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This may be a question too obscure for even this thread: Anyone have recs for good model kits of the Enterprise? Can be TOS or TNG. The current ones I’m finding on amazon have reviews that make me a little unsure
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Cat Hatter posted:More of a general recommendation from when I built my Defiant, but try to avoid looking up pictures of the filming models as a reference. The colors they used look wonky under normal lighting anyway and even the 4 foot model has more than enough detail put on by professionals to make you feel bad about how your AMT model is going. I thought the colors on the Enterprise-D I found on amazon looked weird as hell. All those blue squares which I’m sure are accurate to some degree but I’m film it doesn’t look like that to me
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Sep 19, 2020 20:31
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Farmer Crack-rear end posted:Speaking of ship models, I got the Eaglemoss XL Orville recently. We mainlined The Orville last week and loved it. I’ve been coveting that since. These photos might convince me, it looks real nice.
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Sep 20, 2020 00:28
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Followup question: Is there a better place to ask for people’s favorite Trek comics and books? If not then, pretend I just asked that. And if it’s been discussed to death on here what page should I jump to?
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Sep 20, 2020 02:22
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On a long drive I started the Prime Directive audiobook and goddamn is it entertaining. Was surprised I’ve already made it through about two thirds of it. It’s read by James Doohan and his Kirk is perfect. There aren’t a ton of Trek audiobooks on Overdrive, and most of the ones on there don’t have great reviews, so I imagine I’ll blast through the ones I want to listen to pretty quickly.
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Sep 20, 2020 23:16
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Pacra posted:I love talking about the trek comics, but usually this thread moves too fast to catch up after a few weeks The dark horse omnibuses are out of print but some can be found cheap. I’ll probably order the ones that aren’t super pricey soon or just go digital. I’m a big Peter David fan.
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Sep 21, 2020 00:04
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Everyone should read/listen to Prime Directive. It’s one of the more consistent stories I’ve seen about the concept of the PD and has a very harrowing Enterprise action sequence. The whole thing of Kirk being so publicly disgraced that he fucks off from Starfleet and within four months is just loading boxes onto cargo ships and talking about how humiliating it is to have to pay for food and transit and Spock working at a desk felt pretty raw and real. Reminded me of City On the Edge of Forever but worse because they weren’t just waiting to time travel, their lives and careers were just over.
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Sep 21, 2020 01:17
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Pacra posted:Here's the link to my original trek comics rundown - I don't think I mentioned the dark horse ones and I'm sure i missed a ton more of other trek stuff, this was cobbled from my own experience with the licensed ones I was able to grab or remember from the 90s. This rules thank you!
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Sep 21, 2020 03:58
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Unmature posted:I’ve been reading big chunks of old parts of this thread and I forget who recommended it but THANK YOU to whomever mentioned the audiobook of Q-Squared read by John De Lancie. Fiancée and I are halfway through it and we’re digging it big time. Gonna watch the Trelane episode tonight. Never seen it, but we’ve been sprinkling in the occasional TOS episode into our TNG watch through. Finished this up on our final drive to our new place and goddamn is it stellar. If it were an episode it would be the most batshit episode of any Trek show for sure. It goes nuts. Unmature fucked around with this message at 04:49 on Sep 22, 2020 |
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Sep 21, 2020 22:50
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nine-gear crow posted:You should track down Spock vs Q, and Spock vs Q: The Sequel. Hell yeah they’re both on Hoopla. Thanks for the rec, they’re both on the list
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Sep 21, 2020 23:10
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Does Discovery have any magic Q kind of stuff in it at all? Or are they too chickenshit for that.
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Sep 22, 2020 02:46
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I absolutely remember JJ on the ST09 blu ray saying he wanted to make star wars and liked it more than Star Trek
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Sep 22, 2020 16:42
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Zaroff posted:This was offered as part of a promo with the DS9 S6 / Voyager S4 VHS releases in the UK - if you got all 26 tapes (so costing about £260 in 1998) then you could send the coupons within and get a Defiant discman (more than likely for a nominal charge). I hope they got turned into dental equipment like the Atari Jaguar
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Sep 22, 2020 17:53
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nine-gear crow posted:You should track down Spock vs Q, and Spock vs Q: The Sequel. Listened to both of these while unpacking today and they indeed totally own
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During our Trek journey we’ve now watched Where No Fan Has Gone Before twice and I’m convinced it’s the best TOS episode 
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Sep 23, 2020 17:19
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Marshal Radisic posted:The whole modern industry of SFX and VFX were literally just getting started when TOS started airing; before then television was a realm of sitcoms, westerns, and some cop shows for variety. We take so much of this stuff for granted nowadays that we sometimes forget TOS was quite literally writing the book on how to do these things. There’s a universe where Star Trek never got off the ground because of this and this thread is about My Favorite Martian
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Sep 24, 2020 16:15
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Why the gently caress is this book so expensive. Even on EBay its like 130 bucks. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HC9XI46/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_fab_cYvBFbAX4FXAD
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Sep 25, 2020 04:09
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Drink-Mix Man posted:It rare It’s the only Trek paperback I’ve found that’s that scarce. No audiobook either. Guess I’ll do the ebook.
