tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post1148938029977845866..comments2024-03-22T05:17:53.112-04:00Comments on Big Bad Bald Bastard: Set a Course for EternityBig Bad Bald Bastardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-186154507004730122015-03-04T14:48:54.201-05:002015-03-04T14:48:54.201-05:00You might need to see this...
http://www.torontos...You might need to see this...<br /><br />http://www.torontosun.com/2015/03/03/star-trek-fans-told-to-stop-spocking-5-billSirius Lunacynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-72300215707294527902015-03-01T12:04:26.852-05:002015-03-01T12:04:26.852-05:00Did you see him on an episode of Columbo?Did you see him on an episode of Columbo?zencomixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02425613931488064403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-59141096848113682522015-02-28T22:28:26.500-05:002015-02-28T22:28:26.500-05:00They had no seat belts on the Enterprise, yet stil...They had no seat belts on the Enterprise, yet still lived long and prospered.<br /><br />Take that, Ralph Nader!<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-58133845696743570162015-02-28T19:03:39.585-05:002015-02-28T19:03:39.585-05:00One of the key factors I think is missing from art...One of the key factors I think is missing from artistic or cinematic renderings of potential alien beings is the gravitational impact on evolution. As rocky planets go, earth is fairly small, and it seems likely that most intelligence will evolve as much sturdier, perhaps lower to the ground structure, with the corresponding impact on legs (both size and number), eyes (absent a vertical body plan, more eyes proving a better 360 degree view would be beneficial to survival) and perhaps even something as fundamental as an exoskeleton. <br /><br />Although, to be fair, I suspect the vast majority of the intelligent species that evolve in the universe will be aquatic in nature, which will prevent them from developing any kind of useful technology. And since, even after all these millenia, we have not figured out how to communicate with our fellow intelligent species in the oceans, it seems that the largest share of intelligence will remain out of reach forever...mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13057701313718589322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-44341742792442408232015-02-28T17:20:45.066-05:002015-02-28T17:20:45.066-05:00After being treated as a pariah for being a Star T...<i>After being treated as a pariah for being a Star Trek fan for so long, it is kind of perversely heartwarming to see how he is being more-or-less universally mourned...</i><br /><br />I guess I was a bit too young for this, everybody loved "Trek", even if we all thought that it was a ridiculous as it was awesome. "PAIN!!!"<br /><br /><i>The thing that occurred to me is that it will, sometime soon, come Wild Bill Shatner's turn to shuffle off his mortal coil. And despite the fact that it was he, more than the rest of the cast and follow on spin-offs and reboots combined that was the heartbeat and the superstar lead vocalist of all things Trek, his passing will be remember quite...differently from that of Mr. Spock. </i><br /><br />I think a lot of it is because he was seen as a bit of an egotistical ass, stealing the best lines from other actors and hogging the spotlight. Leonard was a prince, Nichelle is a secular saint because she received death threats for the mere fact of being brilliant, beautiful, and black, and George is an improbably joker as well as being a saint- the kind of guy who got out of the internment camps and made sure that other Japanese-Americans didn't cheat Mexican migrant laborers out of their wages. Bill? He's a ham and a blowhard, as much as I love the guy.<br /><br /><i> The idea of many, even most aliens being bi-laterally symmetric bipedal mammals strikes me as less than plausible... </i><br /><br />I chalk that up to low budgets and bad special effects. For some really alien aliens, the go-to guy is <a href="http://bigbadbaldbastard.blogspot.com/2012/08/for-unspeakable-horrors-they-sure-are.html" rel="nofollow">HPL</a>- gotta love those squamous, rugose cones!Big Bad Bald Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-39661741526623678962015-02-28T11:57:38.605-05:002015-02-28T11:57:38.605-05:00The thing that occurred to me is that it will, som...The thing that occurred to me is that it will, sometime soon, come Wild Bill Shatner's turn to shuffle off his mortal coil. And despite the fact that it was he, more than the rest of the cast and follow on spin-offs and reboots combined that was the heartbeat and the superstar lead vocalist of all things Trek, his passing will be remember quite...differently from that of Mr. Spock. When that time comes I'll post a link to his cover of Pulp's "Common People", which in its own way can be considered one of those rare covers that is actually superior to the original. <br /><br />Also, too, in reflecting on the original decisions made for ST Season 1, it is interesting that Spock's essential alien-ness was expressed by nothing more than a pair of plastic elf-ears. The idea of many, even most aliens being bi-laterally symmetric bipedal mammals strikes me as less than plausible... mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13057701313718589322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-64507370700074425332015-02-28T03:33:19.364-05:002015-02-28T03:33:19.364-05:00After being treated as a pariah for being a Star T...After being treated as a pariah for being a Star Trek fan for so long, it is kind of perversely heartwarming to see how he is being more-or-less universally mourned...<br /><br />How long, though, before his decidedly liberal leanings, and Hollywood lifestyle, become a new target for crazy-shit Twitchy skree-hordes? I give it 4 days.<br /><br />On a related note, I had the sad task to advise Wife Sublime of the passing, of which she had not heard, while we were watching a batch of sets from some great musicians....zombie rotten mcdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601960953323752278noreply@blogger.com