it doesn't entertain you, then don't watch it. You have stated many times before that you can't believe that you are still watching the show. No one's making you.

Enterprise is not reused and rehashed Star Trek. It may be similar to some other episodes, but it's Star Trek, it's supposed to be similar. I have found that the episodes of Enterprise are quite original and entertaining.

T'Pol doesn't want to be Human. I have never seen her express a desire to be Human. In fact, most of the time, it seems that she thinks Humans are a lesser species. She's started to grow out of that, but still seems to hold that mindset. Sure, she wants to understand humanity and why we do the things we do, but that does not mean she wants to be Human. She's just curious, as any good scientist would be. A marine biologist might study dolphins and try to understand them. That doesn't mean that person wants to be a dolphin. As for less logical, I'll admit she does seem to be gloomy and pouty a lot. But she's an awesome Vulcan and she makes me laugh just like Tuvok and Spock did before her.

Phlox is his own character. He is so unlike Neelix. I could not stand Neelix, but Phlox is different. I like Phlox. He's a great doctor and he has a great personality. You said he always seems aloof while doing a serious job. Perhaps that's just his way. He could be quite serious on the inside and yet seem completely relaxed and calm on the outside. He's a doctor; he's supposed to make you feel comfortable. And he can be quite serious when he needs to be. Episodes like "Dear Doctor" and "The Breach" have shown that. I like his style. He always seems to be happy even when the situation looks bad. It's a great strength. Optimism!

Archer might have been captured a lot. It does get tiring, but think of this. It's just showing his naivete. He's new at this; he's the first one to do anything like this. He trusts everyone. That's why he's always being captured. He's too trusting. I think he's finally figured out that he can't be so trusting anymore. I think now he's learned to be suspicious of everyone. Perhaps now he won't be captured as much, because now he'll have his guard up.

All of the good ideas have not been used up. It's foolish to say that. The imagination is limitless. If you'd just open your eyes, you'd see. And I'm glad that it's a lot more like TOS. It's supposed to be. Remember, this is before that series. It will be a lot closer to it in terms of how the people act, the story lines, everything. I like that they're going back.

Enterprise is not a remake of TOS. Its characters are dynamic and its story lines are developed. Did you not see "Cogenitor" or "Shuttlepod One?" They seem like very dynamic characters to me. Did you miss "Judgment," "First Flight," and "Carbon Creek?" Those are fine examples of developed story lines. Enterprise has had a great beginning. Already I feel as if I know the characters. Already the plots are deep and sometimes even thought-provoking. Sometimes they're just silliness like "Singularity," and we all need that once in a while. I think Enterprise has established a firm foundation. Is it perfect? No. Nothing is. Enterprise has been great so far, especially considering it's only going into its third season. It's had such wonderful character development and some very awesome episodes. I can't wait to see what's coming up next, because it'll only get better.

Enterprise needs to get into new bold direction.

Did you see "The Expanse?" Have you missed all of the advertising?

As for season 3... That's the biggest insult of all. It's the Borg-meets-Dominion meets Archer instead of Sisko. The whole concept of it is implausible. A terrorist type first attack designed to what frighten the Earth's population into what? Mass Suicide? So the Xindi can then destroy the planet with what corpses on it or maybe repopulate after the removal of the dead bodies? It's one thing to have a first strike with a serious goal of effecting morale . It's another to just waste the surprise element of a first strike on diggin' a trench in the planet in area that isn't even vital to defenese or the planet's infrasture on a whole. It's clearly a shameless attempt to draw on the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The only difference is terrorist use terror to attempt to make political changes by destroying the morale and will of the people they see oppressing them. The only problem is the Xindi want to destroy Earth completely. Too very different goals that require too very different apporaches to achieve success.

The storyline for season 3... Another insult from what I've read from the Paramount Site. (l just love when they used that phrase in "Aplocpyse Now"; didn't you?) around the expanse blowing up all things that concern the Xindi... Well isnt' that absurd. It wouldn't take long for the Xindi to figure out that hey Earth knows who attacked them and are coming after us... So maybe we should destroy all Earth vessels in the Expanse? I mean call it crazy but Archer wouldn't be around for very long if he did this in reality. The Xindi would need to destroy him before he can a) report back the location of the doomsday weapon; b) report back the location of the Xindi homeworld; c) report back any intel on Xindi capablities ; and d) report back any possible data on who gave the Xindi the information and how to time travel to stop them from attempting another attack of Earth... These are just a few reasons for Archer's need to be destroyed from a realistic Xindi standpoint. All the more reason Berman and Braga need to think about this Cowboy crap they've written more carefully. It's just too much john wayne pesudobravado and unrealistic when we consider the fact we've all seen trek go down this road before! Isn't it time they take the path less traveled in the trek saga and start to write more realistic reactions and actions by characters and races???