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Sep 25, 2020 04:25
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nine-gear crow posted:I tried to put together a wishlist for Star Trek novels a while back but it all just got overwhelming. I think the only ones I'd really be interested in if I got down to it were maybe the Titan books, because I like Riker and the Titan is such a cool ship, and maybe the A Time To... books that cover what the TNG crew got up to on the Enterprise-E in the timespan between First Contact and Nemesis. I just started The New Voyages which is a bunch of 70s fan fiction officially published and it’s... interesting to say the least. Very excited to get this one in the mail soon as well as a few others. Also just listened to the audiobooks of Prime Directive and Q-Squared which are both fantastic. We’re watching TMP right now. First time I’ve seen it in at least a decade. I don’t know how someone can not enjoy this movie.
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Sep 25, 2020 05:28
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Drone posted:Oh God I'm so sorry. I’m still on the first story. The setup is very interesting and feels pretty TNG to me and then it turns into slash fiction without the Spock/Kirk/OtherSpock three way loving. I’m gonna read more because I find Culbreath and Marshak fascinating
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Sep 25, 2020 16:13
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Drink-Mix Man posted:Aren't those the books that essentially contain the premise for Galaxy Quest, where the actors switch places with the characters? Thought you were confusing it with Red Shirts for a second. Listened to Imzadi by Peter David on another long drive with my fiancee today. We learned that Riker took Troi's virginity, everyone on Betazed pretty much does everything naked, and if Picard tells Data to kill a member of the crew he'll probably do it. Pretty good book!
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Sep 25, 2020 23:45
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Brawnfire posted:
He had very little information to go on, took the order, but kept loving it up and was confused so it was like his subconscious stopped him. Also it may have been future Date or possibly Lore from the present or the future. Again, some of the time travel was confusing. Also again, I was driving so I might have missed some context. Unmature fucked around with this message at 00:31 on Sep 26, 2020 |
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Sep 26, 2020 00:10
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FYI Pluto TV has a 24 hour Star Trek channel as well as classic Doctor Who and MST3K. How have I never watched all of this before
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Sep 26, 2020 01:38
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HD DAD posted:My Trek confession: when I first got into filmmaking in middle school, I taught myself how to properly format a screenplay by writing a hypothetical pilot for a new Trek show. I think it’s buried in a box somewhere, but I remember it was about three separate ships and I wanted each episode to focus on a different one, and somehow the season would tie all their stories together. find it and  it
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Sep 26, 2020 01:51
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We’re watching Space Seed to prepare for WOK and after Kahn has his little meeting with Kirk and goes to take over the Enterprise the way he slaps the absolute poo poo out of that redshirt owns. He backhands the ensign so hard he does a backflip down the hallway.
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Sep 26, 2020 02:42
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Read the first 50 pages of this tonight and it is freakin delightful. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Much_for_Just_the_Planet%3F
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In case you’re wondering Wrath of Kahn is still good. And recommending How Much For Just The Planet? again because the banter is as good as I’ve ever seen in any Trek. Very funny without being too goofy or out of character. Definitely gonna check out some more stuff by John M. Ford.
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Timby posted:38 years later, the character's name is literally on-screen as the title of the movie, and people still can't spell "Khan." My phone changed it!
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Sep 26, 2020 18:47
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Just started Search for Spock for the first time. Five and a half minutes in and we’ve only seen footage from WOK including the titlecard. EDIT: Oh good christ, Uhura’s hair EDIT EDIT: Boy considering how much I like TMP more than most people I was really hoping to enjoy that a lot more. Was mostly pretty bored throughout and was waiting for them to get to the Spock factory the whole time. I didn’t really connect with anyone, even Kirk after the first hour or so. The Saavik replacement is super distracting after Alley is so good in WOK. And that movie is uuuugly as poo poo. Or at least just boring looking not as cool visually as 1 and 2. I’d take the TMP pajamas over most of what was going on here. My fiancée really liked it though. Unmature fucked around with this message at 05:55 on Sep 27, 2020 |
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Sep 27, 2020 03:54
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Kesper North posted:I love that book. Did you catch the cameos? The stage manager Neil (black turtleneck) is based on an old buddy of Ford's, last name Gaiman. Barely anyone knew who he was in the US back then. DeeDee and Pete are based on fellow Trek writers Diane Duane and Peter Morwood (who I recommend if you enjoyed Ford). There's a few others. I haven’t read any Morwood yet, but I have a couple Diane Duane books on the way. I love the way the Klingons are portrayed in HMFJTP?. Just being a regular crew who are kind of ornery but still get down to business like the captain having a drink with Kirk during their downtime.
