A timely mash-up!
I was thinking of using this idea for a comic, but this is better than anything I could think up! (I might still do one, but why draw any more attention to her?)
I had see photos of the actual VMA performance, but until seeing this had steadfastly avoided watching the video — God help her generation. I did make this collage last week:
Sad, isn’t it?
Posted in Star Trek: The Original Series, Television, Wideo Wednesday
Tagged Miley Cyrus, Star Trek
At last, I create one of my favorite episodes in movie poster form! Some of you may wonder why I didn’t post Amok Time first in my posters for Season II; the reason is I create my posters in the order of episode production, not the order they were first aired. I believe this gives the viewer a better idea of how the series developed over its three seasons. This (and Journey to Babel) were the apex of the second season; after these the writing was a bit uneven and we all know what happened in Season III… Note the Vulcan wind chime motif I used here. Enjoy. 🙂
Hey kids, here’s today’s flashback: The last few pages of Media Spotlight and a great photo of swinging George Takei in his best 70’s gear! Good ‘ol George was a regular fixture at the Conventions, always ready with a smile and a pen ready for autographs! George was described in David Gerrold’s World of Star Trek as one of the ‘smilingest’ human beings you were ever likely to meet, and he delivers his million dollar smile here! I love George! Sadly, this is the last of my Media Spotlight Magazine, and I don’t have any more copies, but if I should come across any in my travels, you’ll see the here!
Remember to thank the hard working members of your family today, and always keep those in your prayers who need work to support themselves and their families; for those here and all over the world who are barely making a living wage, that they can find more and better work that will help, and for those who have no work at all, that they will find good work. And always to be thankful for whatever blessings you have.
Posted in Uncategorized
Here’s today’s Fan Art: A magnificent take on every single original episode by artist Dusty Abell. It’s the ‘Where’s Waldo?’ of Trek Art!! See how many episodes you can identify. Watch out for flying parasites! Can’t find them all? Here’s the key.
Posted in Fan Art Fridays (FArFri), Uncategorized
Tagged Can't fine them all?, Dusty Bell, Star Trek
Here’s today’s flashback: In it’s 70’s rebirth through syndication, Star Trek was a marketer’s dream! Everything you could imagine was found in ads from Starlog and Media Spotlight, among other Sci-Fi magazines. A lot of the stuff you see here could be bought at conventions too, and there was also Lincoln Enterprises, the company started by Gene Roddenberry to sell everything a Trekkie could want. The man knew how to make money! I wonder if anyone still has any of these fan-tastic items? A Trekkie’s Paradise to be sure!
Posted in My Star Trek Scrapbooks
Tagged Lincoln Enterprises, Media Spotlight, mercandise, Star Trek, Starlog, Trek conventions
I recall way, way back when this first aired, (1974) I was not aware that Nimoy was a guest on The Flip Wilson Show that week, and I remember passing through the channels that night just in time to hear Flip Wilson say “…and thanks to my special guest, Mr. Leonard Nimoy!” My pubescent heart screamed “Nooooooooo!” (We had been watching A Tree Grows in Brooklyn on the other channel) and it didn’t occur to me that there might be a rerun of this Flip the following summer (this was in the before-times of no DVRs, On Demand, Hulu, Netflix, or even VHS).
I was happy to see this skit some many years later on TVLand, but even this was an edited version of the original 60 minute broadcast (Mr. Wilson had personally edited down his original show to 30 minute segments for syndication) I know there were other skits on the show involving Nimoy, (for I had read about them in my LNAF Yearbook). But these other skits may have been lost to posterity — I hope somewhere they still exist! For now, enjoy these stills from the opening act of Flip!, where Flip wonders where the ear points are, and Nimoy goes into total Spock mode! The skit ends with Flip’s famous version of the High Five,(including the bump) – and of course, a Vulcan nerve pinch!
You can see the whole skit here.
Here’s today’s flashback: New Roddenberry Projects from Media Spotlight Magazine. Gene discusses his latest projects and (at this point in 1977) the speculation and early pre-production regarding a possible Star Trek film. It notes that the first outlines which were written by such sci-fi notables as Robert Silverberg, Harlan Ellison, Theodore Sturgeon, Dick Simmons and Chris Knopf were rejected by Paramount, just as they had rejected Gene’s original outline. I think this initial action is what caused the first movie to be less Star Trek and more Hollywood. Paramount dropped the ball here, rejecting the Trek creator and others who knew Trek well. I can only imagine that a script from one of these authors, and direction by Philip Kaufman (Invasion of the Body Snatchers) might have been more true to the spirit of the original. And being Media Spotlight, the article naturally features artwork and photos of the original series that have nothing to do with the article’s content! (Ah, they were such a fanzine!)
Posted in My Star Trek Scrapbooks
Hey, this is my 500th post!
Here’s today’s flashback; Another installment of Media Spotlight. This time it’s “Inside Science Fiction” by Jackie Lichtenberg, where she reviews the latest sci-fi related projects by our favorite Trek stars. Especially noteworthy is the LP album Inside Star Trek, which I remember buying at the time for @ $8.00, a big chunk out of my budget for the time. It featured Gene Roddenberry chatting with De Kelley, Bill Shatner and most notably Mark Lenard as Sarek, discussing the fascinating ordeal of Spock’s birth. I still have that LP somewhere, although nowhere to play it! The article also mentions that fans should get a hold of Leonard Nimoy’s recordings of The Martian Chronicles, although they might be a bit too expensive for your average geek’s wallet. The author extols Nimoy on his “rich, velvet voice”. There’s also interesting insights on how “The City on the Edge of Forever might have been if writer Harlan Ellison had his way (a footnote of Star Trek production legend is about how much Ellison hated the way his original script was edited into the legendary episode that aired. (To his credit, Ellison won a Writer’s Guild of America’s Award for his original teleplay).
Here’s my latest Trek poster– I felt kind of sorry for Apollo in the end. But I’m really happy with this poster!
Posted in My Star Trek Posters
Tagged Apollo, Carolyn Palamas, Chekov, Kirk, Leslie Parrish, mccoy, Michael Forest, Star Trek, Who Mourns for Adonais?
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