Tag: startrek

movies

Death Star Destroys Enterprise

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Sometimes the title of a post says it all. In a true “Worlds Collide” type moment, two of my most beloved Sci-Fi universes meet as the Death Star destroys the USS Enterprise.
“Military force was authorized yesterday after the alleged time travelers and their craft ignored an ultimatum to stop whale poaching.” Gotta love the nod to ST4. Tres cool.

Little known fact – this is my 750th post – yay – which means my average is about 115 posts a year or one every third day overall since I started WGTCTIP2 back in Jan, 2003. This is not a bad habit that I’ve gotten into and while not all of the posts are Shakespearean, they have been entered into the record. I am significant screams the dust speck.
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space

Tragedy or Farce?

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Karl Marx famously said, “History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce” and nothing better could be used to describe how James Doohan’s ashes were destroyed yesterday when a rocket carrying them into space failed to make it into orbit and instead blew up.
If you don’t know the name James Doohan, maybe you know him as Scotty from “Star Trek.” He passed away in 2005 and to have his ashes to make it to the stars, the locale where he made his living, would have been oh so poetic.
The first attempt was made last year and it was unsuccessful – the rocket crashed and it was over two weeks later before they found his remains.
As “they” say, if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. The Doohan family obviously shares this adage as they launched his remains again one year after the failed attempt. This time, they were even less successful because not only did the rocket fail, but the ashes were destroyed.
I’m not sure how one destroys ashes. I guess they are just hopelessly scattered.
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television

Dork Jeopardy

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I was watching Jeopardy’s “Tournament of Champions” tonight and when Alex introduced the first 6 categories at the start of the show I just laughed at the sheer magnitude of the dork factor:

  • Star Trek, Star Wars or Lord of the Rings
  • Action Figures
  • Dinner for one
  • In need of a date
  • Still living with “Mom” and “Dad”
  • You have no life

The writers must have had a field day!
In honor of this great night for geeks, here are the 5 questions in the first category:

  • $200: A council that takes place at Rivendell is central to its plot
  • $400: In its lore, a Bagoran wormhole leads to the Gamma Quadrant
  • $600: This one lent its name to a defensive weapons system that many felt was a pie-in-the-sky fantasy
  • $800: A race called the Andorans causes trouble for the humans in this one
  • $1000: Its creator was born in South Africa

If you don’t know the answers, check it out after the jump

  • $200: LOTR
  • $400: ST
  • $600: SW
  • $800: ST
  • $1000: LOTR