Link Thread

[Nate the Great]

An attempt to explain how the Federation can operate without money. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fN27bbabrN8)


A valiant attempt, but I fail to see how such a thing would work without the government keeping track of umpteen other factors in your life that would be even more invasive and potentially destructive than just using money.



And that's just treating the Federation as an isolated ecosystem. But it's not, it deals with other races that do use money all the time. Converting all currency amounts into equivalent labor contracts would get overly invasive really quickly, and prolong the process even more.

[Nate the Great]

Death Battle features Sailor Mercury vs. Blue Ranger (Billy). (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVcoBBvLxJo)


This is one of the more interesting matchups because the implied maximum power level of both combatants is far beyond anything shown on screen. I could write whole screeds on the potential abilities of both, but it would get too fanwanky.

[Nate the Great]

Fantasy casting a DS9 reboot (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS7sXgzpMsQ&t=548s)


Interesting ideas, but I don't agree with some of these. Fantasy casting is outside my wheelhouse, so I'm not going to bore you with my choices.

[Nate the Great]

Irish People Try Freeze-Dried Fruit (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SphrrRwxM3Y)


Freeze-dried strawberries are a favorite of mine and I buy Honey Bunches of Oats that includes it from time to time, but the problem is that they're too expensive for everyday use.



Have any of you ever had freeze-dried ice cream? Great stuff, too bad it's also too expensive...

[DrWho42]

I got my artist friend Jacob Paik (https://jpaikmedia.com/) to do a doodle of the gorn captain:

twitter (https://twitter.com/Jpaikmedia/status/1417598891009224708)

[Nate the Great]

Epic Rap Battles of History: Ghostbusters vs Mythbusters (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0pnTm-KK9k)


Well, that's something that happened...


And the depressing thing that I learned today was that not only is Grant Imahara dead, but so is Jessie Combs. I didn't know that she was a race driver on the side.

[Nate the Great]

10 Secrets of Deep Space 9 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZ_dzcOie5U)


I knew about a few of these.


One question that forms in my mind is whether or not all of the Nor-class stations were designed to be ore processing stations.



It's also interesting to me that the only other Nor-class station we ever see, even in the expanded universe, is Empok Nor.



Okay, fine, Trexels features a third station, but I hardly think of mobile games as remotely canon.



As for the Frontier-class DS9-II (https://memory-beta.fandom.com/wiki/Frontier_class_(starbase)) in the novels, what's the point? By connecting the pylons into a gyroscope shape, you can't dock ships at them.

[Nate the Great]

TrekCulture presents the 10 best episodes to introduce Trek to newbies (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qig4GUz8eTA)

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qig4GUz8eTA)
City on the Edge of Forever

Amok Time

Q Who
Yesterday's Enterprise

Duet
Our Man Bashir
Scorpion
Year of Hell
Brother-I can't comment on Discovery
Second Contact-Seriously, what's a Lower Decks episode doing here?


Here's the thing: the "best" episodes aren't necessarily the ones you use to introduce someone to Trek, they usually have too much required knowledge to fully appreciate it. For example, I greatly enjoy "The Way of the Warrior", but you can't just show it to someone and have them understand everything.



Alternate universes and holodeck counterparts exist to subvert expectations of the characters, but if you don't know about how the characters work when they're normal, where's the impact?


I'd put episodes like "Conscience of the King" and "Who Watches the Watchers" above some of the ones on this list.

[Nate the Great]

A discussion of the visual effects in Flight of the Navigator (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyixMpuGEL8)


I haven't watched FOTN since I was a kid, it falls into the categories of "for a big chunk of the running time people think that a character is crazy" AND "the creators spend too much screentime showing off the effects to the detriment of the plot".

[Nate the Great]

So awhile back CGP Grey suggested that the solution to traffic is to make all cars self-driving so you don't need traffic signals. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHzzSao6ypE&t=200s)


If you don't want to watch his solution is basically making all cars self-driving and let their onboard computers talk to each other so all of them know where all the cars are.


You know, decades ago a magazine posited that we could build cars that had their engines in removable modules. Take out the module and now we have a car that can travel on a monorail track. Reach the end of the line and put a module back in for local driving. That makes more sense to me than what CGP Grey is suggesting.


Adam Something posted a rebuttal to CGP Grey's thinking (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oafm733nI6U). He brings up the valid points that CGP Grey ignored pedestrians and what he was actually proposing is more trains. Plus, y'know, if all cars are connected to the internet a terrorist could hack in and cause a lot of death and destruction from a great distance away.

[Nate the Great]

A TV Special about unsold TV pilots (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7fu7Nn_Tdk)


Stay tuned for "Assignment Earth" and more Scott Bakula appearances than you would expect.

[Nate the Great]

The failed US pilot of Red Dwarf. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mlnntKi2no)


Yeah, I can see why it failed. I admit that my only knowledge of the original show comes from SF Debris, but even then I can see the problems. This thing goes through the motions of a story without real engagement and relies on one-liners to keep the audience awake.

[Nate the Great]

Certifiably Ingame explains spore drive (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=po2g3RAx3yQ)


Wait a second...the idea is that there's a layer of subspace that's filled with magic fungus? And if a ship injects spores into the engines it can travel along said magic fungus? What have the Discovery writers been smoking?


Apparently at a quantum level there's no difference between biology and physics. (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Displacement-activated_spore_hub_drive) This is ludicrous because at the quantum level there is no biology at all, all biological functions operate at scales far larger than quanta.


Also it seems that Discovery can activate spore drive while at warp. Also ludicrous. Say that this stupid fungus dimension is F, subspace is S, and normal space is N. Warp drive is designed to go N->S and S->N and spore drive is designed to go N->F and F->N. To go S->F or F->S requires a third kind of drive.



I could go on and on, but I'm not in the mood. Sufficed to say, I have another reason to never watch Discovery.

[Nate the Great]

I never watched Digimon Xros Wars but there's a scene (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ng7iQnrRu4k) where the previous main characters appear and their Digimon go to their most powerful forms. Is there some dimension-hopping going on here? Who knows.



I fell away from Digimon after Frontier. Data Squad never really hooked me, except to remind me that the theme song (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-JGBs9iZ6c) sounds more like Pokemon music than Digimon music.

[Nate the Great]

(Aside before the main link, Joanne Linville AKA the female Romulan Commander AKA Liviana Charvanek died June 20th at age 93.)


Discussing the issue of female captains in TOS. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiWb5p0i34Y)



Of course the simplest answer is just that Lester is insane (which she was) and Kirk wasn't in the mood to argue the point.

[Nate the Great]

I return to the "Voyager contacts home" clip from "Pathfinder" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0Qtnj8rbdU)every now and then, but a comment really got to me. "Reg Barclay is like the Neville Longbottom of the Star Trek universe. He starts out extremely awkward and clumsy, but in the end proves to be a hero."


I only read the first four Harry Potter books and I think I only watched the first five movies, but even so, I can see where that came from. It also got me wondering how the Harry Potter characters would do as Starfleet officers (sans magic, of course).

[Nate the Great]

Compilation of times Weird Al voiced cartoon versions of himself. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GR8QdKF9E38)


I'm kinda surprised that the Weasel Stomping Day (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVwe1ru9Hu8) music video from Robot Chicken isn't included.

[Nate the Great]

Courtesy of Facebook: A photo of Sean Astin with a stack of movies that he's starred in.
(https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=5148176431876580&set=gm.6121492244588869)

I get that most people these days know him from Goonies or Lord of the Rings or Stranger Things, but I remember him best from the Disney made-for-TV movie The BRAT Patrol. You can watch it on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMcycI-RgqE). I have fond memories of the Wonderful World of Disney, my parents taped most of the '80s entries.



And if you're wondering, it was released on VHS, so it could be in the stack. I can only find UK copies online, but I have seen rental store copies of the other Disney TV movies of the era, so I'm sure there's a US version also. I still have my VCR copy.



I do recommend The BRAT Patrol. It's a typical gang of misfits vs the smug organized club movie. Sean Astin plays your typical Zach Morris/Ferris Bueller type who can talk his way out of trouble, but he does it well. Stay tuned for the Brian Keith cameo.

[Nate the Great]

A comparison of the sizes of fictional starships (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTPwbVqU6lc)


Some of the ships shown are absolutely ridiculous in size. If the E-D needs a thousand people on it, how could you have some of these ships without millions of people on board? How could you possibly coordinate all of the tasks that would have to be done? Furthermore, some of these ships are large enough to have their own ecosystems that you'd have to tie into the ship's functions.


EDIT: In the comments the question arose whether a Star Destroyer could destroy a Dyson Sphere. I think no, it would just punch a hole in the Sphere. You'd have to build the Sphere to be able to handle anything inside AND outside it, including comet impacts. The thing generates its own gravitational pull, after all. You'd have to have a million Star Destroyers firing inward from all directions to destroy a Dyson Sphere.

[Nate the Great]

MetalBallStudios does videos on many categories of fictional things, so here are some more that involve Star Trek things:


Fictional Buildings (Millennium Gate) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjIci91FRX4)
I'm surprised that this guy remembered the Millennium Gate.



Fictional Planets (Romulus, Vulcan, Qo'noS) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQXkqXC1M8c&list=PL2cbWiYDqZ9HhE9rb4rAL2pUZeBiXtZK8&index=2)
FYI: We have no other name for Romulus for some reason. At least its sister planet could be Remus or Romii. Vulcan of course is also known as 40 Eridani A (you see that name a lot in the pre-TNG novels). I will never call the planet Ni'Var. Qo'nos has the alternate spelling of Q'onos, and some weirdos call the place Kling.



Star Trek Starships (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d97PbTcW_t4&list=PL2cbWiYDqZ9Hig_iEZ-XAPSn4GzYSvZyH&index=10)
I don't like the mixing up of starship classes and names in this one. We don't even have proof that there was a USS Miranda or USS Soyuz. Furthermore, while the TOS Romulan Bird of Prey never had it's class named on screen, the expanded universe called it Vas Hatham class or T'liss class. Plus there is no "Constitution II" class, only Constitution class refit or Enterprise class. And what is the Andromeda Ascendent doing in a Star Trek video? At least they had the V'ger cloud at correct scale for being 82 AU, even if that was ridiculously big compared to the Enterprise (or the solar system itself).

[DrWho42]

An "Arena"-inspired Patreon request!

Daily bunny no.1474 engages in a battle of wits (https://twitter.com/willquinnart/status/1423452997355458564)

[Nate the Great]

Ashens presents weird 1970s greeting cards. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuDkr5x3b9Y)


I wasn't born yet in the '70s, but I have older family members who bought books in that era that serve as excellent cultural snapshots. Plus I'm a mild history buff who tries to keep track of the evolution of pop culture in the twentieth century. And of course I've watched my share of Brady Bunch and Three's Company reruns.



Anyway, the fashions of that day look positively uncomfortable. I've had to wear my fair share of corduroy back in the day, but those photos look worse.

[DrWho42]

i got @queasy_f_bby to draw the dog from "the enemy within" :P

star dog (https://twitter.com/queasy_f_bby/status/1423803356443815937)

[Nate the Great]

Making a machine that will bend wire in such a way that you can make miniature "chain link fencing". (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljCrxoLiPcY)


As a craftsman I'm an amateur and definitely lean more towards woodworking. My metalworking skills leave much to be desired. You should see some of my disasters from shop class.

[DrWho42]

All written. Season 2 starts shooting in a matter of days! (https://twitter.com/Aiannucci/status/1424827397388578825)

Armando Iannucci answered my question about Avenue 5!

[Nate the Great]

I don't know how many of you have heard of the ASIMO series of walking robots. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASIMO) I saw one of the earlier models do a demo show back in college. Honda stopped the whole project in 2018 because it wasn't profitable. Plus, y'know, it wasn't actually leading to artificial intelligence, the robots were essentially remote-controlled all the time.


Anyway, here are some clips of robots falling off stairs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9nr0rXVZko). I shudder to think of the repair costs, and they probably had to replace the gyroscope after every fall.



And the amazing thing that I learned today is that Garrison Keillor once narrated a Honda commercial featuring ASIMO (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZngYDDDfW4).

[Nate the Great]

Clips from the most popular song from each month in the 1980s. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTjjS5nN7xM)


I was surprised at how many of these I recognized. I was just a kid then, but I may have mentioned that I have two older sisters who were teenagers then. Plus I've seen more than a few Disney TV specials that made AMVs with these songs and cartoon clips.



The same thing, only the 1990s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOzmEgdQyc4).


I never heard a lot more of these. As the decade ended I was in high school so things got more familiar. I had a few classes where most sessions were just work time with the radio in the background.



The 2000s. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3d3paNB8kU)


In college now, so lots of radio listening during the commute. As the decade goes on I know fewer of these.



The 2010s. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d6o8yiZetE)


Yikes. What can I say?

[Nate the Great]

The 1987 version of The Secret Garden (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBa7CcfdbHQ)


I think this is the youngest I've ever seen Colin Firth. Secret Garden is one classic that I prefer to read rather than watch, I don't think there's been a movie yet that really does it justice. As I've mentioned elsewhere, some stories depend on the internal transformation of the main character, and it's hard to convey that in film.

[Nate the Great]

Box art for the TNG computer game The Transinium Challenge (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation_-_The_Transinium_Challenge?file=Transinium_Challeng e_cover.jpg)


It's amazing how good the art is on some characters yet awful on others. Data in particular looks more like Spiner's stunt double than Spiner himself.


Meaniningless side question: Do you like the extra braid on the Season One uniforms? Personally I never really liked it, it didn't seem to serve a purpose.

[Nate the Great]

Lego in Real Life (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUb3Awl17N1N4tTCtF83Zfz9vDr-Jc1UH)


This guy makes stop motion videos of himself cooking things, only the food turns into Lego bricks as soon as a kitchen tool touches it. He clearly puts a lot of effort into these.

[Nate the Great]

Is Spock responsible for Wolf 359? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1mSrOYHkUU)


The argument runs thusly: Spock's efforts at peace, especially with the Klingons, led to a Starfleet that was "not a military organization" and was thus unprepared for the Borg.



An interesting argument, but I don't buy it for a second. The more interesting argument is the counter-argument. If Starfleet had stayed militaristic would they have made it out to the Farpoint area, and thus stayed off the Q's radar? No Q means no Borg (forget the Raven and Seven's parents, that whole plot point was ludicrous from the get-go), at least for several more decades.

[Nate the Great]

Someone turns a bunch of brass keys into a "gold bar". (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Bs1I0kgOcg)


While it's nice to see tools in operation that I don't get to see very often, I must admit that I'm too afraid of injury to be around stuff that hot.

[DrWho42]

my commission from prezombiee:

prezombiee (https://twitter.com/prezombiee/status/1426585057880248323)

[Nate the Great]

Nostalgia Critic covers Atlantis The Lost Empire. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blrk3cLK5iQ)


This movie is still a guilty pleasure for me. I freely admit that the creators tried to cram WAY too much into this movie and it backfired on them. In retrospect this should've been a longer epic like Ten Commandments or the other roadshow films.



As for the aborted show that turned into Milo's Return, it never would've worked. There's only so many ways that you can say "this culture is based on ancient Atlantean tech" in the early 20th century. And introducing other sources of magictech just raises further questions.

[Nate the Great]

Someone made a Star Trek themed Sudoku (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKUhZKtv9q4)


Of course it's hard to approximate the shape of a Cochrane delta when you're limited to 45 degree increments for slopes.


The puzzle was made because today would've been Gene's 100th birthday.

[Nate the Great]

LGR does reviews of old and unusual computer equipment, among other things.


A monitor that fits into a 5.25" drive bay tower. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBtETkJeqmY)


It's meant for server towers and other places where you don't need a full-size monitor.

[Nate the Great]

Facebook meme-Did Gracie absorb Starfleet security codes from Spock during their mind meld? (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=6351138191570953&set=gm.6210346342370125)


1. It's been three months, I doubt Spock's codes are still current.
2. Gracie can hardly manipulate a console even if she could reach one. What is she gonna do, transmit them to another Vulcan to act as her proxy?
3. Don't Starfleet security codes still need a palmprint and/or voiceprint to activate anything?

[Nate the Great]

Vintage ice cream maker restoration (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52X84C_1IeY)


I've never made my own ice cream, but I've read enough books where people use machines like this to feel nostalgic. Plus Dave Barry once joked that today's kids would never have the patience to sit through this entire process.

