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Woo Hoo
Who created Iron Man. Stan Lee?
kg
First!!!
Last time on Trek chat…
997. Katie G. - May 4, 2008
Hi, everybody!!
My company just left.
So no one is really excited about Ironman? I thought it looked good. Guess it was a comic book character, was it? Don’t remember my sister ever having it.
Yes, just for posterity, my sister wasn’t all bad. She let me read all of her comic books. Sometimes we’d hang together in her room, just reading comics and snacking. I treasure those memories… [sniff, sniff] naw, not crying. That’s still my cold.
Seriously, can anyone tell me more about the history of Ironman?
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998. Denise de Arman - May 4, 2008
Katie- Sorry, I know nada, ziltch, nothing about Ironman. Batman was my guy. Batman Begins was, by far, the best Batman movie.
999. Katie G. - May 4, 2008
Is it Ironman
or
Iron Man?
kg
1000. ‘Beach - May 4, 2008
Katie
Billionaire industrialist Tony Stark was captured in Vietnam (movie updates it to Afghanistan) and imprisioned, and ordered to use his technical genius to build weapons. Schrapnel damaged his heart, so he used the euipment and materials provided to build a chest plate to keep himself alive. With the help of his cellmate he built a suilt of armor around that chest plate, and used it to defeat his captors. That suit was the original Iron Man.
Poo. Denise got here first…Speed of a damned selaht, that one…
Sorry. Katie G. got here first. Got my names crossed…
Katie, I think Stan Lee did, but I’d have to research it…
And my comment disappeared into the mist…
So Denise, did you like Christian Bale the most or that particular story the most?
kg
Katie- I loved everything about Batman Begins - acting, direction, cinematography, storyline, of course special effects. The Batman in Begins was also closer in substance to the Marvel Comics conceptualization.
And since it also got lost in the mist, I will call out to The Vulcanista again so she may gaze upon my words in affection and return to us:
Vulcanista, come in…The Water Is Warm!
‘night ladies..
goodnight, my Vulcan Knight
Nuts. I missed the ones after 1000…
Thanks, Beachman!!
I just remembered that I could google Iron Man so will read up on it for later. Some of my favourites were
Green Lantern
The Flash
Aquaman
Batman
Superman
The Fantastic Four
Spiderman
Can’t think of any others. What else was around at that time?
Oh! Oh!
Also, just remembered a cartoon that I watched as a married lady with my husband and we LOGO. (LAUGHED OUR GUTS OUT). Hey, did I just create a new shortform like LOL or LMAO?
Anyway the cartoon was………… Rocket Robin Hood
Band of brothers marching together
Heads held high in all kinds of weather
Nana nana nana nana na naaaaaaa
Beyond the earth, beyond the sky
At the side of Robin take your stand
As the gallant leader of our band
With a joyous shout throughout the land
For Rocket Robin Hooooooooooood!!
How’s that for nostalgia?
kg
Goodnight, Beach!!!!!!
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Goodnight, Denise!!!!!!!!!
kg
Batman is the only comic I read as a kid. Something about that batcave and the batmobile (are those psuedoFreudian symbols or what?!) just drew me in…
Goodnight all.
Here’s another verse [as everyone screams and runs away, covering their ears…]
Band of brothers, shoulder-to-shoulder
None dare defy us
None were any bolder…
That’s all I’ve got.
I also remember the Spiderman cartoon theme song. Anyone want to hear it?
kg
Here’s a link for Iron Man, Beach.
http://www.marvel.com/universe/Iron_Man_(Anthony_Stark)
kg
What do you with a whole brand new chat?
What do you with fresh ground ta’ stick yer words at?
What do you do when this thread needs chewin’ a lotta fat?
Errrrr-lye in tha’ mornin’!
Stir up some notions and mention the big giant head Shat
Wonder just where all me musings have disapeared at
Go on a bender and start a whole new meandering rant
Errrr-lye in tha’ mornin’!
Yay-Hey! And up she rises
Yay-Hey! Let’s start new vices
Yay-Hey! I still got me lices
Errrr-lye in tha’ mornin’!
15….
I recall ole Spidey’s song… but thar’s a new sheriff in town dis summer…
Iron Man
Iron Man
Does whatever an iron can
Gets out wrinkles
Presses yer pants
Sets a crease
Squashes ants
Loooook Out! Here come tha’ Iron Man.
15….
Hey thar’
I recall ole Spidey’s song… but thar’s a new sheriff in town dis summer…
Iron Man
Iron Man
Does whatever an iron can
Gets out wrinkles
Presses yer pants
Sets a crease
Squashes ants
Loooook Out! Here come tha’ Iron Man.
uh-oh… new thread and already I be causing trouble in duplicate
anyone else remember Terri Garr bein’ so darn cute ya just wanna hug tha’ stuffin’ outta here? And then shove that pen up Gary’s….
Uh oh. I think I’ve been branded as Spam again by the Big Giant Fliterer. Comments aren’t showing up.
kg
I remember collecting comics and keeping them in plastic bags LONG before it was ever popular…..I had Tales of Suspense #39 (the first Iron Man comic) in MINT condition!
Sheesh, if I had kept it, it would be worth a small fortune today! Ah, well!
AS I wuz sayin’, nice new threads here, mateys…. use ‘em well
ta fur now
#20. BNDude
Yes. I remember her. Especially that horrific sixties outfit she was wearing. Guess back then if I’d have been her age I would have thought she was cool, man.
kg
Okay, just typed
Big Giant F L I T E R E R
instead of F I L T E R E R.
Time to call it a day.
kg
Good Morning to All Trekladies
Nightingale
Katie G!
Vulcanista
and all the rest….
Harcourt Fenton Ballz…..You know the rest…
Take Care all…Got to go punch in…………………. :)
Yikes, BND. You’re ruining my precious childhood memories. ;-)
Oh wait, it was Hollywood that did that. And here comes Speed Racer next. (Mach 6, my azz!)
Bring on Wall-E!
Wall-E? Like a fish? Good eatin’ I understand. Oh, wait- gaagle indicates it be tha’ new Johnny 5 film…
in me head I recall yet another dandy… don’t recall any o’ tha’ actual show cuz it was probably ne’er aired fur me… but I do recall a song about sexual harrasment and violence:
Tony Stark- he MAKES you feel
He’s a cool exec with a heart of steel
And Iron Man all jets aflame
He fights and he fights with repulsatin’ rays…
Hmmm…
Anybody throwing a party on Thursday to mark the One Year To Go Day?
You could dress up a skeleton in a starfleet uniform (as in, we’re getting old here Paramount — hurry before we show up in Vulcan Depends.)
Harry could write 365 [more] dirty limericks.
Denise could seduce pimply teens and reduce them to quivering lumps of nerdly flesh at 12 more cons.
I could crack 365 more puns. Guess which day you’ll find a funny one and win a prize.
Garovorkin could go to the dentist to replace teeth worn down from gritting while fruitlessly demanding pics of the new E.
The possibilities are endless!
Why would I wanna dress up as Ensign Flockhart? (Indy Jone’s paramour…)
Other than that, ya’ got some bonny idears fur a year-long shindig… count me in…
I’ll be tha’ gent wit’ a Medusan box on his head…
arrrrrr…
Hey, out there…how’s everybody doing? I went away for a while and we’re on a new iteration again.
Spockanella….may I ask….where did you go away to?
1.
Denise with poor fanboys doth play
Till they turn all sweaty and gray
Still somehow believin’ with her
They might still have a chance
Yet she says (evil grin)
“wipe that drool off yer chins.
And for God’s sake, put them phasers
Back in yer pants”!!!
2.
Harry whose lim’ricks are dirty
Tries to get with Denise all a-flirty
But she stops him all cold
Puts his ardor on hold
Reminding him of all she holds in her sway
Then she calls her Vulcan Knight
All stoic and just out of sight
To Vulcan Death-grip him
And then drag the carcass away…
Yes, Denise shoots down every guy that gets in her way, but it begs the question………who DOES finally get under that radar when she’s in a rare mood?
(ducks and hides)
32: Don’t want to be a bummer, because this chat helps keep me (relatively) sane…I’ve been caring for my mom the past few weeks and she passed away. Lots of family/stepfamily issues and I’m the executor of the estate, so I’ll be in and out…but I’m keeping my eye on you lot!
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Spockanella, dear friend, I offer to you my deepest sympathies…
35
I’m guessing that’s because she’s dated a lot of complete tools in her life and at this point self-preservation has kicked in and she’s being neccessarily selective. I mean, seriously, once (or many more than once) bitten, now shy…
Sorry, My Liege. I would not dare to make sport of your romantic endeavors. That’s just my take on it. Forgive me if I strike a nerve…
Harry, ya lunkhead.. ;D
Are you avoiding me? I’d appreciate some feedback on that story I sent you. That’ll tell me if I need to bother finishing it or not….
Spockanella, I’m very sorry for your loss. My mother died twelve years ago after a horrible 3 year struggle with leukemia. For the last 18 months of her life I was with her at the hospital every single day around the clock.
I always remember the words of Winston Churchill at a time like this when he said,
“If you’re going through Hell, keep going!”
Sorry to hear that, Harry.
