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[Nate the Great]

Animated Battle Breakdown of "Journey to Battle."


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 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


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 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)


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.



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.


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


"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"
The TOS bridge with crew members. Don't ask me what Uhura is doing at the Engineering station...
TOS emblem and NX-01. I hate it when fanart mixes eras of Trek so recklessly...
A nice effort, even if Spock looks a little grumpy...
This is supposed to be the 1701-E, but it reminds me more of the NX-01...
TOS characters and the NX-01, along with a joke based on the TNG Borg.

A very impressive 1701. Whoever made those shelves knew what they were doing.
A nice TOS couple. I think she's supposed to be holding a Tribble instead of a wedding bouquet...
Kirk in the captain's chair. That's a good likeness of Shatner, I must say...
Janeway stands atop a half-assimilated wedding cake. I'm not sure how to feel about the likeness of Mulgrew there...
This time it's the 1701-D combined with TOS elements.

A rather impressive cake sculpture of a TOS phaser. It beats me what a phaser has to do with the medical division...
A very impressive Borg Cube cake complete with sculpture of assimilated Seven of Nine.

[Nate the Great]

Tested presents sixth-scale Star Trek figures.


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.



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