[DrWho42]

Mountain Dew Reveals New Flamin' Hot Flavor:

ign (https://www.ign.com/articles/mountain-dew-reveals-new-flamin-hot-flavor?utm_source=twitter)

[Nate the Great]

How did the Phoenix get to warp without dilithium? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlO5y6HvAhI)


A bad title, as he discusses the alternative materials and the possibility that Earth has dilithium in the first place.



My bigger problem is how Certifiably Ingame acts like dilithium is the only possible regulator of matter/antimatter engines and then dismisses it. I'd be okay with the notion that an engine only designed to get barely past Warp One could get by without dilithium since the matter/antimatter streams would be small enough to allow regulation by other means.



For that matter, for ages SF writers have theorized ships powered not by continual propellants, but by periodic "kicks" with nuclear devices. The Phoenix never had to go very far, just break the Warp One barrier and generate an accompanying subspace disturbance for the Vulcans to notice.

[Nate the Great]

So August 30th is apparently National Marshmallow Day, so Junkball made a video reviewing Spock's Marshmallow Dispenser (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fidD6wAB9xI).


I already knew this somewhere in the dusty recesses of my memory, but Spock calls them "marshmelons" because Bones reprogrammed the camping database as a prank on him. Because of course Spock would do thorough research on what you're supposed to do on a camping trip.

[Nate the Great]

25 years ago DC Comics published the two-issue series Who's Who in Star Trek. (https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Who-s-Who-in-Star-Trek) You can now read it online.


Some thoughts:


Over 100 comic book issues are mentioned along with over 45 novels. Yikes. How things have changed.


There are two races of Andorians mentioned, perhaps to reconcile the gray Andorian Thelin from "Yesteryear" (another instance of Hal Sutherland's colorblindness, although I do wonder why nobody corrected him).



Later on, of course, the gray Andorians were explained as a sister species called the Aenar, who feature in Enterprise.


It's nice to see so many elements from TAS represented.


It's interesting to see that Arex would return to the Enterprise after the refit.


I didn't know that Bailey returned from his tour on the Fesarius to take a job on the planet Babel. I'm used to the idea of him and Balok eventually making it to the Delta Quadrant to meet the crew of Voyager in one of the Strange New Worlds stories.


Elements of the first DC comic run also made it into the guide, the run that was rendered noncanon by Search for Spock (see Linkara's reviews here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zYRhbB9-k0&list=PLxCy3y2-ZD2F4Ws2nyDqaJXU05wwjbL-j)). I bought the CD comics collection years ago and I still haven't gotten around to actually reading it.


I didn't know that Christine Chapel had Native American ancestory.


After therapy Richard Daystrom returned to his work. I guess his career was good enough to get an Institute named after him after all...


I find it interesting that Deltan telepathy focus on images rather than abstract concepts like the Vulcans.


I find it unlikely that Elas could be the main supplier of dilithium to the Federation OR that it would be important enough to earn three continual starships to guard it (frankly, I doubt it would take the Klingons much to assemble a fleet large enough to handle three starships if they wanted to). They can't be three Constitution-class, I wonder what kind they were?


The Enterprise 1701 was mentioned to be launched in 2188, which we know to be ridiculous, we all know it was launched in 2245. 2188 would be way to early for Robert April to be the first captain, among many other errors.


The original 13 Constitution-class ships are mentioned. They further specify that the 430 man compliment was 43 officers and 367 enlisted.


You'll laugh to see how weird the DC comics run makes the Excelsior look, only the top view looks okay. It's interesting that the transwarp principles used by the ship were created by Zephram Cochrane, who sent out a probe from Gamma Canaris with his latest ideas (especially because all records that he was alive were sealed).


A story is mentioned of Kirk taking the Excelsior into Romulan space and almost starting a war. I wonder if that's from a comic or what.


Farrell abandoned starship duty after the traumatic events of "Mudds Women", "The Enemy Within" and "Miri", his three TOS appearances.


Opposition to Amanda and Sarek's marriage was mostly on the Earth side, as T'Pau had given her support, which shut up the Vulcan side.


Kelso was buried on Delta Vega after Mitchell strangled him with the cable. I think that's a little callus of Kirk.


Kirk's romance with Ruth (the daughter of an admiral) almost ended his Academy career.


I don't know how to feel about Robert April creating the Kobayashi Maru scenario, it doesn't seem like his type of work.


It's mentioned that Kirk was the first captain to successfully complete a five-year mission. I find this dubious, but that's a whole screed by itself.


The human-looking Klingons are described as just being another race within the Klingon Empire.


After David's death Carol Marcus created the Dr. David Marcus Research Center, nice touch.



McCoy's wife (or I should say ex-wife) is described as a "Starfleet Legal College student" named Gillian. If you want a more "canonical" version of Bone's failed marriage I recommend the novel "Shadows on the Sun", where her name is Jocelyn.


I find it odd that Miramanee's pregnancy isn't mentioned. I guess it was considered too dark for a DC comic.


Most of the likenesses are okay, but Gary Mitchell's art is just...wrong. Is this one case where the comics didn't have image rights?


For that matter, Number One's art is awful as well. John Byrne did WAY better at drawing her.


Mark Piper still serves as Chief Medical Officer of Starfleet Academy.


Kevin Riley is mentioned as moving to a teaching position at Starfleet Academy. I prefer the version from the novel "The Lost Years", where Riley becomes Chief of Staff for the newly minted Admiral Kirk.


It's mentioned that after the encounters with the Enterprise the Romulans prefer to focus their attention away from Federation space. Again, I prefer the modern Byrne comics.


Saavik's friendship with Peter Preston is mentioned, which means that the official novelizations are also being referenced. She's mentioned as the first known Romulan/Vulcan hybrid, which I find unbelievable. Then again, her past on the failed Romulan colony on Hellguard hadn't been created yet.


Scotty's past is mentioned to include dancing competitions, which I find unbelievable.



Spock is explicitly described as the first Vulcan/Human hybrid. It's also mentioned that his telepathic powers require physical contact, which we know to be untrue from numerous TOS episodes. His son Zar is also mentioned, another usage of the novels.


It took fifty years for Starfleet's resources to reach 4 starships, 40 freighters, and 27 outposts. I find this claim a bit suspect. I get that in TOS things were supposed to be spread out a bit, but that's ridiculous.


The first Romulan War is described as being with the "United Worlds", was this supposed to be a precursor to the Federation?


The USS Constellation was a temporary flagship until Enterprise was finished.



The Reliant is mentioned not as Miranda-class, but Galaxy-class (awkward...). Longer nacelles allow for faster acceleration.


After Scotty sabotaged Excelsior Admiral Nogura enlisted him to help refit the fleet so such a thing couldn't happen again.


Sulu is mentioned to have been born in Los Angeles, not San Francisco. Which is weird, because Gillian Taylor also appears, placing the comic after Star Trek IV. He's also mentioned to have been active with "the top-secret Special Section" during the five-year mission. This smacks of Section 31 ten years before it was created. I don't think Sulu would join Section 31, if anything I could see an idealistic Chekov being tricked by them.


A Tellarite appears in "Dagger of the Mind", and we get the explanation that Tellarites prefer colder weather, and standard ship's conditions may be too warm for them, creating short tempers and occasional insanity. See, this is what happens when people who care about the material are allowed to give their opinions without fear.



Cyrano Jones refused to tell the Klingons the location of the Tribble homeworld. He tried to tell Kirk, but Kirk didn't want to know.


A second five-year mission is mentioned.


Instead of a United Earth a Solar Alliance is mentioned, confined to colonization efforts within the solar system. After the first colonies they became the United Worlds. A partnership between UESPA and Starfleet is mentioned.



Vulcan's early history is expanded upon, including the mention of a Death Meld. For the more lethal side of Vulcan mind powers I refer you to the novel The Lost Years and the mind wars between the proto-Romulans and Surak's followers.

[Nate the Great]

So someone turned LEGO road plates into a Borg cube... (https://www.reddit.com/r/lego/comments/peg9qu/we_are_the_new_road_plates_your_lego_will_be/)


Is it weird that I couldn't care less about the Borg cube but am instead trying to figure out which class of starship that's supposed to be that's next to it?


You don't need to answer that, I already know the answer.

[Nate the Great]

A sort-of-videofiver for the first Iron Man movie made with LEGO. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTEHmZTwdHI)


I'm still bummed out that we never made the audiofiver thing work...

[DrWho42]

A friend drew Guilala from The X from Outer Space (1967) for me:

mars_atax (https://twitter.com/Mars_Atax/status/1431256839371599874)

[Nate the Great]

Someone makes a model of Howl's Moving Castle. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDQ-sDDqWvk)


Yet another hobby that I would never have the patience for, even if it is impressive.



I admit that there's a small part of me that wishes I had the time and money to make those huge model railroad dioramas.

[Nate the Great]

The history of Ura Zelda (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lwRQl7bxz4)


As an Ocarina of Time freak I've long known of Ura Zelda/Master Quest, but I learned some new stuff here. In particular, the theory that Master Quest is just remixed dungeons because everything else was used in Majora's Mask. I thought that the Ura Zelda and Zelda Gaiden teams were completely separate, but I guess not.

[Nate the Great]

This one gave me a laugh. (https://unrealitymag.com/five-video-games-that-could-be-decent-movies-if-done-right/)



Casting the leads for five video game movies.


I won't spoil their choice for Link, but it's a funny one.

[Nate the Great]

Were the Progenitors the Preservers? Were the Iconians the Preservers? Were Gary Seven's sponsors (this guy has probably never heard the name "Aegis" in reference to these guys) the Preservers? Were the Vians ("The Empath") the Preservers? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sh4cXiiCjFw)


I don't see how this is a question. The Aegis can't be the Preservers, they're a current power somewhere out there. The Vians may have more power than most known races, but their mission and methods are completely different than the Preservers.



The Iconians were destroyed 200,000 years ago. And that's the weird part, whatever you think the Preservers are, they're either way older or way younger than that! Plus, y'know, it seems likely that the Iconians were at least as militaristic as current races, protecting younger species doesn't seem like their MO.



I do lean towards the Progenitors and the Preservers being the same race, or perhaps one is a branch of the other. Perhaps the Preserver race had different groups within it with different philosophies.

[Nate the Great]

Awhile back I visited Kirk's future birthplace of Riverside Iowa, but apparently Bloomington, Indiana is doing the same thing for Janeway. (https://janewaystatue.com/)


I wonder why New Orleans hasn't made a monument for Sisko yet. There are several places in France called La Barre for Picard, people are still trying to figure out which one based on what they imagine the wine tastes like. Plus, y'know, I doubt there are enough Trekkies in France to justify this kind of fanwankery.



As for Archer, we're not sure where he was born. Maybe it was San Francisco, maybe not.

[DrWho42]

another commission by jacob paik based on my birdsona:

Traveling beyond the stars (https://twitter.com/Jpaikmedia/status/1435227254909554690)

[Nate the Great]

The soundtrack to Ocarina of Time as a prog rock concept album. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDH3g6rRjM8)


Don't let the conventional beginning throw you off, it gets weirder later.

[Nate the Great]

Irish People Try Minnesota Snacks (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53NeETcqJIw)


I'm from Minnesota, and I've never heard of any of these things. They couldn't at least have had a Salted Nut Roll (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salted_Nut_Roll) in there?

[DrWho42]

Some Star Trek gaming news:

GOG Brings Eight Classic Activision STAR TREK Games Back for Modern PCs, Including ELITE FORCE and ARMADA Titles (https://blog.trekcore.com/2021/09/gog-activision-star-trek-games-elite-force-armada/)

[Nate the Great]

Someone added lyrics to "The Inner Light" theme. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voeYM4ZGO9Q)


I'm not sure how to feel about this...


A flute/piano cover that I don't think I've heard before. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsGxmGdyRX8) One or the other isn't usual, but both...


I'm sure this lady means well (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hre8YWEA4y4), but adding flourishes doesn't help the song. If Jay Chattaway (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Jay_Chattaway) wanted more notes, he would've added them himself.



The full suite, which I've probably posted before (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGXnkFrhpR8).



(P.S. I hear that they butchered this song on Picard. I'll never know, I'm never watching that atrocity.)

[DrWho42]

YouTuber Ordinary Sausage tries to make a sausage using gummy bears:

Gummy Bears Sausage (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbcX2fNtjGE)

[Nate the Great]

Mickey Mouse and Friends do a version of "A Midsummer Night's Dream." (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzA5aOaTwGU)


So, yeah, that happened...

[Nate the Great]

The politics of Star Wars Episode One Explained (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD28qnSxLPY)


....What?



I mean, seriously...what?


How were people supposed to know this stuff in the theater?

[Nate the Great]

What if the Earth was stationary, the sun moved around it, and the planets moved around the sun around the Earth creating spirograph patterns? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU-g6mC1F0g)


You'd have one asteroid in a sort of kidney bean-shaped orbit around Earth. Weird.

[Nate the Great]

Casually Comics tackles the question of how people can think that Superman and Clark Kent are different. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB5EEfK2-6g)


I've known about the Kryptonian glass/superhypnotism thing for years now, but I still prefer the good old-fashioned explanation of "Superman acts differently when he's Clark" plus "people don't think Superman HAS a secret identity."


Just look at this clip from the first Superman movie (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNUu6Lf9mVU)!

[Nate the Great]

Snopes reports on the finalists for this year's entry into the Toy Hall of Fame. (https://www.snopes.com/ap/2021/09/15/sand-catan-pi%c3%b1atas-lead-toy-hall-of-fame-finalists/)


It irks me that formalized games are getting in. That's a different category of plaything in my opinion.


Whether or not "sand" counts as a toy is a philosophical discussion waiting to happen.



Of the current crop of candidates I'm most in favor of the Corn Popper. I had one of those when I was a kid, it was great fun. I had one far enough back that the handle was actually made out of wood.

[Nate the Great]

A Trek-themed story from Not Always Right. (https://notalwaysright.com/theyre-going-to-need-an-extra-strong-raktajino/243611/)


If you don't care to follow the link, an employee at a coffee shop chooses to dress in a TOS uniform when there's a Trek convention in town. A customer complains because there's no such thing as an Asian Vulcan. What an idiot.

[DrWho42]

I commissioned a friend to do a synesthesia drawing of Lemon Demon's "Touch-Tone Telephone" (2016):

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E_mJBATX0AI4Xiy?format=jpg&name=900x900
source: Commissioned synesthesia drawing of "Touch-tone Telephone" by Lemon Demon (https://twitter.com/ViiiJohannes/status/1439332267097219076)

[Nate the Great]

I almost missed Talk Like A Pirate Day this year. Good thing my subconscious was twigging that today was special.



Next year will be much bigger because it'll be twenty years since the Dave Barry column that really launched TLAPD to the next level.



Some Long John Silver restaurants are still giving TLAPD deals.



Pirate Name Generator (http://gangstaname.com/names/pirate#.Vfx02N9VhBc). When I put in "Nate" it spits out "Huge Hank Napier." "Zeke" gives "'Old Canker' Bark Screed." "Kirk" gives "Wankin' Brant Dawkins." "Spock" gives "Cowerin' William Screed." "Bones" gives "Keel-Haulin' Hugo Smithe."



So yeah, I don't see the connection. But there must be a formula and it's not spitting out a random name because I tried the names several times.



Nintendo takes advantage of the day (https://www.nintendo.com/whatsnew/detail/2021/brush-up-on-yer-pirate-speak-with-a-different-kind-of-buccaneer/) to shill some "space pirate" games, including the Metroid series, of course.

[DrWho42]

queasy_f_bby drew my dog!

:) (https://twitter.com/queasy_f_bby/status/1440055614130954245)

[Nate the Great]

I don't know how many of you are familiar with the old intermission bumper "Let's All Go to the Lobby" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw91RJ_m_7g). I remember it from when it cameoed in the old movie One Crazy Summer.



Well, 7-Up did a spoof on it for a commercial. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeAssQWDFo4)

[Nate the Great]

Someone made a LEGO Chia Pet llama (https://www.reddit.com/r/lego/comments/ptts0x/i_made_a_lego_chia_pet_llama_watch_it_grow/)


I'm old enough to remember the Chia Pet (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzY7qQFij_M) craze, though I never had one.

