Comments on: Great Links: Lists, Nerds, Mashups (and More) Show Their Love For Trek

By: Robert Bernardo

Robert Bernardo — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 19:20:46 +0000

He could do the simple “debuzz” hack on the Vectrex to quiet it down. And he forgot Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator for the Commodore VIC-20 and C64 and for the Texas Instruments TI-99. Good that he mentioned Colecovision. Yeah!

Then another one he forgot was Star Trek 25th Anniversary for the Commodore Amiga computer. (I see he is not into adventure gaming by his getting impatient with that latter game.)

Finally, I see that he didn’t have a real ending to his video. :-)

By: neonknights

neonknights — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 14:11:26 +0000

AFI misses some of the best science fiction films of all time: Alphaville by Godard, Things to Come, Metropolis….

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:01:39 +0000

AVGN for life!

By: Nick Cook

Nick Cook — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:37:11 +0000

Okay, that Orion girl sure put a smile on my face. :)

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:21:17 +0000

Game Nerd knows his Trek, that was funny as hell

By: Closettrekker

Closettrekker — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:36:19 +0000

#42—”The Next Generation was a much better show…”

I’m not sure how it compares to BSG (never did anything for me), but I can barely watch TNG in reruns (with the exception of “Yesterday’s Enterprise”–which is just a great story). I know that there is Trek for all kinds, but TNG– IMO, is just plain dull. I never found myself involved with the characters, and I have to say that the TNG-era is just less romantic than the 23rd Century setting of TOS and the original films. Voyager was extremely hit and miss, DS9 is decent on its own, and although I seem to be in a minority, I actually enjoy ENT on DVD.

TNG lost me at Farpoint…

By: Closettrekker

Closettrekker — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:29:06 +0000

#41—Right there with you, Mark.

TMP, besides being extremely underrated (IMO), is the best sci-fi film in the Star Trek feature film series.

TWOK might be more conventionally entertaining, both for TOS fans and mainstream movie viewers, but TMP is definitely the better sci-fi film (and my second favorite ST film).

By: Michael Hall

Michael Hall — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:48:51 +0000

“Farenheit 451 (Bradbury loved the tacked-on ending.)”

And so he should. It’s a better ending (indeed, a more “Bradbury-esque” one) than that of his own novel.

I saw Ray at the LA Book Fair a few weeks ago, and was struck by just how much at peace he seems with his life and work at this point. Good for him–he’s earned it if anyone has.

“I love Battlestar Galactica and it is one of the best shows on TV at the moment but I still believe The Next Generation was a much better show and should have been number 1. I am glad TNG was so high up but I think it should have been top. BSG should have been number 2.”

Nope. But, to each his own.

By: TheDoc

TheDoc — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:45:42 +0000

The 25th Anniversary Game was so much better on the PC, from what I recall. It also involved a different storyline if I recall correctly. Too bad he didn’t include the Star Trek V: The Final Frontier PC game. That one was BAD.

By: Dennis Bailey

Dennis Bailey — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:25:25 +0000

#35: ” Forbidden Planet. Farenheit 451 (Bradbury loved the tacked-on ending.) Metropolis. ”

Three good calls there. And I agree and understand that the AFI lists have a definite marketing bent to them – which is why they’re always larded with so many recent films at the occasional expense of real classics.

“Forbidden Planet” is probably my favorite sf film of all time, and it’s certainly one of the best.