Link Thread

[Nate the Great]

So apparently January 18th is National Winnie the Pooh Day (it's also A.A. Milne's birthday as a complete coincidence). I'm sure you wouldn't think that there'd be Pooh/Trek crossovers, but there are!

(https://mirandanelsondesigns.com/shop/p/winnie-the-pooh-pigletstar-trek-mash-up)
Pooh and Piglet at Tenagra T-Shirt (https://mirandanelsondesigns.com/shop/p/winnie-the-pooh-pigletstar-trek-mash-up)



Pooh about to beam down, realizing that he's wearing a red shirt (https://cl.pinterest.com/pin/264727284341980378/)


The Pooh crew as the TOS crew (https://thegeektwins.com/2011/10/what-if-winnie-pooh-was-on-star-trek/)


A Pooh/Trek poem (https://allpoetry.com/poem/14684430-Pooh-Star-Trek-by-Sea-Opal)


To boldly go where no bear has gone before (https://www.google.com/imgres?q=Winnie%20the%20Pooh%20star%20trek&imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2F736x%2Fbf%2F5a %2Fdc%2Fbf5adcb675fd5caefbc521b0b39488ca.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fin.pinterest.com%2Fpin%2F4 03635185374477483%2F&docid=S_Lf2LDGaF1NsM&tbnid=AJgQ38QUthNjQM&vet=12ahUKEwiJgeihxv-KAxXBFjQIHVJTNZQQM3oECFYQAA..i&w=736&h=736&hcb=2&ved=2ahUKEwiJgeihxv-KAxXBFjQIHVJTNZQQM3oECFYQAA)


The Pooh crew as the TNG crew (https://www.google.com/imgres?q=Winnie%20the%20Pooh%20star%20trek&imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Flookaside.instagram.com%2Fseo %2Fgoogle_widget%2Fcrawler%2F%3Fmedia_id%3D2996318 289073572532&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Ftwoguy sonetrek%2F&docid=fsi68g0KAKXIlM&tbnid=XFJa0soKM7D-OM&vet=12ahUKEwiJgeihxv-KAxXBFjQIHVJTNZQQM3oECFcQAA..i&w=1168&h=919&hcb=2&ved=2ahUKEwiJgeihxv-KAxXBFjQIHVJTNZQQM3oECFcQAA)


And of course John Fielder, voice of Piglet and actor for Heingist in "The Wolf in the Fold" (or as SF Debris called him, "Piglet the Ripper") (https://www.google.com/imgres?q=winnie%20the%20pooh%20star%20trek&imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fexternal-preview.redd.it%2F-7zFbroOMUrjzxW-kYPHwmsdiKCAly3xh1VEeo2p4pw.jpg%3Fwidth%3D1080%26c rop%3Dsmart%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3D60b767575e351c7795 bc2719c98bef462c255ea2&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2Fr%2Fmidjo urney%2Fcomments%2Fvcegsm%2Fwinnie_the_pooh_is_a_b org_drone_from_star_trek%2F&docid=pYQLvn2Kl3tFyM&tbnid=CWHpfMWEp6mDMM&vet=12ahUKEwjMx7L4xv-KAxViFzQIHWH1JEYQM3oECG8QAA..i&w=1080&h=1080&hcb=2&itg=1&ved=2ahUKEwjMx7L4xv-KAxViFzQIHWH1JEYQM3oECG8QAA#imgrc=CWHpfMWEp6mDMM&imgdii=73XmGV0IQl8XOM)

[Nate the Great]

So they turned Dusty Abell's TOS fanart into an Hawaiian shirt. (http://https://rewindera.com/products/hawaiian-shirt-ufjt1ayv) I hope he's getting paid for it.


He made a Trek/Dr. Who crossover print. (https://www.dustyabell.com/products/star-trek-doctor-who-friendship-is-universal-print)

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An impressive collage of TNG characters. (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=122140228334388052&set=a.122095206836388052)


(And yet that messed up Cochrane Delta bugs me...)

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https://lmnt.me/blog/the-most-mario-colors.html

What is the most Mario combination of colors?

[Nate the Great]

Given that we have some Canadians in the audience, I assume that a few of you know who Red Green is, so here's a Trek/Green meme (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=3939482606294698&set=gm.28453867554258019&idorvanity=275841852487300) that I found today.

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I can't believe that it was 2016 the last time I mentioned Studio Ghibli. Well, today we get to return that fandom. Rachel Maksy makes cosplay costumes of various things, and today she made one for Kiki of Kiki's Delivery Service complete with puppet Jiji. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ad0IZUNszYc)


And because I'm still burning at the fact that the Sydney Forrest songs from the dub were removed from the DVDs to be more authentic to the original, here are some YouTube links!


Soaring (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCVoKhGgShc) and I'm Gonna Fly (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAyS2yTua0w)

[Nate the Great]

A groanworthy Trek/math meme from Facebook. (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=23965179813082298&set=gm.28427069823604459&idorvanity=275841852487300)

[Nate the Great]

What if Sisko was the captain of Voyager? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L77dbIW5v8)


An interesting what if scenario, and this guy has clearly thought about how Sisko would do things differently than Janeway.

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A different take on the TOS theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDgD99c7v28)


What if the theme was coming from the ship, so you could only hear the theme if the ship was on screen, and the music faded in and out as the ship moves toward or away from the camera?


It's funny.

[Nate the Great]

An Archie/TOS crossover. (https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10235437353096771&set=gm.1872258720269964&idorvanity=1146475089515001)


Jughead as Spock makes me scratch my head. Wouldn't he be a better fit for Scotty or Chekov?

[Nate the Great]

The opening theme of the South Korean dub of Cardcaptor Sakura. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6Yn4WNULsE)


I had to laugh at this one, the music just does not fit.



Original Japanese (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YBDo5S8soo)


English Cardcaptors (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERpK-7K70ws)

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Trailer for the live-action How to Train Your Dragon reboot. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22w7z_lT6YM)


Yikes does this one feel unnecessary. Furthermore it's embarrassing how little Toothless's model has changed from the original. That thing does not in any way look like it exists in the same world as human actors. And when the effects in Eragon look better, there's a big problem!

[Nate the Great]

Postmodern Jukebox presents a "Doris Day"-esque rendition of "This Kiss" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSxgU2JBE94)


This thing must be heard to be disbelieved. I love PMJ, but this one is a real clunker. Now I need to cleanse my ears with the real version (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dls_cBmUt7Q)...


And I have no idea how that's supposed to resemble Doris Day's style. This is Doris Day (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEXRohSq9H8&list=PLMNvPSb4oFOPJ--AHp46JOBefDeW3lsm_&index=54).

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Trek-inspired version of Mount Rushmore with the first four series leads (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=23974829428772143&set=pcb.10171430302385427)


Or at least it's supposed to be, but that doesn't really look like Sisko to me at all.

[Nate the Great]

"If You Can Identify Five of the People in this Photo, You're Old (https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10162079270804210&set=p.10162079270804210&type=3)"


I guess I'm old. These people were famous in the '60s and '70s, before my time. But I had older parents and thus watched older shows and movies.



PNQ: Is Ray Walston the only Trek alumni in there? Of course Lucille Ball was a Trek VIP, but she wasn't an alumni.

[Nate the Great]

The cut orbital skydiving opening of Generations (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThC1i7dzYaw)


I understand why it was cut. I didn't know that the scene was intercut with the champagne bottle flying through space.



I do wonder why orbital skydiving is supposed to be fun. You'd need way more life support and inertial dampener equipment on you than Kirk (or B'Elanna later on when she recycled the costume) was wearing. Essentially you'd just be a person in a person-sized shuttle. Furthermore I fail to see what you get out of the experience in the space portion that you wouldn't get in a shuttle, and then the atmosphere experience would just be normal skydiving, just for a longer period and with more equipment.

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Nostalgia Nerd talks about the Trojan Room Coffee Pot (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOqlDsfTC6g)


This was a real nostalgic boot to the head. Thirty years ago I read about this in the book Dave Barry in Cyberspace. Dave had a chapter devoted to interesting sites in the early days of the World Wide Web, and Trojan Room Coffee Pot was one of them.



It really is interesting, thinking back to the early days when streaming video seemed like a miracle. The days before YouTube when you were limited to three minute Flash videos and you still had to wait for them to load.

[Nate the Great]

The feud between Franz Joseph and Gene Roddenberry (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnjaGkWP_pI)


Watch it if only for the 3D visualizations of the kitbash models from the Star Fleet Technical Manual.

[Nate the Great]

I'm sure you've all see the Carol Burnett sketch where all the men on the Enterprise were turned into women, but did you know there was a second Trek sketch on that show? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEufeSh-GW4)

[Nate the Great]

I wasn't expecting to see a Star Trek joke in a Not Always Right entry today... (https://notalwaysright.com/is-there-a-stupid-tax/367043/)

[Nate the Great]

Star Rekt is best known for his habit taking real music videos and changing the lyrics to Trek themes.


Well, today he did something different. He listed some times when it would be irresponsible and terrifying for children to be on board the E-D. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cc887dUL8UI)


Of all of the examples listed my only problem is with "Disaster", that's not the fault of anyone on board, it was a random quantum filament that could've happened anywhere at any time without warning (and I'm pretty sure the thing could've happened to a planet just as well as a ship).


It does make you wonder how the assignments would be different if the E-D really was going on a long-term exploratory mission outside the Federation. For example, it wouldn't be the glorified taxi that it often was, so there'd be a smaller ratio of visits by hostile aliens.

[Nate the Great]

This year's episode of "Matt Parker uses the occasion of Pi Day to find increasingly silly ways of calculating pi" features a cameo by 3blue1brown. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlUTlbZT4ig) I've never seen this guy before!