[DrWho42]

I commissioned Lophial to do fan art of the Shalka Doctor (Richard E. Grant):

Commission of Shalka Doctor for @DrWho42! (https://twitter.com/lophial/status/1440286206927851531)

[Nate the Great]

EC Henry tackles the size of a Bird of Prey and asks if you could really fit two whales inside. (http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WUAldRvUY0)


The set built to represent the cargo bay doesn't fit inside the ship as depicted.


Of course this ties back to the inconsistent size of the Bird of Prey as portrayed in Trek (Ex Astris Scientia article (https://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/articles/bop-size.htm)). At best you have to assume that two different Bird of Prey classes exist, one big and one small, that happen to look identical from the outside. But one fan thinks that there may be as many as six different sizes. I think six is too many, and includes obviously oversized Birds of Prey that are the size of Vor'cha class battle cruisers or larger.



And of course the Bounty was WAY too big as compared to the whaling vessel in that one shot. And the set was built way too small to fit two whales in one half of it.


A comment on the video brings up the small B'Rel vs large K'Vort thing.

[Nate the Great]

I Love Lucy was before my time, but of course I know about chocolate conveyor belts and Vitameatavegemin. And of course she approved the pilot for TOS back when it was Desilu and not Paramount.



Anyway, I didn't know that Harpo Marx was on I Love Lucy. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79EnDc-Ucv8)


Of course, the Marx Brothers was also before my time, I'm more familiar with Groucho's solo work.

[DrWho42]

My Patreon reward from Will Quinn!

Daily bunny no.1527's warranty has expired (https://twitter.com/willquinnart/status/1442681253740916744)

[Nate the Great]

Dzeeff opens Yu-gi-oh toys from McDonalds from 2004. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vripRE1caIs)


I miss the old days of Yu-gi-oh. I still have a box of cards and assorted paraphernalia from my Yu-gi-oh phase. At least I can play on Duel Links these days without spending money.

[DrWho42]

@Alaingruetter did this piece based on the 1973 animated film Fantastic Planet:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FAt1fPfXsA0_tzn?format=jpg&name=small

Source: A recent commission based on one of my favorite movies, Fantastic Planet! (https://twitter.com/Alaingruetter/status/1444377383231008771)

[Nate the Great]

Star Trek Deviantart Day! (I won't number them anymore, it's always a hassle to find my previous entry)


The Captains (http://https://www.deviantart.com/numenskog/art/Captains-775599841). The forehead is too big on Archer and Kirk seems to have some jowls going there, but okay. Really nice job on Picard.


Odo and Kira (https://www.deviantart.com/lily-fox/art/Odo-Kira-Mean-what-you-say-264303452). Very cute, but I find myself wondering what's going on with Odo's boots there.



I may have already done this one, but a nice collage of the TNG cast plus recurring guest stars. (https://www.deviantart.com/benttibisson/art/Star-Trek-the-Next-Generation-painting-617241159)My biggest complaint is that Pulaski looks off, like the artist did a lousy job trying to make her look younger.


A photorealistic painting of the TOS Big Seven (https://www.deviantart.com/joejusko/art/STAR-TREK-105633141). Chekov looks a little off, but it's very nice.



TOS does Abbey Road. (https://www.deviantart.com/rabittooth/art/Star-Trek-Abbey-Road-301614462) Nice use of the Saurian Brandy bottle by Scotty there.



I rarely post bad fanart, I don't like mocking people, but this one (https://www.deviantart.com/nightwing1975/art/star-trek-group-shot-66886665) needs to be seen to be believed. Long faces all around, bad hair, lots of squinty eyes. And who's that little girl next to Phlox, she looks familiar.

[Nate the Great]

OrangeRiver discusses the possible sources of the Terran Empire in the Mirror Universe. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V99I8ee3c-c)


My favorite version is from one of the Strange New Worlds stories. Cochrane wakes up the morning after First Contact and suddenly remembers the NextGen crew despite Crusher's attempts to suppress his memories. He considers whether or not to tell people about the evil cyborgs that will attack the planet in the future. If he tells people then humanity can prepare for the Borg by becoming more military-focused and focus on weapons development. Eventually he leaves it up to a coin toss. One side means he keeps his trap shut and tries to forget about what he learned about the future, the other side means he tells. And here history splits.

[DrWho42]

My latest Patreon reward from Will Quinn:

GRABBIT 2.0 (https://twitter.com/willquinnart/status/1447017904713646082)

[Nate the Great]

A list of actresses who were considered for the role of Captain Janeway. (https://heavy.com/entertainment/star-trek/who-could-have-been-captain-janeway/?fbclid=IwAR3g_7AFQI4Skpl-6B-478sjF5BNE6nwF2zaCyj0-oKv-q81YHf-kD7U13s)


I really only knew about Genevive Bujold (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SIZcDWKyw0), who's screentest really shows why she wouldn't have worked. No further comment.


I won't bash the individual actresses, but be general. A lot of the candidates can only do "tough" and "soft". Janeway needs a larger range than that.



I'm reminded of Dylan Hunt on Andromeda. The role isn't quite Kirk, Picard, or Sisko, it's something else entirely. As a whole the candidates could do "Kirk" or "Picard", but few could do "Sisko".

[DrWho42]

Artist Martha Womersley did this piece based on vinyl toy for the 1963 movie Matango or Attack of the Mushroom People:

Matango on a tricycle (https://twitter.com/Mars_Atax/status/1447565854875521024)

[Nate the Great]

Peter Scolari died today. (https://www.snopes.com/ap/2021/10/22/peter-scolari-of-newhart-bosom-buddies-dies-at-66/)


Who? His big hits like Bosom Buddies and Newhart are before my time. I actually remember him from Honey I Shrunk the Kids the TV Show, but today I learned that he also played Preston Vogel on Gargoyles.

[DrWho42]

morbius doctor (robert holmes) featured briefly in the 1976 serial "the brain of morbius" fan art:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FB6sozbXsAESAmZ?format=jpg&name=small

source: lizziefij (https://twitter.com/Lizziefij/status/1449786726696857603)

[Nate the Great]

Your daily dose of weirdness is Sailor Moon the Musical (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z779j9GkBv4)!


Every Sailor Scout, including the Starlights from the undubbed season. Of course I don't understand a word, but for stuff like this you really don't need to understand. You can assume that they're talking about love and friendship and all that other stuff from the soundtrack (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29IcghQF9NE).

[DrWho42]

tenebrous press is open to submissions for novellas!

Novella Submissions are open! (http://tenebrouspress.com/blog/2021/10/10/novella-submissions-open-through-november-30-2021)

[Nate the Great]

Making a Rubik's Cube out of LEGO bricks. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tolQCt76LBk)


It's a lot more complicated than you'd think...

[Nate the Great]

Clones of the NES Mario games (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMlKDnuBgs4) that I'd never heard of.


And of course as long as I'm in the neighborhood of the topic I have to post the link to Dangerous Dave in Copyright Infringement (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=al6G_mRCIhk) again...

[Nate the Great]

A guy builds a robot to paint images on his wall via "pixel dots". (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osUTMnDFV30)


The final product is like how newsprint works.



The phrase "this guy has too much time on his hands" definitely applies.


He also made a robot to carve images into a pumpkin. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9zXcnSXNF0) And explains the Mercator Projection while he does it. Who knew that Jack-o-Lanterns and maps had something in common?

[DrWho42]

on a lemon demon kick :P

Spirit Phone + 6 named demo tracks (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Vq57BsJuVs)

[Nate the Great]

I've known of Cliff Stoll's glass Klein bottles (https://www.kleinbottle.com/) for a long time. Someday I hope to own one.



He appeared on Numberphile (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-k3mVnRlQLU) awhile back, but today Adam Savage also shilled him (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dj3HqRtC-T8).



And the Amazing Thing That I Learned Today is that he once figured out that the KGB had hacked a national laboratory. NOVA made a special about him (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGv5BqNL164). It's weird to see him so young, I'm so used to his Cool Old Guy persona.



Watch his Numberphile videos about the Seven Bridges of Konigsberg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W18FDEA1jRQ&list=PLt5AfwLFPxWJeBhzCJ_JXdaIXi_YJl7Bh&index=8) or The Millionaire Machine (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwh0KH-ICCw&list=PLt5AfwLFPxWJeBhzCJ_JXdaIXi_YJl7Bh&index=5).

[DrWho42]

apparently the author of snow crash commented on the metaverse:

The creator of the term 'metaverse' wants people to know he has 'nothing to do' with Facebook's Meta plans (https://www.businessinsider.co.za/metaverse-term-creator-neal-stephenson-distances-himself-from-facebook-zuckerberg-2021-10)

[Nate the Great]

A fan attempt to create a correlation between the Hyrule map in Ocarina of Time and Breath of the Wild. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xtbQkOKzcc)


Completely ludicrous. The sheer amount of crowbaring that you have to do to make this work is up there with the nonsense people do to the Kelvinverse and Discovery to make it fit with the original canon.

[DrWho42]

sent a Mark Ferrari piece through an AI art programme:

ai_curio_bot (https://twitter.com/ai_curio_bot/status/1455731438913982466)

[Nate the Great]

"Sand" made it into the Toy Hall of Fame. (https://www.snopes.com/ap/2021/11/04/american-girl-dolls-risk-sand-make-it-to-toy-hall-of-fame/)


I don't agree with this one. Put traditional sand shovels and buckets on the list by all means, but not "sand." You might as well put "paper" or "blackboards" on the list.

[Nate the Great]

A Cracked listicle brings up the "how could Khan know who Chekov is when Chekov wasn't on the show yet?" thing again. (https://www.cracked.com/image-pictofact-7339-tell-us-now-17-things-that-bother-us-about-beloved-movies)


Ugh. Chekov wasn't a bridge officer in the first season, but there's nothing to contradict the notion that he was an ensign below-decks during "Space Seed."

[DrWho42]

You might remember the bit of furry art where someone's fursona helps assassinate the Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

The God of Furries - Tales From the Internet (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1nI7dUL0GE)

[Nate the Great]

Awhile back (http://www.fiveminute.net/forums/showpost.php?p=81986&postcount=1273) I talked about the Princess Bride: Home Movie project, saying that I wasn't getting Quibi just to watch it.



Well, it's on YouTube now. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR8pA_WV9QI)

[Nate the Great]

The most complicated LEGO clock in the world (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=996ApxqTBj0)

[Nate the Great]

A fan remade the Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny for the 15th anniversary (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGtbr-ZvdT0).



I like it better than the updated Lemon Demon version from 2017 that I posted last year (http://www.fiveminute.net/forums/showpost.php?p=81851&postcount=1211).



Of course nothing will beat the original, but the 2021 version at least shows enthusiasm and features a few pop culture icons that have emerged since the original.

[Nate the Great]

A 2020 Garry's Mod of Ultimate Showdown. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUKD5HysuFw)


I find it intriguing that both of the updated casts include Yami Yugi. It could be argued that he should've been in the original and not in the update, as Yu-gi-oh! is hardly the cultural phenomenon that it used to be.



(I also found it disturbing that this guy used Grommit in place of Mr. Rogers. Beyond the sweater the two are very different. I'm not a fan of the Aardman aesthetic.)

[Nate the Great]

Another fictional starship comparison video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAQp_5aZerw)


Not quite as impressive as the original. I don't know why he made the 1701's Bussard Collectors yellow, or why the Borg cube looks like a kitbash of plastic model parts.

[DrWho42]

got tropic of kansas (2017) by christopher brown:

npr (https://www.npr.org/2017/07/09/534768934/tropic-of-kansas-rips-dystopia-from-the-headlines?t=1636612091325)

[Nate the Great]

For the tenth anniversary of Numberphile they made a video about the number 10. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ1BVlURwfI)

[Nate the Great]

Someone re-scored the classic short Paper Man. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjlTntMRVm0)

[Nate the Great]

So I'm rewatching the original VHS promo for Ocarina of Time (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf7E6vPMBeQ&list=PL55C36EF45B68F340&index=34) and I was struck by the sheer number of beta elements present in the footage.

[DrWho42]

tgif:

5scifi2002 (https://youtu.be/QCX5nuBQ6TE)

[Nate the Great]

Using a hydraulic press to hammer 1000 nails at once. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3hhP2OFLq8)

[DrWho42]

my cowboys and dinosaurs collage commission by Lauren Fox!

LaurenFoxWrites (https://twitter.com/LaurenFoxWrites/status/1460066546848440326)

[Nate the Great]

More Star Trek filk songs...


Open Hailing Frequencies (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbLW3J77mHg&list=PL_Y3EMs4HrC6p0XpoV1xwmnl5xrhkEdkz&index=19)


All About That Borg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D58UtUeSQQc&list=PL_Y3EMs4HrC6p0XpoV1xwmnl5xrhkEdkz&index=14)


Engineer's Hymn (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwfl9TMelZE&list=PL_Y3EMs4HrC6p0XpoV1xwmnl5xrhkEdkz&index=11)


Border Patrol (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5q3kbAgS3w&list=PL_Y3EMs4HrC6p0XpoV1xwmnl5xrhkEdkz&index=10)

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPvw0mHbyd0&list=PL_Y3EMs4HrC6p0XpoV1xwmnl5xrhkEdkz&index=7)
Mineral Rights (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPvw0mHbyd0&list=PL_Y3EMs4HrC6p0XpoV1xwmnl5xrhkEdkz&index=7)


Tell the Captain (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZN7Zu8FAnCw&list=PL_Y3EMs4HrC6p0XpoV1xwmnl5xrhkEdkz&index=6)


Banned from Argo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q50UBIWXvfc&list=PLF28BD32F105B0836&index=4)

[Nate the Great]

It's Matthias Wandel time again!


A machine to test the strength of wood and wood joints. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxR-dexHiI4)


I'm sure there's a simpler option, but his credo is why buy what you can build.

[DrWho42]

PM Press has a new book on sci-fi/fantasy literature from 1950 to 1980 :cool:

Dangerous Visions and New Worlds (https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1201)

[Nate the Great]

Someone made a seven-segment "LED" clock using LEGO. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-0NJTc-Fyc)

[Nate the Great]

So people have apparently been trying to figure out the mechanics of the slot machines in Pokemon RBY for years. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4fjbJnz7O4) I'd insult this, but I'm sure I've obsessed about more pointless things myself *cough* Prime Directive *cough* Maquis *cough* Yu-gi-oh *grumble*.

[Nate the Great]

10 actors who were on both Star Trek and Stargate. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bavbYb9wL0)


Most of these I knew about, but I was surprised to see that Jellico on Trek and Kinsey on Gate are the same guy.

[DrWho42]

Will Quinn did my Patreon request based on Dune (1984)!

Daily bunny no.1583 challenges you to a battle of knifes (https://twitter.com/willquinnart/status/1462987643105521681)

[Nate the Great]

Someone broke a watch by soaking it in oil, so this guy resurrects it with a thorough cleaning. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgxwOZy6zF8)


This kind of intricate machinery is always impressive. I'm a big proponent of restoration instead of replacement wherever possible. I've seen plenty of examples of "oh, that can't possibly be restored" where I've been proven wrong.



Then again, some restorations seem to go too far in my opinion. It's the Ship of Theseus paradox all over again, replace too much and I can't call it the same thing as the original in good conscience.



I'm confused at the comparison between the Ship of Theseus and the Cutty Sark, frankly. One is internal restoration, one is external restoration. I call the Ship of Theseus the same ship because the onboard crew was able to take raw materials and do the restoration en route. The Cutty Sark needed complicated parts from elsewhere and wasn't functional in the interim.

[DrWho42]

Joachim Boaz posted the introduction to PM Press's Dangerous Visions and New Worlds: Radical Science Fiction, 1950-1985 on his website Science Fiction and Other Suspect Ruminations!

The Introduction to Dangerous Visions and New Worlds: Radical Science Fiction, 1950-1985, ed. Andrew Nette and Iain McIntyre (2021) (https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2021/11/21/updates-the-introduction-to-dangerous-visions-and-new-worlds-radical-science-fiction-1950-1985-ed-andrew-nette-and-iain-mcintyre-2021/)

[Nate the Great]

I hope everyone is having a great Thanksgiving. Here's a roundup of links...


The Mouse on the Mayflower (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTkxPFFc88g). Our VHS tape was much-loved until it broke. At least we'll always have YouTube. It's a shame how few people know about the wider range of Rankin-Bass specials.



