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I also believe that part of the Vulcan problem is that they don't really understand the human equation. Our curiosity and willingness to take chances. Deep down they may have already foreseen the role that humanity is going to play in the coming centuries. Vulcans were already exploring the spaceways as early as our mid to late 20th century, as seen on Carbon Creek. And here come the humans willing to make the jump into that great unknown simply because it is there and we've got a full tank of gas. Hasn't anyone noticed the Enterprise crews face's scream "ROAD TRIP!", whenever they jump to warp? From these humble beginnings on Earth, the vulcans have tried to act as mentor to humanity but, of course, have found us completely illogical. Perhaps the idea of humanity one day becoming the driving force and major player in the upcoming Federation is what really bothers them. Afterall, they were there first.

Of course, anytime you got off the ship and away from the captain, it turned into a party anyway. The captain along would just put a damper on things. And I'm all for landing and having a party, preferably on Risa.

Enough of this debate. I say we make two out of three falls out in the parking lot. Winner take all.

Lots of raw anything, preferably freshly killed. From everything I've seen Klingons don't really take the time to cook much of anything. And I've always wondered whose blood was in the bloodwine? The blood of their enemies? One recipe, kind of anyway, is one I posted at the Klingon Embassy. If you take a can of bamboo shoots, dye them red with some food coloring and place it all on a plate with some mexican jumping beans underneath, it looks like a plate of real Gagh. I placed some on a buffet table once during a party and to see the looks on some people when I told them what it was suppossed to be and them ate some, was absolutely priceless.

Actually, I'm not losing any sleep being here. I access this site more when I'm at work then anywhere else. My control room is in an isolated part of the facility so I can pretty much do what I want. If anything, it's keeping me from finishing my mixes in a reasonable amout of time. I wonder if I can bill my clients for time spent here?

I guess the sales numbers just weren't where they should be for the publisher to make a profit. Us trekkers didn't do our part by buying more. Or it could also be that the core Trek fans are just getting older and have to put that money into IRA's.

Watch out everyone, the day of the neural interface and computer chips implants are closer then we think. You know, at this rate Earthers may actually evolve into the Borg. Wouldn't that be ironic?

Althought I think movies like "The Last Starfighter" and "V" the TV movie gets unfairly put in this category because I thought those were good movies.

The Last Starfighter does belong in this catagory. It had so much promise and then just deteriorated into this Disney-like flick. It was only memorable because it used up to date computer graphics for the space scenes. Up to date for that time I mean. V was just a typical mini-series that although contained a familiar premise (aliens come to earth and promise all sorts of things), it was just another lame tv show. Every now and then I'll catch some re-runs but the end was never in doubt and like Independance day, borrowed heavily on old tried and true sci-fi formulas. The ending was just a twist on H.G. Wells War of The Worlds ending. No, they both deserve where they belong. As for the wave of sci-fi films of the late seventies and early eighties, it was exactly as stated. A blatent attempt by everyone to cash in on the Star Wars phenomenon that was sweeping the country. Sci-Fi was cool again and I agree that had it not been for Star Wars, TMP would probably never had been made. It gave Paramount a jump start to actualy consider making the movie in order to cash in on the franchise rights it already owned. Yes, it awoke the genre from years of slumber and wasn't it a strange coincidence that the age of the computer took off at just about the same time. If it wasn't for the ground-breaking methods developed for special fx, we might never had seen half of this stuff see the light of day.

My screen name, xenexian, come from the New Frontier series of books by Peter David. Captain MacKenzie Calhoun is an xenexian by birth and was brought into starfleet by Captain Picard. I identify with him because we seem to share similiar traits, rebelious, stubborn, independant, willing to take chances and not willing to being pushed around or threatened, among other things. A worthy inheritor to the mantle of Kirk. Plus it's a great name for a planet.

