High School Reunion

Now I do remember Emergency!! I had a big crush on Johnny Gage....

Lost in Space and Dr. Who!

Man this is really a most pleasant trip down memory lane! My group of friends and I were all into Dr. Who, we really were a bunch of nerds and geeks. They used to show they daily episode on the University of Flroida's PBS station, and I could actually pick in up here in Jax on an antenna (we didn't have cable way back then). Then they would show all the episodes from the previous week on Saturday nights. Usually grouped with Monty Python and the original Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series.

Oh wow! Good times.

I do like the new Dr. Who series too. I actually liked the Dr. they had on the first season, that was replaced by that guy in the Harry Potter movies. The first new Dr. went on to be in Heroes for several episodes. There was also a very lame Dr. Who Movie that Fox did back in 1996, really not worth watching though.

And I didn't really get into Lost in Space until my later years, once they started showing it on Sci-Fi channel. I did like the movie they had a few years back too. It was kind of a neat update.

Anybody remember, or even watched, Space 1999? This was pretty much the only half-way decent Sci-Fi show on TV in the 70's until Star Wars hit big in 1977. I think Space 1999 only lasted two seasons, though.

I remember watching an old show called the 20th Century.. Can't remember if Mike Wallace or Walter Concrite was the narrator. Then watching Ed Sullivan Show with the Mouse..

ron if you were a geek than my husband was worse. He actually had his grandmother knit him a scarf like the Dr. just so he could be like him. I never knew what I was getting myself into when I married him. Sci-fi fans really take things to the extreme. :P

Dr. Who Scarf! That's great.

He was trying to emulate the "Tom Baker" Dr. Who. Probably the most popular, if not the longest time an actor played the Dr.

You know, I do think you're right about how Sci-Fi fans do take things to extremes. I, however, can honestly say I have never dressed in a Star Trek uniform. Never even owned one.

Do you remember the juror, I think it was during the OJ trial, that showed up to Jury Duty in a Next Generation Star Trek Uniform?

Koo-koo-koo (that's supposed to sound like a koo-koo clock)

[quote=UnemployedRon]And who could forget to mention the classic Donny and Marie Show?[/quote]

I dunno, Ron. Who?....

Myself, I'd as soon forget it was ever on TV. Rght along with The Jackson 5 and the Partridge Family.

[quote=UnemployedRon]Does anyone remember the original Battlestar Galactica, and how lame it was. Of course I still ate it up because it was Sci-Fi. Ever see the new Battlestar Galactica? One of the rare instances where the re-make was actually light years better than the original![/quote]

BSG was bad, right enough. But did you see the first season of the original Star Trek series? What was with Spock, shouting everything?

Oh, come one! Donnie and Marie!

They were so gosh-darned unnaturally perky! Made me want to drive a stake through their hearts!

Kidding.

Did I see the first season of Star Trek. Does a bear poo-poo in the woods?!?

Yeah, I remember Spock was quite a bit emotional, in both the second pilot (Where no Man Has Gone Before) and the first season. I guess they had not quite got all of his character traits completely established at that point.

Speaking of Trek!

I'm about to explode waiting for the next movie! The trailer for it has already been released and it looks way cool; it shows the Enterprise being constructed in space dock. Was supposed be out in December of this year; however, they moved it back to sometime in 2009. It's supposed to be a "re-boot" of Star Trek, meaning they are going to mess with some of the already (and very loosely) established Trek continuity. Star Trek has never been all that great with keeping its continuity in tact, unlike Star Wars. Lucas is a control freak when it comes to making sure all things Star Wars remains constant, with no major slip-ups or changes to already established stories.

Some of the casting choices for the new Trek movie have me scratching my head, though. I do like the idea of Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dean/Hot Fuzz) being in it; however, I don't know about him playing Scotty. And Winona Ryder as Amanda, Spock's mother? Amanda was never, as far as I know, a shoplifting kleptomaniac!

Still, it's Star Trek! I can't wait!! They could probably glue some paper towel roll tubes to a tin pie plate and film it, marketing it as a Star Trek movie, and I would eat it up at this point. It's been too long without some new Star Trek material. It was an official day of mourning at my house, when they announced the cancellation of Star Trek: Enterprise a few years back.

