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If this was an attempt to make me think twice about this movie, it failed. I cannot even begin to describe my dislike for this movie. Poorly written and directed with horrible acting to boot. Hearing three Star Trek icons attempting to sing around the campfire was one of the worst decisions ever. This is one movie I refuse to own.

Yes, I remember them very well. One of my childhoods best memories are eating banana popsicles on those hot summer days. But the very best were root beer popsicles. They are still made occasionaly and when I see them, I can't resist buying them and keeping them all to myself.

I think I read (someone please correct me) that they used to burn mummies for fuel when building the railroad.  Makes me cringe.

You're not wrong. Mummies were at one time so plentiful that they were used as fuel for the railroads and some industry. So much was lost that it will centuries before we recover from that, sort of like the burning of the library of Alexandria. I also still don't buy the accepted explanation for the age of the Sphinx. Water erosion is water erosion no matter what part of the world you're in. Whoever really built the Sphinx left one of the biggest mysteries for modern mankind to unravel. Unfortunately, the Egyptian government will attempt to discredit anyone and anything that dares say that the ancient Egyptians were not the first in the area and that they had nothing to do with the Sphinx.

I haven't been this excited about a movie in a long time. Even though I hate to pay full price for a movie that I can get at matinee prices on the weekend, I'm going to make an exception for this one. I plan to be there for the first evening's showing after work on the friday that it opens. This movie is going to be the biggest hit of the year, especially if you take into consideration the third movie in November.

One of my favorites is one you do have listed. "Once More Into the Breech". The late John Colicos, was one of my favorite character actors and originally portrayed Kor in TOS. It was great seeing him reprise his role, this time with cranial ridges. A brave Klingon who fought and died with the honor due him. For those who are younger, he also portrayed Baltar on Battlestar Galactica. He is truly missed.

I never realized that there were so many pups here. I hate to use the term "age breakdown" because I haven't broken down yet, thank goodness, due to my swimming and marguarita regimen. I also suffer from Jack Benny syndrome. I've been 39 now for the past seven years. Some people call this (Please stop me from cursing) Clark disease since I still look like I'm 25. Yes, those replacement upgrades from Sears have done wonders for me.

Ancient Egypt is one of our favorite topics here at the studio. One of the points that always comes up is how did this civilization even start? What suddenly clicked in the heads of these people to organize they way they did and develop the belief systems they used? If you look at the history there, there is no record of a gradual developing. It's almost as if the culture sprang up overnight. How did the idea of an afterlife come into being? I am constantly reminded of the backwater islands in the pacific that were used by the navy during world war two when these isolated pockets of tribes thought that we were gods. They even built wicker models of the airplanes that brought supplies to worship in the belief that they were messengers of the gods and would bestow on them the same wonders they saw being unloaded. In ancient Egypt, the idea of the pyramids were meant to be tombs for the pharoes and would be the instrument to lead them to the stars. Just how did they develop this idea? There are still many more things about the ancient Egyptians that we still have yet to discover. Slightly off topic is the fact that in this area of the Earth, particularly around the valley of the kings, the Earths magnetic field has the weakest influence. Extrapolating the idea of ancient astronauts and speaking on pure speculation, if you were an ancient visitor to this planet and were looking for a place to touch down, so to speak, wouldn't it make sense to pick the one place on the planet that was relativly flat and had the least amount of magnetic interference to safeguard the electronics of your vessel? Could this have had something to do with the sudden rise of the Egyptian civilization? I know that this has all been brought out before but it has never really been discarded, even by those who have studied the area. Again, there are more mysteries there then there are answers. And for those here who say history is boring, I can only answer with what one of my history professors told me years ago. When it comes to history, how can we know what the future holds or where we are going when we refuse to recognize where we are and how we got here? The way to the future lies in the past.

I'll be bringing three with me for a total of four. Even though the wife and kids aren't trekkers, they'll be plenty for them to do. I'll even bring the DAT recorder to get sound bites for a possible fun audio project for the group.

I suggest the trilogy that I'm reading right now. DS9 millennium. For three books it's a fairly quick read, a great mystery and has that Vorta that we love to hate, Wayoun. There's no real chronological order to read the books by so I would say pick up nay DS9 title that interests you and enjoy but try Millennium.

At the moment, I do plan to be there and I think I can get y company to pay for all the travel expenses. We have a branch studio in Vegas and I can probably write the whole trip off if I work it right.

I don't know if this rule was part of your list since I can't remember what number it is, but I have this up in my studio just to needle my boss a bit. It reads, "Employee's are the rungs on the ladder of success, don't hesitate to step on them." I think the Irs may have actually started some of the rules.