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Starting The Voyage Home. drat, Nimoy gets four credits up top. A Leonard Nimoy film, as Spock, story by, and directed by. Where do I get McCoy’s jacket Huh, so time travel at this point is easy as “we’re in an unfamiliar Klingon ship, but we got this” and then they just DO it WOW this is a way different movie than the others. This is like a goofy 80s comedy. Feels more like a movie made by the Three Men and a Baby guy than TSFS When they transport out of the hospital, why do they land outside the ship? Just to leave the mom from 7th Heaven there? Overall, fun movie! Liked it more than III but still not that much. And I am very discouraged by the fact that this is one of the even and therefore “good” ones. Hope I like VI more because so far it’s been a real downhill slide since WOK. Not at all looking forward to the TNG ones either. Unmature fucked around with this message at 03:55 on Sep 29, 2020 |
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Sep 29, 2020 01:45
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Bilirubin posted:Kirk free climbing El Cap, Spock learns colorful metaphors and does too much LDS in the 60s, Scotty works a mouse, and the neck pinch to the obnoxious punk with the boombox. It was gloriously stupid and very much of its time Scotty and Bones were the best part
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Unmature posted:Read the first 50 pages of this tonight and it is freakin delightful. I’m now halfway through this book and it may be my new favorite TOS story. Super funny without being out of character at all and all of the character interactions are wonderful. The Enterprise crew keep matching up with their counterparts from the Klingon ship and having the most wholesome interactions. It feels like this is the flashpoint that leads to Klingons joining the Federation. Of course Scotty just got into a fight with their engineer though, but then a southern gentleman who talks like Foghorn Leghorn suggested they duel with any form of combat they choose. Scotty picked golf. Read this book. It’s weird to read a musical but I got used to it quick. Oh yeah it’s a Gilbert and Sullivan-style musical.
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MillennialVulcan posted:Oh rad a copy of this is at my local bookstore too. I've been reading The Kobayashi Maru which has been a great story. I just downloaded the (abridged I think) audiobook of that. Can’t wait to listen, it’s been talked about a lot in this thread I love that there are two conversations about Jeffrey Combs happening simultaneously on the forums right now. One here and one about his portrayal of The Question on JLU in another thread. Unmature fucked around with this message at 19:52 on Sep 29, 2020 |
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Watching Star Trek V tonight. Spock just nerve pinched a horse. This feels like it’s supposed to be like at most a year after TMP and everyone has gained ten years and forty pounds. Man this movie is BO-RING Unmature fucked around with this message at 04:00 on Sep 30, 2020 |
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Sep 30, 2020 03:41
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Son of Sam-I-Am posted:Wrath of Khan is like 10-15 years after TMP iirc What the? That’s nuts I thought that was how long after Space Seed
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Sep 30, 2020 04:05
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Son of Sam-I-Am posted:I could be misremembering and it's after just another 5 year mission following TMP, but the Enterprise is already basically retired as a training simulator so a good amount of time has definitely passed. No you’re right I just didn’t catch that at all V is far and away the worst Trek TOS movie I’ve seen so far Unmature fucked around with this message at 04:23 on Sep 30, 2020 |
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Sep 30, 2020 04:19
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I am so fffffuuuuuckin bored. They’re talking to God now though so it’s picked up a little.
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Sep 30, 2020 04:28
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FlamingLiberal posted:None of the plot points in ST5 are ever really explored much besides the relationship between the Big Three. Meanwhile, the other cast is reduced to comic relief between Scotty knocking himself out on a girder and the Uhura fan dance At least Chekov got to be fake captain
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Watching VI now. Let’s discover this country I’m diggin this one so far! More than 3, 4, and 5 by this point for sure (we’re at the trial). Only thing that sticks out so far is, the Klingons are so sure that the two guys were part of Kirk’s crew but no one knows who they were. So if their case hinged on Kirk being responsible for his crew I’d just be like “Who were they? If you don’t know then you don’t know they’re from my crew. That’s not evidence.” Unmature fucked around with this message at 04:09 on Oct 1, 2020 |
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