tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29963598902325945192024-03-05T02:50:18.269-08:00Everything Star Trek!I'm quite the big Star Trek fan and enjoy watching it from time to time. I grew up watching The Original Series and came to grow onto Deep Space Nine and all of the movies. I've been more of a closet fan of the series and for those that know me, know how big of a fan I am. I love reading the books, listening to the Trek.FM podcast (highly recommended) and even like the J.J. films to an extent. Please follow me and check out my stories, reviews and reactions to the various productions! Enjoy!Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16074614585656308011noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2996359890232594519.post-32923796015243529102020-03-25T13:26:00.000-07:002020-03-25T13:26:43.721-07:00Picard!<br />
Finally! It's about damn time! A new Star Trek series is here and it's finally post-Nemesis! For those of you that have no idea what I mean....Nemesis is the most recent entry in the Star Trek franchise that takes place in the present-day: as in not a prequel. It's been nearly 20 years since we last saw Jean-Luc Picard and with Patrick Stewart back, things are looking bright for once! Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16074614585656308011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2996359890232594519.post-50368278901995313142018-12-28T02:37:00.002-08:002018-12-28T02:37:45.918-08:00Star Trek DIS <i>Star Trek: Discovery</i> season 2 hits in early 2019! Now, I would honestly normally be more excited for this...but for some reason I'm just not. Not because it's only available on CBS All Access....but because I personally feel that Trek is a bit lost right now and hasn't found its footing just yet.<br />
<br />
<i>Discovery</i> doesn't feel like Trek to me. It's way too flashy, tense and just a bit too "generic sci-fi action show that just happens to include the words <i>Star Trek </i>in it." The whole point of <i>Star Trek</i> is hope for humanity and how we survive and explore. Sure there is war, suspense and its share of action, but the characters are what makes all the difference. Here? Not so much.Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16074614585656308011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2996359890232594519.post-85183616603553716962016-09-08T21:52:00.002-07:002016-09-08T21:52:35.866-07:00Happy 50th Anniversay Star Trek!!!<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />Well...it has finally come. Behold...the 50th anniversary of...<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaRDfLINlZGS3Gusz6FeThf1vre4Em6gvyCV3L46rdUKuoxZe1bickAs33-mjEnWb3hZdLssa_hvqwEIa9MHW_VvpdEaCDxwBHYwXx9iWafgqibCBVoP0ba_Ger5WGWr449xEGk9p4mZQ/s1600/logo-startrek-50_884x381.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="273" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaRDfLINlZGS3Gusz6FeThf1vre4Em6gvyCV3L46rdUKuoxZe1bickAs33-mjEnWb3hZdLssa_hvqwEIa9MHW_VvpdEaCDxwBHYwXx9iWafgqibCBVoP0ba_Ger5WGWr449xEGk9p4mZQ/s640/logo-startrek-50_884x381.png" width="640" /></a></div>
Yup! That's right! As of today, September 8th, 2016 Star Trek is now 50 years old! I remember growing up and having no idea what this franchise was about. Who is Captain Kirk and why is there a pointy eared elf that doesn't smile? How little did I know it would end up having such a strong impact on my life and end up with me investing a lot of my time in this particular blog?<br />
<br />
As of this date, fans everywhere are celebrating in their own way what Star Trek means to them and I certainly am going to drink to this great show in a few hours (after looking at some stats first...yay math...if only Spock were here to help me).<br />
<br />
On September 1966, the world was introduced to Captain Kirk, Spock, Dr. McCoy and the rest of the crew of the Starship <i>Enterprise</i>. There has never been a show like this before and will never be one just like it again. It not only marked the beginning of a true space opera on television, but it also marked the beginning of a major multi-racial crew. An Asian man steering the ship, a Russian ensign navigator (mind you this is during the height of the Cold War), a Scottish engineer, an African-American communications officer, a country doctor, a galant captain and an alien! Creator Gene Roddenberry had a vision that gave a 1960's world hope that we would survive the struggle of poverty, racism, war, disease and greed into the 23rd century and beyond! Not many people understood it's importance, but it came to be an icon that the whole world would know about down the line.<br />
<br />
After three years, NBC cancelled <i>Star Trek</i> and the franchise was thought to be dead, until they started airing reruns as well as coming up with an animated series starring the voices of the original crew. This spawned 13 motion pictures, 4 television spinoffs (not counting the Animated Series as I had already mentioned that), and many comics, books, games and conventions! <br />