I'm male, human species, presently residing on the North American continent.

Didn't anybody like the mini skirts from TOS? Am I the only one?

Amazing how much information I miss by having to work on a large project and not check out the boards here. This would be great for me. My company has another studio in Vegas to handle our west coast projects. I think I can actually have the company pay for the entire trip for me by claiming I need to go out there and check on the other studio. Maybe handle one session to justify it all and then spend the rest of the time at the convention. Perhaps I can even lay the groundwork for an audio project with all the members. Just random thoughts but keep the info coming, count me in for the time being.

Way to go Indy, congrats.

Mad magazine was part of my personal required reading during my junior high and high school days. It's what gave me a greater appreciation of Monty Python when I discoved them in college. I loved the tv series parodies they did. Mad did a Star Trek Parody in one of their 1967 issues. I had it at one time, how I wish it had it still. Anyone have a copy yet?

Thank you all for the kind notes of congratulations. Another round of Bloodwine for the house and put it on VaBeachGuy's tab.

[ I think everyone’s including xenexian’s post was that we are going move closer to the Borg in terms of cybernetics and not really in the likes of wanting to take over the universe

Exactly. Thank you, Master Q, for clarifying what I was trying to point out. If an individual has cybernetic implants that does not make them a Borg in the sense of what we know a Borg to be. Part of what makes the Borg unique is their collective thought patterns. No individuals allowed. But the idea that at some point in the very near future, perhaps even in our own lifetimes, it might not be improbable for someone to have a good percentage of their organics replaced by something cybernetic. In all probability in order to extend their life for whatever reason. Perhaps Michael Jackson. At that point we might have to ask as a society, at what point does the individual cease to be human as we know humans to be? If if someone reaches that point, would we call them Borg Like? Would we even call them human. If you had to make the decision to have a cybernetic implant to save your life would you do it knowing full well that a human part of you will cease to exist? Granted this is a question more for the moralists and philosophers but it still points out the fact that once we take that step of replacing original parts with new improved versions, we become more like the Borg then anyone would care to admit.

Yes, I do believe they would have made it eventually, with or without help. I'm glad that they ended it the way they did. I was never a fan of the "Lost In Space" theme and questioned it right up to the final year. I really did believe that the producers would leave us hanging and have them never get home but that would have left a bad taste in everyone's mouth. Speculationwise, I also think that it would have turned into a generational ship with very little of the original crew surviving the journey. This would have been fine and actually would have opened the door to a number of storyline possibilities as to who would have mated with whom and so on.

A great observation. This is the two to three year syndrome. Plus the actors have now had the proper time to establish their own personalities into the characters they portray. I truly believe that it's only going to get better and all the whining that I used to read on the StarTrek.com board will slowly dissipate into silence.

[Just because we can interface with machines doesn't mean we will become the Borg!

Ahhh, but a neural interface, accomplished by the chip implants would put us on that first step toward becoming a cybernetic organism. The technology is already here. We are so much closer then we realize.

You're not by any chance mailing it sub-light?!?!  The GPS (Galactic Postal Service), while more expensive, is a lot faster!  They have an optional same-day transwarp rush offer*, but the regular offer is probably fast enough, given the expense of the rush offer.

 

 

*Not available in Borg-inhabited areas.  Extra charges may apply in militant territories.  Galactic Standard day equivalent to approxamately 137 earth-hours.  Relativistic effects may appy during sub-light travels.  Interference by Q or other powerful entities cannot be protected against.  GPS is not liable for damaged, lost, warped, transformed, or in any other way damaged mail.  All rights reserved.

I am literaly still on the floor laughing. Touche'. Well done.

I work in downtown Norfolk, right at the waterfront. I can almost see the Battleship from my office too.

Well, isn't this weird. You work about 2 miles from me. I work in Norfolk too up near the Ghent area. More power to you fellow trekker.

Yes, I do. And it's still viable where cable doesn't reach and since all tv stations are still in reality, broadcast stations, the technology and bandwidth are still in use.

Well, on the fun and mischieveous side, one of the first things I would do is make sure the Yankees never have another winning season, at least until Steinbrenner dumps his ownership. On the serious side, I'm not really sure what I would do. My own prime directive philosophy might cause me to not do anything and let everything take it's natural course. I probably would travel the galaxy and observe but I don't think I would blatently use the power like three wishes from a genie. I do believe in that old saying that "Power corrupts and absolutel power corrupts absolutely." Being only human, this would be too much of a threat to myself and those around me.