The idea of using collisions between objects of differing masses to calculate pi never occurred to me, but I find it exceedingly silly. There's no such thing as a material that will create a perfectly elastic collision, nor is there a way to ensure the objects stay on the same linear path without physical constraints that will cause excessive energy loss via secondary collisions and friction.


I'm reminded of the time the Mythbusters tried to create a Newton's Cradle with wrecking balls. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuA-znVMY3I)

[Nate the Great]

Old TOS novel cover art: Harry Mudd (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1171614974776256&set=a.535208721750221)


Just in case you've never seen Mario cosplaying as a pirate and hitting on adult Powerpuff Girls. Hehe.

[Nate the Great]

Just when I think I know everything about Ocarina of Time... (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oy6wVq5W7gQ)


The amazing part to me was learning that the Poe Sisters were named after the Little Women because one of the creators liked the 1994 movie (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sET83nlk1NU).

[Nate the Great]

John Cleese in a British radio show parodying TOS (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33pDs4X78k0)


Funny of course, but I can't help but feel that there's too much material dedicated to "we're doing a parody of Star Trek" and not enough material dedicated to actually being a parody of Star Trek.

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Certifiably Ingame tackles what it means to be the flagship of the fleet. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktXN1a5aVwE)


The biggest thing that occurs to me is "why are we sending the flagship out past the known Federation for a years-long mission of exploration?"



I mean, really. And this doesn't even apply to just the E-D, but the 1701 as well. Kirk's ship seldom hung around the core of the Federation.



Then again, Trek never really used the term "flagship" correctly. It's supposed to mean the lead ship of a fleet, the one that figuratively flew the admiral's flag. The only time that I recall the Enterprise even serving as the key member of a fleet, admiral or no admiral, is First Contact. Even the Battle of Wolf 359 had the flagship be the Melbourne under Admiral Hansen.


In a loser sense a "flagship" could also mean simply the most advanced or important ship in the general fleet, which would fit the Enterprise, except when it doesn't. Sure the refit 1701 was the most advanced for a time, but they were quickly supplanted by the Excelsior class. I even think that the Galaxy class didn't hold the title very long after the Borg invasion.

[Nate the Great]

Adam Savage views some Star Trek shooting models, including one of the prototype Voyager designs. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc3IqotVy1Y)



I'd long known about this particular design, but I thought it only existed in concept art, not as an actual model!


The video is to tie into the latest auction of Trek props. (https://propstoreauction.com/auctions/catalog/id/449?page=1&view=grid&catm=any&order=order_num&xclosed=yes&featured=no&key=star%20trek)


One item that I want to call attention to is this signed photo of Picard in his "suede" uniform jacket. (https://propstoreauction.com/lot-details/index/catalog/449/lot/157952?url=%2Fauctions%2Fcatalog%2Fid%2F449%3Fpage %3D4%26view%3Dgrid%26catm%3Dany%26order%3Dorder_nu m%26xclosed%3Dyes%26featured%3Dno%26key%3Dstar%2Bt rek) I always hated that jacket, it's up there with Kirk's green wraparound. It's too casual and especially stands out because nobody else ever wore anything like it. I'm all for slightly heavier uniforms for missions to colder planets, but this wasn't the way to do it; I'd rather stick to the TWOK jackets (https://www.thetrekcollective.com/2018/09/latest-tos-costume-replicas-from-anovos.html).

[Nate the Great]

The B1M talks about the end of the International Space Station in 2030, plus its history. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cohVHaVMBl8)


I still remember visiting the Minnesota Science Museum back in the '90s and seeing a model of what was still called "Space Station Freedom (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Station_Freedom)" back then.


And this wasn't at the current location of the Minnesota Science Museum which opened in 1999, it was the prior location where it was for over thirty years.



Don't mind me, I'm just being old and crotchety.

[Nate the Great]

We Travel By Night tackles the TOS->STTMP period (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB-dberzBNs), which I call The Lost Years after the novel subseries (https://memory-beta.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Lost_Years) set during that period.

In STTMP Kirk states that he's been in the admiralty in Starfleet Operations for 2.5 years, yet Decker states that the 1701 was being refit for only 1.5 years. So what was going on in that missing year?

To me the simplest solution is that Spock was using the Enterprise as a training vessel just like he would do prior to TWOK.

Then again, I'm dubious that you could strip a starship down to its skeleton and rebuild it in the 23rd century in just 18 months.

And of course you have to ask why Starfleet would bother replacing 90% of a ship in the first place. Just make the STTMP ship the Enterprise-A and be done with it! (Of course, that would push the TNG ship out to F at least, but that's a discussion for another day).

For that matter, why was Decker in charge of the refit? The possible explanations don't really stand up to scrutiny:
1. It was tradition for the next captain to be in charge of the refits between missions, and Kirk did this before TOS. I don't really like this, as starship design, construction administration, and starship command are different skillsets.
2. Decker just happened to be trained in both and he asked to be allowed to be in charge of the revit. Possible nepotism what with the loss of his father back in "The Doomsday Weapon".
3. This was some sort of scheme by Decker to "earn" the captain's seat as the next step in his career.

[Nate the Great]

Sita Sings the Blues (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzTg7YXuy34)


An animated adaptation of the Ramayana (AKA Indian/Hindi mythology)


This was certainly different. I was introduced to the Ramayana through its rendition in the Childcraft volume Great Myths and Legends (https://www.ebay.com/itm/335142686831).

[Nate the Great]

We Travel By Night tackles the inconsistent size of the Defiant. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0f8gurftBo)


This is one plot hole that always bugged me. The size of the station should be set in stone, therefore a shot of the Defiant docked at the station should set the size of the ship in stone.



Why was this ship so freaking small? It doesn't matter if the ship has four or five decks, it was TOO SMALL.

[Nate the Great]

Cracking the Cryptic presents a U.S.S. Voyager-themed Sudoku. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRQMn8JU4q8)


Although if you ask me that ship looks more like the E-E...

[Nate the Great]

Matthias Wandel strikes again, this time with a homemade wooden toy castle set. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kwCHrqtchI)


Wooden blocks were my jam as a small child, there was always something new to build.

[Nate the Great]

George Wendt (or as everyone will always know him, Norm from Cheers) has died.


Every Norm entrance gag (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXED2AVlbR0)



As Henry MacAfee in the Bye Bye Birdie TV remake (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPIbZYcwY2o). Going from Paul Lynde to George Wendt is one of the weirdest remake castings I have ever seen.


As Tweedle-Dee in Hallmark's Alice in Wonderland (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS-bZiCqzoA). Another three-hour Hallmark movie that should've been a proper four-hour one like the 1985 miniseries (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7qwHxOLDPA).

[Nate the Great]

Peter David, our favorite Writer of Stuff, has died.


Well, that hurts.


Looking over his Memory Alpha page (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Peter_David), I'm learning and relearning lots of things about him.


Trek novel bibilography at Memory Beta (https://memory-beta.fandom.com/wiki/Peter_David). Putting aside obvious things like Q-in-Law, Imzadi, and New Frontier, I'd like to point out The Captain's Daughter, the best biography of Demora Sulu that we're ever going to get.


A more general scifi bibliography at fantasticfiction.com (https://www.fantasticfiction.com/d/peter-david/). By sheer coincidence I read Sir Apropos of Nothing fairly recently. I wouldn't recommend it.

[Nate the Great]

Someone recreated the TOS crew as Muppets. (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=3656078121361177&set=gm.9740209349390840&idorvanity=462313080513893)


Aside from the obvious "why didn't they make Spock green" remark, any further comment would seem whiny and nitpicky, even for me.

[Nate the Great]

Gameplay footage of the cancelled Commander Keen mobile game. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdQcJlwMUQc)


Ugh. Commander Keen is not a puzzle game, it's a platformer. And you can't fit a decent platformer on a phone screen.

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Stuff Made Here strikes again: a brownie pan that doesn't create edge (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXIkUkwzTQU)


I'm a man who likes my brownies (especially if you mix some marshmallow or caramel in there), but edges are a real pain.

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Adam Savage reviews a number of model Grogu toys. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLYSYrkeESE)


I will probably never watch The Mandalorian, but even I knew of the Baby Yoda mania at the time. I still think that was a big mistake on the creator's part, waiting that long to reveal the name Grogu. Convincing the fandom to use "the Child" instead of "Baby Yoda" was never going to happen.

[Nate the Great]

A few years ago Pedro Araujo turned the first generation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRfO_0eRwh0) of Pokemon games into a movie, and now he's done it for the second generation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sOAhPatwOs).


Still an impressive work and I enjoyed it, but it's not quite as good as the first one. Then again, I do have more nostalgia for the first generation.

[Nate the Great]

Someone made a LEGO Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=122164414088577469&set=pcb.2254664134985304)

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We see fandom crossovers more and more often these days, but this is one I never thought I'd see...


Power Rangers and Norman Rockwell (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1263684202423311&set=a.462144189243987)

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Some fans did some model mashups of DeLorean time machines and other fictional vehicles. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LPbhMBdkls)


I find the Indiana Jones idol especially impressive.
Using five DeLoreans to make Voltron is just madness.

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An alternate take on what Star Trek V could've been. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtiyQqkOrp0)


Interesting idea, I have conflicting feelings about it (not the least of which being that this feels more like a two-parter than a movie). But at least it would be better than the STV we actually got.