<br />
With the release of <i>Star Trek Beyond</i> this year and the exciting news of the up and coming <i>Star Trek: Discovery</i> in 2017, things are looking bright not only for this franchise, but for the fans and newcomers alike. Live long and prosper!<br />
<br />
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">WHAT IS YOUR FONDEST MEMORY ABOUT STAR TREK? DO YOU REMEMBER HOW YOU STARTED TO BECOME A FAN, IF EVER? I'D LOVE TO KNOW IN THE COMMENTS BELOW! </span></span> Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16074614585656308011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2996359890232594519.post-15915636897435836472016-08-18T15:41:00.002-07:002016-08-18T15:41:35.126-07:00Nichelle Nichols (African Diversity in Trek)<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The main reason why <i>Star Trek</i> has held up for as long as it did is because we all want to believe that the human race makes it out of the current state we live in. With war, poverty, disease, greed and Trump in the foreground of our future, it's good to know that it's possible to live past this. Having the technology to travel through the stars, communicating with a dozen species and traveling with friends in space is something I couldn't imagine if it wasn't for <i>Star Trek</i>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Many people find <i>Star Trek</i> to be boring, especially before J.J. Abrams took over with his view of the franchise. This is because it's not <i>all </i>about the action, suspense and war, but about family, friendship, togetherness and us living in a world together as one. Sure Trek has it's share of villains and action-the Borg are a perfect example-but what makes this franchise standout is what the goal of it's all about: exploring our galaxy together and beating poverty.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not only is <i>Star Trek</i> the first show on television to really give us a utopian view of the future, but it's also a milestone starring a multi-ethic cast of actors. During the 1960s, the Cold War began and then of course Vietnam. People needed hope and looked to television to entertain them during this time of crisis, a lot like television does for us today during our current world struggles. Nichelle Nichols, an African actress with a talent for singing and acting, is perhaps the one lead in the cast to have faced the most problems in the role. </span><br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs8junDfeitiyYo4Ta_ImfHwyG_EcpYHh3zmuQm7TaJLeKUg_n_MBLqKd2OHm8MHN1xQZGGZJfgEiRMGQfW__r5i1a4W5gF6y50F_9RxGvlfvJUw5FqA52aoGEB23rltse_uFWo4n0VJA/s1600/nichelle11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs8junDfeitiyYo4Ta_ImfHwyG_EcpYHh3zmuQm7TaJLeKUg_n_MBLqKd2OHm8MHN1xQZGGZJfgEiRMGQfW__r5i1a4W5gF6y50F_9RxGvlfvJUw5FqA52aoGEB23rltse_uFWo4n0VJA/s320/nichelle11.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful much? Nichelle Nichols as Lt. Uhura</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the third season of the show, Captain Kirk (William Shatner) shares the first interracial kiss with Lieutenant Uhura (Nichelle Nichols) and the only way for the sensor to allow this, was if the characters were under the influence of an alien power so as not to be solely out of love as this would infuriate the studio. According to the website Memory Alpha, <span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">the scene "was, at the behest of NBC executives worried that Southern affiliates might refuse to air the episode, filmed with and without the kiss, but Nichols and Shatner consciously sabotaged the non-kiss takes so that there would be no choice but to leave the kiss in the final version." So, it ended up in the episode and thus history was made in the future...if you get what I mean. Nichelle</span> dealt with a ton of racism from the studio when she learned "studio executives were withholding her fantail" during the first seasons of the show. The fact that she had a major fanbase was unheard for an African-American in society. She was set to leave after the first season, but was convinced to stay afterwards when she was told that her role was "too important a cultural impact to leave." The person? Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. She pushed through it and left a lasting impression on many Africans to pursue a careers in acting, namely Whoopi Goldberg and LeVar Burton. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not only does Dr. King give her this ever-lasting advice, he also says to her that <i>Star Trek </i>"is the only show that [his] wife Coretta and I allow my children to watch-to stay up and watch." How awesome would it be if your hero, one who speaks up for you and demands equality, walks up to you telling you to continue playing a role that has left so many impressions on people?! In the video below, courtesy of the Archive of American Television, you can watch Nichelle's personal experience with Dr. King and how she is persuaded and convinced to stay on the show.