Judisparks

I rarely, if ever post here but reading all your responses made me want to.

I am 50 years old and clearly remember watching "Mantrap" the night TOS premiered. The images of a society wherein all members got along, worked for the comman good, and promoted similar values out to the rest of the galaxy appealed to me. After seeing the newest installment eight times already -- and going shortly for number nine -- it still does. Gene Roddenberry's vison for the future continues to burn brightly.

Stop worrying about canon, for heaven's sake. ALTERNATE REALITY. Do any of you nay-sayers know anything about quantum physics and the multiverse? Try reading the collected works of Harry Turtledove, or S.M. Stirling's Nantucket trilogy. Watch Timeline. There are many examples of alternate reality throughout the genre. Science fiction fans used to be intelligent, well-read geeks, not whiny crybabies who want their --insert franchise name here-- back. Star Trek is about opening the minds of the mundanes to the possibilities that exist for the future, about setting goals for our society as a whole. You want your Star Trek back, fire up your DVD or tape players and write fan fiction. Society evolves, it is only reasonable that the vision that is Star Trek evolves.

Well done, Mr. Abrams. Please do more.

Judisparks!  Your "repeat" said nothing at all related to my reply!  Also, is a evil dictator better than a democracy???  I would personally choose rights and freedoms over evil dictatorship and oppression.

Wasn't replying to you, was re-stating my opinion. Sorry if you thought I was replying to you.

I'll choose the same but I would RATHER it be done peacefully. Sorry if you have a problem with that but in my opinion, the only thing that war does is make enemies and kill innocent civilians. Crooked, manipulated democracy isn't any different then "evil dictatorships". I AM NOT SAYING THAT OUR DEMOCRACY IS CROOKED. Some cultures don't lend themselves to democracy, no matter how wonderful it is.

Of course, I am a child of the sixties and my opinions could be considered skewed by the self-righteous gun-toting current ruling class of the USA (please note, Canadians, I am saying "USA", not including your country).

I agree he should be ousted and his regime overthrown. But why should the US do it when many of the Arab states have far more money then we do and could take care of the situation, possibly without firing a shot? Why do US and allied soldiers have to die? And why does that cowboy idiot in the White House think that the US has to be the world's policeman?

Realizing that other people's kids are incredibly boring, I still have to brag about the world's newest Trek fan: Erika Catherine, my niece, was born Wednesday March 12 at 0937 in suburban Chicago. She was 8 lbs, 14.6 oz, 19.5 inches long and looks exactly like my late paternal grandmother, her great-grandmother.

If anyone wants to see a picture of her and her mom & dad (both big Trek fans), take a look at the "Collage" page at our website:

Our Portal

:P

Chris is correct, April 1st.

Good! That's less then a month away! I can't wait till the whole series has been released!

Me either though I like watching it on commercial TV, too.

Does anyone know when DS9 is going to start re-running on TNN? I have the first DVD set but I really enjoy watching Trek on commercial TV....

I don't see anything on the TNN website yet but I know that it's supposed to start showing this year sometime.

Thanks

Next to DS9, Enterprise is my favorite. I really like the ensemble, just like I did DS9's. Sure some of the stories have been kind of repetitive, but if it means that there's going to be a sweaty Trip, especially in those blue undies.....

Hey, even old married women can look!

I thought DS9 was the best series because of the story arcs and the variety of alien encounters generated by the mission of the station as well as its' location near the worm hole. But then again, I love baseball so maybe my tolerance of a slower pace was in effect.

Enterprise, though, is wonderful and it's getting better nearly every show. It's fun to see how the writers address establishment of Starfleet regs that we all know better than we know traffic laws!

You may not see me posting as much as I usually do, as some of you know I have Carpal Tunnel and the doctors have "suggested" I refrain from typing anymore then 2 to 3 hours a day. Which won't be easy because my job has me typing 8 hours a day, but I am going to cut down on my typing when possible. I'll still be here though, just not typing as much.

Carpal tunnel, the curse of the information age.....

I've got it, too, coupled with a progressive case of arthritis, and I type all day, too. I keep it at bay with warm moist compresses, Tylenol arthritis, and I use wrist splints at night when it's really active. Also, you might want to try Capzasin or Triple Strength BenGay -- nasty stuff to be sure but I've had loads of success with both.

Have I mentioned I'm an RN?

I might have said this before, it bears repeating:

"Blessed are the peacemakers, they shall be called the children of God."

Don't let the conservatives and their self-stroking desire to play war and spread their version of democracy fool you, folks. Democracy doesn't necessarily work for everyone. And somebody better tell W that not everyone is an evangelical Bible thumping MORON like he is.

Sorry, I hate the Bushes. Bush I, Barbara, Jebbie and W -- they're all elitist slime. Say what you will about Clinton, at least he KNEW there is a middle class.

I have a hard time understanding y but i flippin HATE klingons.. except the ones that are half human .. i know y i hate Worf *Deanna/Worf Relationship* but other then that i dunno.. lol any one else feel like this?