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A LEGO version of the TNG crew. (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1044070627870981&set=a.596979919246723)


Data's skin needs to be closer to actual white and Worf's skin needs to be brown, plus Worf needs a different hairpiece, closer to this (https://www.ebay.com/itm/163788210144?chn=ps&mkevt=1&mkcid=28&google_free_listing_action=view_item&srsltid=AfmBOorJJuJEEwa5lm0Loqrwn3QWskLn5-S0gpCd5vDup6uQGpcC2TIrk9M&com_cvv=8fb3d522dc163aeadb66e08cd7450cbbdddc64c6cf 2e8891f6d48747c6d56d2c) but with forehead ridges.

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Today is the 40th anniversary of Back to the Future.


Someone converted a DeLorean to a time machine/KITT mashup (https://geektyrant.com/news/knight-riders-back-to-the-future-delorean-time-machine)
A medley of covers of various songs from the franchise, with a twist that I've never heard before (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfmQ-zmnYzk)
Mashup of BTTF and Batman '89 themes. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3P5bNTy7fM) I'm not terribly impressed, I like it when mashups feel like A is influencing B music and vice versa, not "let's play a bit of A, and then a bit of B"
Goldentusk's classic "BTTF Theme With Lyrics" video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GheAd59anbU&list=RDGheAd59anbU&start_radio=1)
Someone converted a DeLorean into a DeLorean-shaped TARDIS (https://scifiheaven.net/2012/08/tardisdelorean-mashup/)

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Someone made a hilarious Commander Riker wall clock. (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10236843665409806&set=gm.30389410004037088&idorvanity=275841852487300)

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How to tell when a world map was made based on country arrangement and place names (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=728087983312132&set=a.161423429978593)


What can I say, I'm a geography nerd. I even won the Geography Bee back in middle school.


My favorite part is when it branches out to cover the different eras of fictional places like Narnia and Middle-Earth.

[Nate the Great]

Someone took the difference between a standard and Oxford comma in a Trekish direction. (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10238754144738204&set=gm.30638978899080196&idorvanity=275841852487300)


It made me smile, yes it did.

[Nate the Great]

I'm sure you guys have seen the meme where people take random LEGO sets and make Millennium Falcons out of them...


But someone took an actual Millennium Falcon set and made the U.S.S. Reliant out of it! (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10232252117220375&set=gm.2275613019557082&idorvanity=991442004640863)

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Robert Picardo with cosplayers of Chaotica and Arachna, complete with makeup that makes them look like they're being shot in black and white. (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1586816519311306&set=a.784142776245355)

[Nate the Great]

Tom Lehrer died today. I know he was 97, but it still hurts.


YouTube playlist of his studio recordings (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tyu7dstANgo&list=PL520FA475863B4C0C)
"Silent E" Electric Company music video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91BQqdNOUxs&list=RD91BQqdNOUxs&start_radio=1)
Seeing a boy's church choir perform "Poisoning Pigeons In The Park" and act like pigeons is a new experience (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti0NfnpO_G4&list=RDTi0NfnpO_G4&start_radio=1)
Someone tries to update the lyrics to "National Brotherhood Week", but I feel a little more rehearsing was needed (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fq7SEMCsK2Q&list=RDfq7SEMCsK2Q&start_radio=1)
I know I posted the Doubleclicks cover of "L-Y" before, but it's still fun (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wb5BGm11b2Y&list=RDWb5BGm11b2Y&start_radio=1)
I suppose it's appropriate that I'd find a Lehrer song that I'd never heard of before today: "The Love Song of the Physical Anthropologist" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WemGqOhdXCA&list=RDWemGqOhdXCA&start_radio=1)

[Nate the Great]

Star Trekkies (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbsH1oy3qlY)


Today someone rediscovered the Trek spoof he and his friends made with a camcorder back in 1989.

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A Canadian Trek meme (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10163754616261393&set=a.140453606392)


This joke made me groan, so now you guys have to as well.

[Nate the Great]

A Star Wars-themed remake of the song "All Star". (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy6yJ5s-Ams&list=PLB28B299E68662213&index=167)


My relationship with "All Star" goes WAY back. Before Shrek, before the Digimon movie, back to the original "Astro Lounge" album, which was one of the first CDs I ever owned. I'm still not sure how I got it, I must've "borrowed" it from my brother, I didn't start buying CDs until college in the 2000s.


Disney cover, one word at a time (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4ayZZ4LAX0)


Bardcore instrumental (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5TB9DT6s-E&list=RDI5TB9DT6s-E&start_radio=1)


Translated/adapted into Latin (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bf2Edoj3_t8&list=RDBf2Edoj3_t8&start_radio=1)

[Nate the Great]

Food Theory tackles the best way to reheat pizza. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsIKMw4U7Ow)


My immediate response is "why would anyone want to reheat pizza?" I enjoy cold leftover pizza, and know perfectly well what a microwave does to it.

[NAHTMMM]

I see I haven't brought it up here yet, but old forum regular Draknek has been making puzzle games for a while. I have Sokobond and I really like it. He's made enough games now to fill out a whole Humble Bundle: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/draknek-and-friends-12th-anniversary-celebration

[Nate the Great]

I miss Draknek.


The 8-Bit Guy tackles the TI-99 series. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0Jtv8hvau4) Like I've said before, the TI-99/4A was my first home computer. We didn't move over to a DOS machine until the early '90s. Then Windows 95, and the rest is history.

[Nate the Great]

I Like to Make Things tackles the problem of cracking open an egg without bits of eggshell falling into the bowl. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJ43DjwLPGA)


Very clever, but Caractacus Potts did a better job at this sixty years ago (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc9h6FC6QgU).

[Nate the Great]

Another minimalist LEGO USS Enterprise. (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10238694173512736&set=pcb.3429109047232339)


You'll be amused at how much this thing triggers my Trekkie obsession. Is the original or the refit? Why are the Bussard collectors yellow? Why is the top so flat? Why are the warp coils red?

[Nate the Great]

LEGO iMac (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=24359375363755045&set=pcb.1950432299147361)


The only Mac we ever had at home was an original Macintosh (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_128K), but I spent half my senior year taking yearbook, and these iMacs were what we used. I even took home one of the boxes (later used it for a Halloween costume, but that's another story....)


I miss the turn-of-the-millennium obsession with transparent electronics cases. My family had one of those transparent telephones for awhile.

[Nate the Great]

The pilot episode of Star Trek Scouts. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-KvjtSgfJs)


Yeah, I didn't even know that this existed until today.


Look, I'm all for a preschool-oriented Trek show if it creates future Trekkies, but what I want is a Trek show written to be preschool oriented, not a preschool show with a Trek coat of paint on it. And this thing definitely looks like the latter.


And don't get me started on the emotional Vulcan cyborg...

[Zeke]

You'll be amused at how much this thing triggers my Trekkie obsession. Is the original or the refit?

I regret to report that it's the Discovery/SNW Enterprise! You can tell by the blue lights along the inside of the nacelles -- a little tribute to the NX-01.

[NAHTMMM]

https://nebushumor.wordpress.com/2025/09/07/statistics-saturday-star-trek-episodes-by-mission-objectives-accomplished/

Joseph Nebus attempts to chart whether Kirk's crew accomplished their mission statement of exploring strange new worlds etc. in each episode of the Original Series. There's actually not a whole lot of green.

[Nate the Great]

Awhile back I posted the LEGO TNG crew (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=767600969362744&set=a.149320467857467)...


Looking at it again it strikes me how little "Data" looks like Data. It actually reminds me more of Sheldon Cooper cosplaying as Data.

[Nate the Great]

Today I learned that today is the fortieth anniversary of Golden Girls...


The Golden Girls drawn as the Peanuts characters doing the Charlie Brown Christmas dances. (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1202858451870417&set=a.648341413988793)


I admit I never really watched Golden Girls, I was a kid at the time. But my mom was a big fan. I actually know Bea Arthur more from Star Wars Christmas.

[Nate the Great]

Another set of TNG LEGO minifigs. (https://scontent.fhio3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/547573944_1102857661992277_9202525411027959064_n.j pg?stp=dst-jpg_s640x640_tt6&_nc_cat=109&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=127cfc&_nc_ohc=cI0u1pD63u0Q7kNvwEdgubc&_nc_oc=Adl6A_fLP7YhZICFRHot6rScjkCRs5jI6SxaDcGdUrP jjHJqySLJEs8RrjnGmIj3VX0&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent.fhio3-1.fna&_nc_gid=fyxQSDjnrfjlahI2a6WeAQ&oh=00_AfbmkCaJMQ_Ah3stUcf9GXo3de9PpAjTdLmPYKsinl4e Ew&oe=68CE8482)


This one looks better, my only question is why is Troi wearing the Season One skant.

[Nate the Great]

A CGI visualization of a Star Trek theme park. (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10162144520603892&set=a.10152253875793892)


That is one of the ugliest 1701s I have ever seen. The worst will always be the Kelvinverse one, but this is close.

[Nate the Great]

Michael Buble covers the '60s Spider-Man theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzZut5sMGSw&list=RDU6_KQdBBbKk&index=29)


I'm a moderate Buble fan, but even I have to admit that his singing style doesn't fit this song AT ALL. The entire point of the '60s theme is that it's silly and fun, trying to perform it like it's a serious jazz song is missing the entire point and makes Michael look a bit delusional.

[Nate the Great]

We've all seen the Cheers opening with Star Trek clips, both TNG and DS9 versions, but someone actually rewrote the lyrics and made new art to really make a Cheers-themed Trek opening (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GXjQqpKhdg&list=RD7kq1JQUhwVQ&index=45).


This is great, my only complaint is the mix of TOS and TNG elements. This ain't The Captain's Table (https://memory-beta.fandom.com/wiki/The_Captain%27s_Table_(location)), y'know...

