When I was in grade school, a friend of mine and I co-created a school newsletter comic strip called “Dogs in Space.” I believe the main inspiration was the popularity of the Planet of the Apes movies. I’m not even sure we were aware that dogs like Laika were used in early space…
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Added by Reed Farrington on August 2, 2009 at 12:23am —
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Composed of Star Trek phrases, here’s my haiku that succinctly summarizes Star Trek:
Human adventure
Where no one has gone before
Is just beginning
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Added by Reed Farrington on July 25, 2009 at 4:46am —
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When I first watched Star Trek: The Motion Picture (STTMP) in a theatre in 1979, I must admit that I thought that Gene Roddenberry could do no wrong. I was one of those Trekkies who were eager for new adventures after years of watching reruns. I think I watched the theatre scree…
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Added by Reed Farrington on July 20, 2009 at 3:26am —
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Note: I originally wrote this last August before the new movie came out.
The origin of the Vulcan nerve pinch is attributed to the actor Leonard Nimoy who portrayed Mr. Spock in the Original Series. Supposedly, he thought that it was undignified for the stoic character to slug…
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Added by Reed Farrington on July 13, 2009 at 3:36am —
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You know when you find something that you like, whether it be a song or book or movie or whatever, and you want to share that something with family and friends? And you really hope that they share the same feeling about that something? Or how about the feeling that yo…
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Added by Reed Farrington on July 11, 2009 at 12:28pm —
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Note: I wrote this on April 15, 2009 before the latest movie came out. I guess it turned out that I'm one of the "jerks" I refer to. Ha ha.
In this blog post, I'll be talking about the resemblance of the new movie’s plot to Star Wars a la The Hero’s Journey, racial ca…
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Added by Reed Farrington on July 5, 2009 at 8:38pm —
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Note: I wrote this article in response to a lot of negative feedback I got when I posted my review of Star Trek on another site.
Don’t worry. I’m not about to defend my hatred of the latest Star Trek movie for the umpteenth time. And I’m exaggerating because I…
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Added by Reed Farrington on July 1, 2009 at 4:54am —
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“Don’t let them promote you. Don’t let them transfer you. Don’t let anything take you off the bridge of that ship. Because while you’re there, you can make a difference.”
- Kirk to Picard before Picard convinces Kirk to help him, resulting in Kirk’s “death.”
Hopefully, when yo…
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Added by Reed Farrington on June 17, 2009 at 3:17am —
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Attention: Due to the sensitive nature of suicide, I feel I should clarify that the accompanying photograph is intended to be humorous. Besides, the phaser was set on stun, although at that range, if it had accidentally fired, I would have been out for a day.
Despite this post'…
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Added by Reed Farrington on June 16, 2009 at 2:59am —
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Note: After watching the new movie on opening day over a month ago and waiting a week before setting down my thoughts, I wrote this review for my Treknobabble column at another web-site. The lack of detail with respect to specific characters and events in the movie is due to…
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Added by Reed Farrington on June 12, 2009 at 4:28pm —
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From the title of this post, you might guess that I have seen the leaked copy of the new Wolverine movie and have caught a preview showing of the new Star Trek movie, and am about to compare the two and tell you which is the better movie. No such luck. Instead, I’ll be pred…
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Added by Reed Farrington on April 24, 2009 at 12:52am —
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When I think of all the freedom I’ve had my entire life from the ’60s onwards living in the Promised Land (Canada), I must admit that I feel much regret that I haven’t “made a difference.” And since I prescribe to Star Trek’s philosophies which include the ideals that life shoul…
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Added by Reed Farrington on March 18, 2009 at 6:15pm —
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Ever since humans learned to draw, they have required a writing surface of some kind. Drawing in the dirt was somewhat impermanent. Cave drawing was a longer lasting solution, but not portable. The next step was probably the use of stone tablets, but still not very portable.
About 5,000…
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Added by Reed Farrington on March 18, 2009 at 6:07pm —
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So I was all set to write a really short post with the title “Star Trek Haiku.” I like variety. I like gimmicks. I like being original. Though, on a whim, I entered the search words “Star Trek Haiku” and I found sites where people had already written Star Trek haikus!
And then…
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Added by Reed Farrington on March 17, 2009 at 2:34am —
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The first chair was probably a rock. Chairs can be found in the histories of all ancient cultures. I suppose the most common chairs are of the four-legged and pedestal varieties.
There is a variation of a chair where a person’s weight is supported by the knees rather than the back in or…
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Added by Reed Farrington on March 17, 2009 at 2:20am —
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(Note: I wrote this last year in April. There's probably more information about Chris Pine on the Internet now.)
Who is Christopher Pine? I thought I would answer that question by doing some Internet detective work. Maybe I can make an educated guess as to how well I think Mr.…
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Added by Reed Farrington on March 14, 2009 at 1:02am —
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No matter how evolution affects our physical form, I’m guessing vanity is one behavior that humans will be unable to shake. Even if we become incorporeal as some of the aliens we’ve seen in Star Trek, I think we will still need to “look” at mirrors in order to see how sparkly we appear…
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Added by Reed Farrington on March 14, 2009 at 12:51am —
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The debate about whether Star Trek should return as a movie rather than a television series could be focused on either of two different time frames: the late 1970s or the late 2000s. In both cases, there had been no Sta…
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Added by Reed Farrington on March 13, 2009 at 2:12am —
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As early as 300 BC, elevators powered by human, animal, or water wheel power were in use. By the middle of the 19th century, steam-operated elevators made their way into industrial usage. In 1853, American inventor Elisha Otis introduced a safety device to prevent falling in case of a…
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Added by Reed Farrington on March 13, 2009 at 2:00am —
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Star Trek is not an international phenomenon. It is not as popular as I have been led to believe. I suppose there are isolated pockets of Star Trek fans around the world with concentrations in America, the UK, and Germany. All the Star Trek Internet traffic is probabl…
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Added by Reed Farrington on March 11, 2009 at 6:55pm —
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