My stepfather died in ‘84. He died quite suddenly from lymphoma…diagnosis to funeral was about nine months…
My (b_stard of a) real father kacked in ‘92. SOB drank and smoked himself to death. I did not attend the funeral (it was 2600 miles away, and me with no ticket…).
#35 Harry
You never cease to amaze me, bro! LOL!
Nightingale Woman
When you log on later, this message is for you. I hope you’re day was a good one. I’d like to read all about it…well, maybe not in GREAT detail, but a quick synopsis that you are comfortable with telling me. There are those of my species, that are still sensitive to the needs of the many, no the few, no no, THE ONE!! LOL!!!
Harry,
I should not have even put a message to you and Denise in the same box!! (Laughing hard while rolling a joint!)
That could be very taboo!! or jinx, whatever, it just might be risky!!
Denise
BTW, the spelling of Nightingale as it appears here is fine. However, the way I spelled it “Nightengale” could have some sort of symbolism to it…TEN…10…perfect 10..this is just for all those road scholars and editors out there..ROTFLMAO.
Katie G.
How goes your battle today?? Any potato salad on the horizon or another pizza night??? HMMM..
#36 Spockanella
I too express sympathy and condolences for you and yours.
Who saw Assignment: Earth?
Batts #43
how could you even think of using my name, Denise’s and a certain other word, all in the same sentence? How am I expected to get any work done NOW??!!
Work? Is that why they built me this nice net-viewing cubicle?
Spockanella- My condolences on your loss. I know this a difficult time for you. We are glad that you are here.
Harry and Batts- LOL!
CmdrR- “Net-viewing cubicle” - I MUST remember that one.
OMG- Moogie is over on the Quinto thread going on again about Ashton-freakin’-Kutcher playing Spock!!! AGAIN!!! I am going to lose my sanity if he/she(?) does not drop it. Someone please go over there and tell he/she/whatever to go jump in a warpcore. AAARRRR!!!
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My liege,
I have fired a warning shot across his bow…
Beach- My Vulcan knight, thou art most brave and logical. When I win those two premiere tickets, I will take thee.
Can you imagine Ashton Kutcher as Spock?! “Hey, dude, um, I don’t think that’s, um, the logical the to, uh, do.” Man, what has moogie been injecting!
NIghtingale,
What am I reading here! You bring another male of the species in front of me and offering to take him to the premiere??? (Heart breaking as words are typed) Have you read my post at #42???
Dammit, I knew putting you and Harcourt Fenton Ballz in the same sentence was going to f— things up, royally!!! You cant mix light with the prince of darkness!!! I think I have to purchase one of those spores that Leila used on Spock!! (The maka root cigarette is still weighing heavily on my conscience mind!!) I ‘ll think clearly in a minute…….
Batts- LOL! Ah, I am undone, captain, oh my captain! Beach, the dark and logical Vulcan knight, came to my aid against the villianous Moogie whilst trying to cast the assinine Ashton in our sacred Spock shoes. I was overcome with gratitude and affection for his noble deed and promised him a night at his queen’s side in return. Little did I suspect that my dearest captain would, with broken heart and agile fingers, roll yon joint to smoke in despair… forgive thy Nightingale, I beg of thee, and I will cease to be a Capulet… (apologies to Shakespeare)
I’d bring up a “pound of flesh”, but that would be bragging!
Sorry for your loss, Spockanella.
I lost my mom five years ago next month to cancer. We children were very fortunate to have just a little time with her while she still had her faculties, and the end was relatively swift.
I hope you have many positive memories to carry and pass on.
Harry, let’s not try to raise thunder from a thimble.
Well, I guess thats it, Nightingale!!
Even the greatest poetry in the world cannot win thy heart!!!
(Headed back to re-hab at top warp speed) I can not give thy heart over to thee, again!! For thou have taken it and crushed it like grapes…….
(Picking up bottle of booze, rolling up sleeves and getting that dull razor-blade and mirror) Please, have the noblest Beach to act with civility, for he has won my fairest Nightingale!!!
Harry,
in response to your post at #35, may this answer your question, oh black cat, who crossed my path and created this situation. Great prince of darkness!! (Trying to cut my throat with a spoon…! Oh! wait..I could use that spoon for other hallucinating purposes.)
Batts, to quote Scotty, “Any descent bottle of Scotch will do that.”
Then I offer a toast…Cmdrr!!!
The Undiscovered Country….Insanity is a point of view..May we keep our souls cleansed from defilement and attachments…Now, this is what Anakin felt like in Episode 3???
Batts- ROTFLMAO!
#43. Batts
Nope, sorry. No potato salad for YOU!! (The PS Nazi). Feeling better but TIRED. Might make it again later for his birthday. It’s just that with all the great ingredients I use, I eat way too much of it when I make it (especially when I use the fresh dill).
Hey, I visited the Quinto thread and invited Xai to visiter here and say “hi”. He doesn’t come here very often. He really cracks me up.
How’s everyone tonight (or have I missed you all again)? It’s 12:35 a.m. here in T.O.
kg
#51. Denise
Kelso as Spock? Shudder. I’d burn all my Trek stuff first.
kg
Just went to see Iron Man………..it’s good, but not great!
I’d give it a 7.5 out of 10……..maybe an 8 on a generous day!
Great cast, good story, good effects……….the direction sucked!
Spockanella:
You have my deepest sympathies. Have been through 3 out of 4 parents (only my mother-in-law is left. Father-in-law passed in January this year). It’s tough. Glad you enjoy our company. It’s an honour. Keep us posted (no pun intended).
So Harry, should I waste my birthday on the movie? Or will I really enjoy it? The clips on TV look good…
kg
Harry you should click on this at the top right-hand side of this column
Iron Man
The New York Times reviews the new movie starring Robert Downey, Jr
http://www.nytimes.com
and write a review. It offers the option.
kg
Sounds very quiet here. Maybe I’ll take the hint…
Goodnight.
kg
Katie
for what it’s worth, I grew up loving the Iron Man comics and I wasn’t that impressed with the movie. The pieces were all there, but I blame the Director.
Let’s put it this way…..when it first came out I enjoyed Spiderman more.
Robert Downey Jr. is amazing in the role and helps to elevate the material, such as it is….Gwyneth Paltrow’s character is more irritating than anything and it has a rather obvious “paint by numbers” plotline. It illustrates a good origin story as to how Iron Man comes into being, but after that………m’eh!
There is not one genuine TINGLE MOMENT in the entire film!
If you feel like getting out to the movies for your birthday you might find it to be o.k. since it IS the first big release of the Summer…..please let me know if you go see it!
Maybe I’m being too harsh on it, but i truly expected more!
Yeah! I found a uniform I can cut up to make into a mirror uniform - did you guys notice, by the way, that in Mirror, Mirror the dagger through the planet was also the insignia that was worn on the uniforms? And it only took me about 206 hours of surfing the net…
Your search for a dagger
Could make one stagger
You’re already cutting
With no blade for gutting
Now give me lip like Jagger!
Harry, you are up?
I am oddly excited about purchasing my first Trek uniform. This one is gorgeous - made from the original pattern from Lincoln Enterprises. It will be a shame to cut and slash it to pieces for my own selfish reasons…
And what size would this dress be?
……and remember, I’ll know if you’re fibbin’…
The dress is a four, which means I will need to lose five pounds before August - no biggy. Help me with this one Harry - on thighhigh boots: leather or vinyl? It all depends on you - make the correct choice for all your fellow thighhigh boot lovers on the board.
It would be easy to say leather, but I’m going with vinyl….the shiny effect on your gorgeous legs would look particularly fetching…growrr!
Okay, off to spend money. See you tomorrow w/details.
#67. Harry
“Gwyneth Paltrow’s character is more irritating than anything…”
Funny, that’s what I said about her in the movie “Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow”. It was clearly a bad case of miscasting. Her “Polly” was so wooden and you could tell that she was acting as opposed to “being” the character. Really poor. I was sorry that I didn’t watch it before I bought it. I bought it on the strength of the cast, being Jude Law and Angelina Jolie. Giovanni Ribisi was a surprise and a delight as the science/designer geek/sidekick! He was excellent. Loved him. Loved how they added Sir Laurence Olivier. Technology is so cool. They merged the Treks in DS9’s “Trials and Tribble-ations” and made a movie out of past and present clips blended seamlessly in “Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid” with Steve Martin.
Anyway, I’ll let you know when I go to see it.
kg
Katie
you mentioned “Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid”!!! It’s one of my favourites!!!
Most people, including the people who post here, have probably never heard of it! You show good taste!
Hi Katie - Harry sent me off to buy vinyl thighhigh boots and boy did I get an education… There are all kinds of websites on the net that I was not really aware of until tonight, thanks again to Harry! To sum it up H., I have decided that Uhura did not go for the chase-me-do-you-know-what-to-me kind of look in her boots, and between she and I we opted for a more practical low-heel leather look so I would not fall down the stairs going down to Quark’s before I even get a chance to have one drink. Now only one gold sash to go.
One day you’ll have to model these non-CFMB* for all of us?!
*(Comfortable Fashion, My Bad)
#78. Denise
Good morning!! Sorry, had to go to bed. It was WAY TOO LATE (almost 3 a.m.)
