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Ten Best Planets in Science Fiction
Kd5000:
No Star Trek planets mentioned?? :( I'm a fan of the old series but I have not watched it in awhile. Of course, on the old series a crewmember always seems to die on some new planet they are visiting or the main characters meet some type of hostile aliens. Kirk usually gets a doomed love interest though.
Meryl:
--- Quote from: Kd5000 on September 08, 2008, 11:05:21 am ---No Star Trek planets mentioned?? :( I'm a fan of the old series but I have not watched it in awhile. Of course, on the old series a crewmember always seems to die on some new planet they are visiting or the main characters meet some type of hostile aliens. Kirk usually gets a doomed love interest though.
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I watched all those old Star Trek episodes many, many times in repeats, but it's hard to remember the actual planet names. Unfortunately, because of a low budget and no CGI, most planets looked an awful lot like Earth or the inside of a studio. ;D
My brothers and I would always say "Uh-oh" when the guys in red shirts beamed town with the away team. One or more was surely doomed! ;D
Kd5000:
Usually one of the security dudes (they wore red), so he was expendable. Hey, at least he can put it on his resume.
Yeah, the planets in Star Trek were rather low budget constructs. I kinda liked the one that seemed to inspire the movie WESTWORLD if you know the episode I mean. Of course, it looks like California without all the people.
Meryl:
--- Quote from: Kd5000 on September 08, 2008, 11:35:45 am ---Usually one of the security dudes (they wore red), so he was expendable. Hey, at least he can put it on his resume.
Yeah, the planets in Star Trek were rather low budget constructs. I kinda liked the one that seemed to inspire the movie WESTWORLD if you know the episode I mean. Of course, it looks like California without all the people.
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Yes, I know the one you mean. :)
Earth's history was mined so often, you began to wonder how we managed to have such a huge influence on the galaxy: cowboys, gangsters, Greeks and Romans, hippies. The writers had their work cut out for them figuring out all the angles.
Some of my favorite episodes involved Vulcan, one of their more original concepts. I wish we'd been allowed to see the homeworlds of the Klingons and Andorreans, too. Later TV series (or was it movies?) did set some scenes on Romulus.
injest:
--- Quote from: Kd5000 on September 08, 2008, 11:35:45 am ---Usually one of the security dudes (they wore red), so he was expendable. Hey, at least he can put it on his resume.
Yeah, the planets in Star Trek were rather low budget constructs. I kinda liked the one that seemed to inspire the movie WESTWORLD if you know the episode I mean. Of course, it looks like California without all the people.
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what was that movie that had the cast of a sci fi show get kidnapped to defend some aliens? Galaxyquest? there was an African American in a red shirt and he was so upset because "Are you kidding? I am Black, I have on a red shirt, there is NO WAY I am gonna survive this!!!"
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
only a Trekkie would snort their Coke outta their nose at that one...
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