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Oh, I like Lonestar! I saw them in concert once. It was a Christmas concert, so they were singing Christmas songs, too. It was neat. Phil Vassar was there, also, it was a lot of fun.

And now I can't get that song "Walking in Memphis" out of my head! Grrr.

Most cereal commercials. I can't stand them.

The Trix Rabbit especially. I'm not to fond of Tony or Lucky, either.

I like the Cheerios bee, though. Well... I just like bees.

That one shoe commercial... where they're playing basketball with a shoe. I hate that one.

I also hate commercials that come on all the time. And it's bad... because they come on all the time!

If the B4 can't use the memories then why were they given to him.

Oh, I didn't mean he couldn't like he wasn't allowed to. I meant that he couldn't because he wasn't able to. Does that make sense? Data asked him all these questions that he should have known the answers to, but he didn't. For some reason, he wasn't able to access those memories.

Star Trek XI: Honey, I Shrunk the Captain!

My opinion:

Data's dead. It was an honorable and noble death. But he's dead and nothing's going to change that. Do I want him back? Sure I want him back. Just like I'd want a loved one who died back. But will I get that person back? No. The same with Data. I don't expect him to come back.

Data's my favorite character. I cried a little when he died. (Gosh, it was so sad.) And B4's cute and everything. But he's not Data. He could never be Data. What was it Data was saying in "The Measure of a Man?" I don't know if this is the same thing, but he said if Maddox did what he was going to do, he'd still have his memories, but the essence would be lost. I think this is the same sort of thing, I'm not sure. Anyway, B4 might have Data's memories, but he doesn't have his essence... his soul. And yeah, I think Data had a soul.

I'd rather B4 become his own person. He has all that Data memory inside of him, but he can't use it. I'd rather he learn about the Enterprise and maybe even become an officer... if that's possible. And then every once in a while he'd say something Data said or he'd say something Data-like. "Intriguing," or maybe that little "hmm" Data always does.

But that's where I stand. Data's dead and he's not coming back. I miss him greatly. B4 is not Data and never will be.

I think that Voyager had a stronger ending.

I'll admit, I haven't seen very many of the earlier episodes, but from what I have seen, it seemed... undeveloped. As is bound to happen, the crew grew closer as time went on and their characters became more developed and dynamic. When you first start out with characters you have to try them around, poke them, push them, squeeze them, and try to find out what they're all about. By the end of the series, I think their characters were all explored and it was a crew you felt like you knew. If you were suddenly plopped in the middle of them, you would feel like you were amongst friends.

Going back and watching "Caretaker" after seeing most of the later episodes and "Endgame" was very interesting. There was a stark contrast between the characters and the way they were portrayed. In "Caretaker," it almost seemed as though the characters were flat. Even though I knew them, they seemed different to me.

Anyway, I just think Voyager had a stronger ending than beginning because of all of the developments they made in the middle.

Well, I don't know the answer to that, but here's something funny I came across a while ago that has to do with it. It's called "Foyager Park" and it's a Flash animation. Click on "Episode 3: Red Alert!" It is so funny. Then watch some of the others because they're great.

Swiped from a poster titled: "All I Need to Know in Life I Learned from Star Trek."

Never put all of your senior-ranking officers into one shuttle craft.

I went to a chat at the official site once. But whenever I or any of the others who were actually there typed anything, it seemed only we (not the actor) could see it. I think they use pre-asked questions (sent in by e-mail). But you can log on to the chat and just watch him answer the questions. Anyway, that's how it worked when I was there.

Wow, that's really cool! I like Alabama! It's a little too late to say this, but have a great time. I'm sure you will.

I've noticed this, too. I was meaning to ask it but always forgot!

I recall Uhura wearing gold in an episode or two, but never blue.

Perhaps since Hoshi is more of a linguist she wears the blue? I don't know.

Star Trek XI:  The Search for Data

^-^;; That's great.

How about Star Trek XI: The Return of the Wrath of Khan. He's still alive, folks, and back for revenge... again.