</span><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<iframe width="320" height="266" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pSq_UIuxba8/0.jpg" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pSq_UIuxba8?feature=player_embedded" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The benefit of making a science-fiction production, is that you can indirectly address issues currently affecting our society. As stated earlier, interracial marriages and relationships were looked down upon in the 1960s America. That is not to say that relationships did not exist, but it was simply not talked about. Let's not forget about segregation in America. With the experience Nichelle Nichols has, through the tough times and the bleak occurrences, she can now live with being one that so many look up to in entertainment. Brining it all back to <i>Star Trek</i>, creator Gene Roddenberry pushed the boundaries with what was accepted in television and stopped at nothing to ensure that not only Nichelle, but the entire cast got respect to the best of his ability. There are bumps along the way and of course even today as stated earlier we still have issues, but what started in the 60s pushed through and now we have a new <i>Star Trek</i> cast of diversity. Live long and Prosper! </span><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEtLcQ4epqiFebhPrtDZteuVSj50S1X1MuFRhGOjb-P1d38vKxrtr7CLKVbHeiwolGq4BTPnMODfUVMC2Dac-PHQx4KMchJ0-MW9-PEcQT9N8AH7hKat12X52P1y-MbH0Cbg2LnvJZhNI/s1600/slide_207274_656486_free.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEtLcQ4epqiFebhPrtDZteuVSj50S1X1MuFRhGOjb-P1d38vKxrtr7CLKVbHeiwolGq4BTPnMODfUVMC2Dac-PHQx4KMchJ0-MW9-PEcQT9N8AH7hKat12X52P1y-MbH0Cbg2LnvJZhNI/s400/slide_207274_656486_free.jpg" width="366" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nichelle taking a break between shoot</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>DO YOU THINK STAR TREK WAS A MAJOR IMPACT FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS ON TELEVISION? WOULD YOU HAVE STAYED ON THE SHOW DEALING WITH RACISM? COMMENT BELOW AND LET ME KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS! THANKS FOR READING!</b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Sources:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Quotes on Nichelle Nichols:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Nichelle_Nichols" target="_blank">Memory Alpha </a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Image of Uhura at her station:</span><br />
<a href="http://www.startrek.com/article/nichelle-nichols-suffers-mild-stroke" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Star Trek.com</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSq_UIuxba8" target="_blank">Video</a> Courtesy of</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.emmytvlegends.org/" target="_blank">Archive of American Television</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Uhura on bike courtesy of:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Huffington Post</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/31/nichelle-nichols-star-trek-uhura_n_1244343.html" target="_blank">Nichelle Nichols On Having First Major Black Female TV Role And That First Interracial Kiss On ‘Star Trek’</a></span><br />
<br />Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16074614585656308011noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2996359890232594519.post-83900137708076695072016-08-11T19:34:00.002-07:002016-08-11T19:34:30.291-07:00Star Trek: Discovery (The New Series)<br />
I'm so glad that <i>Star Trek</i> is retuning to the small screen! With the announcement that the series head is one that previous wrote and produced epos des of <i>Star Trek</i> in the past-Bryan Fuller-it's safe to say that the Trek we've come to know and love is going to make a return with...<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitBu3PdDeuQgBD1dT7SLLeqZLyLHzFCRg_MVumvNzxx3EDR8WaA_oKPxln8-6OItPNKkRxUe2MEW3q5AnMieAgyYxcDOMEtmkZAc21L3irAtZ7adRC-btxe7bs1CRedSF-TVTnh_k4bKw/s1600/Star_Trek_Discovery_logo.svg.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitBu3PdDeuQgBD1dT7SLLeqZLyLHzFCRg_MVumvNzxx3EDR8WaA_oKPxln8-6OItPNKkRxUe2MEW3q5AnMieAgyYxcDOMEtmkZAc21L3irAtZ7adRC-btxe7bs1CRedSF-TVTnh_k4bKw/s400/Star_Trek_Discovery_logo.svg.png" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<i>Star Trek </i>has always been meant for the television screen. Don't get me wrong, I love the films with a passion, but in order to see characters grow, having them on weekly basis is the way to go. Plus you can focus on certain characters that two hours just wouldn't be able to cut. That's why the films by JJ Abrams don't have much space to breath in between each other. They are motion pictures, which come out ever four years or so. It's hard to capture the feel of the old school <i>Trek</i> if we only have so much time to watch them grow. Sure, you can take a look at the comics and novels showcasing their adventures between films, but it's not enough if you're just an average movie goer who doesn't follow the material or side stories between films.<br />