[Nate the Great]

A collection of Trek-themed sand sculptures (https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=122266957148222543&set=pcb.122266957484222543)

[Nate the Great]

Has it really been over four and a half years since I shilled Shadiversity? Well, today he posted a new bat'leth video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFhYfxT59d4). In past videos he's been rather scornful of the bat'leth, but this time his friend Tyranth does a full-court press in favor of the honor blade.


I think Shad is being rather myopic about what the bat'leth wielder's opponent will be using. You don't see longswords in Trek, so they're not a factor. Even in Worf's holodeck program you only see shortswords as an alternative. That's because Klingons don't believe in fighting at a distance, they go all in and GET THE JOB DONE.


"Longsword vs. bat'leth" is never an option, it's the dishonorable p'takhs who go straight to their disruptors that these guys need to worry about.

[Nate the Great]

So lately there's been this meme where people take the frame from Charlie Brown Christmas where everyone is doing the funny dance moves and replace the characters with Peanuts-style caricatures of characters from another film/show/etc.


Well, this time it's The Princess Bride (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1225041929652069&set=a.648341413988793).

[Nate the Great]

Now you can buy a Back to the Future-themed Polly Pocket. (https://creations.mattel.com/products/polly-pocket-back-to-the-future-compact-jcc20?srsltid=AfmBOorRWMd-r8JKqwfjAZ5VfV7nKkSVSDaidXmmlkTv0OV8ldBiVzKY)


Wow, just...wow.


Makes me wish Mighty Max was still a thing. It would be cool to see Max in that orange puffy jacket...


(Oh, and that is the most hideous version of the DeLorean Time Machine I have ever seen)

[Nate the Great]

Drew Struzan has died.


Here are some of his classic and not so classic covers.


Arabian Nights (http://www.drewstruzan.com/illustrated/portfolio/index%EF%B9%96fa=medium&gid=965&mp&gallerystart=1&pagestart=1&type=mp&gs=1.html) (I miss the Hallmark miniseries of twenty years ago...)


Back to the Future (http://www.drewstruzan.com/illustrated/portfolio/index%EF%B9%96fa=medium&gid=686&mp&gallerystart=1&pagestart=1&type=mp&gs=1.html)


The Muppet Movie (http://www.drewstruzan.com/illustrated/portfolio/index%EF%B9%96fa=medium&gid=815&mp&gallerystart=51&pagestart=1&type=mp&gs=3.html)


The Muppet Christmas Carol (http://www.drewstruzan.com/illustrated/portfolio/index%EF%B9%96fa=medium&gid=905&mp&gallerystart=51&pagestart=1&type=mp&gs=3.html)


A New Hope (http://www.drewstruzan.com/illustrated/portfolio/index%EF%B9%96fa=medium&gid=971&mp&gallerystart=101&pagestart=1&type=mp&gs=5.html)


He even did a couple Star Trek comic book covers (http://www.drewstruzan.com/illustrated/portfolio/index%EF%B9%96fa=medium&gid=809&bc&gallerystart=1&pagestart=1&type=bc&gs=1.html)


The TOS power trio (http://www.drewstruzan.com/illustrated/portfolio/index%EF%B9%96fa=large&gid=772&ad&gallerystart=26&pagestart=1&type=ad&gs=2.html)

[Nate the Great]

Two (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=24975826925406125&set=gm.32106327095678695&idorvanity=275841852487300) Trek (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=2587917421595212&set=gm.4068637510115639&idorvanity=3534764546836274) memes from Facebook.


One I like, the other I don't. Can you guess which is which?

[Nate the Great]

A guy made chess pawns that can transform into the other pieces at specific points, making the game more interesting. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lISr1OjhjQ)


I know very little about how mechanisms like this work, so this kind of stuff is always impressive.

[Nate the Great]

A Trek/Sesame Street meme that's truly groan-worthy. (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10237552547248017&set=gm.25169232449382101&idorvanity=5072374459494530)

[Nate the Great]

Fun Trek Halloween decoration. (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=25084795867842563&set=gm.32307795272198542&idorvanity=275841852487300)

[Nate the Great]

Straight from Facebook: an axe that uses an explosive charge to force the blade into the wood. (https://www.facebook.com/watch?v=2178219662661157)


And since I'm a middle-aged nerd that was raised on TGIF, of course my first thought is the time Tim built a pneumatic pusher into a golf club (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLM0ENKcZaY).

[NAHTMMM]

A guy made chess pawns that can transform into the other pieces at specific points, making the game more interesting. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lISr1OjhjQ)


I know very little about how mechanisms like this work, so this kind of stuff is always impressive.

Neat!

The variant he came up with seems like it would be likely to degenerate into a few very distinct openings where the central queens get traded or rook pawns promote to attack across the way or something, but the mechanisms are impressive.

[Nate the Great]

For your annual dose of Halloween weirdness, here's Doomcock doing an impression of Captain Kirk doing a reading of "The Raven." (http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_QWIri8DKY)


If you want a more refined performance, may I recommend Christopher's Lee's version? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyxsPHWSxlY&t=77s)


I think my favorite rendering of The Raven is still Garrison Keillor's. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6oRAK7HFgA)


Alan Rickman (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guEuZMwdhY4). For some reason I think of his performance as Colonel Brandon in Sense and Sensibility when I hear this version.

[Nate the Great]

For your daily dose of "let's make you feel old!", here's this collage of '70s- '80s tech that today's kids wouldn't recognize (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=122199065006319671&set=a.122101748750319671).


I miss cap gun strips. My first camera used 110 film and flash cubes.

[Nate the Great]

Someone made a LEGO Swiss Army knife. (https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=122242232192147916&set=a.122202542540147916)


As a former Boy Scout and camper I have much affection and respect for the Swiss Army knife. I still have my Totin' Chip (http://usscouts.org/advance/boyscout/totinchip.asp) in my scrapbook.

[Nate the Great]

Fanart of various witches from pop culture (https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1143883937861041&set=pcb.1143883987861036)


Always nice to see Studio Ghibli represented, but those drawings of Miss Price and Madam Mim are just awful. And I was certainly not expecting Bavmorda.

[Nate the Great]

The Mystery Inc. gang in TOS uniforms. (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1224442919713977&set=a.460501539441456)


You already know how much I hate that green wraparound uniform, so let's move on to Daphne. That's not Daphne, that's Janice Rand. The only thing that's "Daphne" about that character is the pose.

[Nate the Great]

A Tom Lehrer tribute concert (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ej7eZqaKOc&list=RD_Ej7eZqaKOc&start_radio=1)


Not only does this guy does (almost) every Lehrer song in one sitting, but he also adds extra lyrics to cover more recent scandals like the Ukranian invasion and Floyd murder.


(I'm a little disappointed that he forgot the Subway Song (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goJ0QIaXZ-w&list=RDgoJ0QIaXZ-w&start_radio=1)).

[Nate the Great]

I'm a fan of domino runs, but this one (https://www.facebook.com/watch?v=1372105097808678) is just weird.


Over two thousand Chinese students with mattress "dominoes."

[Nate the Great]

75,000 piece LEGO DS9! (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=816169241172583&set=a.149320467857467)

[Nate the Great]

A baseball expert analyzes the game in "Take Me Out to the Holosuite." (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB-XbwNdBsU)

[Nate the Great]

Fanart collage of lions from fiction (https://www.facebook.com/DidYouMeanMarvelComics/posts/pfbid0tN9kPBjHAqwbokPQUfDFGNhPciSwUPFN8VhjAcZno5Nz MVXLqzEKVS7Ajco1K3B7l)


As a Digimon fan it's always nice to see Leomon, but as a Disney fan it's ALWAYS nice to see Lambert the Sheepish Lion (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9cFdw71K6o)!

[Nate the Great]

A LEGO TV/DVD player that will bounce the DVD logo around the "screen". (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sPK42-fzqU)

[Nate the Great]

This guy makes jumbo-sized 3D printed LEGO bricks to make human-sized Technic vehicles! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyM0SPHocUA)


He also made a dirt bike that Adam Savage got to test drive! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVzafoKXynU)

[Nate the Great]

This guy built an office under his stairs. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0npGI9WCzs)


Cool stuff, but having a monitor six inches from my face would get annoying really quick.

[Nate the Great]

I never thought I'd see a Pricess Bride/Star Wars mashup... (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10125173220546168&set=gm.32633155136329219&idorvanity=275841852487300)

[Nate the Great]

A tribute to the made-for-TV Disney Sunday Movies of the '80s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_32XF-N2pmg)


(Links to watch all of the mentioned movies on YouTube are in the description)


I know that not all of them could be mentioned, but I was upset that they didn't include Little Spies (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpXsJeCBp3Q). I had that one on tape just like BRAT Patrol, Not Quite Human, Parent Trap II, etc.


I can't tell you how nostalgic the Disney Sunday Movie intro (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8DF17Tqxow) is to me.

[Nate the Great]

The Princess Leia (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNSwzRpKZyA)


A Princess Bride/Star Wars mashup as a brickfilm. If the premise alone isn't worth a watch, this guy's attempt at impersonating Peter Falk will tip the scales.
(Oh, and give it a proper attempt. While the first half feels like a straight find-and-replace of the PB script onto SW characters, the randomness ramps up later as the fourth wall breaks).

[Nate the Great]

A new Oregon Trail meme (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1190244936541759&set=a.572168511682741)


This one definitely made me LOL.

[Nate the Great]

What if the TOS crew dressed like hippies? (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=25494294050163988&set=gm.25013744148277445&idorvanity=462313080513893)


Or at least, what if Kirk, Spock, and a bunch of random people dressed in hippy-style uniforms. Because the rest of those people are not the TOS crew (if that one guy is supposed to be Scotty it is WAY off).