Also, as I seem to recall, the Borg only access certain technology that they've assimilated when they need it. Considering who they are I agree that it may be a case of over confidence that they never use it. After all, they are still striving toward perfection which means that they are still flawed as well. The cloaking techinology would have come in real handy during their battles with species 8472 but then again, since they couldn't defeat them, they probably decided that it was irrelevant to access it. But against the Alpha Quadrant, it might have been a completely different story had they used it. I don't think the Federation would have stood a chance had they accessed cloaking.

All that can be said is, oops. Everynow and then something like this happens and I'm sure the producers were hoping that no one would notice. Hey, they're only human.

Actually, and this is the honest to god truth, the original series theme sone did have lyrics. Unfortunately, it was so bad the decision to use a sund version for the tv show was thankfully nixed. I once heard a bootleg copy of the song and I have to say that my dog howling sounded better. I could have sworn that it was sung by Mrs. Miller. I'm sure that it exists somewhere out there yet but trust me, you don't need to search this one out.

I never really paid that much attention to the clothing but I figured if mini skirts were still popular in the 23rd and 24th century, it couldn't be all bad.

Oh man, I'm so sorry to hear about what happened to you. In the broadcast business this happens all the time and it's never a good feeling. In 1990, I was let go from a production house that I had worked for for almost twelve years. I had just bought a house three years earlier and my son wasn't even a year old yet. If there is any advice I can give, it would be to never give up on what you want to do. I don't know if your job was something that you wanted to do as a career or just a paycheck, but the feeling of helplessness can be overwhelming. I stayed busy being a free lance engineer and even went into teaching audio production for a short time, all the while sending out demo tapes and resumes to houses all around the country. It took ten years before I latched onto a position at a large audio production facility and I had to move halfway across the country but it was well worth the effort to never give up on my chosen field. It may be tough at times and sacrifices may have to be made but never giving up is some of the best advice I can give.

I had just walked into the studio and was setting up for a session when one of my fellow producers came in and said that the WTC was just hit by a plane. I immediately thought of the B-25 bomber that had hit the empire state building back in the 30's and thought that this was another pilot error type of accident. When we went into the big studio to turn on the monitor and I saw how clear the day was in New York, my thoughts went into a worst case scenario. Was this an accident or deliberate? At that moment, we watched as the second plane hit the other tower. In a business full of crazy people, it was the first time that everyone became silent. I spent the rest of the morning trying to deal with clients and very shaken voice talents. Needless to say, the rest of the day was very surreal and we really didn't have much enthusiasm to continue production. At noon, we were all told to go ahead and leave if there was nothing pressing and go home.

I vote for the replicator. Any device that can give pizza at any time withour having to call out for it or having me fight the old ladies in my neighborhood grocery store, gets my vote. It might even save me on the power cost of having to operate a refridgerator 24/7, and it nevers gets empty.

I vote for the replicator. Any device that can give pizza at any time withour having to call out for it or having me fight the old ladies in my neighborhood grocery store, gets my vote. It might even save me on the power cost of having to operate a refridgerator 24/7, and it nevers gets empty.

I guess I'm in the minority here as well. I prefer the new Enterprise theme. Of course I'm listening to it from a production and quality standpoint and it doesn't have that overblown full orchestra sound of TNG, Voyager and DS9. Plus it was written by Diane Warren. How many other televisions shows can make that claim? Well wriiten, produced and recorded and mixed to sound great over the narrow dynamic range of tv broadcast. I also feel the lyrics give a good representation to what the show is suppossed to be about.

He also wrote "The Martian Chronicles", "Something Wicked This Way Comes", "R IS For Rocket", "Dandelion Wine", "The Illustrated Man", and other books along with a huge number of short stories. He is truly one of the great authors from the golden age of science fiction. One who, I'm sure, has inspired many of todays writers of science fiction and Trek.

All right! Klingons will one day rule the world. Or maybe not. This is great having a site for the lovers of all things Klingon. Did you know that a can of bamboos shoots dyed red on a plate with mexican jumping beans underneath, looks just like a plate of real live Gagh? A great way to break the ice at the buffet table and something to add when the wife isn't looking.

I would love a stand up of Jadzia Dax wearing the uniform of TOS. Unfortunately, my wife would get a little intimidated by tall brunettes with long legs. Oh well. I can still dream.

