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[Smokey]

Okay, star trek isn't about time travel, the only two times (that is in the movies) when they traveled back in time was when Kirk needed a humpback to save the earth and traveled back in time by traveling in low orbit around the sun and using it to reach warp10 in a stolen Bird of Prey (he kinda "lost" the enterprise on the genesis planet when klingons boarded it; this was after he stole it -yes he stole the enterprise- from Starfleet, for wich he was later courtmarshalled and demoted from admiral to captain)...

And the second time was when Picard was chasing a Borg Sphere through a space-time rift to the time when Cochoran was supposed to make first contact with the Vulcans (in a vessel built from a salvaged Nuclear missile, oh the irony )

So yeah Star trek is based on different things, basically...
In ToS it was really about "boldly going where no man has gone before", and "bending" the rules..... alot..... ^_^
In TNG it was about exploring and science, and they were a lot less like cowboys, more like goodie-two-shoes scientists...
In DS9 it was about a space station... still a good series though...
InVoyager it was about -ehhm- well basically it was about NCC-74656, who got screwed and ended up in the Delta quadrant and tried to get home............ Or it is about some Sci-Fi ship with stuff happening and one hot babe; Seven of Nine, according to some...

But the movies are best, especially the first 7, where we still have good ol' Captain Kirk and his crew...
TNG is also good, Stewie is excellent as Picard, but the series lacks a bit in adventure, the "don't think, just do" attitude is a bit lost...
Oh and Enterprise (the series) i havent watched but i just know it'd suck...
I am curious about the latest movie, though....Then again after quickly reading about it on Wikipedia, and seeing a screenshot I doubt i'll like it...
The crew of ToS wat magnificent and isn't that easily replicated in a new movie, hell how would you copy Shatners look and attitude, Nimoy's Vulcan-esque-ness (in lack of a better word), Koenigs cool russian accent, Heck talking about accent's, what about the ships miracle worker, Doohan, who always said he needed double the time he actually needed to keep his rep up...
And then theres Nichols, Takei and of course our ray of sunshine Kelley..... How on earth- woops, wrong term- how in the galaxy will they replace them?!
Plus this new bridge looks like it's from a starship built to replace the USS Voyager, definately not like the NCC-1701 i know (and yes i know there were a lot of different Enterprises with NCC-1701-X, but the first Enterprise didn't have a letter designation yet...), god next thing you know they've put new stuff like holodecks on this new "old" Enterprise...

[IanDanKilmaster]

Wow, I completely misjudged you Nej, pardon that.  I also apparently failed to properly estimate the depth of Smokey's trekkieness ^^;.  As I've said before, I'm more of a comic book nerd (particularly Marvel) so I'm more inclined to praise/criticize movies based on such licenses (like X-Men Origins, which was a disappointment).

[Smokey]

True, that's why i am glad that Roddenberry just started off to make the series, instead of it being based off a book/comic...
I also have massive respect for the way star trek helped shape the world as it is today (well at least the science and tech stuff ^_^)

[IanDanKilmaster]

Don't forget Star Wars, Planet of the Apes, and Back to the Future - those films have been very influential as well.  I would say the same of comic books as well, but there are too many to cover...

[VonDaab]

Awfully on topic this thread, isnt it?

[IanDanKilmaster]

Meh, can't hurt, can it?  I mean it's not as if the fabric of reality itself would be torn asunder because the only thread not off-topic is the off-topic thread?  ^^;

[NejinOniwa]

Meet the LHC.
It can screw up the fabric of spacetime REGARDLESS of why you do whatever you do with it.

[IanDanKilmaster]

Oh noes!  Tiny black hole machine!

[NejinOniwa]

Yes, i spent 5 hours reading articles on Cracked.com.

I know.

[zjhentohlauedy]

wow. smokey is a trekkie and ian's a marvel guy

now we need a star wars and a DC guy XD

[IanDanKilmaster]

I could pass for a DC guy, Joker's my favorite villain, after all, but I'm guessing you're hoping for some classic nerd war shit, eh? XD

[NejinOniwa]

FUUUCK.
Fuuck.
Thomas Funck.
Did I just get a hangover, express delivery from the day before yesterday?
The hell is wrong with this shit world! At least let me endure my cold in peace, damnit!

[zjhentohlauedy]

hey nejin what does it feel to watch an anime while having a hangover?

[Smokey]

Hah, that's nothing, a coworker of mine today had such muscle aches he got a fever... ^_^

Also...Ian.... I don't think that PotA or Star wars have contributed as much to science as star trek has...
Don' be dissin' Star Trek now, o'i send a Borg Cube up yo Star wars to assimilate those Jedis... Speaking of huge geometric shiz in space, a Borg Cube would definately open a can o' whoop-ass on that death star Vader had...

Damn EA should make that into a game, star wars v. Star trek... ;006

[NejinOniwa]

Well, that's not much, since Trek is SCIENCELOLOLOLOLOL and Starwars is more like romanticized fantasy with a touch of spaceships, really...