Garfield's Thanksgiving (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhMkrudxLXQ). I confess to having less nostalgia for this one than the Christmas special, but it still has some good moments.



This is America, Charlie Brown: The Mayflower Voyagers (https://vimeo.com/478312314). I'm actually not that fond of the regular Charlie Brown Thanksgiving special. Peppermint Patty is really a jerk in that one.



A compilation of Friends Thanksgiving clips (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zU8czIrIDic).



Intergalactic Thanksgiving (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdrsGQhcGGU). I never heard of this one before the Cinema Snob episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb3aHaUFkzM), but give it a whirl if you want something a little different.



Ashens trying Turkey and Stuffing Doughnuts (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ix5GyqECwLw)


Kurn will try some burned replicated bird meat (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5zpl7HqPCE)

[DrWho42]

apparently today is Spider Robinson's birthday?

spiders robinson (http://www.spiderrobinson.com/)

[Nate the Great]

Back in the FMV days Terry Farrell starred in a puzzle game called Treasure Quest. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d0--q55z2M)


Which inspired a search for other Trek alumni in video games...


Screenrant presents 10 video games with Trek alumni cameos (https://screenrant.com/best-video-game-cameos-star-trek-actors/)

[DrWho42]

got a shout-out in yesterday's File 770:

Pixel Scroll 11/26/21 Tinker, Tailor, Pixel, Scroll (http://file770.com/pixel-scroll-11-26-21-tinker-tailor-pixel-scroll/)

[Nate the Great]

This is just weird. Putting cinnamon sticks in epoxy, then turning it on a lathe. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIjzLTQdflg)

[Nate the Great]

It's always relaxing watching the gang at Lofty Pursuits use the tried and true candymaking techniques. This time (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkuUrTraCGw) they made pecan pie candy for the holidays.



I've never had pecan pie, by the way. I prefer my nuts by themselves, not in desserts. Give me key lime or raspberry pie any day.

[Nate the Great]

Every year Ashens reviews a couple Advent calendar. This year is Star Trek and Doctor Who, featuring boxes shaped like the TARDIS and a Borg Cube.



Day One features a Fizzbin deck (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14RTIbFYLVM)!


It's sad how rudimentary Ashen's knowledge of Trek is. But hey, he knows more than I will ever know about British 8-bit computers, so I guess we're even.

[DrWho42]

oldie but goody: an AI programme that judges your spotify listening habits

How Bad Is Your Streaming Music? (https://pudding.cool/2020/12/judge-my-spotify/)

[Nate the Great]

Solving a 21X21X21 Rubik's Cube. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoAeCy1R6Qo)


A cube this size is patently ridiculous.


I keep my old 3X3X3 around mostly as a souvenir and talisman, not as an actual toy. As it turns out I'm not very good at Rubik's Cubes.

[DrWho42]

liminal spaces:

Airports always make me feel (https://www.reddit.com/r/LiminalSpace/comments/qwoo2w/airports_always_make_me_feel/)

[Nate the Great]

Someone reproduced the clock tower from Zelda Majora's Mask using craft materials. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9UyQqgMTn8)


Crafting miniatures is something I like to watch, but would never have the patience to do myself.

[Nate the Great]

Today we have a roundup of Christmas Carol adaptations that I've never seen before.



1971 animated Alastair Sim
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN6IMZFwY50)


I'm not sure how to feel about this one. I don't want to throw too much mud at a classic, so I'll just say that too much attention was paid to inconsequential things (especially the detail in the art) and not enough on the important things (especially the pacing and rhythm of the dialogue).



1997 animated Tim Curry
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KntAvJfGF6g)


Sadly I've seen too many cartoons voiced by Tim Curry, so his voice doesn't sound like "Scrooge", it sounds like his standard cartoon voice as heard in Mighty Ducks, Mighty Max, Gargoyles, or the Story of Santa Claus.



That being said, this is a competent version, even if the dog annoyed me at times.


1982 animated Ron Haddrick
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSSGD_4q9nE)


This one has details often overlooked in adaptations.



One of my interests is the history of animation, and while I'm hardly an expert, it's fun to try to judge when a cartoon was made by the style. This one screams 1970s to me.



1954 live-action Fredric March
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt0Se4abxT8)


The musical interludes are a bit much. It's also odd to hear "Santa Claus" and "Kris Kringle" instead of "Father Christmas" for this setting. Furthermore, "Kris Kringle" was still in a transitory phase at this point in history (1843), you'd be more likely to use "Christkind". (https://www.learningliftoff.com/santa-claus-origins-and-traditions/)



Even so, it's a competent version.



1969 animated Ron Haddrick (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4otTa2lRJnk)


Definitely a different sort of adaptation. The animation reminds me of the contemporary Arthur and the Square Knights of the Round Table.



1970 live-action Albert Finney (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNgXR8bLmAM)


Turning this material into a musical rarely succeeds (Muppets aside, of course). You see, unless the director and composer are very careful about meshing the numbers and the plot, you get abrupt emotional shifts. And this story can't afford to have those, the emotional journey is supposed to be seamless.

[DrWho42]

apparently grimes references the 1988 novel player of games in her latest song?

kotaku (https://kotaku.com/new-grimes-song-declares-elon-musk-as-greatest-gamer-bu-1848161550)

[Nate the Great]

As a followup to the Christmas Carol roundup...


The Disney Christmas Carol record that was later remade as Mickey's Christmas Carol (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QI8ySKzySpg)


I've known about this for awhile, but never heard it.



Alan Young is great as usual, but whoever did Mickey was awful (as it turns out it was also Alan Young). This was during the limbo between Jimmy MacDonald and Wayne Allwine as the voice of Mickey. Alan Young also voiced Merlin/Ghost of Christmas Past, which was another bad performance. The original voice for Merlin, Karl Swenson, died in 1978, four years after this record. I wonder if he was unavailable or Disney was just being cheap (probably the latter).



The musical numbers are unnecessary.



Scrooge's muddling of the syllables in words seems like an odd trait for the character. That's Willie the Giant's job.


Walker Edmiston did a valiant job as Willie the Giant, but he'll never match Billy Gilbert.


Overall, it's a valiant effort at telling the story, but it falls short in so many ways.

[DrWho42]

since this brad neely song is stuck in my head:

whopper and a forty (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7ANZ8Osnz4)

[Nate the Great]

Trailer for the new David Tennant version of Around the World in 80 Days. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76Ge6vO4q9Y)


ATWIED is one of my favorite classics, although I admit that I've read children's abridgements more than the original version. The Jackie Chan version never appealed to me, the plot seemed to have as much to do with the original story as the Robert Downey Jr. version of Doctor Doolittle did with that original story.



Meaningless aside: why can't anyone do the story of Doctor Doolittle properly? It's not that hard. Studios focus on the "talks to animals" part to the detriment of the actual story. Which is always Doolittle doing his best to help people no matter the cost or risk.



As for the Pierce Brosnan version of 80 Days, I thought he was rather stiff. Phileas Fogg may be methodical and unwilling to get close to people, but that doesn't equal "stiff."

[Nate the Great]

Musical Hell presents the Drew Barrymore Babes in Toyland (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5KT2Z_fC3g)


Hey, I prefer the original Annette Funicello version too, but this movie still has a soft spot in my heart. Is it hokey? Yes. Are the songs a little stiff (despite being from Leslie Bricusse of Doctor Doolittle and Willy Wonka fame)? Yes. Do I care? No. This movie has heart, and sometimes that's enough.


(And the Amazing Thing I Learned Today is that the version I know is heavily cut down from the original, which you can now see on YouTube here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-zJKiiiaW4)).

[DrWho42]

a really rare animal:

capylope (https://twitter.com/CAPYBARA_MAN/status/1468046329435897861)

[Nate the Great]

Facebook Meme Roundup!


Who would win in a fight? Hawkeye or Legolas? (https://scontent-den4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/264188697_5150281451666230_1709890892741311326_n.j pg?_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=G8yxrbKDpP4AX_NVigu&_nc_ht=scontent-den4-1.xx&oh=d6b9177102225ac8b4637288fb9a055d&oe=61B6E09B)


I have to note that it says "fight", not shoots better or farther. Odds are Legolas would win in an archery contest, but Hawkeye would win in an actual fight.


A Christmas tree halfway through a Portal portal (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10221544606339656&set=gm.6809550969116323)


I thought about blue and orange portals for a second. I've never played the game, but I thought that one was exclusively "in" and one was exclusively "out", but I guess not. I am bothered that the two portals don't have the same diameter.


How all starships meet each other with the bridges pointing up (https://scontent-den4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/265448815_10223527587770788_7700810903246644952_n. jpg?_nc_cat=109&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=RFQYizBozdgAX8ySq8Y&tn=eouxQNUe4g7swU9A&_nc_ht=scontent-den4-1.xx&oh=6dc3d6b58035b19c2ff2160db61c2523&oe=61B7CC3D)


Look, I'm a fan of the "buttered toast always lands butter-side down" thing as much as anyone, but this just seems a little ridiculous. The galactic poles are clearly established, so it shouldn't be too hard to tell the computer to keep the axis of the saucer parallel to them in a certain direction.

[DrWho42]

a friend released a book on his covers for Doctor Who:

Timeslides (http://www.candy-jar.co.uk/books/timeslidesthedoctorwhoartworkofcolinhoward.html)

[DrWho42]

oof so netflix canceled cowboy bebop?

Change(dot)org (https://www.change.org/p/netflix-save-the-live-action-cowboy-bebop)

[Nate the Great]

Bing Crosby sings "Good King Wenceslas" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVoANsKnlLs)


GKW is one of my favorites of the more obscure Christmas Carols.

[Nate the Great]

Today's Star Trek Advent Calendar entry is a bottle opener in the shape of a Cochrane delta. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVqnoDmhGSw)


What amuses me the most is that Ashens consistently holds it backwards. The narrow leg is on the right, dude!

[DrWho42]

Here's my Star Trek: Enterprise commission for Alain Gruetter:

Xindi-Insectoids and Aquatics (https://twitter.com/Alaingruetter/status/1469431675696431110)

[Nate the Great]

Someone remade the overworld from the first Legend of Zelda in 3D. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kp6LP-G-DGs)


This sort of stuff amazes me.

[Nate the Great]

A fan documentary about the development of Superman the Animated Series. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Au3XQ9ClOs)


And the amazing thing that I learned today was that early designs for Brainiac were based on Ruk from TOS!

[Nate the Great]

Today's Star Trek Advent Calendar entry (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-HykSv_n58) is a couple stickers, one of which is of the thirteen-star TOS Federation flag. I still wish they had decided what the thirteen members were.

[Nate the Great]

Cracked published an article about Wah Chang today. (https://www.cracked.com/image-pictofact-7574-tribbles-and-tricorders-meet-wah-chang-uncredited-creator-of-iconic-star-trek-props)


Of course you all know about Wah Chang (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Wah_Chang).



Thanks to Inside Star Trek (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Inside_Star_Trek:_The_Real_Story) I already knew that he designed the classic phaser, tricorder, and communicator, but going through Memory Alpha let's look at his full contributions...


* The "Cage" laser pistol
* Romulan Bird-of-Prey (the "Balance of Terror" version, also called Vas Hatham class (https://memory-beta.fandom.com/wiki/Vas_Hatham_class) in the Expanded Universe)
* The original tribbles
* The salt vampire (I just can't call it the M-113 creature)
* The flying parasites from "Operation: Annihilate" (sometimes called blastoneurons).



Wah Chang's full involvement in TOS was suppressed for the longest time because he wasn't a member of the propmaker's union.

[DrWho42]

Comic Book Resources' Kellie Lacey wrote about the live-action Cowboy Bebop petition:

Cowboy Bebop Fans Launch Petition to Save the Cancelled Netflix Series (https://www.cbr.com/cowboy-bebop-petition-save-netflix-cancellation/)

[Nate the Great]

Your daily dose of weirdness is the 1967 Wonder Woman screen test. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWiiXs2uU1k)


I certainly wasn't expecting the same narrator as Batman 1966. Or the costume to be so pathetic.

[Nate the Great]

And today's entry in the category of "songs I didn't think they could metalize" is My Heart Will Go On Meets Metal (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dldYiP15juc).


My Heart Will Go On was a radio staple for years (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz9RTOKpLsM), I heard it more than enough times to get sick of it. And I've never even watched Titanic.


If you don't care for the Jonathan Young version above (I don't either), you can listen to 331Erock's version here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qnie_3sSr_8).



Celine Dion's Christmas Album:
O Holy Night (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsWUWzai8P8&list=PLenwBRNFPCIoM8Sj2mwOUKVOQacQG_6V5)
Blue Christmas (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb4Z4pxvgWs&list=PLenwBRNFPCIoM8Sj2mwOUKVOQacQG_6V5&index=3)
Oh Come All Ye Faithful (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOmHXeYhDU8&list=PLenwBRNFPCIoM8Sj2mwOUKVOQacQG_6V5&index=7)
Chesnuts Roasting on an Open Fire (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_lFzLIA-C0&list=PLenwBRNFPCIoM8Sj2mwOUKVOQacQG_6V5&index=8) (I will never call this "The Christmas Song")


Listening to so much Dion makes me wonder what her accent is. It turns out that she's Canadian and fluent in French.



And of course we can't talk about Celine Dion without mentioning "The Prayer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfVrpafcELI)" from Quest for Camelot.

[Nate the Great]

Cliff Stoll strikes again. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0LVEvtjK4M)


Just in case you have a hard time visualizing conic sections, he's made a conical loaf of bread and sliced it to demonstrate for you.

[Nate the Great]

What better way to celebrate the holiday than to recap everything we know about World War III (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD-V9b1-xW4)?

[Nate the Great]

LGR reviews a mouse shaped like a TNG phaser. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10M3tlTgVTI)

[Nate the Great]

Today I Found Out tackles Hill vs. Mountain and Lake vs. Sea. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkVkSbjwOnM)


The latter I consider pretty obvious: lakes are freshwater and seas are seawater. There are exceptions of course, but in general it's a good rule.



The former is a tougher question, and I'm glad that they bring up The Englishman Who Went Up A Hill But Came Down a Mountain.


My personal definition is thus:



The soil and plants of a hill aren't noticeably different from the surrounding areas. A hill is just a higher version of the area around it.



A mountain is more or less bare rock with isolated patches of dirt. The plants are distinct from the surrounding area, adapted to grow with less dirt, less water, higher wind, colder temperatures, etc.

[Nate the Great]

What if Peanuts had a game on the Sega Genesis? What would the theme sound like?


Well... (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShFaQhH47go)


I'm not sure how to feel about this one. Clearly a lot of work went into it.



I don't have much nostalgia for the 16-bit era. As I've noted before, I went from NES to N64.

[Nate the Great]

You all remember the scene in Toy Story 2 where Woody gets restored (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke3LwDApcdo), right?


Well, someone actually made the tool chest from that movie. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iHCl8DF48w)Complete with toy-sized barber's chair.

[Nate the Great]

For complicated reasons I got on a Winnie the Pooh kick today...


A cover of a medley of music from The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMudA-y_U7I)
Pogo presents "Boy and Bear" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sy4IhE-KAEg)


Zooey Deschanel's cover of the theme for the 2011 movie. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbAJPPyWeAo) I'm surprised that it took this long to get Tigger included in the cast rundown.


Instrumental medley from the original film created for Critter Country (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WitOyTmT3DE)


Theme from the New Adventures (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j21f7aeTrbc). This cartoon was a part of my childhood, but nothing later. Don't speak to me of Darby or Lumpy, they don't exist.



Carly Simon cover (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA4-OdRxHGg) that was packaged with one of the first DVD releases of Many Adventures (and the VHS equivalent, which I had).


I'm Just A Little Black Rain Cloud. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYqA58N3sEE) I still believe that none of the later voice actors can compare with Sterling Holloway, the original and best Pooh.

[Nate the Great]

Someone tries to explain the physics of the arc reactor. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ME1WdvuL6sE)


Of course this is totally off the mark, the arc reactor works because it's a plot device, nothing more. I don't recall anyone ever saying that the thing is a miniature fusion reactor.

[Nate the Great]

Odin makes a human-sized Lego Space Radio (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epWc7iz1RKU)


What a shock, I'm a fan of the older LEGO themes that didn't have oodles of custom parts.