Rod Serling, rest his soul, was a far better writer then Gene. As for the producing end, that's a little tougher. Gene, I believe, had far more resources and a little more power then Rod and understood the complexities of being a producer and executive producer better as well. Rod was more a writer and idea man and was actually happier staying out of the producers realm and just write. Most of his best stories were produced by others.

As representative of the planet Xenex and it's people , I would like to take this opportunity to wish all inhabitants of sector 001, a very happy Earth Day, a day late. Speaking of which, the Galactic Council wanted me to inform you guys that you have fallen a couple millennium behind on the rent. When might they expect payment?

From the very first year of 1966. I was nine at the time and, because of the space program and race to the moon at the time, always played astronaut with my friends. When Star Trek premiered, we immediately became Starfleet officers and "Beamed" anywhere in the neighborhood our imaginations could carry us. Plus later, I was the only one of my firends who had no problem with doing the Vulcan salute.

Well, that was quite the read just to compare the two lines of reasoning, episodic vs story arc. It may have been a little long winded, and it does bring a few good points into the picture, but I don't agree with the final assessment. I believe that what it comes down to is how well the story lines written in either genre. I personally prefer the continuing storyarc rather than the episodic. DS9 was exceptional doing this and hardly destroyed the idea of how star trek is done at all. In fact, it made it much more watchable and enjoyable then any of the others. I find it far more satisfying to have a complex story that can take the entire season or more then one season for that matter, than just to deal with a weekly new adventure. When you have to involve yourself in the characters and their respective histories, the viewer feels as if they become part of the program as well and missing an "episode" of the story line is tantamount to skipping chapter 6 to go to chapter 8. Why would you want to do this? As the viewer becomes more wrapped up in the story and the characters, the viewer finds themselves scheduling a part of their weekly schedule to watch, "What happens next". This keeps viewers interested and coming back for more and brings in more viewers as word of mouth spreads as to what is happening. This is the formula that soap operas or daytime dramas have used since the days of radio and is a proven successful formula. If it works for Star Trek, I would hardly use the line of fixing something that isn't broke. DS9 broke the mold and didn't break the way Start Trek was done at all. It improved it and it worked. If one looks at the rage of what passes for television nowadays, the reality shows are ALL continuing storyarcs and have been very successful (i.e. Survivor, The Batchelor and Joe Millionaire just to name a few). One reason that was not given as to why Paramount would prefer episodes rather then continuing storys, is that it's easier to sell the shows in syndication when you can show any episode in any order and not have to worry about what the viewer may have missed in an chronologically earlier show. It keeps the casual viewer interested in watching re-runs if they don't have to commit to a daily schedule. As for the true blue trek fans, who will watch any Start Trek show at anytime, this is a moot point. But for the bean counters who watch the dollars of shows in syndication, this becomes a valuable point in keeping the show on the air somewhere and any time. For those, like the writer of the post that started this, perhaps the problem doesn't lie with the just the preference of episodic vs storyarc, but with the attention span of the viewer. A point that I have brought up in the past is that todays television viewers have shorter attention spans then the viewers of the past. A fact that rears it's head in other fields as well, not just viewing habits. The MTV generation of production is prevalent in just about everything on tv today and requiring a viewer to have to pay attention may be almost asking too much. Is a continuing storyarc better overall? You bet. Give me a reason to keep coming back week after week to find out what happens next draws on basic human curiousity, a very powerful trait and doesn't allow me to just watch a particular show because of some perceived loyalty to a franchise or actor, but to a very real feeling of a saga to follow. Because of all this, DS9 in it's entirety, as well as selcted episodes of Voyager and TNG that contained these elements, are the ones that seem to be remembered the best and at times, brings up the most debate. Sorry, but after all this, I'll take my continuing and evolving storyarc of DS9 over all others and as far as the stand alone episodes go, they're fun when you see them again but adds little to the whole idea of an expanding Federation and the feeling of "Time Marches On". I'll get off my soapbox now.