So yes, I had been meaning to do this for months, so of course I would only be able to get around to doing this on the very last day of the calendar year designated for the 50th anniversary of the Star Trek franchise.
Many months ago, around the time of the 50th anniversary of the airdate of the very first episode (the pilot episode "The Cage"), I decided to watch it for myself. It would be the first of many Star Trek episodes which I would watch. (That's my new plan, by the way: Watch Star Trek episodes on my tablet while I'm working out at the gym.)
So, after watching it, my verdict is...
Eh, it's alright.
Well, it was merely the pilot episode; there was much more to come, of course. Actually, truth be told, it just felt like I was watching an episode of The Twilight Zone, except it was in color.
What really surprised me the most was that the captain wasn't even the famous Captain Kirk, and me being informed that he wouldn't appear for another few episodes or so.
So yes, there's that.
That's my contribution to the 50th anniversary of Star Trek, less than a half-hour before the calendar year of 2016 ends.
Live long and prosper, folks.
- Seth Shirer (a.k.a. StellarStylus)
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Saturday, December 31, 2016
Monday, October 31, 2016
In Memoriam, Tripled: 3 Great Actors
So, I hadn't wanted to wait this long to do it, but things just got hectic for me in the past few months. Only now, at the end of October, am I writing blog posts about what I wanted to write about all this time. And among them is something for three great actors
...Then again, maybe it is fitting that I'm doing this on Halloween, of all holidays. Does anyone think maybe they can see this from the great beyond? Who knows...
And so, without further ado: IN MEMORIAM, TRIPLED
ANTON YELCHIN - The young actor who did Chekov in the few new Star Trek movies (starting with the 2009 reboot) was taken from us well before his time in a freak accident. And although Terminator: Salvation got not-so-hot reviews for its time, I still liked his role in that as well.(And unlike the other two actors on this list, Mr. Yelchin wasn't among my childhood inspirations, especially seeing as he was somewhat younger than me... ****, I'M OLD!). RIP, Anton Yelchin.
GENE WILDER - As gifted and talented as anyone else, I know him not just from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, but also various other comedies, especially those by Mel Brooks: Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, The Producers, etc. I also personally grieve for him not just because he's passed on, but because I once lived in the same general area as him and missed a good chance to meet him at a public event (a Borders bookstore, back when the chain was still in business). RIP, Gene Wilder.
KENNY BAKER - Of course he was best known as being R2-D2 from the Star Wars movies, but he did plenty of other things too. Only recently when I was rewatching Amadeus (great movie, BTW) on Netflix did I see his name in the end credits, and then recognize him as one of the opera performers towards the end of the movie when they're performing The Magic Flute. I wonder what else he, or any of these actors, did which I should watch in the future? RIP, Kenny Baker.
And now I can only hope that I did this post justice.
ADDENDUM: While writing this post, I wondered and then researched how to say something like "in memoriam, tripled" in Latin, just to make it truly cool and sophisticated. According to my Latin dictionary, the adverb ter means "thrice" so I guess it could be something like "TER IN MEMORIAM" or "IN MEMORIAM TER" (remember, word order in Latin is much more flexible, allowing for more possibilities).
...Then again, maybe it is fitting that I'm doing this on Halloween, of all holidays. Does anyone think maybe they can see this from the great beyond? Who knows...
And so, without further ado: IN MEMORIAM, TRIPLED
ANTON YELCHIN - The young actor who did Chekov in the few new Star Trek movies (starting with the 2009 reboot) was taken from us well before his time in a freak accident. And although Terminator: Salvation got not-so-hot reviews for its time, I still liked his role in that as well.(And unlike the other two actors on this list, Mr. Yelchin wasn't among my childhood inspirations, especially seeing as he was somewhat younger than me... ****, I'M OLD!). RIP, Anton Yelchin.
GENE WILDER - As gifted and talented as anyone else, I know him not just from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, but also various other comedies, especially those by Mel Brooks: Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, The Producers, etc. I also personally grieve for him not just because he's passed on, but because I once lived in the same general area as him and missed a good chance to meet him at a public event (a Borders bookstore, back when the chain was still in business). RIP, Gene Wilder.
KENNY BAKER - Of course he was best known as being R2-D2 from the Star Wars movies, but he did plenty of other things too. Only recently when I was rewatching Amadeus (great movie, BTW) on Netflix did I see his name in the end credits, and then recognize him as one of the opera performers towards the end of the movie when they're performing The Magic Flute. I wonder what else he, or any of these actors, did which I should watch in the future? RIP, Kenny Baker.
And now I can only hope that I did this post justice.
ADDENDUM: While writing this post, I wondered and then researched how to say something like "in memoriam, tripled" in Latin, just to make it truly cool and sophisticated. According to my Latin dictionary, the adverb ter means "thrice" so I guess it could be something like "TER IN MEMORIAM" or "IN MEMORIAM TER" (remember, word order in Latin is much more flexible, allowing for more possibilities).
Saturday, February 28, 2015
Obligatory "Leonard Nimoy, RIP" Post
I just couldn't let this go by...
As everyone knows, Leonard Nimoy, best known for his role as Spock in Star Trek, passed away yesterday.
I never really watched the original Star Trek or any of the series (blasphemous, I know) and aside from the reboot movies Star Trek from 2009 and Star Trek Into Darkness from 2011, I never really saw Leonard Nimoy in it (shocking, I know), but of course I value and appreciate his contribution to it just as much as anyone else. (And, of course, he did the occasional thing for Transformers; the voice of Galvatron in the animated movie from 1986 and Sentinel Prime from the live-action Dark of the Moon from 2011.)
His classic line was to "live long and prosper"... but what does one do when one has already done that? "Live on and be remembered"? I guess that works...
Leonard Nimoy, RIP.
As everyone knows, Leonard Nimoy, best known for his role as Spock in Star Trek, passed away yesterday.
I never really watched the original Star Trek or any of the series (blasphemous, I know) and aside from the reboot movies Star Trek from 2009 and Star Trek Into Darkness from 2011, I never really saw Leonard Nimoy in it (shocking, I know), but of course I value and appreciate his contribution to it just as much as anyone else. (And, of course, he did the occasional thing for Transformers; the voice of Galvatron in the animated movie from 1986 and Sentinel Prime from the live-action Dark of the Moon from 2011.)
His classic line was to "live long and prosper"... but what does one do when one has already done that? "Live on and be remembered"? I guess that works...
Leonard Nimoy, RIP.
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