In fact, I remember when "licensed LEGO" wasn't even a thing. Castle, Pirate, Town, Space, those were the themes. Technic and Duplo were peripheral to these. And that was it.

[Nate the Great]

Epic Rap Battles of History presents Christopher Columbus vs. Captain Kirk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBzoBgfm55w)


The Kirk actor really overdoes the Shatnerian pauses. I get that hyperbole is a valid form of comedy, but (ironically) you can overdo it.

[Nate the Great]

Can you fit a whole game into a QR code? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExwqNreocpg)


Yes, you can. Sure, it's only graphing calculator-quality Snake, but it still works.

[Nate the Great]

Trailer for the new Moon Knight series. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7Krla_UxRg)


While Moon Knight is not one of my favorite Marvel heroes, I know a lot more about him than most people. And I'm just not sure that this guy would work as a show unless you really changed him. Deadpool sort of used up the audience's appetite for insane superheroes, and Batman knockoffs are a dime a dozen these days.

[DrWho42]

apparently you can watch all of 2007's kid nation on youtube?

Kid Nation Episode 1 Part 1 - I'm Trying to be a Leader Here! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCBHDi1v6-8)

[Nate the Great]

An analysis of the history of Starfleet uniforms during the Lost Era between STVI and TNG. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYRuh02DeiU)



I find this stuff interesting. And of course a Voyager scene set during this era messed the continuity up.



Followup video (http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG2jupukMj8)


The green wraparound tunic is pointed out. I really do DESPISE that ugly thing. More discussion of the mission-specific uniform variants here.



To nobody's surprise, Gene hated the Monster Maroons (too militaristic) and rejected all such elements for TNG. More proof that Gene had the unfortunate habit of focusing too much on the little things and not enough on the big things.

[Nate the Great]

Norm from Tested creates a diorama for the Wonder Woman Golden Armor figure. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAOtz5uKDSk)


I get the reference to the work of Alex Ross, but I never liked the golden eagle armor. One of the key principles of Wonder Woman is that she's agile, and I just don't see how you can be agile in bulky armor like that.


That being said, using the LED string for a lit-up Lasso of Truth is pretty cool.


As for Wonder Woman vs. Iron Man, Wonder Woman wins. She could crush sections of the armor just like Thor did, and she's fast enough to deflect or dodge any of Iron Man's weapons.

[Nate the Great]

A roundup of fictional games within the Trek universe.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBTZTR1cMHQ)


I had forgotten how vaguely defined kaltoh and kadiskot in Voyager were.

[DrWho42]

The Soundcarriers have a new album!

The Soundcarriers - Wilds (2022) [Full Album] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWJ8as7WbkE)

[Nate the Great]

XKCD does a Star Trek joke (https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/captain_picard_tea_order_2x.png)

[DrWho42]

"Commissioner of the year: "Please draw my fursona in hospital being treated for black mold poisoning." thank you . thank you"

slimgiltsoul (https://twitter.com/slimgiltsoul/status/1485843762454548484)

[Nate the Great]

Odin makes giant LEGO pieces that combine into a LEGO Star Wars blaster (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkF0p6irHpw)


I have a soft spot for these classic LEGO Space pieces, and making large versions of pieces that can combine is great.


I made one post about him a couple weeks ago, but let's have a proper Odin Makes roundup:


Millennium Puzzle (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJfRHyc8Y50)
Power Rangers Power Sword
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGGAD4xIoVE&t=1266s)
Darkwing Duck Gas Blaster (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9qY5r5wrds&t=793s)
TOS and TNG Phasers (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28eKkC1DI5g)

Eye of Agamotto (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_eHd8-FJ4c)
He-Man Power Sword (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ybnns6Wu7PM)
Matrix of Leadership (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36Uzt16zCno)

[Nate the Great]

Monster Bash HD (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPAxcOzkdWQ)


When it comes to classic '90s PC gaming far too many people online focus so much on the Dooms and Quakes and LucasArts games. They forget the smaller studios that also put out good games. Apogee (later called 3DRealms) was one of them. It's nice to see a revival of the DOS era, especially when it's done with faithfulness to the original.



Crystal Caves HD (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbKEeWejLEs&list=PLZOK8A4t81FONYcbV7m149GxTYZWNWXdx)


I'm glad that all these guys are doing is buffing up the sprites and adding background music (although I admit that this music feels more suitable for Secret Agent than Crystal Caves).


(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or18zKvpNR4)
Secret Agent HD (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or18zKvpNR4)


You know, with how good Apogee was at DOS platforming, I really wish Nintendo had licensed Mario to them back in the day. Oh, look, another excuse to link to Dangerous Dave in Copyright Infringement (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cj4HJkeQSg0)!

[Nate the Great]

What a coincidence that I mentioned Dangerous Dave yesterday, as today I discovered this...


What is the maximum score in Dangerous Dave if you collect all items, and how many extra lives would you need? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3955YWNfi3E)


Awesome DOS Games by Pixelmusement has been a favorite of mine for years. I miss the DOS games of the late '80s and early '90s.

[Nate the Great]

A LEGO car that moves on four ball wheels that can independently roll in whatever direction you want. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5p-B51FKEps)

[Nate the Great]

A LEGO tank that shoots playing cards (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nqh-1P615CE)

[Nate the Great]

Pawn Stars features a TOS cast photo covered in forged cast signatures. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DKJwtW6NaE)


What a bummer, it would be great if that thing was real...

[Nate the Great]

How many universal joints can you chain with LEGO axles before you can't spin them anymore? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXuMgPi0K68)


Get ready for some spine-shivering grinding sounds. I guess despite LEGO's best efforts, precision manufacturing just isn't possible past a certain level.

[Nate the Great]

Teaser Trailer for the new Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers show on Disney Plus. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dK1CuXG7GMQ&t=120s)


It's for moments like this that TV Tropes invented the trope Flat What (https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FlatWhat).


I was ready to do a whole screed, but you don't want to read it. Lets just say that I am appalled.

[Nate the Great]

And your daily dose of randomness is someone superimposing machine guns into Maria's hands during her iconic twirl at the start of The Sound of Music. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmFgAMTEg0E)


The BBC and the John Wilson Orchestra present new performances of the soundtrack (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25IsnIDENgE)


A bunch of dancers invade a Belgium train station with a hip-hop version of the soundtrack (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EYAUazLI9k), complete with dubstep remixes of the original soundtrack


Carrie Underwood covers Do Re Mi (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlBrNHySWiA)


The original Broadway cast of the children appear on What's My Line (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j9PtFCTbv8)

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sHuUPpAp_k)
Of course someone would do a horror movie recut trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sHuUPpAp_k). It's a shame that you can never top the Mary Poppins version (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T5_0AGdFic).



A high school production. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWs_Ejr3PoE)

[Nate the Great]

Pilot episode of the 2020 Digimon Adventure remake on Crunchyroll (https://www.crunchyroll.com/digimon-adventure-2020/episode-1-tokyo-digital-crisis-794652)


I'll have to watch this one. I was a huge Digimon freak twenty years ago, at least up to Frontier. I'm glad that they're not using the overly-floppy animation from the movies. Does anyone know what I'm talking about?

[DrWho42]

Commissioned a friend to draw borg whales:

johannesviii (deviantart.com/johannesviii/art/Borg-whales-907339348)

[Nate the Great]

Today's dose of randomness is another tomosteen stop motion video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hyfs2AHZw-c). A bunch of animal pencil holders dance.



The concept is confusing to me. Small animal statues...okay. Animal statues holding their arms up so you can lay a pencil across them...weird. Who has the time to do that every time they put their pencil down?

[DrWho42]

Chuckdrawsthings (@charlubby) drew Jones the cyborg dolphin from the 1995 movie Johnny Mnemonic!

latest patreon requests! (https://twitter.com/charlubby/status/1496916094824628231)

[Nate the Great]

Today is my 40th birthday. It's a bummer. Time for a Trek birthday roundup! Not including "Distant Voices", of course. That episode is still depressing.



Kirk's birthday, McCoy edition (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CL9Dl0i1Ef8)
Kirk's birthday, Spock edition
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcTNMrNYMgc)Worf's birthday (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQiz7gg2KMI&t=1s)
Tuvok's birthday. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhC87eRKW5E)
There's an error here as Janeway thinks that he's not 100 yet, when we all know that he's 112. He was born in 2264, and "Fury" is 2376. Remember that he was a fresh Ensign in "Flashback", which is 2293. If Janeway was right and Tuvok is around 99, that would mean he was born in 2277, making him 16 at the time of "Flashback". No dice, he was born in 2264 and was 29 during "Flashback", which you have to admit seems a little old for any ensign not named Harry Kim. Memory Alpha reconciles this by stating that he started at the Academy in 2289 at the age of 25 and was a fresh graduate for "Flashback".

[Nate the Great]

Matt Parker strikes again, with jigsaw puzzles this time. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXWvptwoCl8)


How do you relate the puzzle proportion, piece proportion, and number of pieces in a jigsaw puzzle to get a pleasing puzzle piece shape AND a pleasing total number of pieces?


I went through a jigsaw puzzle phase in my youth, I even had a bunch in one of those puzzle keepers for awhile waiting to be framed before I gave up on it. As it turns out, custom picture frames are really expensive, I only did it for my All I Really Need to Know I Learned In Kindergarden poster.


So now I only do jigsaw puzzles on screens.

[Nate the Great]

A discussion of the transporter and the perennial question: does this thing just kill and then clone you at the destination? (https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/09/is-beaming-down-in-star-trek-a-death-sentence/)


An interesting idea presented is that you're not really being deconstructed to your component atoms, you're transferred to another dimension and then transferred back to our dimension at the destination.



One annoying component of the whole debate is that people are always bringing up the Ship of Theseus. And the thing is that the Ship of Theseus doesn't equate to the transporter as well. The whole point is that the sailors ON the ship can take raw materials and convert it into replacement parts for the ship. Just like we can eat food and convert it into replacement cells. The transporter is NOT the ship of Theseus, everything happening to the transport subject is done by an external force.



So yeah, the transporter is a suicide box. Furthermore, it spits in the face of the concept of a "soul". Unless you're going to tell me that God is willing to transfer your soul into your transporter clone every time. Highly doubtful.



The last question is about the subject's awareness during transport. We've seen that from the subject's perspective it's just a bit of blue sparkles for a second before arriving at the destination. What are the odds that this other dimension that you're temporarily shifted to looks exactly like the annular confinement beam? Unless you're going to argue that the blue sparkles are the other dimension bleeding through. Which means that Federation transporters tap into a blue dimension, and Klingon transporters tap into a different orange dimension, etc.

[DrWho42]

best keffals clip:

that time keffals tried to shotgun a white claw (https://www.twitch.tv/keffals/clip/ZanyFlaccidClipzMVGame-EexVafHkE7neqZNH) rip

[Nate the Great]

Steve Ramsey snaps a tape measure 10,000 to see if excessive snapping really ruins them like you've always been told. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9En0WAsP8A)


TLDR: It took almost the entire 10,000 times for a tape measure to break. So you shouldn't worry about it.

[Nate the Great]

Ambush: A Star Trek Fan Production (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uG1o4en19Q)


What I find most confusing is the presence of ENT uniforms in an otherwise TOS-based setting. Although I do appreciate the use of a ship-specific chest emblem (even if the thing is ugly as sin). And why do they have Federation flags on their shoulders?

[DrWho42]

I pitched this game to a friend and she might play it on stream? :cool:

Dialtown: Phone Dating Sim on Steam (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1035990/Dialtown_Phone_Dating_Sim/)

[Nate the Great]

Using LEGO Technic to build an automatic toilet paper dispenser. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AO6oTuLKZE)


And of course one of the comments brings up the eternal question: should the loose end of the toilet paper go over the top or through the back?

[Nate the Great]

Steve Shives tackles the question of whether or not Eddington is a hero. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiJ88kHNg-o)


Yeah, no. This isn't even in question. I've made it abundantly clear that I hate Eddington's guts. Whatever "loyalty" Eddington may claim to have for the Maquis cause is really a confluence of two particular facts:


1. Eddington hates the rigidity and artificial nature of the Federation. Insert callback to the TOS space hippies here. As Robert Picard proves, there are still farmers and other "natural" careers out there. He could settle on any number of colony worlds and grow natural crops to his heart's content. No doubt the sheer number of colonies out there allow for a spectrum of technological dependence. If Eddington wants to live in a place where the only technology is medical tech and water purifiers, there are options. The Maquis live a rougher life, and that appeals to Eddington.
2. Eddington likes being a hero, and that means supporting the weaker side. And that's the Maquis. He's just using the Maquis to live out a power fantasy. Either he wins against overwhelming odds, or he dies the underdog defending his "values". Which as we've established, aren't remotely the same as the Maquis' values.

[Nate the Great]

Adam Savage mounts two foam dart guns (and a police light) to a helmet and attaches larger batteries for faster firing. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LVFVTMleio)


Why? Because he's Adam Savage, you don't need any other reason.

[Nate the Great]

In honor of St. Patrick's day have some music!


When Irish Eyes Are Smiling (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpuP_PXfR4c)


I've probably posted "Pretty Irish Girl" before, but today I found the record that Disney made at the time (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ22kF2_7p4) including a prologue by Janet Munro and duet of both of them.



And of course someone upped the Irishness of the song to "heavy metal jig" levels. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21f4PWfdStA)


Here's a modern day cover done as a duet by actual professional singers. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-MLur_6McA) Not bad at all.


Why Rex Allen (one of the early singing cowboys like Gene Autry and Roy Rogers) would do a Western cover (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ7_FGmdlgI) is beyond me. It doesn't even sound all that much like a country song, it's more like folk music.


Michael Flatley and Riverdance do an Irish step dance. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoHlrQScWl0)


Melodysheep presents the Lucky Charms remix "Magically Delicious." (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQ7hdZZw7aE)



"We Can Fly Away" from Magical Legend of the Leprechauns. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrLsUgpvlsI) Truly an underrated classic. I'm not the only one that wishes Emma Townshend had done a full version of this song.


All the Irish Drinking Songs from the third season of the American Whose Line is it Anyway (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9msFLJ5UEM)

[Nate the Great]

I'm sure I've posted the Meco Star Trek theme before, but I want to talk more about the album cover. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGUYjsfYFfU)


Does that look like a valid Starfleet design to you?


My first problem is the purple nacelles. Purple isn't a Starfleet color, that's for the Dominion (which of course didn't exist yet). And while I could see purple as a contrast to the blackness of space, the album cover has an awful lot of blue in it, which washes out the purple.


I find the deflector dish design rather questionable. That vertical strut would interfere with the operation of the thing.



The saucer is actually rather accurate to the Consitution-class refit design.



As another meaningless aside, how much do you like the "brick" pattern of grays and whites for the hull plates? I'm never quite sure how to feel about it. I can't really think of an alternative way to indicate texture, but there has to be one.

[Nate the Great]

Building LEGO cars that can climb walls. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0M_kCdCJzw)


Going from longer wheelbases to hinges to extendable stilts is more entertaining than I thought. And the crashes don't hurt, of course.

[Nate the Great]

Low % Speedrun of OOT. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tE7IyTdM3Jk)


Normal speedruns of OOT are getting very short, so if you want to see the more unusual tricks you need alternate categories. Enter Low % i.e. collecting as few items/weapons as possible.


Even after twenty years, I'm still learning new things. Like how the Megaton Hammer can take out bombable patches of dirt.

[Nate the Great]

Steve Shives takes on the issue of the Maquis. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_pRPM0Uvyw)


I'm not in a preaching mood right now, but you might be interested in the video.

[Nate the Great]

I haven't seen Rise of Skywalker yet. I'll get around to it one of these days. Anyway, apparently in one scene R2-D2 must restore C-3PO's memories. A fan made a tribute video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGDOkiSS1Ww&t=305s) of clips from all nine movies to represent what said memory dump might consist of.



I'll skip the usually rant of how much Star Wars as fallen. I'd rather go back to the days of Star Trek VS Star Wars when both were quality products and there weren't any "Babylon 5" snobs mucking things up.

[Nate the Great]

Animated Battle Breakdown of "Journey to Battle." (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjfIbWLofWM)


While I enjoy the modified 1701 model and don't mind the blue warp coils on the inside of the nacelles, for some reason the blue "grills" on the rear of the nacelles bother me.