Donny and Marie??? Make it stop, please??? All I can say is, icky............................Oh and I LOVED the mouse on Ed Sullivan. I think his name was Topo Gigo?? He always asked Ed to kiss him goodnight, I remember. And if you want to know about child abuse, try being forced to watch Lawrence Welk with your mother--the AGONY!!!

[quote=UnemployedRon]Yeah, I remember Spock was quite a bit emotional, in both the second pilot (Where no Man Has Gone Before) and the first season. I guess they had not quite got all of his character traits completely established at that point.[/quote]

Was that the problem? And all these years, I just thought he was constipated...


[quote=UnemployedRon]Speaking of Trek!

I'm about to explode waiting for the next movie! The trailer for it has already been released and it looks way cool; it shows the Enterprise being constructed in space dock. Was supposed be out in December of this year; however, they moved it back to sometime in 2009. It's supposed to be a "re-boot" of Star Trek, meaning they are going to mess with some of the already (and very loosely) established Trek continuity. Star Trek has never been all that great with keeping its continuity in tact, unlike Star Wars. Lucas is a control freak when it comes to making sure all things Star Wars remains constant, with no major slip-ups or changes to already established stories.

Some of the casting choices for the new Trek movie have me scratching my head, though. I do like the idea of Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dean/Hot Fuzz) being in it; however, I don't know about him playing Scotty. And Winona Ryder as Amanda, Spock's mother? Amanda was never, as far as I know, a shoplifting kleptomaniac!

Still, it's Star Trek! I can't wait!! They could probably glue some paper towel roll tubes to a tin pie plate and film it, marketing it as a Star Trek movie, and I would eat it up at this point. It's been too long without some new Star Trek material. It was an official day of mourning at my house, when they announced the cancellation of Star Trek: Enterprise a few years back.[/quote]

Another movie? Damn, some things just will not die. I may see it, but you can pretty much bet I won't be seeing it at the theater. The thing for me with Trek, is that it's just not believable anymore, no matter how entertaining it may be. It looks too much like a movie set. The lights are on, but nobody lives or works there. Compare Trek to Babylon 5, and you'll see what I mean.

[quote=kscornell]And if you want to know about child abuse, try being forced to watch Lawrence Welk with your mother--the AGONY!!![/quote]

AAAAaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And they used to wonder why some kids ran away from home.......

and then there was Mitch Miller

You had to bring up Mitch, didn't you? Some friend you turned out to be..........

Lawrence had his bubbles and Mitch had his bouncing ball.

Lawrence Welk!

I was trying to think of the name yesterday, when we started going on this trip down memory lane! My father used to like to watch that too, and I was forcibly made to watch it too. A good case to contact the Department of Children and Families, if you ask me; borderline child abuse.

Kidding.

I thought the bubble machine was pretty bitchin' too.

He also liked "Championship Wrestling" with Dusty Rhodes! Don't know how you could put the two together, L. Welk and Wrestling, but they used to come on back-to-back on Saturdays here in Jax.

Oh, and who could forget "Hee Haw?" Another show I was forced to endure.

Uncle, if you thought Babylon 5 was an updated show that was more relevant to today's society than Trek, then you would definitely dig Battlestar Galactica. There is really no black and white, good verses evil in this show; even the good guys have had to resort to questionable tactics in order to survive at times. People I know that cannot stand Sci-Fi absolutely love BSG. It is really, in my humble opinion, the smartest show on television right now.

Oh, and the new Trek is supposed to be a prequel of sorts; the first adventure of the classic Trek crew together. Someone is even supposed to play Capt. Pike, the captain of the Enterprise before Kirk. I've also heard, through rumor control, that Tom Cruise is supposed to be in it. I do hope that's all it is, though, a rumor. I think the rumor is flying around because J.J. Abrams is directing the new Trek; he did Mission Impossible 3 with Cruise.

I'm not a complete Cruse hater, though. I was pleasantly surprised when Tom Cruise played Lestat in "Interview with the Vampire." I was really PO'd when I first heard he would be in it, until I saw the movie. He was really quite surprisingly good. I think Anne Rice had the same opinion too, until she saw some of the clips of him as Lestat.

Not so much that B5 was 'updated' or 'more relevant', Ron. Just more believable to me. Trek looked, somehow, 'plastic'... All shiney new. B5 at least had good details. Wear patterns on the deck, spiderwebs in corners Downbelow, Tracey Scoggins in lingerie.....