Your outfit sounds like it’s really coming together. Wish I could see it when it’s done. Do they have contests for the best homemade outfit?
I actually have a pair of black suede thigh high boots with a flat heel. Bought them on a whim about 15 years ago. Haven’t worn them yet. The vinyl might have been to hot and not allowed the skin to breathe so good for you! Otherwise you’d be miserable while you’re looking good.
Oh and size 4? [Sigh.] Haven’t seen that since the womb. But I’m working on losing weight.
kg
Hey, everybody…..I was just chatting with THX through private e-mail and he wanted me to mention that he misses everyone here and he’ll try to stop by and say “hello”………his wife just had her first chemotherapy session yesterday so things are pretty frantic for them, but he said they’re trying to stay positive-minded during this ordeal.
#77. Harry
Thanks, Har!!
Yes, my husband and I have a rather eclectic taste (bizarre, maybe) in movies. He likes “Blade Runner” the director’s cut. I have to admit that I don’t mind the narration. Sometimes I don’t get all the inferences. Among the favourites are “Johnny Scissorhands”, “Room With a View”, “Logan’s Run”, “The Andromeda Strain”, “Sunset Blvd.”, “Local Hero”, “Quadrophenia”, “Phantom of the Paradise” and “Army of Darkness”.
Weird. Gotta get the day going.
Ta everyone.
kg
Thanks, Harry!!
kg
arrrrr….
Thigh high boots? ripped up outfit? dis I miss “Mirror Make-Over Time” again?
Fur me it be easy… I just glue on me mustache and instantly I be evil spreading chaos throughout the Seven seas of Gary… stealin’ newspapers, not payin’ me city fee ta’ drive me Ford Prefect downtown, shovin’ Hershey bars down me pants wit’out payin’, re-arrangin’ Herrod’s mannequins in naughty manners, nicking sweet & low packs, callin’ about Prince Albert inna can, murderin’ hobos, feedin’ tha pidgeons laxatives… ooo… it be good ta’ be bad…
oh, aye… I feel for Mrs. and Mr. THX… glad he made first contact thar…
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SPOCK - (raises eyebrow) - Dude. where’s my starship?
Hello in 10 different languages!
Hello
Olleh
Hallo
Bonjour
Γειά
हैलो
Ciao
Olá
Здравствуйте
Hola
Harry#81- Thanks for the update on THX and his wife. I hope everything goes well for her during the days after the treatments.
Beach#86- “Dude, where’s my starship?” - good one!
Katie#80- They do have costume contests at the conventions. I am not planning on entering, just going to wear this to the party at The Experience the Friday night of the convention. I am already anticipating the stares and strange looks as I make my way from my room to The Experience. Perhaps I should wear a nice long cape over it in the elevator and across the lobby.
Denise- good post you have in tha’ Garrrry Seven thread
am I feelin’ all warm and fuzzy and cutesy because of terri garrrrrr… and now yer post… oh, it’s BND’s softer side… well, the one that dunna need ointment…
let’s see… bride o’ Frankie Jr. gotta be 60-somethin now… hmmm… wonder if Honor Blackman can still kick at 80?
arrrrr….
BritDude#91- LOL! We love you with ointment or without, BND.
Harry, true it’s been a long time since I had my willie adjusted… but, I do remember ‘Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid.’ I much prefer Steve Martin comedies where he’s not a cross between Jerry Lewis and Harpo Marx. I likes me movies to be a little bit real.
Katie — a shout out for Local Hero — now THAT is an underloved movie that everyone should rent! Burt Lancaster as a lunatic, gaelic accents, it’s got it all. I do wonder how you fit ‘Logan’s Run’ and ‘Room with a View’ on the same list… unless Merchant and Ivory are two of the guys in Box’s freezer section. “Protein from the Indies!”
BTW, you guys keep whoppin’ late hours. I’m on until 11 or so, and you dudes and dudettes haven’t even started. grrr. Making me feel older than I am. (A mere lad of 45.)
I was in a ferentic state of mind last night determined to find a woman’s ST costume, hense the late hour, CmdrR. It was worth it, however, as I finally found the uniform I intend to wack up. Then, of course, Harry sent me on a search through the netherworld of foot fetishes and domination via the internet looking for vinyl boots…
Hey, Denise, you know what they say, “big feet……………………………………………………………………………….BIG SHOES!!”
Did you guys hear about the big fire down at the shoe factory?
Yeah, apparently 700 soles were lost!
#94 “Harry sent me on a search through the netherworld of foot fetishes and domination”
Denise, getting you interested in that subject matter is like teaching a lion to like red meat!
#86. Beach
I know this is WAY overused, but
L O L! ! ! ! ! ! ! That is hilarious!
#90. Denise
I would think that since this [Con] is at a hotel that the other guests would be used to seeing this. Now if you wore it with no Trek Con within light years, then I would think that they’d be oggling you oddly. Actually, it sounds like the outfit will get you some ogglin’ regardless! However you could add a snappy, Starfleet issue cape that you could whip off once you got closer to the targeted area! Dang. Wish I could get my e-mail address to you without everyone seeing it. I’d love to see a pic. How fun.
#93. CmdrR
Yeah — it’s a quirky movie (Local Hero). It looked like Burt was certifiably crackers; and my husband says that the female (what was she, a marine biologist?) at the end went off swimming and he said he saw fins. That she was a mermaid!!! Guess she had land legs when she wanted. I did not see the fins for myself so I’d have to see it again and put in on slo-mo.
As for Room With A View, I bought it because I had been to Italy for six weeks in 1989 (May 19 to July 2 or something like that) and was feeling quite “homesick” so I bought it because we stayed in Florence for 3 weeks (and that’s where the movie takes place) then Rome for 3 weeks. That’s when I bought “Three Coins In The Fountain” because it is filmed in Rome. I also happen to have “Roman Holiday” with Gregory Peck and introducing Audrey Hepburn. Wonderful flick. ‘Green Acres’ alum Eddie Albert was quite buff in this one.
Blah, blah, blah. Sorry. I love talking movies and Star Trek. Heck, I guess I just love talking. (Must be the Ice Tea. Yes, Trek fans, I’m off chocolate. Want those pounds to melt off before my high school reunion.)
And as usual, I gotta go make din-din.
Ta.
kg
SPOILER ALERT: Oh yes, she has fins!
Thanks for all the kind words
From all the Trekkie lovebirds
Spockanella’s feeling mushy
And sends a post that’s kinda gushy
Harry, please send my best to THX and Mrs. THX.
Would love to see the costume, Denise.
Hope this doesn’t post twice…this is the second version of this I’ve typed; the first one didn’t “take”, apparently.
Loved Roman Holiday, too. One of the great things about having a Chinese wife is I’ve got Hollywood’s library to rent and watch her reaction. She watched American movies in the 1980’s, so we sometimes have to relive the halcion days of Madonna’s early career. YIKES! She’s scary naked. Willem DeFoe is terrifying naked.
Katie and Spockanella- I have been to a little over a dozen cons and get this: Never have seen a woman wearing the mirror universe costume, which is odd, considering all the much more detailed, intricately put-together outfits I have seen (yes, even Orion slavegirls, green and all!). One thing that can be said about the fans - they do not do things halfway. So, I still have to get the insignia pin and dagger. I was considering that the ultimate would be to wear it when I have my picture taken (once again!) with Leonardo, but only fleetingly - simply do not have the nerve to walk around, in the daylight, through the casino to get to the convention center, in front of thousands of people and then wonder if my Leo thinks I am a freak!
Good evening all!
Denise, this is just a last ditch effort to see if you have recovered from that Vulcan mind meld done to you??? I had in mind the Vulcan Neck Pinch plus the side you are not leaning towards when the pinch is delivered is smooched….Whew!!! (Warning: Standing by to slit wrists..so be careful how you answer.. :)
Harry
Oh prince of darkness!! That shoe joke, I could not stop laughing!!
( Tapping the veins, right now..)
Katie G.
It is agreeable to see you again online. Trying to pierce the great barriers of intellect (mine especially!!)
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Intellect?
HERE?
Maybe I should have put “barriers TO intellect” perhaps???? Yea, that sounds better..There are those of us that are sharp as spoons and dumb as a bucket of shrimp!!! Hey, wait a minute that sounds like something I saw on someone’s resume’ as their credentials.
I just read #97!! Again this is quite bizarre….I have assigned Harry the right surname… Lord of the Underworld and Underbelly…Foot fetishes..Harry..C’mon bro!!!
I could have provided some interesting tidbits on ankle bracelets and tattoos, spankings (excuse me, discipline!!!) Stilletto’s…Oh well! Sounds like a true perverts dream (excuse me, clearing throat..) a perverts world.
arrrr…
feet ain’t so bad… I hate ta’ see what kind of fetish the bloke in the threads named “shat hands” has….
arrrrrr….
BNDy
Did you HAVE to go there…?
Whassup everybody…?
I have an ice cream fetish. Does that count?
*yes, you can take that any way you want to
G’nite Trekkerators.
Denise
Been to a half dozen or so myself and I don’t recall that particular costume either. BEaring in mind of course they all took place here in The South, which means family-friendly, kids allowed, etc. I think we went to maybe one con that actually had a costume event.