 

-Laur

Not me. I love Klingons. I love their attitude.

I'd like to know what happens when Sisko comes back. Saw Avery Brooks in November at a Trek convention in Orlando, he said he'd not be adverse to doing one.

I'm Next-Gen'd out, just like I'm TOS'd out. I miss the Klingons and the rest of the DS9 crowd.

I have always hated Troi. Don't know why but I just don't like her. And Major/Colonel Kira. It's a toss up between the two.

I fixed my signature, bysty. Is it less offensive?

I'll take the bird farm (aircraft carrier). It's Navy and I have a cousin who is on it. I think he's an LSO or...I don't know. He does something with planes and doesn't fly them or fix them.

Because that's what the respective leagues call it.

Okay, I'll play, just a little.

I'm Judi, a married 44 year old who clearly remembers watching "Man Trap" (the first TOS episode aired) Wednesday September 8, 1966 even though my parents wanted me to go to sleep. I have not missed a Trek episode since. I have always loved SF in any form -- was reading the Heinlein kiddie books when I was six -- and didn't care who knew it. I still read it and watch it, loving it as much as I did when I was a kid. SF shows many future possibilities and should not be ignored IMO.

My husband and I live within shouting distance of Mickey's place in Florida, and I go there a lot. No kids by choice, hoping for dogs down the road when we have a house with a fenced yard.

Have never been one to keep the light hidden under the barrel -- I'm a liberal Democrat, believe in Roe vs Wade with a vengeance, an unrepentant baseball fan and a firm pacifist. I'm also a minimally-practicing Roman Catholic who has fun being one here in the Bible Belt.

I collect fashion dolls and SF media autographed photos, garden, play computer RPGs and dote on my niece and nephew, both of whom are getting baby siblings this year. I also cook and bake at an extreme hobby level.

I refuse to grow up past fiscal responsibility, and am very successful at being an adult child.

Oh! Our website is Our Portal and all are welcome to visit.

Like it!

He's getting much better. I thought, when the series first started, that he was somewhat stiff and actually might be having trouble with the technical jargon (some of his inflections the first half of the first season made me cringe).

But, as the series has progressed, he's relaxed and become more natural.

Just my opinion.

I have many problems with a potential war:

• People dying because someone tried to kill W's father some time ago
   
  
• The US trying to make half the damn world democracies - it doesn't work for everyone!
   
  
• Five relatives - one Army, two Navy, one Marine, one Air Force -- all on deployment or with orders for same
   
  
• The possibility of making a mockery of the UN. It needs more teeth. And a big bat.
   
  
• The conservative right getting their jollies playing war (and don't tell me they're not).
   
  
• The United States becoming the laughingstock of the world because we have an idiot cowboy in charge.
  

There's a lot more but these are my major issues.

Oh, and I didn't vote for W, I voted for the one who really won by over 500,000 votes and didn't have a brother who could (and did) keep minorities from voting/minority and Democratic votes from counting as governor of an important state.

here's two neat words from the dictionary:

 

libel n. 1. a. defamation by written or printed matter rather than by spoken word. b. the crime of publishing such matter

 

defame v.t. 1. a. to attack the good name or reputation of ; slander or libel.

 

His past is something he has openly talked about for a long time, everyone has dark moments in their life.

And this didn't apply for Clinton because...why?

Couldn't help myself...the conservatives still use Clinton as a diversion. :devil:

Trip Tucker. Great body, funny facial expressions, great body.... oh, I'm repeating myself.

Um, Trip.

Jadzia Dax was the most complete female character ever conjured up by Star Trek, in my humble opinion. Well, the Klingon women we saw through the run of the show were pretty close but Jadzia was my favorite. DS9 was a show for strong females.

Captain Janeway. I bet she could beat up Picard in a nanosecond (not that I dislike Picard, I just think that Janeway's pretty tough).

This is what happens when a candidate for the Presidency has a brother who's governor of a state with lots of electoral votes and that brother fixes the election results from his state.

That Bible that W thumps so hard has a quote that's applicable in this instance: "Blessed are the peacemakers, they shall be called the Children of God."

Does that answer your questioin?

The Andorian Incident and Unexpected.

Gotta love that Trip Tucker.

Okay, hello. I'm new.

Middle aged female, married and thankfully childless (by choice, do not want to grow up). Have been a fan of Trek since the first episode of TOS which I clearly remember fighting with my parents to watch, a determined seven year old. Haven't missed an episode since.

Favorite of the five series is DS9 and Enterprise is a close second. We own all the movies, a large portion of TOS on DVD, a few Next Gens and the DS9 first season set is on its way from Amazon.

Also watch Stargate SG-1, Andromeda, Charmed as well as the rerun stuff like XFiles (which I miss badly), Babylon 5, and anything else that SciFi chooses to throw at us. I read SF, too -- McCaffrey, Heinlein, Silverberg, Turtledove, Stirling and whatever else strikes my fancy.

That's all I've got to say today. Nice to be here.