[Nate the Great]

I've never seen a photo of D.C. Fontana as a young woman working on TOS before... (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=864577769587978&set=a.602723962440028)

[Nate the Great]

I'm always a sucker for a good Norman Rockwell meme, and when you cross him with Back to the Future (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1429813275812374&set=a.402376551889390)...


Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

[Nate the Great]

I was wandering the Schoolhouse Rock corner of YouTube for some reason, and found this little gem that explains D&D attributes (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z21xtwS0as&list=RD2z21xtwS0as&start_radio=1).


I've only "played" D&D once, using an extremely loose definition of "played." Long story.

[Nate the Great]

Patti Yasutake (Nurse Ogawa) has died. (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1326809686126581&set=a.486696276804597)


Ouch.

[Nate the Great]

What with the recent fad of turning random LEGO sets into Millennium Falcons (here's a video of a few examples (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpNqqkd8rNA&t=2s)), I was wandering the communities and was reminded of the earlier fad of "Can it run Doom?"


A compilation of videos of Doom modded into various operating systems and devices. (https://canitrundoom.org/entries)

[Nate the Great]

An Enterprise made from gingerbread cookies. (https://scontent-sea5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/592951472_1165926089018767_638883448936174361_n.jp g?_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=127cfc&_nc_ohc=lNUi2PfVo7sQ7kNvwGA4NWL&_nc_oc=AdlGZlvMBES8fXwADlGxvukD-vdvnCA0zEiHn1ixtKiAPazfCeWgXlMyc6mR0dj-Wlo&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-sea5-1.xx&_nc_gid=XGC0rm85d4N34FYE8JOQ8Q&oh=00_AfnSSNni5a_xPTuyncHq2SVOU77OhVAuo4uYUfLQXuZn OQ&oe=6935503C)


The specific Enterprise eludes me. For the most part it looks like the original TOS version, but it also appears to have the elongated bridge dome and rear airlock of the refit.

[Nate the Great]

I never thought I'd ever see this...


What if Star Trek was a Tokusatsu show? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2ZxCJako10)

[Nate the Great]

A Trek/H2G2 Facebook meme (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1215897610603836&set=a.180735820786692)

[Nate the Great]

Someone cosplays as a Klingon AS Superman. (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=2004495510352092&set=a.105722646896064)


Meaningless aside, hate the Man of Steel Costume, Superman needs the red briefs, etc...

[Nate the Great]

Remember when Worf lost a bet to O'Brien and promised to give him a bottle of scotch?


A comic writer did, and wrote a story where Worf finally gets that bottle to O'Brien. (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=888217260294919&set=gm.1535875190782510&idorvanity=816261872743849)

[Nate the Great]

Never thought I'd ever see a H2G2/Herbie the Love Bug crossover... (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10235499055549899&set=gm.10164263578699468&idorvanity=2200404467)

[Nate the Great]

Someone rewrites Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer in the metaphorical language of Darmok. (https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10239563476608505&set=gm.2018136575427718&idorvanity=337634486811277)

[Nate the Great]

A variety of mini LEGO starships attack a LEGO Borg cube. (https://scontent.fhio3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/594536490_26322543954001603_9061398904572903110_n. jpg?stp=dst-jpg_p526x296_tt6&_nc_cat=102&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=aa7b47&_nc_ohc=Yip5bobB2VkQ7kNvwGTMZMp&_nc_oc=AdnQDMlEgDpTNl3f2N6WGaK_9TS7bTeefEjSc4lBYPs 34byR2X6MRyCTxLZWy0wfWr4&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent.fhio3-1.fna&_nc_gid=F_XVMw3ZG4443-5UeAhjbg&oh=00_AfkbcX4dJRwA-CIrhjBmWZJXCBPsccfjyqHEr6U2yCUGeA&oe=69398F34)


Always nice to see LEGO models at this scale. Chunky yet recognizable. And while I'm not fond of the Steamrunner class (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Steamrunner_class), I admit I don't see it very often in fanwork.

[Nate the Great]

Talk about a nostalgic boot to the head. Making art by removing sticker backing paper and putting sand on the adhesive. (https://www.facebook.com/reel/846729711554287)


I haven't thought about this art form since I was a kid!

[Nate the Great]

Apparently Starfleet ran into a budget problem at one point and had to turn their starships into mobile billboards... (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1354424863146710&set=a.664616288794241)

[Nate the Great]

Boxart from an old Star Trek toy featuring the TOS crew's stunt doubles. (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1402725901665161&set=a.535208721750221)


Interesting combination of a Charonian and Malekith the Dark Elf there...

[Nate the Great]

It's always nice to see the exocomp get some love in fanart... (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=26169186036015611&set=gm.32977933318518064&idorvanity=275841852487300)

[Nate the Great]

Well, this is as reasonable an explanation as any that I've heard for how starships know where "down" is... (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=25446039138384899&set=gm.32976180958693300&idorvanity=275841852487300)

[Nate the Great]

It's been a few years since I've shilled Pocket83, so when he posts a Mario-themed Christmas ornament build (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKjRSOZ863g), I have to share.

[Nate the Great]

This Trek crossover meme would be ruined if I told you up front what it is, just click. (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1254054710105321&set=a.467571592086974)

[Nate the Great]

What if Voyager was a '40s-era black and white serial? (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1402853081203931&set=a.592611245561456)


I find the proposed cast particularly interesting. Katharine Hepburn as Janeway? Mickey Rooney as Neelix? Rita Moreno as B'Elanna?

[Nate the Great]

A couple months ago I posted the transforming chess pieces. Well, the creator ( (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiYsN2kjjWc)Riley Kolbow/Works By Design) has shown a set to Adam Savage (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiYsN2kjjWc).

[Nate the Great]

The Patrick Stewart audiobook of A Christmas Carol (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFB6ikg9UpM)


I still have the audio cassettes, but you can't deny that YouTube is more convenient.


I can't speak to the quality of his film version (I think I only saw it once many years ago), but I still like this version.

[Nate the Great]

Well, here's three people you'd never expect to find in the same photo. (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1403674081770265&set=a.206979391439746)


Queen Elizabeth, Dick Van Dyke, and Sean Connery!

[Nate the Great]

TNG crew gingerbread cookies! (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10239756781801014&set=gm.2027640937810615&idorvanity=337634486811277)

[Nate the Great]

MSN.com presents their list of the top 10 Star Trek Villains


10. Shinzon
9. Gary Mitchell
8. Weyoun
7. General Chang
6. Kai Winn
5. Lore
4. Q
3. Gul Dukat
2. Khan
1. Borg Queen


Oh boy, are there some mistakes here. To be a great Trek villain it takes more than threat level OR personal stakes with hero OR complicated motivations. A great villain needs all of these. Shinzon was a crybaby that somehow got power. Weyoun is brainwashed. The Borg Queen was always a bad idea in general, the result of cowardly producers.


I'd put Karidian and Lenore above half of these people. Kevin Finney, Trelane, Daimon Bok for goodness sakes!

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I forgot the MSN link, sorry.


Turning a tape measure into a chalk line. (https://www.facebook.com/reel/881464177744106)


I've used a chalk line before, and I respect tools. Seeing this butchering made me shiver, especially when you consider how pointless it is. You can buy a chalk line for under ten dollars!

[Nate the Great]

What if William Shatner was bald and Patrick Stewart wore Shatner's toupee? (https://scontent.fhio3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/600311481_1259065949604197_1304644318274984605_n.j pg?stp=dst-jpg_p526x296_tt6&_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=833d8c&_nc_ohc=FElanAvd1LEQ7kNvwGj_Bzy&_nc_oc=AdnPr05KKNx-Q3pMcs2HRjkzTDPlmNpMgQOPigexp15osa3RB8idebO3RO3fOT 50BO4&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent.fhio3-1.fna&_nc_gid=VRIv2-Tk-d9tx2hg7PrW4A&oh=00_AflC96uQUxi-e49lREsQ0GkGhaa2B81pW4aPdj8AMyPQog&oe=694BBD5C)

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I'm always down for a new rendition of "Linus and Lucy" if it's done properly...


A high school percussion orchestra featuring xylophones! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J839PCdY7kk&list=RDUkwdKfpQ3EU&index=24)

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Someone turned a Millennium Falcon LEGO kit into the USS Voyager. (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1451311413020289&set=a.298874981597277)

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Pop quiz!


How many of these TNG admirals can you name? (https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1218801607062354&set=a.429195559356300)

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Antiques Roadshow presents a bunch of Christmas items. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GskCNRaCQ0A)


What blew my mind is that one of the items is Virginia O'Hanlon's original letter to the New York Sun! That should be in a museum!

[Nate the Great]

Someone redesigned the NX-01 to look like it would fit the aesthetics of the TOS era. (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10162868877648096&set=pcb.3345511765596194)


(I'm still grumpy at how they just ripped of the Akira class for that eyesore...)

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A painting of the classic Trek captains (and the guy from the Orville for some reason...) (https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1672624014108868&set=gm.26001782482760438&idorvanity=1485589344806426)


I'm trying to decide if that Picard is supposed to be younger than the guy we know, supposed to be a body double, or if this guy just can't paint Patrick Stewart to save his life...


(or maybe there was an episode I missed where he took the youth serum instead of Mark Jameson...)