I was hell-on-wheels at a trivia contest to two, though. Got to the point one time that the guys running the contest actually told me i couldn’t answer anymore…!
(eyebrow)
109
CmdrR
SERIOUSLY doubt that means anything, shall we say, uncouth…Not knowing you. You are way too cool for anything that bizarre…
I’m concerned……Iron Man was supposed to be great…………..I went to see it…………..m’eh, I give it a 7.5 out of 10!
We think Star Trek, opening in May 2009, is supposed to be great……………uh, oh!!!
Gawd, I hope they get it RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
#102. Denise
I’m surprised to hear that more ladies haven’t worn the mirror outfit. Maybe they didn’t have the frame for it or the nerve. I’d wear it if I had the figure. (What’s frustrating is under this fat, I have a wonderful shape. Just haven’t seen it for a while.) Maybe after they see you some ladies will get the courage to wear it for the next one.
How’s that Pussycat Doll’s (is that who does this) song go…
“Don’t you wish your girlfriend was hot like me?”
Or something like that. Don’t forget to do the sixties eyeliner like she had, and the armbands. She was gorgeous. Make sure someone gets a pic of the finished outfit.
kg
Damn. Just typed a comment, tried to post it and got the message “Internet Explorer cannot display page” or some piece of crap like that.
I’m feeling irritable so I’m going to bed. Besides, I’m dead tired.
kg
I give up.
GOODNIGHT!
kg
Arrrrrr… if anyone really gives a flyin’ fig parr, me loooong suffering episode seven be thar… insane rantings made unfunny…
http://deltrame.googlepages.com/episodeone5222
here’s a taste:
THE BJORG: Howdy hoody there. We are the Bjorg, yay. It is useless to resist our manufactured Swedish crap, yah. Besides, we Swedes have a thing or two to show you.
DOMIMATRIX ZERO (Bjorg Queen): That’s right, yah. Come on and get all hot and surely kinky with us Bjorg, yah. Blondes clad in all black with mechanical devices. Resistance is futile but fun, yah. And we will have us some fun, yay. Teach you who’s in control.
ADMIRAL JANEWAY: Later. Right now, we need your help to stop this all-engulfing wormhole from further expansion.
and:
DATA: Remarkable. Despite the harsh void of space and massive wormhole irradiation, a generous portion of mammalian reproduction phsyiotomy remains fully intact. I think I can explain it by…
LORE: Yeah- you explain it and then we’ll hafta find an interpretor for that. Hey, B4, what are you doing now, you lame-brain? I told you to deploy the real fishnets!
B4: Hey look at me! I’m dancin’ Lore! I’m dancin’! It’s the elevator shuffle!
DATA: You appear to be sitting still.
B4: It ain’t got no steps! Nyuk Nyuk!
LORE: You’re getting on my noives! I’ll poivelize, you!
Next I make a funny version o’ War and Peace…
Good day all my fellow trekkies!!
Ladies: You know the outfit I would put together if I had 1) the figure, 2) the nerve? The whole Romulan commander thing. Get me a Spock lookalike to go with….yowza.
Good morning, everybody! Thought I’d see how everyone is doing and let you know we are fine here. My wife started her chemo yesterday; pretty aggressive treatment. She is getting twice the normal dose as the cancer was fast growing. The doctors said that it is a large area but it is isolated and not spreading, so that is good news. And my wife said that her pain has decreased a little bit and the tumor has seemed to shrink a bit as well. She didn’t even really have a terribly bad reaction to the chemo other than being tired so far. Maybe all the good vibes being sent our way are really have an affect. All I can say, is keep ‘em comin’! Today all we have to do is an MRI, so I can let her rest, and maybe I can get this house straightened up.
The computer I’m on is in the downstairs rec room across from my workout area, so I’ll be here for the next couple of minutes while I pump some iron. If you’re on give us a shout. Love you guys.
I’ll have to sign off now as mama needs me. Take care of yourselves. I’ll try to get back this afternoon.
116: Hey, what’s that crack about Branson? The dead don’t congregate there, just the “nearly departed”.
THX, that sounds like good news! Please keep us in the loop! Our thoughts and prayers are with you!
Regrettably Beach, I’m pretty vanilla in certain departments. Although vanilla is the finest of the flavors.
I’m still trying to get people to send in suggestions for favorite ice cream and which Trek character to eat it off of.
Mine is Cookies N Cream off the terrifically taut tummy of Mirror Uhura.
BND, wouldn’t the BJORG Queen have to be Bjork?
My vote is for Rum+Raisin off of T’Pol……………mmmmmmmm, good!
123, 124: Pistachio almond…Spock, of course. Even though he wouldn’t think it was logical.
123:
Moosetracks (forget who makes it), off of Spock, either Classic Spock or Spock 2.0, anywhere he’ll let me! };-)
Peace. Live long and prosper.
The Vulcanista |:-|
}:-| I meant to say!
126: Hey, there you are.
I LOVE Moosetracks. Ice cream is something I don’t indulge in all that often, but when I do, it’s frequently Moosetracks. Though, as above, Baskin Robbins makes a great pistachio almond.
And then there’s the whole Spock factor, which is another kind of yummy altogether.
119. THX
Sorry I missed you!!
Hey, sounds excellent!! Glad it isn’t making her roaringly nauseous. My friend’s wife didn’t take it well at all. This is very encouraging news. Prayers still continuing…
123. CmdrR
Jamoca Almond Fudge with Pralines and Cream chaser.
In a bowl, at the table, with Data. Yeah, I know. Boring. But I don’t like salt in my icecream
kg
Hey, Vulcanista!
I have heard of “Moosetracks” icecream. What combination is it?
BTW I should have said “Heavenly Hash - - it has chocolate flakes, nuts and marshmellons (!) in it.
kg
I would also happily lick vanilla ice cream with strawberry sauce off Trip Tucker, wherever he’s most ticklish.
Chocolate.
Seven layers of differing flavor, outta the hollow of the much hotter later-seasons/movies/Voyager Troi’s cleavage…};-p
tha’ boys aboard all ran in terror when I emerged from the lavatory all drippin’ french vanilla wit’ raspberry sherbert…
then tha’ ants came…
who knew they were stow-aways… and so many! awwwk!
Call JJ, Beach’s movie is MUCH better.
Ice cream, eh? OK, I hope this doesn’t make me a complete jerk, but I guess I would have to go with either chocolate fudge brownie or coffee toffee crunch off the small of Seven of Nine’s back.
135: Hey there! Good to “see” you. Hope all continues to go well.
Cookies and cream and the character is Marlena from Mirror Mirror, right off of her rear end and if it falls between the crack, I wont come back!!
Uhura from Mirror Mirror, butter pecan between the toes, who knows??
Sorry folks, I have to leave, feeling the sudden urge to do some pulling exercises!!
Thanks for that, Batts. You coulda at least made it a Trekkism… like
Sorry folks, I have to leave, feeling the sudden urge to fire protein torpedoes!!
bunch o’ bloody wankers…
now help me get this mess of butter brickle off meself… ouch! lousy ants- sod off ya’ buggers….
arrrrrrr
137: Um, yuck. (138, LOL)
139: There’s this deformed goat in Branson that could maybe help you out there.
Okay, let me see if I’ve got a clear understanding here…..in months gone by I would hint at the occasional sexual innuendo and people here would start to slap me up the side of the head…….now, NOW, you all, as a group, prattle on at length about getting it on with various Trek cast members dripping in cream….er, ice cream, that is! Even I was caught up in the madness until the lovely Katie’s remark about not liking salt in her ice cream snapped me out of the trance (and kind of grossed me out AND excited me at the same time, truth be told). Shame on all of us!!!
Now, let’s see if you can get my order RIGHT this time……..I’ll take a hot T’Pol with nothing on her!!
Batts, don’t be such a wanker!
Harry, we only slap you upside the head, because we like slapping you upside the head.
Man, I really could use some…………………….
Ice cream.
CmdrR, speaking of “slapping upside the head”, I wonder how long Batts will be gone?
Yeah, I know, I shouldn’t pick on his hobbies!
134 - CmdrR
Sorry, that one got past me…
‘Beach, I think CmdrR was referring to your Troi+chocolate imagery……y’know, two scoops and cleavage?
Cool.
But I forgot to mention sprinkles….
Harry,
Check your PM’s at the Trek forum site. Sent you a snippet of fiction for your review…
I just wanted to say Pikes Voyages Episode 3 is coming soon.
(I’ve been trying to write my way out corner)
150
Use caution. sometimes writing one’s way out of a corner requires a great LEAP of faith…..
I WILL NOT BREAK CANON!
152
Canon is fluid. TOS itself broke its own canon every other episode. Don’t worry about it. It’s only fanfiction. Write whatever you want.
139
Nope. It bites…
Beach, I don’t know if it’s the chocolate or the sexual innuendo, but suddenly I need to roll over and… zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
‘Beach, no sign of anything at the Trek Forum site, but I’m not surprised……that site is a “dog’s dinner” on a GOOD day!
150: I missed the last part of the previous chat…did you set up a webpage for these? Then they would be in order for people to peruse, like we do for dear ol’ BND and his merry mayhem. You could include a link to the page and give everybody a heads-up so they could see new eps hot off the press. Of course, if you’ve already done all that, never mind!