A big problem is the discussion of phaser fire at warp. That's not possible, phaser blasts are limited to the speed of light and can't be used at warp.



Oh, and that Orion ship is ugly as sin. Far too fancy for TOS. Furthermore Memory Alpha already has a picture (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Orion_scout_ship?file=Eaglemoss_Orion_Scout_Ship.j pg) of what a TOS Orion ship looks like. This guy admits that he designed it from scratch.

[Nate the Great]

Extra Credits covers The Diary of Anne Frank (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiVehITTbkk)


Like many of us I grew up knowing the "cleaned up" version of the story from the play. Over the years I've learned more of the details (like how the play was based on her father's sanitized version of the actual diaries). Recently I even read the graphic novel adaptation (https://www.amazon.com/Anne-Franks-Diary-Adaptation-Pantheon/dp/1101871792) which revealed the whole story, including the more adult material.

[Nate the Great]

Alternate main theme composed for TNG (it diverges from the theme we know it at about 0:45) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzpeulsbv8o)


Whatever this theme's qualities (and I think it's okay for what it is), it's not a "Star Trek" theme, or even what I'd call a "sci-fi" theme in general.


It sound more like an "adventure" theme. A different take on Indiana Jones or the Rocketeer. Or as one commenter notes, Superman. Even Seaquest (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg6AsKsPH24).



I really gotta watch Seaquest again someday, but I think Babylon 5 is farther up the list at the moment. I also want to do a rewatch of Stargate SG-1. Maybe when school and work settle down...

[Nate the Great]

Anger is illogical. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udqIBv41b_Y&list=PL66277669B03474B1&index=21)


Someone took TOS clips and edited them together to look like one of those old-fashioned training filmstrips. Have I posted this already?


I still have nostalgia for the filmstrip era, although I haven't seen that many. It was technically before my time, but as I may have noted before, I have older relatives and have been exposed to pop culture ephemera from many decades.



As a bonus, someone turned the first Star Wars film into a filmstrip (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFt6BoAlteo&list=PLVWkO83ahvRXviJSDJ2nhcF7rNFflq-RC&index=22)


"Lee-ah". Okay, whatever you say.
"Chairman of the Alderan System"? Ha ha.
Tarkin is the friend of Vader? If you say so.

[Nate the Great]

It's Star Trek Cake Day!


A nice rendition of the TOS movie Starfleet logo with "Live Long and Prosper" (https://www.pinterest.com/pin/488781365798245324/)
The TOS bridge with crew members. (https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.trekmovie.com%2Fima ges%2Ftrekcake3.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Ftrekmovie.com%2F2008%2F05% 2F25%2Fstar-trek-the-cake%2F&tbnid=JIkMpDv8ufyrLM&vet=12ahUKEwjb8IDTsYP3AhVtA50JHdUMDbIQMygIegUIARDI Ag..i&docid=crsPHEaIaEBSbM&w=1024&h=684&q=star%20trek%20cake&client=firefox-b-1-d&ved=2ahUKEwjb8IDTsYP3AhVtA50JHdUMDbIQMygIegUIARDIA g) Don't ask me what Uhura is doing at the Engineering station...
TOS emblem and NX-01 (https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Flookaside.fbsbx.com%2F lookaside%2Fcrawler%2Fmedia%2F%3Fmedia_id%3D275525 187227556&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2F1059849 60848247%2Fposts%2Fstar-trek-takeover-for-this-cake%2F275525247227550%2F&tbnid=1fpGm6Vz6SDeMM&vet=12ahUKEwjb8IDTsYP3AhVtA50JHdUMDbIQMygSegUIARDc Ag..i&docid=j-l_zbsGPZV3tM&w=1148&h=1440&q=star%20trek%20cake&client=firefox-b-1-d&ved=2ahUKEwjb8IDTsYP3AhVtA50JHdUMDbIQMygSegUIARDcA g). I hate it when fanart mixes eras of Trek so recklessly...
A nice effort (https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn001.cakecentral.com %2Fgallery%2F2015%2F03%2F900_823788RVWP_star-trek-cake.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cakecentral.com%2Fgall ery%2Fi%2F3031606%2Fstar-trek-cake&tbnid=ssHbQAy8OkdeeM&vet=12ahUKEwjb8IDTsYP3AhVtA50JHdUMDbIQMygUegUIARCB Aw..i&docid=znUoR7e16-y7aM&w=900&h=675&q=star%20trek%20cake&client=firefox-b-1-d&ved=2ahUKEwjb8IDTsYP3AhVtA50JHdUMDbIQMygUegUIARCBA w), even if Spock looks a little grumpy...
This is supposed to be the 1701-E (https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com% 2F6228%2F6283642837_170dcbc9bc_b.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2F torontocakes%2F6283642837&tbnid=LzmpEJP4Yh12zM&vet=12ahUKEwjb8IDTsYP3AhVtA50JHdUMDbIQMygiegUIARCl Aw..i&docid=_yTj2TMBVn54gM&w=1024&h=686&q=star%20trek%20cake&client=firefox-b-1-d&ved=2ahUKEwjb8IDTsYP3AhVtA50JHdUMDbIQMygiegUIARClA w), but it reminds me more of the NX-01...
TOS characters and the NX-01 (https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com% 2F6228%2F6283642837_170dcbc9bc_b.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2F torontocakes%2F6283642837&tbnid=LzmpEJP4Yh12zM&vet=12ahUKEwjb8IDTsYP3AhVtA50JHdUMDbIQMygiegUIARCl Aw..i&docid=_yTj2TMBVn54gM&w=1024&h=686&q=star%20trek%20cake&client=firefox-b-1-d&ved=2ahUKEwjb8IDTsYP3AhVtA50JHdUMDbIQMygiegUIARClA w#imgrc=5_eDpvkBuusmuM&imgdii=CMSRdN252_ae_M), along with a joke based on the TNG Borg.

A very impressive 1701 (https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2Forigina ls%2F80%2Fdb%2F71%2F80db71083db90667699593e1edc7c5 af.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pinterest.com%2Fmarcie cottrell1%2Fstar-trek-cakes%2F&tbnid=GNuxpEK2aYuDQM&vet=12ahUKEwiZku3Ms4P3AhXMAc0KHdxXBtEQxiAoAnoECAAQ HQ..i&docid=xPCtVa2pFk3TQM&w=640&h=640&itg=1&q=star%20trek%20cake&client=firefox-b-1-d&ved=2ahUKEwiZku3Ms4P3AhXMAc0KHdxXBtEQxiAoAnoECAAQH Q). Whoever made those shelves knew what they were doing.
A nice TOS couple. (https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia1.popsugar-assets.com%2Ffiles%2Fthumbor%2FI20K64mSq0kX8W-l2xs6knLNYP8%2Ffit-in%2F728xorig%2Ffilters%3Aformat_auto-!!-%3Astrip_icc-!!-%2F2013%2F05%2F13%2F953%2Fn%2F1922507%2F7f40857c2c 36587a_il_fullxfull-1%2Fi%2FStar-Trek-Wedding-Cake-Toppers.jpeg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.popsugar.com%2Ftech%2F Star-Trek-Wedding-Cake-Toppers-22845889&tbnid=cSC7DtYPKGw1TM&vet=10CAoQMyhsahcKEwjwg53VsYP3AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQDg.. i&docid=XLmuT0QUK1ucuM&w=728&h=663&q=star%20trek%20cake&client=firefox-b-1-d&ved=0CAoQMyhsahcKEwjwg53VsYP3AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQDg) I think she's supposed to be holding a Tribble instead of a wedding bouquet...
Kirk in the captain's chair. (https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.geeky-gadgets.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2009%2F06%2FStar-Trek-Cakes1.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.geeky-gadgets.com%2Fgeeky-cakes-star-trek-cakes%2F&tbnid=DTYsDit--H3zOM&vet=10CB0QMyh1ahcKEwjwg53VsYP3AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQDg.. i&docid=19YEU2UZOaCOPM&w=575&h=425&q=star%20trek%20cake&client=firefox-b-1-d&ved=0CB0QMyh1ahcKEwjwg53VsYP3AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQDg) That's a good likeness of Shatner, I must say...
Janeway stands atop a half-assimilated wedding cake. (https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/28640147608626488/) I'm not sure how to feel about the likeness of Mulgrew there...
This time it's the 1701-D combined with TOS elements. (https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/333125703669389766/)

A rather impressive cake sculpture of a TOS phaser. (https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.squarespace-cdn.com%2Fcontent%2Fv1%2F51b3dc8ee4b051b96ceb10de% 2F1471537986484-S1XP7HVQFBKGXCF7PW5R%2F4-1-600x582.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fgeektyrant.com%2Fnews%2Fco ol-star-trek-cake-includes-a-phaser-tricorder-and-communicator&tbnid=jXiHZYhjZiPlXM&vet=10CNMBEDMowwFqFwoTCPCDndWxg_cCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAO ..i&docid=6BKmlx-C-EOoRM&w=600&h=582&q=star%20trek%20cake&client=firefox-b-1-d&ved=0CNMBEDMowwFqFwoTCPCDndWxg_cCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAO) It beats me what a phaser has to do with the medical division...
A very impressive Borg Cube cake (https://treknews.net/2012/08/06/borg-cube-cake-pic/) complete with sculpture of assimilated Seven of Nine.

[Nate the Great]

Tested presents sixth-scale Star Trek figures. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8_8T3IoouU)


Overall it's a mixed bag, but in general there are good figures and some figures that are a little "off." The best way I can describe it is that they look like CG cartoon versions of the cast, a bit too cartoony with distinguishing facial features that have been exaggerated.

[Nate the Great]

Courtesy of Reddit: Someone created a clip as if it's from a TNG TAS. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jyz2pVqrEkI&t=130s)



It's always nice to see the cheesy TAS style. The overuse of pink doesn't escape me, either.

[Nate the Great]

Game Crazy training video from 2003. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=441yNVdmVU4)


It's always amusing to see adults use teen slang to seem "hip" without any comprehension of what the slang actually means. If they did they'd know what inflection to use when saying "this is like a gamer's ride, dawg" or "fly new game titles". Yeesh.


"Niles, please don't try to be hip. You remind me of when Bob Hope dresses up as The Fonz." (https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/01a66238-236e-4fb5-a55a-c97e9b8730d6)

[Nate the Great]

Time for another Star Trek DeviantArt Day!


The E-D shoots at a Tie Fighter (https://www.deviantart.com/silver7854/art/Star-Trek-Star-Wars-72754144)
The USS Mayflower (https://www.deviantart.com/unusualsuspex/art/Mayflower-Colonization-Vessel-2-417905710)-a colony ship that can separate into a warp sled and a main section that can land on a planet. Clearly inspired by Voyager.
Every so often I see proposed refits to the NX-01 (https://www.deviantart.com/bmused55/art/NX-01-Refit-by-Doug-Drexler-MSD-by-ME-424086798) to make it look more like a traditional starship configuration. Have I mentioned lately how much I hate the NX-01 design?
Someone tweaked the Constitution class to look more like the NX-01. (https://www.deviantart.com/puffinstudios/art/Ring-world-Under-Construction-912838137) This one I don't mind so much, kitbashes of the Constitution class have been a thing for decades.
What if Captain Kangaroo commanded the Enterprise? (https://www.deviantart.com/rabittooth/art/Captain-Kang-A-Roo-844644548) It's always makes me happy to see that people still remember Captain Kangaroo...
A crossover between TWOK and Madeline Khan (https://www.deviantart.com/rabittooth/art/The-Wrath-of-Madeline-Khan-836578007). Madeline was a star decades ago, you'd probably know her best from her appearances in various Mel Brooks movies, I know her best from her appearances with the Muppets (Muppet Movie (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1kY8CJe4J8), Muppet Show (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSEsGlGl6oM)). And the Amazing Thing That I Learned Today is that she appeared on Sesame Street several times.

In honor of Easter, today is a good day to dye! (https://www.deviantart.com/rabittooth/art/Good-Day-to-Dye-Meme-837483669)

Star Trek characters in Peanuts style (https://www.deviantart.com/ebeeler/art/You-Found-ME-459307806). I never did like reboot Uhura's ponytail (or the relationship with Spock), but I do appreciate the use of Spock's viewer (although I'm pretty sure it puts out red light, not blue).
Apparently (https://www.deviantart.com/ebeeler/art/Tribbles-459307994) Trek (https://www.deviantart.com/ebeeler/art/World-Famous-Starship-Captain-459307617) characters as Peanuts characters is a thing...
A fan poster for TWOK (https://www.deviantart.com/pzns/art/Wrath-of-Khan-002-646209572). Interesting composition.
The TOS crew as CG models. (https://www.deviantart.com/puffinstudios/art/The-Original-Series-910678661) I still can't get over Chekov's hair...
CG Jadzia in a TOS uniform, (https://www.deviantart.com/mylochka/art/Jadzia-TOS-01-909225618) although the hair is wrong and she's wearing WAY too much makeup, that can't be regulation...
Excellent painting of Khan (https://www.deviantart.com/gs-arts/art/Khan-605749861)
It had to happen, the TOS trinity as the Oz trinity (https://www.deviantart.com/rabittooth/art/Star-Trek-Wizard-of-Oz-274956666)
TOS crew as Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (https://www.deviantart.com/rabittooth/art/Trek-Pepper-251576690)
Kirk calls in Wile E. Coyote to help fight the Gorn (https://www.deviantart.com/rickcelis/art/Bill-E-Coyote-368231924). Kirk's eyes remind me of the Fleisher Superman for some reason...
Janeway goes all Gollum over her "precious" coffee (https://www.deviantart.com/crisisenvy/art/Precious-Coffee-638110809)

[Nate the Great]

You'd think after all these decades people would know that fax machines send a copy as data and don't actually teleport the paper, but I guess not (https://notalwaysright.com/taxing-faxing-part-32/258120/)...


It reminds me of the fax section over at Computer Stupidities (http://www.rinkworks.com/stupid/cs_faxes.shtml). At least those stories are twenty years old...

[Nate the Great]

I found a few new DeviantArt collections, that last post was just getting started.



A common motif is Mirror Universe Terran Empire clothes (https://www.deviantart.com/stalindc/art/Terran-Civil-War-Hating-The-New-Uniform-905646425). I think most of these are trying too hard, Trek should not have JRPG fashion sensibilities.
TNG Season 1 cast fanart (https://www.deviantart.com/yulian-ardhi/art/Star-Trek-The-Next-Generation-905315818). No Tasha and Picard is a little scowly, but okay.
I'm noticing an interesting phenomenon-redesigning TNG starship classes for the TOS era and vice-versa. Here's a TOS era Nebula class. (https://www.deviantart.com/puffinstudios/art/Mapping-904414820) I do wonder why people still use those satellite dish deflectors in their designs.

A couple Star Wars aliens if they were Borg (https://www.deviantart.com/dazinbane/art/Cross-over-Borg-904212028). I'm pretty sure Admiral Ackbar's race (which is apparently called "Mon Calamari") has mouths that don't look so much like whales.
What if the hullplate groves on Voyager were a lot deeper? (https://www.deviantart.com/blabberdock/art/Up-and-at-Em-866120176)

It's not everyday that you see a Cheron native in fanart (https://www.deviantart.com/tnperkins/art/Star-Trek-Away-Team-2-849726454), especially since Lokai and Bele were clearly the last ones.

A fan poster for STIII. (https://www.deviantart.com/pzns/art/Star-Trek-The-Search-for-Spock-Wallpaper-855042179) I don't like how the guest stars have so much more poster real estate than the regulars, but it's a nice composition.
Kirstie Alley's Saavik in a TOS uniform. (https://www.deviantart.com/matteline67/art/Lt-Saavik-Star-Trek-5-year-mission-877790404) Although I thought the communicator went on the back of the belt and wasn't worn while aboard.
LEGO Enterprises aren't unusual, (https://www.deviantart.com/zachariusnebulous/art/Lego-MOC-Display-of-Famous-Star-Trek-Ships-902187165) but I've never seen a collection this big. I'm pretty sure some of those ships are really from Star Wars, though.
What if Captain Janeway was on Winx Club (https://www.deviantart.com/kawaii-trix/art/KATHRYN-JANEWAY-WINX-STYLE-7-901682131)? Now there's a question I never thought I'd ask...
Trek characters with lightsabres aren't unusual (https://www.deviantart.com/aaroncello/art/THIS-IS-SUE-675605828), it's when you give them anime hair and Batman utility belts that it gets weird...
What if a Constitution class crashed on a planet (https://www.deviantart.com/robf4/art/Connie-Crash-Site-Updated-858859043)? Although I'm sure the Constitution class had a one-time-only saucer separation capability. And even if the ship was intact the nacelles would be wrenched right off by atmospheric turbulence.
A fanmade revision of the Defiant class called the Hornet class (https://www.deviantart.com/euderion/art/Hornet-class-USS-Viking-859681903). They clearly put a lot of work into this, but I'm not a fan. The compact nature of the Defiant had a point, but upping the scale just looks silly.

