• Lets give William Shatner a final and proper send off.

    From mummycullen@mummycullen@gmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (MummyChunk) to alt.tv.star-trek.tos on Thu Mar 26 18:38:35 2020
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    I know Bill has said he doesn't want to do anymore Trek - but I think
    he needs a final and proper send off. Not what they did in
    Generations. Hopefully soon before he passes.

    Any ideas on what they should do for James T. Kirk? Picard -
    Discovery or the next feature film?

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  • From Travoltron@travoltron@defender.uni to alt.tv.star-trek.tos on Fri Mar 27 17:09:24 2020
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    I hope he stays the hell away because the people running Trek now are
    total morons. They would only dishonor Captain Kirk like they did Picard.
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  • From mummycullen@mummycullen@gmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (MummyChunk) to alt.tv.star-trek.tos on Fri Mar 27 23:45:46 2020
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    Travoltron wrote:
    I hope he stays the hell away because the people running Trek now
    are
    total morons. They would only dishonor Captain Kirk like they did
    Picard.

    I personally feel they have done a pretty good job with Picard. Sure
    - a few changes could have been made and I am not 100 crazy about the
    ending of him being put into a Synth body. But the end scene with him
    and Data was well done. I wasn't a big Discovery fan either but it
    definately grew on me.

    If we look back to initial feelings about The Next Generation - seems
    similar. Change is always hard.


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  • From Daniel60@daniel47@eternal-september.org to alt.tv.star-trek.tos on Sat Mar 28 19:37:43 2020
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    MummyChunk wrote on 28/03/2020 3:45 PM:
    Travoltron wrote:
    I hope he stays the hell away because the people running Trek now
    are total morons. They would only dishonor Captain Kirk like they
    did Picard.

    I personally feel they have done a pretty good job with Picard.
    Sure - a few changes could have been made and I am not 100 crazy
    about the ending of him being put into a Synth body. But the end
    scene with him and Data was well done. I wasn't a big Discovery fan
    either but it definately grew on me.

    If we look back to initial feelings about The Next Generation -
    seems similar. Change is always hard.

    Not having seen any of Startrek:Picard .....

    "... him being put into a Synth body"?? Is this so that they can replace
    the actor even now and again .... just like on "Doctor Who"??
    --
    Daniel
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  • From mummycullen@mummycullen@gmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (MummyChunk) to alt.tv.star-trek.tos on Sun Mar 29 13:51:27 2020
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    MummyChunk wrote on 28/03/2020 3:45 PM:
    Travoltron wrote:
    I hope he stays the hell away because the people running Trek
    now
    are total morons. They would only dishonor Captain Kirk like
    they
    did Picard.

    I personally feel they have done a pretty good job with Picard.
    Sure - a few changes could have been made and I am not 100 crazy
    about the ending of him being put into a Synth body. But the
    end
    scene with him and Data was well done. I wasn't a big Discovery
    fan
    either but it definately grew on me.

    If we look back to initial feelings about The Next Generation -
    seems similar. Change is always hard.

    Daniel60 wrote:


    Not having seen any of Startrek:Picard .....

    "... him being put into a Synth body"?? Is this so that
    they can replace
    the actor even now and again .... just like on "Doctor
    Who"??

    --
    Daniel

    Yes, he died of Irumodic Syndrome (the same thing he suffered from in
    The Next Generation) and he was put into a synthetic body (created by
    Dr. Soong's son) that looks the same as Patrick Stewart. The said in
    the episode that the body would only live the same amount of time that
    JL would have expected to live had he not had Irumodic Syndrome.

    It was interesting to see some similarities played out on the final
    episode of Picard and that on the final episode of The Next Generation
    TNG.

    Photo comparisons below

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  • From Daniel60@daniel47@eternal-september.org to alt.tv.star-trek.tos on Mon Mar 30 16:05:29 2020
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    MummyChunk wrote on 30/03/2020 5:51 AM:

    > > MummyChunk wrote on 28/03/2020 3:45 PM:
    > > Travoltron wrote:
    > > I hope he stays the hell away because the people running Trek
    now
    > > are total morons. They would only dishonor Captain Kirk like
    they
    > > did Picard.
    > >
    > > I personally feel they have done a pretty good job with Picard.
    > > Sure - a few changes could have been made and I am not 100 crazy
    > > about the ending of him being put into a Synth body. But the
    end
    > > scene with him and Data was well done. I wasn't a big Discovery
    fan
    > > either but it definately grew on me.
    > >
    > > If we look back to initial feelings about The Next Generation -
    > > seems similar. Change is always hard.
    > >
    > Daniel60 wrote:
    >
    >
    > Not having seen any of Startrek:Picard .....
    >
    > "... him being put into a Synth body"?? Is this so that
    they can replace
    > the actor even now and again .... just like on "Doctor
    Who"??
    >
    > --
    > Daniel

    Yes, he died of Irumodic Syndrome (the same thing he suffered from in
    The Next Generation) and he was put into a synthetic body (created by
    Dr. Soong's son) that looks the same as Patrick Stewart. The said in
    the episode that the body would only live the same amount of time that
    JL would have expected to live had he not had Irumodic Syndrome.

    It was interesting to see some similarities played out on the final
    episode of Picard and that on the final episode of The Next Generation
    TNG.

    Photo comparisons below

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    As I drifted off to sleep last night, trying *NOT* to think of RL
    goings-on, I thought about ST:Generations and how it showed Kirk now in
    some sort of "other realm"/"Purgatory"/some such, so it might be
    difficult to bring James back into the Startrek Universe
    --
    Daniel
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  • From mummycullen@mummycullen@gmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (MummyChunk) to alt.tv.star-trek.tos on Mon Mar 30 17:06:51 2020
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    MummyChunk wrote on 30/03/2020 5:51 AM:

    MummyChunk wrote on 28/03/2020 3:45 PM:
    Travoltron wrote:
    I hope he stays the hell away because the people running Trek
    now
    are total morons. They would only dishonor Captain Kirk like
    they
    did Picard.