Harry
Much apologizing I owe you. You see, Part I of the story was apparently too big for the PM to handle, and I didn’t realize it, so here I thought the reply had gone through. EEE-diot! It had, of course, not done any such thing.
So, check again. I pasted a smaller snippet in a reply. The snippet I sent is from the middle of Part I, so it may seen out of context. I’ll try to send you the whole thing, split along more logical lines…
157
Greetings, ‘Nella-San!
159: Hey, buddy. How ya be?
Regarding fanfic (I occasionally indulge in reading it), the funniest one I ever saw was billed as the shortest Trek story ever, and I paraphrase thusly:
The last Star Trek fan on Earth sat alone in a room. There was a Spock at the door.
I would credit the author if I could remember who it was.
My fave Star Trek novel was called “How Much for Just the Planet?” and it was a comedy (a bit of a musical comedy at that) with Kirk and Klingons vying with each other to develop a planet as per Organian rules. It reminded me a bit of the goings-on we often find on this chat!
Just thought we could get off the topic of ice cream for a while lest I go out and buy a gallon of Moose Tracks on the way home….
#143. CmdrR
“Harry, we only slap you upside the head, because we like slapping you upside the head.”
LOL!! That is priceless! Sorry, Har. But it is terribly funny! :-D
Yeah, this whole “licking icecream off your favourite Trek star” didn’t do it for me. Should have elaborated. Perspiration is salty and I didn’t want any of that ruining my icecream. I value my sugar too much. Can’t have it for a while (although I am taking a small chocolate cake with me to a friend’s home tomorrow to celebrate my birthday except she doesn’t know it’s my birthday. Surprise!! Oh, wait, how does that work? Didn’t want to tell her when she invited me over so she wouldn’t do anything. We’ll make ourselves sick on the cake and icecream and think of you guys.
Okay, for my birthday on Friday I’d like everyone to make a limerick about icecream (any flavour) without raunchy sexual innuendo. What a challenge to this motley crew (crue). :-)
Can you do it? You have 30 hours to mull it over.
And……………………………………………………………………go!
kg
“Beach, read the first part….COOL! Now I can’t get the phrase, “velvet bed” out of my head! LOL! Let me know when you send Part Two!
#161 “a limerick about icecream (any flavour) without raunchy sexual innuendo”
Sheesh, a clean limerick? Well, I’ll try!
#160. Spockanella
“Just thought we could get off the topic of ice cream for a while lest I go out and buy a gallon of Moose Tracks on the way home….”
Sorry, your post wasn’t there before I typed mine. Didn’t mean to tempt you with sugary frozen products.
kg
Okay, didn’t see the answer to my previous question.
WHAT IS IN “MOOSETRACKS” ICECREAM??????
kg
And you jokesters, don’t say Moose poop or Moose droppings. I get the inference.
kg
164: Oh, good, I can blame it on you! :)
I still think I’ll get some (ice cream, Harry, ice cream!) but maybe just a pint instead of a gallon…cause size doesn’t matter.
I don’t know what’s wrong with me today.
166: Katie, if I’m remembering correctly, it’s vanilla ice cream with chocolate swirls, chunks of chocolate, and mini peanut butter cups.
It’s frozen Heaven, is what it is.
#168. Spockanella
Oh my….
Harry, please tell me we have it here in Canada. I don’t recall seeing it!!
Okay, so I’m not a stumbling block to Spockanella, instead of the icecream limerick for my birthday, make it your ALL-TIME FAVOURITE ONE LINERS FROM ANY STAR TREK FILM OR SERIES.
Better, Spockanella?
kg
WHOA - - IT’S 6:00 P.M.
I GOTTA GO PRETEND I’VE BEEN WORKING IN THE KITCHEN!!!
See you later, guys.
kg
#167 “I don’t know what’s wrong with me today”
Spockanella, I think I do, and there’s nothing wrong about it!! Growrrr!
Or, to put it another way, if that’s wrong, I don’t want to be right!
I’m gettin’ an ice cream headache. But, I like it.
163
Harry,
I shall endeavor to send you the entirety of part 1. Stupid forum site…
BTW a ‘clean’ limerick is an oxymoron…
169: Oh, hey, I can do both….
One ice cream limerick coming up….wait for it….
There once was a middle-aged Trekkie
Who indulged in ice cream for brekkie
Said “Vanilla is nice,
but Moose Tracks is my vice,
just bury me up to my neckie”.
I have too many favorite one-liners, but here’s a couple.
In “I, Mudd”, McCoy is voicing his misgivings about Norman to Spock, basically saying you can’t trust a guy who doesn’t express his feelings and who refuses to come in for an exam, and Spock just gives him this look and says something like “Perhaps he is frightened of your beads and rattles”.
And then there’s ST 4, where they set the Klingon ship down in the park and Kirk says, “Everybody remember where we parked”. Or when he tells Gillian that Spock did too much LDS in the ’60’s.
Harry,
PM’d you the first part of Part I
re: 157. Spockanella
Yes, it’s at: cmic79.googlepages.com
Mkay, Harry, Part I is sent in its entirety. Tell me whatcha tink…
For kg
When it seems life’ll kill ya
And things just won’t budge
Have some vanilla, or
moose tracks with
Hot fudge
DOn’t let it get you
down in the mouth
Remember you have
A friend in the South….
Happy Birthday
RIker to Worf in FC - “Sure you remember how to work that thing?”
Star Trek Pike’s Voyages Episode 3 can be found at http://cmic79.googlepages.com/episode3:peaceorwar
Oh if its all the same to you my favorite candy is Crunchy Frog.
Mmmmm. Crrrrunchy Frog. Almost as good as Spring Surprise.
#180 with lovely steel bolts which spring out an pierce your checks Ah the good old Whizzo chocolate assortment which had such classic flavor favorite as Rams Bladder Cup and Cockroach Cluster one of which is garnished with Larks vomit.
I’ll have a full assortment box in my lap one year from tomorrow as I watch the new Wynonna Ryder movie.
# 182 Hey the Monty Python troop were the best comedy team of all and my favorite Python member was Graham Chapman God rest his soul.
I loved Benny Hill as well and to this day I am still pissed at the way those no good bastards at the BBC treated him after so many wonderful years. They gave him the old heave ho. He died of a broken heart and he died alone. God rest Benny Hill, he was a great comedian and yeah he did the same joke over and overat times but he always made me laugh.
I dont know why my comments are NOT posting, they are getting erased!! Can someone please answer that? Assuming this one stays..
All this talk of ice cream and licking has made me think of the one and only treat on this site…My Nightingale Woman..Where are you, Love??? I know you were suffering from a Vulcan Mind Meld the other day, but I would still like to deliver the Neck Pinch and share a hot fudge sundae instead of plomeek soup!!!!
Harry
Oh! Lord of Darkness, What is wrong with strengthning your wrists and forearms??? This is in reply to your dont be a wanker! LOL!
Katie G!
Always a pleasure to see you in the mix again with us mental midgets!!
The best and least strenous form of excecise is jumping to conclusions
#186 “What is wrong with strengthening your wrists and forearms?”
Batts, could you at least stop while you’re posting a comment to us? Sheesh!
#169
Katie, I have no idea about different ice cream flavours carried in our local stores….you’re on your own, baby!
#172. CmdrR
You just keep getting more and more hilarious!!! I’ve been blessed because I don’t get icecream headaches. My teeth are extremely sensitive so I have to lick my icecream to death. I can’t chow down on it as I’d like to. Therefore, there are no sudden temperature changes in my mouth to give me the headache. Lucky me!
#174. Spockanella
Excellent!! More, more!! That was great. Thanks!
#177. Beachman
Thanks, you’re a sweetie! Do you remember when they had a party for Riker and after he blew out his candles he was asked what he wished for and, laughing, he said “music lessons”!!? Everyone laughed. It was great!! It looked more like it was ‘Jonathan Frakes’ at that moment. Made it look like he was ad-libbing and they kept it in. I just love Trek…
#186. Batts
Stop it - - you’re swelling my head. The ol’ ego is puffing up…
So, Batts, think of some of your favourite one-liners from Trek because it’s my birthday Friday. You can post them and make me laugh. Some have already got a head start.
#189. Harry B.
Okay, I’ll begin the arduous task of searching the freezers of every grocery chain in Toronto. Sheesh.
Anyway all, I’m actually out tomorrow so I’ll not be by until evening. Better get going as I’m actually getting up early.
Luv ya, lunkheads…
kg
Well, hell!!
I have a link to Moose Tracks ice cream for Katie, and the site won’t let me post it.
So let’s try it another way: http colon double backslash dot tinyurl dot com/5d77eq
Katie loves her daily ice cream cone
That constant fix goes right to the bone
For a shot of vanilla
She’d go to Manilla
In her love for this, she is not alone!
Clean enough for ya? Happy Birthday, kiddo!
I’ve been sneaking in McCoy one-liners inta me episodes.
I guess it be a common complaint tha’ TNG era (awwwkk… just think o’ french kissing when I type TNG) lacked such human, likable characters ta tha’ extent of Kirkie, Spockie, and Bonesy who gave us such brokky one-liners. By tha’ way, seen promo spots for that telly show “Bones” and I must say, if they stole a page from new BSG and made me man McCoy that there hollow-faced buggy-eyed but bonny girlee doc then wow, I be watchin’.