Bill Murray in a TOS uniform (https://www.deviantart.com/rabittooth/art/Captain-to-Transporter-Room-Stripes-Star-Trek-850178488)
An interesting redesign of the D'Deridex warbird (https://www.deviantart.com/mallacore/art/Romulan-Kershen-Sketch-Render-2021-899111714)
The lirpa fight in an interesting animation style. (https://www.deviantart.com/otisframpton/art/Kal-if-fee-183099406)

Casting real life celebrities as Starfleet officers isn't unusual, (https://www.deviantart.com/jonbromle1/art/Star-Trek-Ithaca-Fleet-Captain-Jonathan-Pierce-850875401)but putting them in fan-made uniforms for fan projects is. Hi Sam Neill!
Of course someone would put Pike, Number One (I REFUSE to call her Una!), and Spock's original actors in Discovery uniforms. (https://www.deviantart.com/gazomg/art/Star-Trek-The-Cage-Discovery-Style-795265312)
(Meaningless aside, but when I have to attach a name to Number One I default to Morgan Primus).
What a TOS-era Ten Forward would look like (https://www.deviantart.com/puffinstudios/art/Breathless-Tick-Talk-Bar-896576367)
Why does animated Duras look like a young Gorkon? (https://www.deviantart.com/puffinstudios/art/Star-Trek-Breathless-Extinction-part-1-67-895472731)
You'd be amazed how much fanart of M'Ress there is (https://www.deviantart.com/cimmerianwillow/art/Star-Trek-M-ress-custom-doll-800288645), but someone actually went out and made a doll of her!

[Nate the Great]

What's inside Big Ben AKA Elizabeth Tower? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3xgBS_kDNw)


I still have my copy of The Way Things Work, and I like stuff like this. In particular I was surprised to learn that the Westminster Chimes are caused by essentially a huge music box.

[Nate the Great]

Seriously, the DeviantArt well never seems to go dry...


The Enterprise hovering above a lake, complete with a nice reflection (https://www.deviantart.com/moroom/art/So-close-762603210)
A rather odd starship design. (https://www.deviantart.com/al-proto/art/Compiled-Beauty-752211854) Why make a rollbar without actually putting a hull on the rollbar?
A rather interesting revamp of the 1701 (https://www.deviantart.com/thefirstfleet/art/Kirk-s-Discoprise-745388756). Why do nacelles need fins? And I'm still wondering what those spheres at the rear of the nacelles are supposed to do...
It's always nice to see fanart of the ring-ship Enterprise (XCV 330) (https://www.deviantart.com/robcaswell/art/Ringmaster-216414222)
Even if I think they're ugly I can't help but have a fondness for Constitution-class kitbashes. (https://www.deviantart.com/puffinstudios/art/Star-Trek-Breathless-extinction-part-1-37-889792859) Even so, a deflector dish pointing aft seems silly
Kim Possible characters as Trek characters. (https://www.deviantart.com/me-in-honey/art/Star-Trek-Mission-Possible-41704616)Drakken as a Cardassian makes sense, Kim as a Bajoran not so much...
Maybe superlong ships work in Star Wars, not so much in Trek.
(https://www.deviantart.com/jetfreak-7/art/Audacious-Aventine-346005901)
Caracatured versions of TOS characters. The only one that REALLY doesn't work is Chekov, that guy could be Kevin Riley for all I know... (https://www.deviantart.com/b-maze/art/Star-Trek-TOS-121310593)
The Cat and the Shat. (https://www.deviantart.com/rabittooth/art/The-Cat-and-the-Shat-597614418) A cute Dr. Seuss parody, and just about the only time you'll see Star Trek crossed with Calvin and Hobbes.
I don't think I've ever seen Tholian ships this close up. (https://www.deviantart.com/jetfreak-7/art/Deadly-Artform-555025354) It's also an interesting notion to make the nacelle panels look like the Voyager warp coil (even if I never liked the swirly warp core, how could bioneural technology improve a warp core?)

What if TOS was an episode of The Twilight Zone? (https://www.deviantart.com/ptrope/art/Warps-of-Space-001-640937136) Giving the 1701 more of a pulp scifi design is also an interesting choice...

Turning Ro and Yar into comic book art. (https://www.deviantart.com/nicollerenae/art/ro-yar-882903783) It's interesting to see Ro in the opened jacket from her origin episode, but I'm pretty sure her undershirt didn't look like that








(https://www.deviantart.com/moroom/art/So-close-762603210)

[Nate the Great]

One of the ugliest fan starship designs I've ever seen (https://www.deviantart.com/puffinstudios/art/The-Return-Of-Section-31-882066809)


Fan-made shuttle concepts. (https://www.deviantart.com/puffinstudios/art/Star-Trek-shuttle-Concepts-881767360) You'll note how much the fourth design looks like a STTMP shuttle.


A rather nice painting of Picard and his "Make it so" gesture. (https://www.deviantart.com/rugidoart/art/Make-it-so-879771487) Even if Picard hasn't shaved for a few days...


A nice ink sketch of the TNG crew.
(https://www.deviantart.com/crimsonlinestudios/art/CREW-2-Star-Trek-The-Next-Generation-878936468)


Oil painting of the 1701 (https://www.deviantart.com/douglascastleman/art/Enterprise-877293932)


You don't see much fanart of the 1701-B, do you? (https://www.deviantart.com/patrick-simpson/art/USS-Enterprise-1701-B-877224688)


Someone deaged Janeway and put her in a Monster Maroon. (https://www.deviantart.com/elephant883/art/Lieutenant-Junior-Grade-Janeway-677354914)



TAS Kirk in a Discovery uniform (https://www.deviantart.com/brandtk/art/Star-Trek-Discovery-Animated-Kirk-684448330). Still not a fan of that design, even after you remove the insult to canon


Marionette Data surrounded by his personal props. Nice use of the Tasha minihologram there... (https://www.deviantart.com/hnautumn/art/Tin-Man-697675738)


A rather nice Trek/Seuss crossover, even if it does use that hideous green wraparound tunic... (https://www.deviantart.com/drfaustusau/art/One-shirt-two-shirts-red-shirts-blue-shirts-712234287)


What if they revamped the Excelsior in Kelvinverse style? (https://www.deviantart.com/seekhim/art/Three-Ships-591846096)


A rather nice tableau of Ten Forward, even if Beverly looks a bit too mangaish... (https://www.deviantart.com/elizabethbeals/art/Date-Night-737199801)

[Nate the Great]

What if Bach wrote the music for Super Mario Brothers? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTqIUpFaIRw)


String Player Gamer gives the music a classical feel by only playing it with violin and harp.


Watch if only for the combination of a silly powdered wig and a silly fake mustache.

[Nate the Great]

And we're back to DeviantArt...


Another take on a Discovery-style 1701 (https://www.deviantart.com/treizebook/art/Star-Trek-Online-Constitution-class-DIS-874988676). My biggest problem is how thin the saucer section looks...
A rather nice painting of Uhura (https://www.deviantart.com/daviddeb/art/Uhura-844487045). You can find Scotty, Bones, and Spock below it.
Calling the Constitution-class refit the "Enterprise class" seems to have lived and died between STTMP and TWOK. It's not often done in fan work, but here you are (https://www.deviantart.com/adrasil/art/Akula-Comparison-zip-file-873029858).

Defiant flying over Lakota. (https://www.deviantart.com/bassichris/art/Defiant3-872396503) I've said it before and I'll say it again, they made the Defiant too small. WAY too small.
A rather nice image of the D'deridex class. (https://www.deviantart.com/mallacore/art/Star-Trek-Romulan-D-deridex-872590570) Even if the head seems a little twisted compared to the body...
A fan rendering of the Great Bird of the Galaxy (https://www.deviantart.com/euderion/art/Great-Bird-of-the-Galaxy-870984608)
Now here's something I've never seen before: a hijab incorporated into the Starfleet uniform. (https://www.deviantart.com/stalindc/art/Dr-Amin-and-Commander-Massina-Daily-Conference-870531132)

What if TOS was a movie, and that movie had a poster (https://www.deviantart.com/davemilburn/art/Star-Trek-Dragged-Across-Starfleet-870380329)?

An unofficial T-Shirt design from the eighties. (https://www.deviantart.com/robby-robert/art/Star-Trek-The-Flexed-Generation-870187111)What if the TNG crew had Leifeldesque muscular physiques and stood around flexing?
A painting of Neelix (https://www.deviantart.com/shade-of-stars/art/Neelix-863567792)
Ink sketch of the refit 1701. (https://www.deviantart.com/eric-s-huffman/art/USS-Enterprise-NCC1701-796768834) Sometimes black and white art can really pop, can't it?

Manga-style Wesley Crusher (https://www.deviantart.com/glee-chan/art/Wesley-Crusher-861858620)
Painting of Mirror Spock (https://www.deviantart.com/karracaz/art/Mirror-Mirror-60568491)

[Nate the Great]

You know the pattern by now...


A dramatic rendering of the Battle of the Mutara Nebula (https://www.deviantart.com/jetfreak-7/art/Title-Fight-746669500)
An interesting variant on the Daedalus class (https://www.deviantart.com/thefirstfleet/art/Palo-Alto-cover-801197269)
The five captains (https://www.deviantart.com/numenskog/art/Captains-775599841)
A nice sketch of Bones (https://www.deviantart.com/linus108nicole/art/TOS-Series-McCoy-176959282)
A nice sketch of Saavik (https://www.deviantart.com/lmcolver/art/Saavik-from-Star-Trek-22623776)
Caricatures of the DS9 cast. (https://www.deviantart.com/loshcomixfan/art/Photoshop-Practice-Deep-Space-Nine-572618384) Everyone's pretty good except for O'Brien.
This is a weird one. Creating a brand-new starship design based on Kim Possible. (https://www.deviantart.com/gunnut51/art/Kim-Possible-class-Battle-Carrier-646891949)
A nice TOS Andorian cosplay (https://www.deviantart.com/chirinstock/art/Star-Trek-Series-3-8-130305836)
TNG cast in TAS style (https://www.deviantart.com/tin-plated-dictator/art/TNGAS-120481316)
What if Khan was a character from My Little Pony? (https://www.deviantart.com/acla13/art/My-Little-Khan-332459635)
Kirk looking quite diabolical (https://www.deviantart.com/despop/art/Kirk-by-Des-Taylor-369251452)
The TOS Big Seven (https://www.deviantart.com/scotty309/art/Star-Trek-2015-537743011)
Mirror Spock (https://www.deviantart.com/sarahsilva/art/Austere-160946430)
Senator Vreenak looking quite pleasant (https://www.deviantart.com/zacharias-q/art/Senator-Vreenak-151319471)
Romulan Commander Keras (https://www.deviantart.com/karracaz/art/Sarek-Romulan-commander-621610411)
Putting Hayley Atwell in Starfleet uniforms seems to be a thing... (https://www.deviantart.com/gazomg/art/Hayley-Atwell-Star-Trek-685148032)
A nice drawing of the crew from "The Cage". They even got the proto-Spock makeup right! (https://www.deviantart.com/nightwing1975/art/main-crew-the-cage-199883245)
Very nice sketch of the TWOK cast (https://www.deviantart.com/jerome-k-moore/art/MY-FAVORITE-TREK-45543553)
It's nice to see that people are still making "Nighthawks" parodies... (https://www.deviantart.com/rabittooth/art/Star-Trek-Nighthawks-278480033)
Of course Rule 34 exists in everything, but there are just certain things that you can't make sexy, and the TOS spacesuits are one of them (https://www.deviantart.com/inspector97/art/Tholian-Web-M-Ress-81211234)

[Nate the Great]

A nice drawing of Kirk (https://www.deviantart.com/andypriceart/art/Jim-Kirk-wanderer-195344205)
Bones in a blue version of that ugly leather-yoke uniform jacket that Picard wore sometimes. (https://www.deviantart.com/gazomg/art/Bones-McCoy-Star-Trek-TNG-Uniform-686659678) That stupid leather-yoke is Picard's version of Kirk's green wraparound.
Mirror Spock seems to be a popular subject for fanart... (https://www.deviantart.com/choffman36/art/Spock-s-beard-53334762)
You don't often see colored pencil fanart, but this one of the 1701 is quite good (https://www.deviantart.com/starfire-productions/art/U-S-S-Enterprise-N-C-C-1701-685304523)
Kamala (https://www.deviantart.com/ashencreative/art/Kamala-197243658)
Picard looking quite pleasant (https://www.deviantart.com/presterjohn1/art/Picard-151248722)
Of course someone would put Zooey Deschanel in a TOS uniform... (https://www.deviantart.com/gazomg/art/Zooey-Deschanel-3-Celebrity-Star-Trek-683021003)
I've never heard Bones' early STTMP look called the "disco mountain man" before, but it fits... (https://www.deviantart.com/janey-jane/art/Disco-Mountainman-Bones-640547550)
I didn't know that Kelvinverse Carol Marcus had so much fanart, but I suppose EVERYTHING in Trek has fanart... (https://www.deviantart.com/eclecticmuses/art/Carol-Marcus-438196280)
Now here's an interesting idea: combining TOS movie and Kelvinverse design elements with one of the TOS kitbash ships. (https://www.deviantart.com/nichodo/art/USS-Saladin-AU-676219737) (Meaningless aside, I enjoy some of the TOS kitbashes, but I hate all single-nacelle designs)
The TOS Big Seven in the grey yoke TNG/DS9 uniforms. (https://www.deviantart.com/gazomg/art/Original-Star-Trek-Crew-in-DS9-Uniforms-Updated-545635537)My big problem is that some of them are wearing the wrong color undershirts.
Coloring the Monster Maroons to match the original TOS uniform colors. (https://www.deviantart.com/gazomg/art/Star-Trek-Wrath-of-Khan-colored-Uniforms-590607836)

The Enterprise flying out of a Supergate (https://www.deviantart.com/oliverink/art/Crossover-669831553)

Apparently combining Chibi Ezri and Chibi Kes results in "Cute Overload!" (https://www.deviantart.com/glee-chan/art/Cute-Overload-178748928)
Manga-style Tasha wearing her "Naked Now" outfit (https://www.deviantart.com/glee-chan/art/Naked-Now-Tasha-268680043)
A movie poster for City on the Edge of Forever (https://www.deviantart.com/hefnatron/art/City-on-the-Edge-of-Forever-272613268)
A painting of Picard (https://www.deviantart.com/myungsoolim/art/Jean-Luc-Picard-Sir-Patrick-Hewes-Stewart-OBE-276787272)
Picard, Riker, and Data in Monster Maroons (https://www.deviantart.com/gazomg/art/Star-Trek-Picard-Riker-Data-Wrath-of-Khan-562195545)

[Nate the Great]

A fan edit of various Voyager episodes where Janeway decides to use the spore drive to get home. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgmCepOMUUM)


I only have a cursory knowledge of Discovery, but don't you need someone from a particular race to use the spore drive? Plus, y'know, spores?

[Nate the Great]

A bust of Sulu (https://www.deviantart.com/seankylestudios/art/Star-Trek-Sulu-505806911)
Someone tweaked the TOS Romulan Bird of Prey to TOS movie standards, including green nacelles. (https://www.deviantart.com/killabc/art/Border-Menace-620247952)
There are a lot of ugly fan-created starship classes out there, and I ignore most of them, but this one takes the cake (https://www.deviantart.com/adrasil/art/Northampton-Class-613392647). It must be seen to be believed.
The Magellanic Class, (https://www.deviantart.com/killabc/art/Magellanic-Class-Orthos-595052812) an intermediate step between the Ambassador and the Galaxy. This one is quite nice.

