Toon Tuesday 3/14/13 “Meet The Fleetles”

Having another jab at a Trek/Beatle crossover  😀  If you think this looks different form what I posted earlier, you’re right! I upgraded to better shading and a much better picture of Scotty!

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The Daily Scrapbook: 5/14/13 (8/1979) Progress Report: Star Trek: The Motion Picture

Here’s today’s flashback:  From Starlog Magazine, August 1979 – the latest progress report on Star Trek: The Motion Picture.  We discover here that Trek had now doubled its original budget of 15 million; mainly because special effects alone were costing 16 million, and that it was Robert Wise who was partially responsible for the look of the horrible bland polyester uniforms in the film, mainly because, as Roddenberry mentions : “…Wise kept to the idea that the uniforms should be utilitarian”  Yuck!   And for heaven’s sake, I hated that De Kelley had to wear such revealing mommy stretch pants in his first scene (with the beard).  Thank goodness the tunics covered the uniform hip-areas!  (By the way, this is the last article from my second Star Trek scrapbook! Volume III starts tomorrow!)

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The Daily Scrapbook 5/13/13 – David Gerrold compares Star Trek to Space:1999 and Battlestar Galactica

Here’s today’s flashback:  From Starlog September 1979, David Gerrold (of Tribble fame) compares Star Trek to Space:1999 and Battlestar Galactica.  Guess who wins? 😉  I remember watching S-1999 and Battlestar... and yeah, they definitely weren’t Trek, but they did fill my need to watch bright, shiny people in the future.  Gerrold rightly points out the absurdity of the 1999 premise, which I agree with, but it was still fun to watch.   However, 1999 doesn’t hold up as well today as TOS, and of course Battlestar Galactica was remade into a wonderfully gritty, intense reboot.

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My Weekly Spock 5/13/13 – Spock:The Next Generation

(Sorry I’m a little late today, I have a mild stomach bug 😦  )

Since the new movie debuts this week here in America (some of you have been lucky to see it already!) it’s a good time to catch up with our two favorite Spocks; Nimoy and Quinto.  I gotta say, when I saw  J.J. Abrams reboot of  Star Trek in 2009, it reminded me what I loved about the series; Not just Nimoy and Shatner, but The Characters.   Abrams couldn’t have picked a better Spock.  Quinto truly makes Spock  a simmering volcano (or should that be Vulcano?) as he gives his an edge (and the the anger) that we knew were under the surface of Spock.  His acid “Live Long and Prosper!” to the Vulcan higher-ups was basically a calculated ‘up yours’ disguised as a friendly greeting. But Quinto gives Spock a beautiful vulnerability too, as seen after the loss of his mother Amanda, and his tenderness to Uhura. (which I loved, btw) Here are some N/Q moments, because Spock is a character too good for just one generation. spockNimoyVSspockQuinto

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FArFri 5/10/13 ‘Star Trek- Stars” by Irrel

Here’s a very sweet piece by artist Irrel on Deviant Art. Spock and Uhura as two future star-crossed lovers stargazing as children.   Kind of wishing on the same star!

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The Daily Scrapbook 3/10/13 (1979)Starlog Update-A Day in the Life of a Movie Extra

Here’s today’s flashback:  From  1979, the monthly Starlog Star Trek Report, this time featuring what it’s like to be an extra on the set of ST:TMP.  Among the notable extras cast were Louise Stange, president of the Leonard Nimoy Association of Fans (LNAF, of which I belonged at the time)  They misspelled her last name as ‘Strange’!  (Probably a common typo for that poor woman)  There’s also David Gerrold, author of The Trouble with Tribbles, Bjo Trimble, the grand dame of Star Trek fans (she started the Save Star Trek  letter writing campaign back in ’67, and Susan Sackett, the author of the piece herself.  Although I enjoyed reading what it was like to be a movie extra, I still felt ill at ease at the look of the new uniforms and the awful, awful severe hairstyles on the women (What? No mini skirts and toppling bouffants ala Nurse Chapel???)  What was the Trek world coming to?  Alas, I was still envious of every one of them!

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Funny Adobe CC video…

Posting this because it’s so darn funny (and sadly true in regards to loyal Photoshop users like me!)  It’s all about the $$$, isn’t it, Adobe?

100 Followers! Woo-Hoo!

I just notice that I now have 100 followers by e-mail! If you told me a year ago that  my silly little blog  would have so many subscribers, I would have laughed it off!  Thank you to all of e-mail subscribers and to my 40+ Facebook followers too!

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The Daily Scrapbook 5/8/13 1979 – A Meeting of “Spocks”

Here’s today’s flashback: From Parade Magazine in 1979, a rare and delightful conversation between renowned  real-life  pediatrician Dr. Benjamin Spock and Leonard Nimoy.  They discuss influence, politics, and the awful state of Television.

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Wideo Wednesday — Nimoy vs. Quinto in Audi Ad!

This is cute! Nimoy’s taken a page from Shatner’s book of self-satire! And Quinto (*sigh!*) Note references to Trek, Chess, and even Bilbo Baggins!  I could never afford an Audi though.  (I’m very happy with my 2002 Avalon!)