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MSN.com presents their list of the top 10 Star Trek Villains


10. Shinzon
9. Gary Mitchell
8. Weyoun
7. General Chang
6. Kai Winn
5. Lore
4. Q
3. Gul Dukat
2. Khan
1. Borg Queen


Oh boy, are there some mistakes here. To be a great Trek villain it takes more than threat level OR personal stakes with hero OR complicated motivations. A great villain needs all of these. Shinzon was a crybaby that somehow got power. Weyoun is brainwashed. The Borg Queen was always a bad idea in general, the result of cowardly producers.


I'd put Karidian and Lenore above half of these people. Kevin Finney, Trelane, Daimon Bok for goodness sakes!
Yeah, Shinzon as presented has no business here. Top ten wasted villain concepts? Absolutely.

[Nate the Great]

Probably the cleanest rip of Muppet Family Christmas I've ever seen. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD7aRwAwlEQ)


And yes, it's the uncut UK version. I'm amazed that Disney hasn't sorted out the music rights yet for an uncut US release. I understand that for the Muppet Show the cost/benefit analysis might not balance, but this isn't the same situation!

[Nate the Great]

I bet you never thought there'd be a Rankin-Bass/Zelda crossover... (https://scontent.fhio3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/605299934_1173986711381609_3555120724774116504_n.j pg?stp=dst-jpg_p526x296_tt6&_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=127cfc&_nc_ohc=nF1CnnlDacAQ7kNvwGn0ZW8&_nc_oc=AdlZfneDAii5xX6qVrvzuM9o8uCmsLkMoO9W35q4s6j vR46zUYwA16288NGQn11Mhc8&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent.fhio3-1.fna&_nc_gid=HSM2wXcqDn3aw_PQhEqYOg&oh=00_AfkoErzc0e277UHdOyXl9IYt0feqI47lM-qVZk7RmyA6Fg&oe=694F751F)

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An AI video of a guy posing for selfies with each of the Trek casts. (https://www.facebook.com/reel/715612304945509)


As usual, some of the virtual actors look great and some really don't. This is what annoys me about the use of AI: too many people saying "that's good enough" when it really isn't.

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Someone made a runabout out of LEGO knockoff bricks. (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10164622925143792&set=pcb.25432043856463983)


Always nice to see the rollbar, they didn't use it nearly often enough.

[Nate the Great]

A roundup of celebrities who've died in 2025 (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1292057249608776&set=a.1073240278157142)


Jane Goodall is a tragedy, of course, I still remember the Far Side strip that made fun of her.


The biggest shock for me personally is Frank Gehry. As an architecture enthusiast I've long known of his work, plus my alma mater has a building that he designed (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weisman_Art_Museum).

[Nate the Great]

Stuff Made Here strikes again: a mini golf putter that automatically rotates the head to make the perfect shot every time. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQB8aNKyeao)


As usual this guy is impressive, but also completely bonkers.

[Nate the Great]

So lately I've been binge watching music videos of songs that I listened to on the radio decades ago...


And the award for the greatest disjoint between the visuals and the lyrics goes to! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3Pb3EJY5Qg&list=RDdls_cBmUt7Q&index=36)


When I think "Shania Twain" I do not think "cyberpunk". What happened here?

[Nate the Great]

A TikTok ad compares the technology of 1990 with 1999... (https://www.facebook.com/reel/2038654733586311)


Boy, I remember having one of those telephones with the clear case, and I'll always have fond memories of those iMac G3s...

[Nate the Great]

LEGO Aeroshuttle (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=737962206033554&set=pcb.737962309366877)


Never did like the look of the aeroshuttle. Clearly the cockpit was designed to be able to reuse the runabout set with minor redressing.


Then again, after the complete failure of the Captain's Yacht you'd think the creators would've learned to not attempt something similar. After all, they would've had to have created undocking and docking footage PLUS new Voyager footage with a big chunk missing. In the long run making the saucer separate (and have only the saucer be able to land and take off) would've been better.

(https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10242717093329553&set=gm.3821962418106879&idorvanity=2874625372840593)
TNG cast as the Masters of the Universe (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10242717093329553&set=gm.3821962418106879&idorvanity=2874625372840593)


You can't imagine how painful it was to not know Data's alter ego at first, nor how relieved I was when I realized he was Stratos and I didn't have to look it up! I get that Dr. Crusher is supposed to be the Sorceress but for the life of me she looks more like a generic Dungeons and Dragons cleric.


I'm trying to imagine Geordi as Tri-Clops, but I'm not sure that it'd work. Frankly Riker doesn't really fit as Man-At-Arms, that would be more of an O'Brien role. Plus having Riker and Troi play father and daughter is just...icky. Yar would be a better Teela. Q as Zodac! Lore as Skeletor! Sela as Evil-Lyn! The possibilities are endless!


Oh, brainflash! Exocomp as Orko!

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Pooh and friends cosplay as the various Doctors (the timelord ones) (https://scontent.fhio3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/613180133_10216823301890893_591520882161127392_n.j pg?stp=dst-jpg_s640x640_tt6&_nc_cat=103&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=aa7b47&_nc_ohc=eyc_-bDUDlQQ7kNvwGW03Hv&_nc_oc=AdlgmS-4jSG2s3MnSLyitTtLGmvy-3OuS-qN_GkIL-6A7MEAmN5nUK5b2QE-RsI-xFY&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent.fhio3-1.fna&_nc_gid=QDV6KhOq-j8MQJ2pHNziHQ&oh=00_Afq5FnCry7nWizl251Bkt05OQEpDKF1Nzgi7O4hT1SRN 0A&oe=6966F396)


Well, that happened...

[Nate the Great]

Early test footage for Weird Al's "White and Nerdy" music video. With Donny Osmond dancing like an idiot, for some reason... (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWc6QQ9JlMc)


Of course I like "White and Nerdy", but my enthusiasm for the song decreases with each listen, because....


Because there is no way that ONE guy can be into all of these things simultaneously.There aren't enough hours in the day.

[Nate the Great]

What if the Ecto 1, DeLorean time machine, and Mystery Machine were shaped like the '89 Batmobile? (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=122252938076147916&set=a.122202542540147916)

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So Wizards of the Coast is going to release Star Trek cards for Magic: The Gathering. (https://magic.wizards.com/en/products/star-trek)


Over at TV Tropes we'd call this a Flat What (https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FlatWhat) moment.

[Nate the Great]

A collection of custom LEGO Star Trek ships (https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=26839777432289326&set=pcb.881044291444800)


Most of them are nice (especially that Danube-class), but that Type 9 shuttle is just hideous. Never did like the Type 9 (AKA Class 2 i.e. the Cochrane), the design is a clear example of something that was designed to look modern with no consideration for practicality.

[Nate the Great]

So I've been listening to various covers of "Candle on the Water" from Pete's Dragon...


This is one that has to be heard to be disbelieved. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYbQ5JKgnq8)


I don't "hate" it, it seems to defy a conventional binary opinion.

[Nate the Great]

Al Hirshfield-style drawing of the DS9 cast (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1316604750496810&set=a.338207931669835)


A rather nice minimalist LEGO model of a TOS shuttle (https://www.facebook.com/reel/800537619721989)

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A Mega Man/Digimon crossover (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1979982679575814&set=pcb.2164456417694859)


I still remember how epic the first appearance of Omnimon (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0M2H8TR0-M) was


Mega Man...never had the NES games, so my first connections to the franchise were the NT Warrior anime and the Bob and George webcomic.

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Another AI "Taking selfies of myself with the Trek crews" video (https://www.facebook.com/reel/1573910210524963)


This one is a lot more inept than the last one. More uniform errors and a lot more "this stand in only looks like the Trek character when the camera slows down for the selfie, it blurs back to the original actor during the wipes to and from."


Seriously, it's enjoyable just to see how many mistakes there are.

[Nate the Great]

Teaser Trailer for the new He-Man movie (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmEx7wQI6RY)


My biggest problem is the Earth parts. It's stupid. I get that in the '80s it was common to put fantasy characters in modern Earth as a cost-saving measure, but that doesn't fly these days. Why couldn't it just be a simpler story of "Skeletor takes over Eternia and captures Prince Adam's parents, Adam discovers Castle Greyskull and proves himself worthy of the Power Sword so he can become He-Man and save his people"?

[Nate the Great]

Someone built a robot that plays Bop-It. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9Kmm2tILVo)

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Newspaper clipping of the TNG cast before the show started (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10229561377608667&set=a.1029493267463)


The funny part is the caption labeling Geordi as "the new Spock." Seriously? Obviously Data was supposed to be in the Spock position, but you could argue that Worf has a better claim to the title than Geordi does!

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One of the comics features Trek characters playing D&D (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1254315896822258&set=a.386229466964243)


I must be seriously warped if my biggest problem is Data wearing his poker visor.

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I've never seen a LEGO Constitution refit at this scale before... (https://www.facebook.com/reel/4415197722042621)

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What if Wrath of Khan was a western? (https://www.facebook.com/reel/2328532494289473)


An old-timey "photo" with the characters moving. Once again the AI characters look spot on when they're not moving, but once they start moving suddenly they're replaced with stunt doubles. At this point I can't help but hate such laziness. A still photo would've been more impressive.

[Nate the Great]

Certifiably Ingame tackles Voyager's bridge. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brU5fgSPLMU)


I never knew there was a separate science station! It never made sense to me, treating Operations (a yellowshirt) as though it covered Science (a blueshirt) as well. I get that Data wouldn't look good in blue, but that's not the point. It's plausible that Data can keep more stuff on his plate than an ordinary officer. That doesn't apply to Harry, either he should've been Science Officer or there should've been a recurring Science Officer (Samanta Wildman?) in the cast.


Come to think of it, what was a fresh Academy graduate doing as a Senior Officer anyway? It reminds me of Worf's situation back in Season One, the general "duty officer" learning different things. You could also apply this to Chekov's situation in TOS.