<br />
As of today, August 11th, Bryan Fuller announced that <i>Star Trek: Discovery</i> will "bridge the gap between <i>Enterprise</i> and the original series." This means that the Prime universe will return. For those of you unfamiliar with what I'm referring to when I say "prime", I mean the universe of <i>Trek</i> that existed <i>before</i> J.J. Abrams' reinvention of the franchise. I'll get into my thoughts on JJ's interpretation in a moment, but now I want to discuss the new direction this show will go than any has before. First, it's going to "absolutely have a gay character" as stated by Fuller. <i>Star Trek</i> has never really been the focus on such diversity other than a small hint of it in the current film <i>Star Trek Beyond</i> where Sulu has a male lover. This is something fresh and new especially seeing that this franchise has been around for 50 years.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<iframe width="320" height="266" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MHUOty8-Ty0/0.jpg" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MHUOty8-Ty0?feature=player_embedded" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
The new ship is unlike anything we've seen before and was met with mixed reactions. Upon seeing it, I was a bit surprised and underwhelmed as well, but I may grow to like it. Change isn't always a bad thing. Some say the same thing about these new films.<br />
<br />
While I love the new films, they are not really what <i>Star Trek</i> has been about from the beginning. It's not about action, war and suspense. Sure, we have gotten more than a handful of that even <i>before</i> JJ, but it's also about the human condition; how we've managed to survive all these years into the future and have beaten disease, poverty and greed. Sure, we deal with different species in the show that still have the traits we have today, but they are not us as they are different beings (and we also need conflict for entertainment purposes), but you get what I'm trying to tell you. Friendship, family and togetherness and exploring the unknown is in the heart of <i>Trek</i>. This is what makes it so different from <i>Star Wars</i>, which I love to death as well. I feel this is going to return to what <i>Trek</i> is all about.<br />
<br />
The new series is going to hit the airwaves with a 2-hour premiere on CBS and then head to CBS All Access for the remaining 12 episodes. Oddly enough, only outside of North America will the show be on Netflix. It seems the market doesn't feel they can really profit on people using their new app, and what with a high percentage of Star Trek fans are in the U.S. it appears they are banking on us to get their All Access program, but you can all read my rant on what I think about that in my previous blogs.<br />
<br />
In conclusion, we should all stay optimistic and excited that <i>Star Trek</i> continues to remain relevant in our society no matter what form it's in. Live long and prosper!<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG44-D6As1yY_GyZGfrNGOOTxuv3Sj6v8Ozg_KuVNJ0kUnF60X0XjmaarjpwWJ7A7lKN-DRU32xNKjluMLo7RkAj1cXYsUyoC7arVvnGeVpWUgfmvfQ2zqps6dPelJpI6TfWMZg3EsqpI/s1600/tumblr_n6bskyKngQ1s67vyfo5_r1_500.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="135" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG44-D6As1yY_GyZGfrNGOOTxuv3Sj6v8Ozg_KuVNJ0kUnF60X0XjmaarjpwWJ7A7lKN-DRU32xNKjluMLo7RkAj1cXYsUyoC7arVvnGeVpWUgfmvfQ2zqps6dPelJpI6TfWMZg3EsqpI/s320/tumblr_n6bskyKngQ1s67vyfo5_r1_500.gif" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">ARE YOU EXCITED FOR THE NEW SERIES AS IT GETS CLOSER AND CLOSER TO RELEASE? WHAT DO YOU FEEL ABOUT IT TAKING PLACE BEFORE KIRK AND SPOCK? LET ME KNOW IN THE COMMENTS BELOW!</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<br />
<br />
Sources:<br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Selected Quotes from:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">-<a href="http://tvline.com/2016/08/10/star-trek-discovery-amanda-grayson-spoilers-cast/" target="_blank">Star Trek: Discovery: 'Prime' Setting, Gay Character, Heavy Alien Presence and 11 More Spoilers </a></span><br />
<a href="http://tvline.com/2016/08/10/star-trek-discovery-amanda-grayson-spoilers-cast/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;">About CBS Reboot</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">-Star Trek: Discovery logo</span><br />
<a href="http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Star_Trek:_Discovery" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Memory Alpha</span></a><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHUOty8-Ty0" target="_blank">Video</a> courtesy of </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYCEK7i8Uq-XtFtWolofxFg" target="_blank">moviemaniacsDE</a></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Spock GIF</span><br />