    I personally feel they have done a pretty good job with Picard.
    Sure - a few changes could have been made and I am not 100 crazy
    about the ending of him being put into a Synth body. But the
    end
    scene with him and Data was well done. I wasn't a big Discovery
    fan
    either but it definately grew on me.

    If we look back to initial feelings about The Next Generation -
    seems similar. Change is always hard.

    Daniel60 wrote:


    Not having seen any of Startrek:Picard .....

    "... him being put into a Synth body"?? Is this so
    that
    they can replace
    the actor even now and again .... just like on "Doctor
    Who"??

    --
    Daniel

    Yes, he died of Irumodic Syndrome (the same thing he suffered
    from in
    The Next Generation) and he was put into a synthetic body
    (created by
    Dr. Soong's son) that looks the same as Patrick Stewart. The
    said in
    the episode that the body would only live the same amount of time
    that
    JL would have expected to live had he not had Irumodic Syndrome.

    It was interesting to see some similarities played out on the
    final
    episode of Picard and that on the final episode of The Next
    Generation
    TNG.

    Photo comparisons below

    View the attachments for this post at: http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=536841318#536841318


    This is a response to the post seen at: http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=536440419#536440419



    Daniel60 wrote:

    As I drifted off to sleep last night, trying *NOT* to think of RL
    goings-on, I thought about ST:Generations and how it showed Kirk
    now in
    some sort of "other realm"/"Purgatory"/some
    such, so it might be
    difficult to bring James back into the Startrek Universe

    --
    Daniel

    Yes, in Generations the Enterprise D and crew encounter an energy
    ribbon called The Nexus.

    Here is a plot summary. Since Kirk was there and it seems that there
    might be a mechanism for him to return there (even though he died) -
    I'm sure they can work it out

    Plot Summary Generations
    *****
    In 2293, retired Starfleet officers James T. Kirk, Montgomery Scott,
    and Pavel Chekov attend the maiden voyage of the USS Enterprise-B.
    During the shakedown cruise, the Enterprise is pressed into a rescue
    mission to save two El-Aurian refugee ships that have been snared by a
    massive, unknown energy ribbon. Enterprise is able to save some of the
    refugees before their ships are destroyed, but itself becomes trapped
    by the ribbon. Kirk goes to engineering to help Enterprise escape, and
    is presumed dead after the trailing end of the ribbon hits the ship's
    hull where he was working.

    In 2371, the crew of the USS Enterprise-D is celebrating the promotion
    of shipmate Worf to Lieutenant Commander on the holodeck when Captain
    Jean-Luc Picard learns his brother and nephew were killed in a fire.
    Picard is distraught that the Picard family line will end with him.
    Enterprise receives a distress call from an observatory where an
    El-Aurian, Dr. Tolian Soran, launches a trilithium probe at a star.
    The probe causes the star to implode, creating a shockwave that
    destroys its solar system. Soran kidnaps Enterprise engineer Geordi La
    Forge and is transported off the station by a Klingon Bird of Prey
    belonging to the Duras sisters.

    Enterprise crewman Guinan tells Picard that she and Soran were among
    the El-Aurians rescued in 2293 and that Soran is obsessed with
    reentering the ribbon to reach the "Nexus", an
    extra-dimensional realm that exists outside of normal space-time.
    Picard and Data determine that Soran, unable to fly a ship directly
    into the ribbon, is altering the path of the ribbon by removing the gravitational effects from nearby stars. He plans to destroy another
    star to bring the ribbon to him on the planet Veridian III, killing
    millions on a nearby inhabited planet in the process.

    Upon entering the Veridian system, Picard offers himself to the Duras
    sisters in exchange for La Forge, but insists that he be transported
    to Soran directly. La Forge is returned to Enterprise, but unwittingly transmits Enterprise's defense details to the Klingons. The Duras
    sisters attack, and Enterprise sustains critical damage before
    destroying the Bird of Prey. Commander William Riker evacuates the
    crew to the forward saucer section of the ship, which separates from
    the engineering section and crashes onto the surface of Veridian III.

    Picard fails to stop Soran from launching another probe and both men
    enter the Nexus. Picard finds himself surrounded by an idealized
    family, but realizes it is an illusion. He is confronted by an
    "echo" of Guinan, and after being told that he may go
    "wherever and whenever" he wishes within the Nexus, Guinan
    sends him to meet Kirk, also safe in the Nexus. Though Kirk is at
    first entranced by the opportunity to make up for past regrets in the
    Nexus, he likewise realizes that nothing there is real. Picard
    convinces Kirk to leave the Nexus and return to Veridian III shortly
    before Soran launches the probe.

    Working together, Kirk and Picard distract Soran long enough for
    Picard to lock the probe in place, causing it to explode on the
    launchpad and kill Soran. Kirk is fatally injured in the effort, and
    Picard buries him in a makeshift grave on the mountain. Three
    Federation starships arrive to retrieve Enterprise's survivors from
    Veridian III. With Enterprise declared un-salvageable, Picard muses
    that given the name's legacy, the ship will not be the last to carry
    the name Enterprise.


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  • From bepo29...@gmail.com@bepo29021972@gmail.com to alt.tv.star-trek.tos on Sun Feb 21 06:22:51 2021
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    Although I liked the idea of Picard, I absolutely agree. It's just crap, all apart from Star Trek Lower Decks, what is quite funny.
    I am not the biggest Shatner fan, but if I would be him I would keep a save distance of all the new Star Trek stuff.
    They are out to destroy the legacy. Unfortunately...
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