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| Thursday, May 31st, 2012 | 7:38 pm
[theladyunicorn]
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Who: Marina Sirtis Set: 135 (Star Trek: TNG) Note: I apologise for some of these, the caps weren't the best to work with in some cases. Download zip: here   ( Read more... ) | | Saturday, May 26th, 2012 | 5:51 am
[hairypolack]
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Stars and Cons
Ive seen a lot of big to medium big actors do appearances at Cons. I felt bad for some that sit there all day no one asks for an autograph- or even KNOWs who they are!. Are they paid to be there or do they make money off of the picture sales? Does the con fly them in? And what do they do afterwards? Do they get to visit the towns the cons are in? Or do they just hide in their hotels or fly right out to another gig? During Austin comic con I saw CHEWBACCA get a pedicab ride- now how cool is THAT? Best con celebrity? Ernie Hudson- very nice man! Worst- Lou Ferrigno! Get OVER yourself dude! | | Thursday, May 17th, 2012 | 9:10 pm
[blueleopard87]
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| | Monday, May 14th, 2012 | 12:05 pm
[onedotshort]
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| 3:33 am
[baron_waste]
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1950s Video Done Right
One of the coolest, least observed aspects of “Star Trek: The Next Generation” was something so simple to achieve that I'm sure earlier generations of TV SFX gurus facepalmed, to think they never thought of it: 3D TV.
Though there were earlier examples throughout the first two seasons - the first encounter with the Ferengi being one such - I'm watching “The Best of Both Worlds,” Part II, where they're talking to Admiral Hansen. He is filmed from two different viewpoints, depending on who is speaking to him - creating the impression on the viewer's own flat TV screen that he is physically there, albeit recessed into the wall - i.e. a 3D image.
This is the kind of thing they could have done on the original series, or, heck, back in the days of “Captain Video” or “Tom Corbett, Space Cadet” if they'd thought of it.
I love stuff like that. You watch these cheesy SF productions, ranging from the original “Flash Gordon” to 1960s Japanese films, where the exhaust of the “rockets” trails upwards like cigarette smoke - because not until G Lucas did Star Wars did it occur to anyone to turn the camera sideways so the 'smoke' goes where it should, straight 'backwards'. Not until he blew up the Death Star did it occur to anyone to face the camera upward so the explosion overhead blows out properly in all directions. Obvious! Once someone else did it, that is.
Now, Pato Guzman and those guys back in the old Desilu Studios days were geniuses, obviously. Arguably, they invented the concept of 'ergonomics,' when they produced the Enterprise bridge sets with controls arc'ed to ready reach by a seated user - this was unheard of in AD 1965. Meanwhile, Matt Jeffries was working miracles, making body armor from plastic placemats and the like.
But nobody can think of everything, and this solution to a basic concept - “How do you depict 3D TV?' never occurred to them. Film the same actor from two different angles, exactly as if he were physically present - they'd have climbed all over that. | | Monday, May 7th, 2012 | 8:01 pm
[rpowell]
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| | Sunday, May 6th, 2012 | 8:08 pm
[queer_serenity]
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| | Saturday, May 5th, 2012 | 8:19 pm
[queer_serenity]
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Doctor's Orders
Deep Space Nine: The aftermath of the Xanthi Fever leads Julian to observe Sisko and Jadzia more closely.Rating: GWords: <300Characters/Pairings: Julian Bashir's POV, implied Sisko/JadziaDisclaimer: Written to soothe my soul, nothing more.
Tag for the episode, ''Fascination'', this way!PS: I don't see a tag for fanfic, so feel free to delete if it's against the rules! | | Monday, April 30th, 2012 | 7:12 pm
[tremas]
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| | Friday, April 27th, 2012 | 4:10 pm
[hairypolack]
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Undiscovered Country VS TNG
If the Klingon Homeworld is polluted/poiseoned in Kirks era then where did all those Next Generation klingon episodes take place? Did the Klingons move? | | Sunday, April 1st, 2012 | 8:51 pm
[rheridia]
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Star Trek Community Survey
I am an undergraduate writing a thesis on virtual communities with a focus on the variety of type of communities that term can encompass. As part of that, and part of a project for a computer mediate communication course, I am studying Star Trek fandom and its use of various mediums. I want to look at how fandom views the communities as they exist on Livejournal, AO3, message boards, archive sites, and other spaces. The survey is 14-34 questions (depending on how active you are in fandom), and mostly multiple choice. You can answer as many or as few questions as you like, and can exit the survey at any time. If you are seeing this survey, you are active enough in fandom that I want to hear from you. Any and all help is appreciated! Click here to take survey | | Tuesday, April 17th, 2012 | 4:55 pm
[hairypolack]
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| | Monday, April 16th, 2012 | 10:05 pm
[girlpire]
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| | Tuesday, April 17th, 2012 | 2:08 am
[queer_serenity]
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| | Thursday, April 12th, 2012 | 9:27 pm
[a_is4addiction]
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Novels
I've just finished watching Deep Space Nine, and I'm very sad about it. I'd love to continue with the universe by reading some of its novels. Have any of you read DS9 novels? Which ones should I get? I'm thinking about starting with the DS9 relaunch novels, but I'm not sure that's the way to go... | | Wednesday, April 11th, 2012 | 5:45 am
[katiemariie]
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"Plato's Stepchildren" and disability
Hi there. I just wrote a blog post about Alexander (AKA the dwarf who rode around on Shatner's back like a cowboy) from "Plato's Stepchildren" (AKA the episode where Spock sings and Kirk and Uhura kiss) and how Platonian society conceived of disability. Are people without telekinetic powers disabled on Platonus? (Spoiler alert: yes.) | | Saturday, April 7th, 2012 | 7:43 pm
[psychopathic1]
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| 1:35 pm
[louigi_verona]
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Watched ST VOY for the second time. I must say the final episode is not very impressive. I've read some feedback from actors on Memory Alpha and I agree with the criticism. Not only did I want to see the crew meet with their loved ones, even for several seconds as a mass scene, like Tom Paris hug his dad and such, but also that they did not even approach Earth. I mean, totally unsatisfying. | | Friday, April 6th, 2012 | 4:38 pm
[queer_serenity]
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| | Tuesday, March 27th, 2012 | 7:31 pm
[queer_serenity]
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