It didda not make Worf a poofter ta’ be wit’ Dax and she be a man many times over… so let me have me girlee McCoy!
I know by now ya be sayin’ wit all me going on and webbypage stories that “I’d give good money if he’d shut up!” which I thought Spockie said when I saw tha’ film. Thar should be a website of old country doctor one-liners. Or a spoken word album by Gary Sinise…makes me worry about that guy playin’ new Bonesy… is he gunna stiff it up?
Young minds, fresh ideas… arrrr… I once gave good money ta’ see a Hamlet prodcution wit’ a female in tha’ role… walked out in intermission cuz it was done so pale bad… wait, that was culture night at the nudie bar… oops…
also a deformed goat wuz cozying up ta’ me scooter so I had ta’ go…
no worries aboot Branson… In Soviet Russia we sent our aged old acts to Cherynobyl to put some energy back into ‘em….
in America ice cream is a delicuous treat, in Soviet Russia ice screams are what you yell being trucked to Siberia beacuse you leeked on a statue of Lenin… who I believe is still in a Genesis torpedo…
arrr I drained me creative juices on that ridge rage crack… arrrrrrr….
arrrr…. esssss…. tea.
ONE YEAR TO GO!
UH — TOMORROW, I MEAN.
I got all worked up when I saw 365 on Sulu’s chronometer. Dang it.
unfortunately, scientists have proven Prozac ta’ be ineffective…
maybe some LDS will speed race up tha’ chrono-meter…
I went to get my usual Vanilla
From the neighborhood 10-ton gorilla
He said “try this instead”
I got whacked in the head
Never knew he could be such a killa’
THX- Good news concerning your wife! I have been wondering how she and your daughter are doing, and you, of course. It is so good to hear that your wife’s pain has lessened. If she does not mind, could you share her name with us? I find it optimal to have a name to focus on when praying/meditating, but if that makes her uncomfortable, never mind - totally cool. It is also good to see you back on the board sharing your oh-so-warped brand of merriment with us. By the way, what flavor ice cream does Mongo prefer?
Vulcanista- You came to see us and I was not here - not fair! You and THX on the same day and I missed two of my favorite people. Answering the ice cream question : Pistashio ice cream and Spock, of course. However, no licking it off the skin stuff - I find that gross, even if it is Spock. We would feed it to each other as we stare longingly into each other’s eyes, Smooth by Santana playing in the background.
Hi AJ - are you back from your Trip? How are the progeny units doing?
Apollo used the Enterprise
To scoop up his rocky road
No matter how they energized
The hull stayed sticky cold
“We need ta’ find a large thingee
Ta’ lick tha’ outer hull
Or else we’ll be the laughed-at freaks
Of tha’ galaxy and all”
Spock suggested a huge virus
Adrift in outer space
To eat the sugar and then digest
The ice cream off their plates
“Let’s go and get our sugary walls
Cleaned up and like new
And shoot at who else has tha’ balls
To with us try to screw.”
But disguised as Reliant Kahn in flew
And scorched up all the E
Till all that be left for Kirk and crew
Was Mexican fried ice cream
#193, this one’s for you.
A deformed goat that resided in Branson
Was taken and held for ransom
He was given back quick
When he started to lick
BND’s scooter so handsome
Denise:
Yes, I am back, and thanks for asking. Progeny units 1 and 2 are functioning adequately, and it was heartbreaking to leave them yesterday at school on Long Island before returning home, as it is every month.
It sucks to have great kids with a person you no longer love, or even like. The divorce process in itself increases quite quickly the distance between two ex-partners. My daughter, 7, doesn’t understand why I cannot just come live at her house and sleep on the couch. My son (5) doesn’t seem to display the same level of angst, as his main memory of the past is of living with separated parents.
Fact is, a I married a woman in 1994 whom I loved dearly at the time, and now, she simply shows up for her checks every month, and the “handing over” of the kids for visitation. There is obviously a lot of stuff that happened since then to lead to this situation.
I am thankful that the progeny units seem to be flourishing despite the difficult time. I do give credit to my ex-wife for doing a helluva job in this respect.
They changed Sulu’s chronometer! Or the E moved forward in time, one day. Anyway, we are down to the one year mark. Woo-hoo.
(Maybe it’s the LDS. I swear it said 365 Days 14 Hours this morning.)
One Year! Go! Go! Go!
AJ#203- I cannot imagine the depth of feeling you experience as you live with this type of situation. You obviously love them very much to fly to the states every month just to spend time with them. Perhaps things will ease between you and their mother in time. Does she keep you current concerning their everyday activities via email? And have you ever tried computer video for your children - being able to see and speak to you everyday, even if only for a few minutes, might serve to ease some of the questions in your daughter’s mind.
Denise:
I know things will ease. I just wish they would start easing now.
I am always current regarding the kids’ activities, both via phonecalls and e-mail. I speak with them often.
And your idea is actually a great one. I will suggest it to her. Neither of us has ever had a webcam set up on a PC, and my daughter is now becoming increasingly computer literate. Thank you for coming up with a ridiculously simple way to bring us closer. I assume Skype does the trick once one has the proper hardware?
203
AJ. I’m sorry your situation has become what it is. Unfortunately, my family has known nothing but separation and divorce for most of my life (I’m 40, so that’s saying something). Every one of my siblings (I’m youngest of six) except one brother have gone through divorce at least once, and a couple of them twice. My aforementioned brother and myself seem to have bucked the trend, as he is going on twenty-six or so years and I’m coming up on eighteen years of marriage myself. None one had kids as young as yours, but you seem to be handling it in the best way you can. My empathies go out to you.
Thanks, ‘Beach.
I managed 13 years, the last few of which were filled with major highs and lows. The kids are fine, and we divorced collaboratively (no court).
The process itself seems to increase the animosity as it turns the material fruits of one’s life into divisible assets, and the participants into seemingly greedy idiots. And the relationship now is crap, but we keep it civil for the kids.
AJ- Sorry I cannot help you with the installation and software questions - I am as computer literate as a treefrog. A friend of mine set up my entire computer system, complete with webcam . I just came in, ohhed and ahhed and told him how great he is (he is a great guy and a dear friend). I have never used it to talk to someone overseas; however, I am sure it would work just as well in that situation. With all the computer geniuses around this site, perhaps you can get some viable answers.
AJ — just remember that the kids come first. If possible, find a job that’s closer to them. I have a 45 minute drive to see my two teenagers. My daughter was in tears a few weeks back, saying weekends weren’t enough. So, we now do Tuesday night dinners as well. It’s still not enough, but at least they know I exist. Don’t count on the ex being helpful. In fact, neither fembot has been helpful or understanding when it comes to me spending time with all three of my junior officers.
Still… at some point, it all becomes worthwhile. As Phlox said, it’s a long life. You’ll be surprised how quickly they’re grown and off.
Bon Chance!
AJ
You just keep doing good by your kids and always take the high road. My first wife was a complete alcoholic. Totally abusive and an adulterer. She abandoned the kids and emptied our joint bank account. She even had the nerve to steal my Trek stuff! The day I got her out of my life was one of the happiest days of my life. But I knew that it devastated the kids. My son, who we had together stayed with me, and his siblings were scooped up by their paternal grandparents. Needless to say, she selfishly did a lot of damage. She doesn’t have a relationship with any of them other than a phone call about once a year, while I see them every chance I get. I don’t have to bad mouth their mother to change their opinion of her, nor would I.
Keep being a good dad. It’s the most important job.
Denice
My wife’s name is very Christmasy. Think Deck the Halls with Boughs of _____
THX- You funny Treknerd - I have some of that growing outside my house, complete with red berries. I will keep that in mind. Cannot believe your ex would take your Trek stuff. Sounds like she ranks right up there with T’Pring.
Denise
I know! I mean, cheat on me, no prob. I really wasn’t into…um..er…relations with her at that point anyway. With her drinking and all. Yell and scream, I don’t mind. I can tune that out. But take my Trek stuff? Are you kidding me?!? I would have left her for just that!!
T’Pring? More like T’Foul.
CmdrR:
My problem is that I seem to only get work in Eastern/Northern Europe. I have been an expat since 1994, and if I want to keep up the alimony and child support, I take the work where it is. I currently ly from Sweden to NY once a month to see the kids for a long weekend, and then take them for a month in the summer in the US.
I am now between jobs, and may end up going farther east. In the US, good jobs are simply not around, so I am looking in Russia and the Former Soviet Union.
My family lived with me in Russia and Poland for several years, and the kids love traveling, so I may fly them to me this summer. We’ll see.
AJ — keep your options open. Personally, I’d love to take up my wife’s FREQUENT suggestion that we move to China and get jobs as teachers.
You must have several languages and other skills. Those ARE marketable. And you wouldn’t be the first overeducated hack driver, waiter, or landscaper in NYC. Point is, don’t sink into believing you can’t do anything. If you want this, you can make it happen. Pride swallows easier than loneliness.
(I don’t move because two of the kids live with their mom.)