[Nate the Great]

Today's Hirshfield-style collection of caricatures of celebrities whose birthday's are today includes Ethan Phillips. (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=25729165233410168&set=gm.2420027068429925&idorvanity=237243726708281)

(https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=25729165233410168&set=gm.2420027068429925&idorvanity=237243726708281)
Ignore the "remembering" subtitle, he's still alive.

[Nate the Great]

Seven Mysteries of Star Trek by We Travel By Night (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8SRsPvdfWg)


1. Where did the planet killer come from?
2. What happened at Axanar?
3. What happened to the remains of the Genesis planet after SFS? Why wasn't another attempt at the Genesis project made?
4. What happened to Maltz?
5. What was Picard doing between the loss of the Stargazer and taking command of the E-D?
6. What happened to the bluegills?
7. What happened between Guinan and Q?


1. I'm not fond of the idea that the Preservers built them to use against the Borg, frankly I'm not fond of the laziness of "The Preservers did it" or the idea that the Borg have been around for that long.
2. Ignoring the race seen in Enterprise, I'm not fond of the simple "it was a battle against the Klingons" explanation. It seems rather simplistic.
3. I'm interested in the theory one of the novels proposed-it wasn't the protomatter that was the problem, it was a side effect of the Genesis Device trying to make a planet out of a nebula when it was never designed to do that. As for why it was never attempted again, I'm going to assume that the Klingons insisted that the technology be banned for everyone, combined with greater warp speeds allowing for easier colonization of existing planets.
4. "He killed himself" always seemed like an easy cop out. I prefer the story that he helped improve the translation of the Klingon language.
5. The novels are full of stories set during this era. My only problem is that more of it should've been mentioned in canon, in particular important archeology finds.
6. Once again the novels covered the bluegills rather well.
7. This is one that really should've been followed up on.

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Courtesy of One Hit Wonderland...


The ORIGINAL "Hooked on a Feeling" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wqt_iZBvtCo&list=RDWqt_iZBvtCo&start_radio=1)
No, not Blue Swede. B.J. Thomas. Sometimes you don't want the ooga-chakas.

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Ooga-chaka is fun but the original is much better.

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I was disturbed by this so now you have to be as well...


CGI TNG cast as though they were characters in The Jetsons. (https://www.facebook.com/reel/887161527570996)


I wonder how you say "Uncanny Valley (https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/UncannyValley)" in Klingon...

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This one actually made me LOL, that doesn't happen very often. (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10238279519980880&set=gm.34125690840408967&idorvanity=275841852487300)

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Ashens 20th Anniversary Special! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_QpVTVUJe0)


Yikes, does this make me feel old. I was an Ashens fan right at the beginning, jumping on before he hit a hundred videos, back in the 10 minute limit era. I feel like waving my walking stick at some whippersnappers...

[Nate the Great]

We all know Vasquez Rocks from "Arena", but I didn't know Trek used the site this many more times. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvXtN6CHMCc)

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So apparently this year is the 30th anniversary of Pokemon (why yes, I would like to wave my walking stick at some whippersnappers, thank you), so someone made fanart of the TOS Trio with some Pokemon (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1478833417585800&set=gm.26396122603345068&idorvanity=870495283001151).


Spock with Squirtle, Kirk with Pikachu, and Scotty with Charmander. Somehow those don't seem appropriate beyond fitting the color scheme. I'd picture Spock with a Psychic type, Kirk with a Fighting type, and Scotty with a Steel type.


What Pokemon starter would fit every Trek main cast member would be an interesting forum game, but I'm not in the mood to start that thread.


A fan's car-size classic 1701 model (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1233433425601366&set=a.596979919246723). I'm sorry, but it always irks me to see things that purport to be the classic TOS 1701 but...aren't. Wrong Bussard collectors, wrong deflector dish, the nacelle vents don't stick out enough...

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Fanmade Trek-themed Jeopardy questions. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVKkhxNlVbo)


I got most of the pre-NuTrek stuff, except for half of the Dax hosts. The one that really bugged me is the one who walked with her hands behind her, the one that Kira let borrow her body. I couldn't remember!


The really painful ones were identifying the Trek movie by a snippet of the score. Given enough time I could probably identify the scores of the first six, but the later ones sort of blur together.

[Nate the Great]

Jill Bearup reviews Ever After (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtBnzBkZAxU)


I can't believe that I've never plugged Jill Bearup before. She reviews movies set in the past, usually focusing on the accuracy of their swordfights.


Ever After is a guilty pleasure for me. I don't mind "realistic" fairy tales as long as they have the right story, acting, etc. i.e. you can tell that effort was made.


It's interesting how I exclusively know of Drew Barrymore from her less successful roles. I never watched The Wedding Singer or Never Been Kissed or Charlie's Angels, I know her from Babes in Toyland and Batman Forever!

[Nate the Great]

Bunnytails reviews "The Outrageous Okona" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0I1SHeOCro)


I had to share this if only so you can hear her compare Okona with Harry Mudd. Talk about a LOL moment!

[Nate the Great]

This one is just insane.


What if you replaced the rear wheel of a bicycle with two half-wheels? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PX3A7GLtFqM)

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Neat!


Two more "lost" First Doctor episodes have been announced to be found. "The Dalek Master Plan" now has 5 episodes out of the original 12.

Steven's actor was driven to a cinema under false pretences for a surprise viewing.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g7kwq1k11o

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This isn't really a link, but...

I subscribe to Dave Barry's mailing list. The most recent newsletter talks about the Oscars...

Who will win Best Picture this year? Will it be “Encounter at Farpoint,” or “The Naked Now,” or “Code of Honor,” or even “The Last Outpost?” Probably not, because these are not Oscar-nominated movies. These are the titles of the first four episodes of season one (1987-88) of the TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation. I’m just listing them here to drive home the point that the average person such as (no offense) yourself is pretty much oblivious to what the film industry is up to these days.

Before this was a mention of the 2024 Best Picture winner Anora, which I'd never heard of but certainly sounds like the name of a Star Trek planet, doesn't it?

Looking back on the award winners, I'd have to go back to 2003's LOTR The Return of the King to have seen a winner. If we're talking nominees, just 2018 for Black Panther.

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I very much would not know about the existence of more than a couple of movies here or there if I weren't in hobby-oriented spaces.

[Nate the Great]

TOS-themed shirt that's a reference to the classic A New Hope poster (https://beautiprints.com/products/classic-unisex-t-shirt-7gcyxyqn?ad_id=120238913654870286&campaign_id=120238913653820286&fbclid=IwY2xjawQmFCFleHRuA2FlbQEwAGFkaWQBqyynrRi87 nNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR7d-qm7SBonAA41TwyUPyKsnzeesa_68kRmyJ_mehhKLh6rfQ_BmLU EUbA1kg_aem_k9pOG5eT1Y0GHUjrlVSXwg&utm_campaign=120238913653820286&utm_content=120238913654870286&utm_id=120238913653820286&utm_medium=paid&utm_source=facebook&utm_term=120238913654000286)


I'm annoyed that everything is TOS except for TWOK Khan. Couldn't they be consistent? Cute reference, though.

[Nate the Great]

An image of a retired Jonathan Archer watching the construction of the 1701 (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=961440789740722&set=a.179300494621426)


1. That ain't Jonathan Archer. Not even close.
2. The Monster Maroon wasn't in use in 2245. Furthermore that isn't even a proper Monster Maroon.
3. That ain't the 1701. You'd think AI would be trained enough to generate the 1701 on command by now.

[Nate the Great]

Steve Shives reviews "Blink of an Eye" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBnUSE_VxKA)


If you're a follower of SFDebris, you know that Chuck HATES this episode. Steve was much more positive.


While I agree with Chuck that a few of the guest stars were underwhelming, I have to counter it with the knowledge that there's not much to do with the roles when you only have one scene, maybe a minute long. On one set, with one other actor.


I'm sure I could write whole screeds of complaints about the Treknobabble used to justify this planets existence, my only big problem is the "walking among the frozen crew until time notices them" bit. There should've been turbulence as their ship transitioned to Voyager's timeframe, and that's what killed the woman (Terrina, FYI). Probably the ship would've been destroyed and Gotana-Retz gets an emergency beamout, returning to the planet in a specially-modified escape pod.

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So ten years ago (https://fiveminute.net/forums/showpost.php?p=80458&postcount=765) I posted the "anime ghost girl dances to Moses Supposes (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byAfC5yW_hw)" video.


Well, this time it's two guys dressing like Don and Cosmo and doing the dance in real life. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbuGRvWGIOo)


A valiant effort and a great tribute, but nobody can compare with Gene and Donald.

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I never thought I'd see this...


Some turned that scene where Picard drew a smiley face on the frozen warp core breech into a LEGO model. (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10163454569442950&set=gm.26167947872816495&idorvanity=1686201314751158)

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Facebook tribute to Majel Barrett (https://scontent.fhio3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/661766661_974820598402741_1210134366483496_n.jpg?s tp=dst-jpg_p526x296_tt6&_nc_cat=101&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=13d280&_nc_ohc=7m_JYViBZcEQ7kNvwFNjVRP&_nc_oc=AdrFQROGiDZC_sOYEX-nI1LRUYhaB73-hzIcJbWjoiA5yjtqKWL28Qd1wiScfgrCYwM&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent.fhio3-1.fna&_nc_gid=oJrBXZ56_6Qk-TNqfBpKNw&_nc_ss=7a3a8&oh=00_Af2xgsVvh9kDtlvzVjKEK41CCm_SZW-dW76Cvnu-uMkl-w&oe=69D5688C)


Except, none of those women are Majel Barrett. Not even close. That's my biggest problem with AI, the "good enough" laziness. Because "good enough" is never actually good enough.