An animated Picard. (https://www.deviantart.com/grayskullprime/art/Picard-Animated-80555040)That face reminds me of someone other than Stewart, but I can't think of who...
Ranma 1/2 and Sailor Moon characters in Romulan uniforms (https://www.deviantart.com/al-ocramed/art/Romulan-Usagi-and-Ranko-134264066)
Someone repainted the Constitution refit with Mirror Universe colors. (https://www.deviantart.com/stourangeau/art/I-S-S-Enterprise-NCC-1701-73786821) And added another photon torpedo launcher to the belly of the stardrive, for some reason...

[DrWho42]

apparently a friend is doing a charity stream with chelsea manning?

keffals (https://twitter.com/keffals/status/1518815530823692290)

[NAHTMMM]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Agok_TVaDms

The Pizza Head commercials from the '90s, brought to you by Steve.

[DrWho42]

Will Quinn did my Ko-fi request of bunnies doodling on r/place!

Daily bunny no.1743 is making art together (https://twitter.com/willquinnart/status/1520948935594065921)

[Nate the Great]

A Reddit post featuring a painful Star Trek pun. (https://www.reddit.com/r/startrekmemes/comments/uk2b2k/choose_wisely/)


If I have to groan at this one, you do too.

[Nate the Great]

Apple discontinuing all iPods, even the iPod Touch (https://www.spin.com/2022/05/apple-discontinues-making-the-ipod/?fbclid=IwAR2Eqvp7zfqsMKYBsD9kvzEO6kRC8VCq4e7-9NhPoz88-jbx0FD5JisbDK8)


This saddens me. I still have a second-gen iPod Nano kicking around even if I don't use it (and it has MANY dead pixels). I still have an iPhone and old iPad around, but the era of the standalone music player will always be with me.


I am surprised that even the iTouch is discontinued.

[DrWho42]

a friend's marvel collection:

Incredible - Vintage - Marvel Comics - Memorabilia Collection Tour - 1960's, 1970's + 1980's! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=px1RDYUk218)

[Nate the Great]

As an alternative to a Star Trek Deviantart Day, here's a Star Trek Pinterest Day!


'70s-style "pop art" poster of TOS.
(https://www.pinterest.com/pin/140033869638088561/)
Tweaking Pixar characters into TOS characters. (https://www.pinterest.com/pin/140033869642307166/) Seeing Anton Ego as a Romulan is something I never knew I needed.
Painting of Kirk in that awful Where No Man Has Gone Before uniform (https://www.pinterest.com/pin/140033869646898123/)
I'm not sure what art genre this sketch of Spock fits into (https://www.pinterest.com/pin/140033869644698949/). Impressionist?
What if someone turned Kirk vs Gorn into a kids book? (https://www.pinterest.com/pin/140033869636670902/)
Spock as Frankenstein's Monster. (https://www.pinterest.com/pin/422564377546582388/) Or is it the other way around?

Salt Vampire action figure (https://www.pinterest.com/pin/140033869636302890/)
Kirk in a James Bond poster pastiche (https://www.pinterest.com/pin/140033869636187820/)
If you're going to put Marilyn Monroe in a TNG uniform, why wouldn't it be Troi's and not Data's? (https://www.pinterest.com/pin/34691859615655115/)
TOS woman as one of those WWII pinups that pilots painted on their planes (https://www.pinterest.com/pin/672936369300017124/)
Statue of Troi in her S1 "cosmic cheerleader" outfit. (https://www.pinterest.com/pin/410953534739645977/)

TAS McCoy dressed like the Tenth Doctor, and vice-versa. (https://www.pinterest.com/pin/140033869633674746/) Is it just me, or does Ten's hair look like an anime character?

[Nate the Great]

A video clip of Voyager arriving at Earth (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=io8OLRzR7Lk)


A nice clip, but I like the comment section more. The commenters joke that Voyager could land at Starfleet Headquarters, but it would ruin Boothby's flowers. :D

[Nate the Great]

The ten-minute anime Wizard of Oz (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RA-KAdVsKBo)


You just can't tell this story in ten minutes. The point of the Wizard of Oz isn't the major plot events, it's the development of the characters and how they interact with the world of Oz.

[Nate the Great]

Matthias Wandel never ceases to amaze with his wooden creations.


A wooden hand-cranked escalator to keep a Slinky in motion going "downstairs." (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OHpgRJqTAM)

[Nate the Great]

A Trek/Wars crossover meme that has to be seen to be groaned at.
(https://www.reddit.com/r/startrekmemes/comments/uwfbk2/lets_try_spinning_thats_a_good_trick/)

[Nate the Great]

A short explanation of how warp drive works.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-Egt3PQXZc)

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-Egt3PQXZc)
I find it interesting that so much screentime was devoted to explaining the particulars of getting warp plasma to the nacelles, and yet once it gets to the coils, what happens after that? How do the warp coils turn plasma into a subspace field?



Furthermore, why isn't all of the antimatter kept in the nacelles along with a warp core in each? After all, jettisoning the nacelles in the event of a warp core breach would surely be less work than a full saucer separation, right?

[Nate the Great]

The Peanuts cast as the TNG crew (https://www.reddit.com/r/startrekmemes/comments/uy8v52/where_no_peanut_has_gone_before/)


Cute idea, but of course my mind goes to the fact that they put six rear stations on the bridge instead of five.



(Is that supposed to be the Little Red Haired Girl as Dr. Crusher? I will never call her Heather)

[Nate the Great]

Is Yoshi a dragon or a dinosaur (or was he a Koopa the whole time?) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRm_sSERdYo)


Truly a matter that must be settled before the madness spreads.

[Nate the Great]

So Disney is making a new Willow series. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbbveDpUZv4)


Since it's a continuation instead of a reboot and Warwick Davis is on board I'm moderately hopeful.



Although let's be honest, rebooting Willow would be rather pointless as the story was always a mashup of the monomyth and Star Wars. You could call it anything, why drag Willow's name through the mud?


Nash reviews Willow on Here There Be Dragons (https://vimeo.com/260023527)

[Nate the Great]

A rather impressive LEGO Technic clock (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUdlSYC1cCE)


My only real problem is that ugly mechanism for the second hand being in front of the clock face. He couldn't have moved that to the rear?


It is ingenious how the second hand trips the minute hand after each revolution.

[Nate the Great]

So I've had a fondness for "Wishing On A Star" (as covered by Miriam Stockley) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCB7s1Uadj8) ever since it was the theme song for The 10th Kingdom over twenty years ago. Cover roundup!


Rose Royce from 1977, apparently the original version (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GooJBO4KWlE)
Will Downing pushes it into a soul/R&B direction (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBWVL9cC_WA)
Fresh Four (the backing track is too loud in my opinion) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeuebY6Cypg)
The Cover Girls is more like smooth jazz (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8b_l4fjDI4)
Randy Crawford pushes it into '80s dance party territory (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjVPZg4Q4uA)
Jay-Z and Gwen Dickey, an odd combination of an unrelated rap with the song (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDGoNjUtMi0)
Beyonce goes towards soul music, again the backing track is too loud (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRV-pfti6Ps)
Seal has an interesting combination of instruments and styles (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUtZ7uF-JyM)
X Factor Finalists (no comment will do this one justice, just watch and smile) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5dUtfehjeo)

[Nate the Great]

What's the best way to boil water? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yMMTVVJI4c)


In terms of time and energy efficiency, I mean.


It should be noted that I'm neither a coffee nor tea drinker. Occasionally I enjoy a hot cider, but even then I just use the microwave.

[Nate the Great]

I missed Towel Day this year, so here's a YouTube video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igyB0HtcXMg) for all the other unhoopy strags who missed it as well.


For some reason, someone put a Zaphod Bebblebrox cosplayer in a TOS uniform... (https://www.flickr.com/photos/couponpages/27216169041/in/pool-towelday/)

[Nate the Great]

So recently LEGO put out a series of Muppet minifigs...


Well, someone designed a Muppet Theater set to put them into, and it looks pretty cool if you ask me. (https://www.reddit.com/r/lego/comments/v6uu4f/its_time_to_play_the_music_its_time_to_light_the/)

[Nate the Great]

If you like large-scale engineering projects like me, you may want to subscribe to The B1M channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/Theb1mGoogle) on YouTube.


Today's video is just insane. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnIcCQR551o) A historic theater is being lifted to make room for a commercial space below it. The Palace (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_Theatre_(New_York_City)) is just that important, spanning from the vaudeville era to the Broadway era.

[Nate the Great]

It's always fun to see people animate Trek clips as though they were from TAS-style cartoons. This time it's Voyager's turn. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luEDui2zAUw)

[Nate the Great]

Food Theory tackles Left Twix VS Right Twix (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5bijOlB-4I)


This is one marketing campaign that I always hated. It's idiotic. At best it exemplifies PT Barnum's observation that nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people. Which might be from someone other than Barnum, but I don't care.



For that matter, we're not even sure if Barnum ever said "there's a sucker born every minute."



At least we know that "a fool and his money are soon parted" comes from the Bible.

[Nate the Great]

Just a random Mythbusters clip to brighten your day. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W8EwuMOi8I)

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W8EwuMOi8I)

[Nate the Great]

A song about the shapes of the nations of the earth as two guys try to decided which is closest to a square. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mrNEVUuZdk)


(Spoiler: Egypt)


Just in case you've grown sick of Yakko's World (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1508wboZXk) and have already watched the video that lists its inaccuracies (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYVwOv8Pevg&t=636s).

[Nate the Great]

Galaxy Quest Retrospective (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjTq3T_QREQ)


As you'll recall when Alan Rickman died, I am not a fan of this movie. But I am a fan of Rowan Coleman's videos. He's also covered a number of Trek subjects.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39dYPw_d2ms&list=PLQoiQOFpsHdoFIHZ8ysBQb0KYxminM6eV)


Why don't I like Galaxy Quest? The aliens (all of them) are idiots, I don't like plots where people think fiction is reality, and let's be real here, the moviemakers were more interested in throwing stones at Trek than actually creating a cohesive plot.

[Nate the Great]

The evolution of Tommy Westphall universe maps. (https://nightingaledvs.com/the-visual-evolution-of-the-tommy-westphall-universe/)



Just in case you haven't had your daily pop culture headache yet today.


A more visual map (https://nightingaledvs.com/the-visual-evolution-of-the-tommy-westphall-universe/), I'm not sure which is more extensive.

[Nate the Great]

David Warner died on the 24th. He was 80. Between Gul Madred and Gorkon he has his place in Trek immortality assured. St. John Talbot is a distant third.



A toast to the undiscovered country. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uK2YyfJAdGo)
"Don't let it end this way, Captain." (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=650ClLkTo7k)
How many lights are there? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFDOeuLM3m0)
Madred is a pitiable man (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFDOeuLM3m0)

[Nate the Great]

First trailer for Shazam 2. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwFOa3qV5Sk)

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwFOa3qV5Sk)
I don't like Captain Marvel (Shazam is the wizard and always will be) acting like a kid. Billy Batson is supposed to have the wisdom of Solomon, and Solomon wasn't a dork.



You didn't ask, but I also didn't like Captain Marvel in Young Justice. The Justice League version was better, the Superman/Shazam version was better.



And yes, I don't like the idea of a Shazam family this big. Cap Jr. and Mary Marvel are enough. At the very least the movies could explicitly say that Cap's powers are drastically reduced when someone else is using them at the same time.

[Nate the Great]

Yu-gi-oh creator Kazuki Takahashi died a few weeks ago, but I only found out today. This saddens me, Yu-gi-oh has given me a lot of joy over the years.


The first episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ot9eV9DybI)
Dark Side of Dimensions remix of the theme song (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1wE-wSpZuo&t=105s)
First episode of The Abridged Series (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-32NGYLqwAQ)
Cheap Damage covers the board game (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjfudEzTquc)
Yu-gi-oh Poker Night (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfMJLmmDBx4)

[Nate the Great]

Galidor Documentary (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnzbArJuBV4)


Yes, Galidor, the doomed LEGO product line that couldn't hope to compete with Power Rangers or Bionicle.


I was a member of the LEGO club at the time, so I saw many articles about it in the magazine. I even had a minicomic or two. I never bought any of the toys, as I have a longstanding hatred of construction toys that can only make one thing and nothing else. For those urges I had plastic models, including many Trek starships.

[Nate the Great]

Element14 makes a wifi dongle for a parallel port dot matrix printer. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdk7ShO254U)


It makes me smile when people create new tech to keep using old tech.


I did use a parallel port-to-usb dongle for awhile to keep using old printers. I only bought a new printer when Windows 10 got too advanced to support it.

[Nate the Great]

For complicated reasons I found myself on a barbershop quartet kick on YouTube. You really don't want to know...


First up is the Newfangled Four. They combine barbershop with comedy.
Spoonful of Sugar Parody (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4ppxVjyFmU)
Hello My Baby if it was written in the style of each decade (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjcIpSSk30E)
Supercalifragilistic-etc. Parody (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BH2CqE5mNQ)
All Star. This one makes way too much sense as a barbershop song. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWaq1ZvhH0M)
Gaston Parody (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evcg6w8VtEU)




I shilled A Capella Trudbol last year, but only posted his version of I Want It That Way. Time for more!
I Got Rhythm (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6kYHDPWcuU)
Jeepers Creepers (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVlMC-zWtj4) (I still associate Hayley Mills (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdjsomcS-Jg) the most with this song)
Side By Side (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbX75DU47Dc) (Hayley (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLD1-jyBhwE) strikes again!)

Always Look on the Bright Side of Life (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZW1JNq7-4Q) (Yes, someone turned Monty Python into barbershop quartet. What, someone had to!)

By The Light of the Silvery Moon (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhvG7qK9fsA) (I associate this song the most with Doris Day (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=td7lCCO9aaQ) thanks to the movie of the same name, today I discovered that there are certain songs that Bing Crosby just can't do properly, and this is one of them (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shuQJ6nubo8)).
Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh Theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_iz6M2cUwI)

You're A Grand Old Flag (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeybBbwQpWc)
There's Always Tomorrow (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAMK-RXrSEU) from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (I still think this one is underappreciated, original version (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9L_jTilSyI))
Istanbul Not Constantinople (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acl2PzYqTIo) (bet you thought this one couldn't be barbershopped, didn't you?)

Goodnight My Someone (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19o6llHx7mI) (The Music Man is one my favorite musicals, but only the Preston original (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuAWmGU4bJU). Avoid the Broderick version (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG1bMQfyGpk) at all costs!)

[Nate the Great]

Nichelle Nichols died on Saturday. Ouch.


Uhura pwns Mr. Adventure (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPQvVBaOx2E)
Uhura fixes the communications board. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-Ox0FMO4FM) TOS knew how to elevate unimportant plot scenes by including character work. I refer you to SF Debris' review of "Force of Nature" showing how badly this can backfire. Heck, even "Shades of Grey" did the character work better than that!
Uhura is not offended by "negress" (http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fVZNAEg8x4)

[Nate the Great]

A breakdown of how typewriters work (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE0U018Copw), and how typewriter tech still dictates keyboard design today.


And the Amazing Thing That I Learned Today is that the carriage return bell isn't rung when you're out of room, but when you're almost out of room so you can plan ahead for split/hyphenated words going to the next line.


I had also never heard of typeballs and how you can use them to change the font you're using.


I also didn't know that at one point there were typewriters that stuck letter-shaped blots of ink onto the paper weakly enough that you could quickly use a piece of tape to pull said blots off and remove the letter.

[Nate the Great]

A couple of Yu-gi-oh players try to imagine what Yami Marik and Yami Bakura's decks would look like in today's metagame and play a match. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2T0Intlv68)



I found it very entertaining, and I don't even follow the current metagame. I didn't know that there was that much Ra support, much less Dark Necrofear support.

[Nate the Great]

MinutePhysics tackles Portal physics. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDAE9A_1NA4)


Usually I like his videos, but in this case he's completely wrong. He's somehow implying that portals affect the trajectory of objects moving towards them, but they don't.



Portal portals are transparent, you can see what's on the other side. Therefore we're not dealing with wormholes or other tunnels through space that connect A and B. Instead space is actually being pinched so that A and B are occupying the same point. No speed is being imparted, velocity vectors are just being redirected.



I think he's operating on a premise where it actually is a wormhole that has a certain suction force that expels the object. In other words, the object is being dissolved and reconstructed like a Stargate portal. But Stargate portals are not Portal portals!