Guys…I hate to hear about the problems you all have encountered with the exes/kids thing. That’s so hard on them, and it takes its toll on the adults, too, even when the end of the marriage is a good thing. It may sound wrong, but I count myself fortunate that my ex disappeared and never had anything to do with our kiddo. It hurt her, of course, and there was a lot she missed out on not having a dad, but I truly believe having no dad was preferable to what she’d have experienced had he stuck around.
Weird how we end up with these people sometimes. I mean, there must have been something there once. And then, once it’s over and we can see them for what they really were…wow.
Hang in there, dudes. Just be great dads, and believe me, one day your kids will appreciate that more than they’ll ever be able to tell you.
Oh, and THX…she STOLE YOUR TREK STUFF? Harsh. Very harsh.
41. Commodore Lurker - May 8, 2008
Decloaking . . .
Actually, I’ve been bummed ever since I read JJ’s thoughts referenced above. I’m more convinced than ever that they are going to “Dumbdown” our beloved Trek to the 4th grader Star Wars, Indy, and Transformers level of mentality.
JJ has to in order to draw the mass general audience necessary to pay off the $150 million price tag.
Already we’ve seen hot cars (the red corvette) ala Transformers, Sulu swordfighting (gee is it a “phasersword”), and yes I’ve known since 1966 that Sulu is into fencing. He is also a Theoretical Mathematician. But, that does’nt compute in a dumbed-down action flick. Instead, he is a “Badass,” (like Han Solo???).
And the big E has big fat powerful muther Hemmie V-96 warp nacelles.
Need I go further, and no wonder the info leaks are so throughly plugged.
If the rumor that Nimoy appears in “Spirit form” ala Obi Wan is true, I’m getting up and walking out and screw my $10.
Yes, I have all six Star Wars eps on DVD and I like them all, along with Transformers (at least until Magan Fox becomes submissive and Shia becomes ‘the man.’ Then I switch to watch some old Trek with an intelligent plot line.)
Have you noticed that the word: “Intelligent” is about the only adjective NOT used to describe this film. It was Trek’s thought provoking storylines, dialog, and BIG WORDS that attracted almost all of us to Trek to begin with.
But, that’s something that someone who says that we are: “an audience you don’t really have an understanding of,” wouldn’t understand, now would he?
Yes, I’m going to go see Star Trek 0/XI, at least once and IF Nimoy doesn’t show up in “Spirit Form”, then I’ll buy the DVD as well. If only to support Trek as I have done since 1972.
Hell, why not? I was stupid enough to buy Nemesis.
To: my friend and fellow writer CmdrR in #24. If you can gag down the special features in Nemesis you’ll actually see them shooting the dune buggy scenes. They would have been better if the had been “stock footage”.
To: Wil Wheaton, I more or less agree with you “Wes,” and I certainly understand your apprehension. I’m feeling it as well. And, congrats on getting away with the “F bomb”. Free speech lives.
See ya’ll next year, maybe.
Recloaking and still bummed.
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Dont’ sugar coat it, ‘Lurk.
Tell us what you really feel…
Look, I’m all about the Geek’s Club that Star Trek has become, I mean, why the hell else do we all meet here and chat like fools, if not for the love of Trek (and hopefully one another). But, in a sense, I kind of hope JJ DOES ‘dumb it down’, even if just enough to help the poor, unwashed and uninitiated, you know, “get it”. If he stays true to Trek’s core values, that is, what we as Keepers of the Faith, so to speak, hold true as what Trek really is, and yet still makes a movie entertaining to everyone else, too, then more power to him…
To clartify, I didn’t (still don’t) know jack sh_t from Transformers. Saw it as a kid in the 80s, but didn’t know the ins-and-outs nuts and botls like I do with ST and SW (gasp). I didn’t know from friggin’ Adam’s rib what an Allspark was, but I “got it” enough to enjoy the ride.
Sosit back, relax, and on May 9, ‘09, enjoy the ride…But if you don’t no one will blame you.
Especially not here…
cast list for Lost tonight includes:
Caleb Steinmeyer … John Locke (Age 16)
Charles Henry Wyson … John Locke (Age 5)
Do you suppose we get to see teen Locke drive a red vette with Pam Dawber along to ‘make him a man?’
Forgive the pun, but I got “lost” a long time ago. That show is well-made and entertaining, but there is just too friggin much to keep up with…
Agreed, Beach. I like it, but even this reinvigorated season has copped out by introducing characters for about four eps then killing them off just to shock us. Ben’s “daughter” crossed a line. I feel manipulated. (Didn’t like the deaths of Scotty’s nephew, Kirk’s son, or even Picard’s nephew and brother for the same reason.)
You reading this, JJ?
48. Boborci - May 8, 2008
Commodore Lurker - May 8, 2008
We did not dumb this movie down.
51. Commodore Lurker - May 8, 2008
To: Bob Orci, thank you for Resurrecting my faith oh great one. As critical as I’ve been, I actually enjoy all your work. I still don’t like the reversal on the Megan Fox-Shia roles though, but then again I’m into the smart-hot-brunette-dominant thing.
Thank for the gift of your valuable time in responding to me, and for the heavy sigh of relief.
You dup’d that comment with “a little more alacrity” than I’d have expected, Commodore.
Damn ‘BeachoCrazySandoInsaity, you change handles as often as I change sex partners. I’m sorry, I can’t help it, I’m a slut . . . for women only. Have I ever explained the fine points of clitoral stimulation to you???
Ooooo, ALACRITY, one of my personal favs. 1000 Quatloos on CmdrtR!
Warning: I didn’t proofread this.
#191. Vulcanista
Thanks, I’ll try to find the Moose Tracks info myself. The spam filter on this website may see the link and think it’s spam and dump the whole post. Appreciate the effort, though!!!
#192. Harry
Lovely, Harr. THANKS!
You guys make me want to cry. I feel so privileged to have grown up with a secure (albeit dysfunctional family). My sister was the one who seemed to have the problem. My parents were crazy about each other.
I totally agree with all the advice about making sure the kids know they’re important and loved. Any way you show it. I think that’s why my sister was such a mess. Something went wrong somewhere and she felt so unloved. That’s what I’m sensing. I feel so badly for her.
There is a book called “The Five Love Languages” (by Gary Chapman, I think.) It is excellent. Just found out that we all have a love language. For some it’s words of affirmation/love. For some it’s gifts. For some it’s time spent with them. For some it’s physical touch (lots and lots of hugs (or…. ) And for some there are more than one language.
Was very helpful in my marriage because I kept showing my husband love the way I wanted to be shown love, and wondered why he wasn’t thrilled with me. And vis-versa with him. He did for me what HE would have liked to receive then wondered why I wasn’t all over him. Duh. Great book. Very helpful. Works with friends and children, too.
(Yes, I’ve had some caffeine today. Tiramisu and Heavenly Hash Ice-cream. Why do you ask?)
:-D
I loved the limericks — keep it going!
Some of my favourite quotes and one-liners…
Q to his son (VOY) - - If I’ve told you once, I’ve told you a thousand times, DON’T PROVOKE THE BORG!!
Q to Vash(?) TNG - - Oh you’re good. You’re REALLY GOOD!
Female Q to Q and Janeway (VOY) - - Where did you get the dog? I’m not talking about the puppy.
Spock to Kirk and Bones - - She named the child Leonard James Akaar? (etc.)
Spock to Admiral Kirk (ST:IV) - - Just one damn minute, Admiral.
Bones to Spock (ST:VI?) - - I’d give real money if he’d shut-up.
Chekov to Policman (ST:IV) - - …nu-cle-ar wessels.
Chekov to no one in particular (ST:VI) - - Guess who’s comeeng to deenner?
Chekov/Kirk (ST:IV) Name! Rank! Chekov, Pavel. Rank? Admeeraaal.
Riker to computer (ST:VII) Computer, remove the plank.
Picard to Riker - - Number One, that’s “retract the plank”.
Riker to Worf - - Oh yeah. SORRY!
Worf to Picard (ST:IX) - - Definitely feelilng aggressive tendencies, Sir!
Riker to Data (ST:IX) - - Smooth as an Android’s bottom, eh Data? (Data shakes his head with a smirky “n’uh-uh”.)
Data - - Lifeforms… you tiny little lifeforms… you precious little lifeforms… where are you?
[Somebody stop me…………….]
Sometimes it’s not so much the line/conversation as it is the facial expressions of the characters in the situation and the way they interact with each other that all combines to split the sides…
Gotta go and begin dinner.
See ya.
kg
KG, so what are your trying to say????
Love the “Love Languages” concept. Wery-wery thought provoking.
Don’t know what I’m trying to say. Just need to talk. (Too much caffeine.)
:-D
kg
#214
THX…..she stole your Trek stuff????
More like T’ Slime!
KG, so . . . what’s YOUR Luv Language Baby???
Harry, how’s the fly fishing in Quebec these days?
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No need,, my brother. I am well-versed…
‘Beach is easier to type. Me being your basically lazy Vulcanian…
‘Beach. . . Oh come on . . you do the Vulcan thing just to seduce Denise. To quote the Klingon Captain in TNG’s “Heart of Glory” (the best of season one) . . . “It’s in the bone. We all do.”