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Adam Savage unboxes a new '66 Batmobile. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2MdKAQbdRo)


I really do need to buy the '66 show on DVD one of these days...


Sometimes you just can't get rid of a bomb (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nRA1ZF28nA)...

[Nate the Great]

1701 wind spinner (https://www.facebook.com/reel/26224011287219260/)


I know of these as whirligigs (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whirligig), I suppose "wind spinner" is easier for those from other cultures to understand.


I was never very mechanically inclined. I once attempted to make a whirligig but failed utterly (necessary tolerances when you're dealing with linkages are tighter than I was capable of at the time).

[Nate the Great]

The Gaming Historian show has ended. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV_Aww8_6wQ)


Ouch. I understand his reasons, but still...ouch.


Fifteen years. A lifetime ago, it feels like at times.

[Nate the Great]

One of the creepiest Trek shirts I've ever seen. (https://rewindera.com/products/button-down-shirt-dmy17t4n?utm_medium=paid&utm_id=120214586027640277&utm_content=120218014298300277&utm_term=120214586027650277&utm_campaign=120214586027640277&media_type=image&fbclid=IwY2xjawRAwXhleHRuA2FlbQEwAGFkaWQBqxmlsCZ7N XNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR5JsIqjYGv w8E4BgAxO2rbBtV2dGYQbuGJAqbtlXztnjsEw0LDpFBaLckiny g_aem_NvdgpjEHFJKFKsqkPHfZSA&utm_source=facebook&campaign_id=120214586027640277&ad_id=120218014298300277)

[Nate the Great]

And today's award for subpar AI goes to... (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=929850429804463&set=a.149320467857467)


Sheesh. Can people not edit together two photographs anymore?

[Nate the Great]

For the twentieth anniversary of the AVGN he posts an early rough video that he never uploaded at the time. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09PdyvID56E)


So Ashens has been around longer than the AVGN. Wow.

[Nate the Great]

A 3D rendering of the 1973 Franz Joseph 1701 blueprints (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr5Jfi2gTcg)


Except it's not. Several liberties are taken. The models seem to indicate a much smaller ship. I hate the model that implies a hallway surrounding the bridge that includes a bathroom because we know that that's not correct. The models include backup bridges in both the center of the saucer AND the stardrive section. The angled Jeffries Tubes have steps instead of a ladder (you'd never have steps there!). The separation line for the saucer is in the wrong place.

[Nate the Great]

How the moon base will work. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNv7o8wEJdc)


I'm still wondering why we're bothering, and the only explanation I'm getting when I research is "so China can't do it first." To which I reply, "if China's reason is so we can't do it first, there's still no valid reason being given".

[Nate the Great]

AI video of Deanna and Seven having a pillow fight. (https://www.facebook.com/reel/1209463071117180)


I must be really twisted if my biggest problem is that they forgot about Seven's star-shaped hand implant.

[Nate the Great]

A cute LEGO Chitty-Chitty Bang Bang. (https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=122266353968147916&set=a.122202542540147916)

[Nate the Great]

TOS cast cosplaying as the Star Wars cast (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=122132651067128278&set=a.122099503791128278)


Just in case you ever wanted to see Uhura in Leia buns.

[Nate the Great]

AI art of Worf, O'Brien, and Picard (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1371768774970731&set=a.199329855547968)


Worf is okay, O'Brien looks grumpy, and for some reason Picard has been replaced by a particularly bad photo double.

[Nate the Great]

Certifiably Ingame tackles the question of what a Dahar Master is (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRY1-6ksGro)


I wonder if Worf ever earned the title.

[Nate the Great]

What if there was a '90s Harry Potter anime? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_ZcHhStBYA)


The best part has to be the sparkly synth version of Hedwig's Theme.

[Nate the Great]

I haven't schilled Possum Rob in a few years, but today he really outdid himself. Remember those old TV ads (they still run, actually) asking you to spare a few bucks a day to give food and clean water to people in Third World countries? Well, Possum Rob did one asking for donations to give the redshirts the equipment they need to stop dying all the time. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s4AD1XGQ08)

[Nate the Great]

The 1BM tackles the different definitions of "world's tallest building." (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVfEs9wrW98)


As an engineering graduate I've long known of this debate.


(P.S. It's still the Sears Tower. I don't care how little of the building was ever occupied by Sears or how little is occupied by Willis (the occupant with the most floor space is United Airlines, FYI), it will always be the Sears Tower to me.)

[Nate the Great]

Fox is going to make a Highway to Heaven reboot... (https://cosmicbook.news/highway-to-heaven-reboot-jason-katims-fox?fbclid=IwY2xjawRplKVleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFpb jBXRnczZVR0eWt1R3FHc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODI wMDg5MgABHiT0-fsMDJMAPv9u-rOiz7s85zbkCzR3V6szQJ91nZl4bZtzCtkCGWGMTmAU_aem_um VvpAswrOUMCafPbzf2Fg)


I never watched the show, but my parents were fans so I knew of it.


This is yet another example of "they can't possibly make the reboot faithful to the original so the fans won't like it and the nonfans won't care."


Furthermore, isn't it too late to try a reboot? All of the fans of the show are senior citizens or dead by now, not exactly a demographic that's worth aiming for. It'd be better to toss the name and create a whole new IP, right?


I remember enjoying:
Viper which was a divorced reimagining of Knight Rider
Jake 2.0 which was a divorced reimagining of the Six Million Dollar Man
Relic Hunter which was a divorced reimagining of Indiana Jones
Baby Talk which was a divorced reimagining of Look Whose Talking
And so forth.

[Nate the Great]

Steve Shives reviews "The Killing Game" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Bp08UOiBiE)...


What surprises me is his assertion that this should've been one episode. I disagree. There's too much to squeeze into one part unless you throw out all of the subplots that make this interesting.


There really should've been a third part to flesh out the Hirogen more, the romance between Paris and Torres' characters, and most importantly, a chance to have Harry save the day properly!

[Nate the Great]

I don't know how many of you are Chopped fans, so I'm not sure how many will appreciate a Chopped/Trek meme... (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1339526708240925&set=a.180735820786692)

[Nate the Great]

Early promotional ad of the Voyager actors (https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1333913135529200&set=a.386229456964244)


It's so '90s I can hear the sound of dial-up internet.

[Nate the Great]

Works by Design strikes again!


Last seen making transforming chess pieces, now he attempts to make a pickproof lock.


The original video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qUu8kIliy8)
It's already been picked (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMi1dIqMwNw)
He shows it to Adam Savage (http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ot2zKXKXJpo)


A comment on the picking video makes a good point. If it takes over an hour of slowly filing away at a blank (especially when a newcomer to the lock would have no idea what the blank's dimensions need to be), you can call it pickproof for all practical purposes.

[Nate the Great]

Reeves' Superman, Carter's Wonder Woman, and West's Batman as the crew of the Enterprise. (https://www.facebook.com/reel/1656154815426976/)


Never thought I'd see that today...

[Nate the Great]

LEGO Exocomps (https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10163670794252950&set=gm.26766761316268478&idorvanity=1686201314751158)


It's a shame they're not quite at minifig scale, but I'm not sure how you could build one at minifig scale...

[Nate the Great]

One fan's list of how to fix Star Trek. (https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=960496633284669&set=a.231474982853508)


I'm not sure that I agree with all of it.

[Nate the Great]

I've been on a kick of watching "first time viewing" reaction videos lately, particularly of It's A Wonderful Life...


A compilation of different reviewers reacting to the heartwarming ending (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2LYOKS_2o0&t=10s)


I was already familiar with about half of the reviewers featured, it's great to see them in one place.


Remember that no man (or woman) is a failure who has friends!

[Nate the Great]

Today I Found Out tackles the question of what gasoline alternatives Doc and Marty could've used in Back to the Future Part III. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRYdebc_NAo)


If you don't want to watch, the short version is that he could've used kerosene. It would've quickly ruined the engine but it would've gotten the car up to 88 mph once.

[Nate the Great]

An unexpected Trek/Peanuts mashup (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1349966457257201&set=a.386229456964244)


Just in case any of you needed to see Woodstock with Spock ears

[Nate the Great]

We Fly By Night covers some of the early ideas for the E-D bridge. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aRxIEamMqI)


I knew about the idea of putting the conference table in the rear, but WFBN seems to have forgotten the early idea of putting the transporter pads on the bridge. Then they realized the importance of being able to have conversations on the way to the transporter room.


What's my favorite bridge from a functional standpoint? The TOS bridge, actually. The captain can turn his head and talk to every officer, it takes minimal time to get from station to station, etc.

[Nate the Great]

I'm sure we've all seen videos of hydraulic presses crushing things.


Well, this woman imitates the things as they're crushed by the hydraulic press. (https://www.facebook.com/reel/1729986101676885)

[Nate the Great]

A Trek/Monty Python meme (https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=24391928227070305&set=gm.1540386737406467&idorvanity=663022508476232). Funny!

[Nate the Great]

What if the TOS crew were pirates? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYcGSL-rHz4&list=RDPYcGSL-rHz4&start_radio=1)


Weird but fun.

[Nate the Great]

A drinking song dedicated to Chief O'Brien. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSYsCAguHiw&list=RDQSYsCAguHiw&start_radio=1)

[NAHTMMM]

https://web.archive.org/web/20071007012611/https://shaenon.livejournal.com/48834.html

I went looking for Gorey Trek and seems the original images are broken, so here it is on archive.org. I'd forgotten Shaenon was the one who drew it.