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Cloud · 11-20-2008, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by ZenGum

A Steve Irwin style alien zoologist would be awesome.

"Crikey, captain, watch out for that Betelgeusian Blatterbug. Those antenna are chock full o' deadly poison, they'll leap right up at ya and wipe that nasty stuff all over ya face. You'd be a dead-set drongo to go tanglin' with some fearsome creachya like that... here, let me get a stick and poke it some... "

Thirty seconds later:

"Scotty, this is Kirk. Beam Irwin straight to sickbay. Yes, again."

oh, it totally would!

SteveDallas · 11-20-2008, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Radar

The only thing I find strange is that this is a prequel to the original series . . . . . So why does the ship look more advanced and high tech than anything even in the Next Generation series?

Because the effects were so clunky to start with... if they wanted to make stuff look like older technology, as compared to the Christmas tree lights and cardboard boxes of the original series, they'd have Sulu plotting courses on a pocket calculator.

dar512 · 11-20-2008, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Sheldonrs

cough, cough, NERDS, cough, cough.

Not nerds, geeks.

Cloud · 11-20-2008, 03:47 PM

geeks bite the heads off live animals.

just saying.

dar512 · 11-20-2008, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Cloud

geeks bite the heads off live animals.

just saying.

Not sure I believe that. Are you gonna tell me that Ozzy Osbourne is a geek?

Sheldonrs · 11-20-2008, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by dar512

Not sure I believe that. Are you gonna tell me that Ozzy Osbourne is a geek?

Alas, it's true. A geek was a circus sideshow act. He or she would bite the heads off of live animals for entertainment and shock value.

geek Slang.
–noun 1. a peculiar or otherwise dislikable person, esp. one who is perceived to be overly intellectual.
2. a computer expert or enthusiast (a term of pride as self-reference, but often considered offensive when used by outsiders.)
3. a carnival performer who performs sensationally morbid or disgusting acts, as biting off the head of a live chicken.

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dar512 · 11-20-2008, 05:41 PM

By that definition OO is more of a geek than me. Oh! The shame!

lumberjim · 11-20-2008, 06:07 PM

i thought it was actually a dove he bit. and not a bat after all.

dar512 · 11-20-2008, 09:19 PM

Article says both. At different times.

Sundae · 11-21-2008, 06:19 AM

He thought the bat was rubber. It was just dead. I'm sure we've all made that mistake.

DanaC · 11-21-2008, 06:42 AM

But Sundae, there were non-Merkins on the Enterprise in ST TNG...not least Captain Picard.

I'm delighted at their choice for Spock. I love that actor.

Sundae · 11-25-2008, 07:35 PM

My bad all round. I was reacting simply to the trailer, and my memory of finding out Deanna Troi naturally has an English accent - like it was some flaw which had to be airbrushed out.

Turns out we get a real Scotty in this film too - good old Obi Wan himself!
Silly for accents to bug me, when I loved Ewan as Alec Guinness and Tennant as an English Doctor.

Why do I hate America?

lumberjim · 11-25-2008, 08:31 PM

been talking to a certain aussie amerihater?

Sundae · 11-25-2008, 09:08 PM

Tcha, stop baiting. Typical bloody American war-monger.

I think I must secretly be in love with America. I think I'm in denial. No Cairo jokes plz.

Radar · 11-25-2008, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

My bad all round. I was reacting simply to the trailer, and my memory of finding out Deanna Troi naturally has an English accent - like it was some flaw which had to be airbrushed out.

Turns out we get a real Scotty in this film too - good old Obi Wan himself!
Silly for accents to bug me, when I loved Ewan as Alec Guinness and Tennant as an English Doctor.

Why do I hate America?

They didn't get Ewan McGregor for Scottie. They got Simon Pegg (the guy from Shawn of the Dead)

11-20-2008, 03:47 PM	#19
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	geeks bite the heads off live animals. just saying. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

11-20-2008, 05:41 PM	#22
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	By that definition OO is more of a geek than me. Oh! The shame! __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

11-20-2008, 06:07 PM	#23
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	i thought it was actually a dove he bit. and not a bat after all. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

11-20-2008, 09:19 PM	#24
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Article says both. At different times. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

11-25-2008, 08:31 PM	#28
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	been talking to a certain aussie amerihater? __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

11-21-2008, 06:19 AM	#25
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	He thought the bat was rubber. It was just dead. I'm sure we've all made that mistake.

11-21-2008, 06:42 AM	#26
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	But Sundae, there were non-Merkins on the Enterprise in ST TNG...not least Captain Picard. I'm delighted at their choice for Spock. I love that actor.

11-25-2008, 07:35 PM	#27
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	My bad all round. I was reacting simply to the trailer, and my memory of finding out Deanna Troi naturally has an English accent - like it was some flaw which had to be airbrushed out. Turns out we get a real Scotty in this film too - good old Obi Wan himself! Silly for accents to bug me, when I loved Ewan as Alec Guinness and Tennant as an English Doctor. Why do I hate America?

11-25-2008, 09:08 PM	#29
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Tcha, stop baiting. Typical bloody American war-monger. I think I must secretly be in love with America. I think I'm in denial. No Cairo jokes plz.

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