Commodore, I wouldn’t know about the fly fishing in Quebec! The only two spots I go in that province is either Montreal or, even better, Quebec City! Have any of you guys ever been to Quebec City? It’s like going to Europe without leaving the continent! Quaint, charming and very romantic! The few times I’ve been there I watch the tourists wandering the cobblestone streets looking around in amazement at their surroundings.
#214. THX
Yes, I can’t believe she took your Trek stuff either. It was probably because she KNEW how much you valued it. A power play, dude. That was really crappy.
#232. Commodore
Hmmmm… good question.
My love language is time (spent with him) and I guess touch. I love it when he gives me a hug for just no reason.
Beats ice-cream any time.
kg
Katie, I still say ice cream and romantic calisthenics are not mutually exclusive.
Hello chatters
A reporter from the Las Vegas Journal asked me to post his email, related to our recent story about STar Trek The Experience possibly closing. He is looking for reaction quotes from people who have visited
His name is Ben Spillman
his email is: BSpillman [at] reviewjournal.com
If you have been to the experience and have something to say about the potential closing, email him with your thoughts and contact info
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Shhhhhhhh….! A man, even a Vulcan, must keep his secrets….
Yeah, well, it would have been nice if Commodore Lurker had thought of that before opening his yap at #226! Stimulation indeed! Harumphh!!
Katie- Good quotes and one-liners list! It was very funny when Spock became annoyed at the child being named after Bones and Kirk in Friday’s Child, but honestly, what did he expect? He would not even hold the baby! Silly Vulcan…
Harry- Nice to hear you say something gracious about your Canadian neighbor Quebec City. There may be hope for you yet, my sweet…
Beach#240- LOL!
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Just thought of another one-liner, kg
In ST:VI, Kirk sez “Once again we’ve saved the universe as we know it”, and McCoy sez, “And the good news is, they’re not gonna prosecute!”
Denise,
(eyebrow menacingly in Lurker’s direction)…
Denise, you seem to have a fondness for Quebec……tell me, do you have a relationship with that particular province?
Hi Harry! What do you mean by “relationship with that particular province”?
#173 ‘Beach
I read through what you sent me and was impressed. You have a talent that can be honed by the services of an effective editor. Believe me, the best piece of advice I can give you is to crank out a body of your beautiful work and then give free reign to a good editor who will chop the excess and keep the meat…..and from what I read the meat is worth saving and to be enjoyed! Good luck!
Denise, for starters, have you ever been to Quebec and, more specifically, Quebec City?
Harry- If I have been to Quebec City, I am sure I would join the many thousands of people, such as yourself, who appreciate the innate charm and loveliness the city apparently offers. Does that answer your question, sweet?
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Thanks Harry
That means a lot…
Denise-the words “I would” and “apparently” would seem to indicate that you HAVE NOT been to Quebec City………pity!
A woman with your soul and depth of passion would appreciate it!
#242. Denise
Thanks, D. I was thinking of getting all the Trek on DVD and just taping my favourite funny parts for a humourous tape but there seems to be built-in protection against recording. (Well, duh!) The picture goes wonky when I hit “record”. Shame…
Too bad. My friend and I have to watch entire movies/eps just to enjoy that one-liner or favourite scene. Guess ya gotta take the good with the bad.
kg
Harry:
Sounds like I should go. Since going to Italy I have been pining to return but cannot afford to (plus the anxiety would impede any attempt) whereas QC would be a goal more easily attainable. Sounds intriguing.
HEY - - IT’S AFTER MIDNIGHT - - HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!!!!!!!
kg
Katie
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, my sweet! Yes, you and hubby should go for three days to Quebec City! Go in Summer! Let me know, I can recommend a great hotel!
Harry, I’ve heard horror stories about the French community being really unwelcoming if you were NOT fluent in French. Don’t know if that’s true (or if it’s a local thing, like in Montreal). I hope it’s urban legend so-to-speak. If not, it could mess-up their economy in relation to tourism.
kg
243. Brilliant Bonesy! “real” not good as I misquote on money
Katie G.
Haven’t seen Friday’s Child in nigh on 15 years it seems… wasn’t Spock “emotionally” upset aboot tha’ namin thar? harrrr… good ‘un thar, miss sax player.
HEY HEY HEY OY OY!
did Commodore Lurker get all a-blooie and then was gently kissed by Orci?
what tha’ devil be going on here???????
well, Commodore, allow me to be pissy as well (it’s fun!)
honestly, I do expect this JJ Trek to be very dumb-downed and have wince-inducing moments… Nimoy’s blessing be the only thing that makes me take it serious-like at all… Oh- I’ll still enjoy it no matter what… after all, I did enjoy over half o’ Voyager’s eps…
o’ course I’m waiitng for “In Bruges” to come out on tha’ laser disc so I can finally sees it… so me tastes can be held suspect…
I dumbed down me own episode seven with tha’ expected “Bjorg” parody and turnin’ Data/Lore/B4 into Lawrence, Moeford, and Curlyington. But I have a plan. Even when I write meself inta tha’ conrer wit’ episode eight… I have a plan.
maybe, just maybe, The Prisoner was all planned out from start ta’ end… that be the bonny thing to write clues along tha’ way… unlike most every TNG/VOY two-part season finale… ugh! Data and Lore together in tha’ last of what series 6? Brilliant! Then all turns ta’ crappiness… Janeway shoved on a planet wit’ her ship stolen… OK… not bad then… actually the psycho-killer wuz gut… Voyager’s endgame was a pile o’ puke farrrrr more dumbed down and wretched than anything ST 11 could ever be…
TOS had stinkers as is discussed… but they were still fun!
For the brain, it braineth everday!
arrrrrr…. well,
what’s your worst Trek 2-parter or most dumbed down one? Don’t be cruel! Have some fun!
“Hey, Data- instead of jumping heroicly (so cool) to the Reman ship, why not I just use a shutty craft or at least tha’ shutty craft’s transporter?” and Data say “Fooook off, mate. I be jumpin’! Wheeee!”
Movies CHANGE the characters, folks… (’cept ST 1 through 6 minus tha’ 5)
Picard got himself a pair fur tha’ films… still liked some, but that’s not tha’ reasonable, peaceful kitty-cat John-Luke I had known…
Nemesis not be all that bad, mates.
Seven!
http://deltrame.googlepages.com/episodeone5222
me ice cream poem fur tha’ b’day person be on post 201 here…
Rock on? nay… Trek on.
:::: British Naval Dude was extraordinarily drunk when writing this post. Anything mentioned that could garner criminal prosecution should thus be re-evaluated before arrests come forth. ::::
wha’? Huh? Screw tha’ coppers, mate… Why tha’ Kirk movie security guards look like Tron rejects? No! Here they come! OOOooof! AAAAA! not tha’ crotch, mate! awwwk! Don’t tase me, bro!
sorry I took so long in tha’ above post, mates!!! … I be a considerate lover, ya’ know… takes more than Act one’s seven minutes till I’m off…
which can be tiresome, I know, as I just go back and forth again and again…
#255. Dude
“Haven’t seen Friday’s Child in nigh on 15 years it seems… wasn’t Spock “emotionally” upset aboot tha’ namin thar?”
Yes, he was, wasn’t he!! LOL
His closing line was “I think you’re BOTH going to be insufferably pleased with yourselves for at LEAST a month… SIR!”
Sounds like he was a bit jealous. Hmmm…
Good point, (BN)Dude!
kg
#255. BND
“me ice cream poem fur tha’ b’day person be on post 201 here…”
Aww, for me? Thanks!! Excellent prose!!
Arrrrrrrrrr
kg
Katie, don’t worry, if you stick to central Quebec City the locals are so motivated to protect tourism that they work hard at being civil to English-speaking visitors!
Sounds good. You’re making it intriguing. Maybe my husband will want to go sometime. Thanks.
Goodnight.
kg
KG:
Happy Birthday!
I think the Quebecois are nicer than the legends would have one think. They are, after all, Canadians (ducking).
Besides, when they visit Paris and speak “their” version of French, they are immediately arrested and deported. What goes around comes around.
Two Quebecois in Paris:
“Qu’est-ce que tu fais, eh?”
“Je ne fais rien, hoser!”
“Ou est ma Molson, eh?
“Je n’en ai pas, hoser. Tu l’a deja bu en entiere, eh?
Parisian passes by.
“Pardon, monsieur, eh? Est-ce qu’il y a un Tim Horton’s ici a Paris? On veut acheter de donuts tout de suite.”
Parisian: “Au secours! Au secours! Il y a de Quebecois ici!”
Police come and arrest them.
I feel like Odona from “The Mark of Gideon” in the chat room all by myself.
AJ: Warning for spamming.
Cautionary note: a few years ago I went to Quebec City on holiday…..loved it! Then, on the drive back to Toronto I stopped for gas in a small town somewhere in Quebec. Because I only spoke English I was treated like complete crap by the locals. Not all parts of Quebec are friendly. The people in that town were boorish and real knuckle-draggers!
Happy Birthday, Katie poo
Happy Birthday, Katie poo
You look like a tribble
And you smell like one, too!
(Hey, it coulda been worse.)
Many happy returns.
Harry:
One finds boorish rural locals everywhere.
Isn’t English taught in schools in Quebec?