<a href="http://startrekgifs.tumblr.com/tagged/movie_spock" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;">startrekgifs.tumblr.com</span></a><br />
<br />Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16074614585656308011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2996359890232594519.post-20800145138570661282016-07-31T21:51:00.001-07:002016-07-31T21:51:15.878-07:00Star Trek Beyond<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3R5aTkYUKAkqtrwEsCQo4Tww3S1ydLOIUlcEeVhwcud0ihlYNpSEgrL1hgAb2IDsEbwc08zCvg6Q_s_wo4MCrvwgMlkfKHAjIjvMsCuHyqBURVb8HRmR4m-vd3Z19Xb_QJH_sKWVEG7I/s1600/star-trek-xiii-into-oblivion-56e6e75d618b2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3R5aTkYUKAkqtrwEsCQo4Tww3S1ydLOIUlcEeVhwcud0ihlYNpSEgrL1hgAb2IDsEbwc08zCvg6Q_s_wo4MCrvwgMlkfKHAjIjvMsCuHyqBURVb8HRmR4m-vd3Z19Xb_QJH_sKWVEG7I/s400/star-trek-xiii-into-oblivion-56e6e75d618b2.png" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<i>Star Trek Beyond</i> is here! After three long years and a mess of different directors/writers setting this film up, as of July 22nd, 2016 it's here! Starring Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto and the rest of the intrepid crew of the Starship Enterprise, J.J. Abrams steps out of the director's chair and gives the reigns to <i>Fast & Furious</i> director Justin Lin.<br />
<br />
Although I've never been the biggest fan of J.J. Abram's version of Star Trek (seeing as he's not a fan of Trek and more into Star Wars), I've come to get used to this interpretation and I'm left intrigued to see what our young gallant crew has been up to since 2013. Now, Star Trek in it's best form is on television, so in between the films all we really get to show the progress of the crew is through comics and novels. There really isn't much to help us with what exactly going on. <br />
<br />
If you're looking for something that has a ton of action, little time for story and a wide range of breathtaking effects, than this movie is for you! Having established the crew of the Enterprise in the last two films, we are now ready to see them during their five year mission into space and when something goes horribly wrong during a rescue mission, our crew is left to fend for themselves while trying to escape the desolate world.<br />
<br />
Now, I've only seen the film once and it was during a midnight screening where I was excited but honestly found myself nodding off a bit. It was a long day at work for me where I had to work two jobs and didn't get out until around 11. So, here I am, in Hollywood waiting on my friend and then once the film starts, I find myself nodding off in and out. This is so unlike me! But I am awake through a large majority of the film. I need to see the movie again and certainly will.<br />
<br />
Happy 50th Anniversary Star Trek! <br />
<br />
<br />Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16074614585656308011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2996359890232594519.post-83245222039987499942016-04-02T14:00:00.000-07:002016-04-02T14:00:04.732-07:00Into Reboot?<div dir="ltr">
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I'd like to share my thoughts on the rebooted <i>Star Trek</i> films created by J.J. Abrams. With the box office failure of <i>Star Trek </i><i>Nemesis</i><i>, </i>Paramount took a step back from the franchise and let the air settle. In 2005, the prequel series, <i>Star Trek: </i><i>Enterprise</i><i> </i>was cancelled. With nowhere else to go, the head of the franchise, Rick Berman, decided to come up with <i>Star Trek: The </i><i>Beginning</i><i>. </i>Nothing came of it and Paramount decided to scrap the idea and for the first time since the show's cancellation in 1969, <i>Star Trek </i>was dead.</span></span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr">
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Upon first reading about this, I was furious and sad. I remember telling my dad, "So, <i>Star</i><i> Trek </i>is no more." He responded with optimism and didn't really believe that. "It's not dead, it's just going to take a while before they can come up with something new."</span></span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr">
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr">
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgITi5dyRcVmLJXzlzbLozVd7X7Rd5-JZ6urGJxLRwRxaegDVzXsyLOa35Jz4QT7OLbW1VML3D_5MrjHpeIrgY4QZhyphenhyphen2aDDdRQkFGegPVZyGewhd-IUYyMuBOta85RJjBDNIzHpOtJFCZ0/s1600/stid-img-21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgITi5dyRcVmLJXzlzbLozVd7X7Rd5-JZ6urGJxLRwRxaegDVzXsyLOa35Jz4QT7OLbW1VML3D_5MrjHpeIrgY4QZhyphenhyphen2aDDdRQkFGegPVZyGewhd-IUYyMuBOta85RJjBDNIzHpOtJFCZ0/s320/stid-img-21.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chris Pine (l) as Kirk and Zachary Quinto as Spock</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Four years later, <i>Star Trek</i> made a come back on the big screen taking us back to the adventures of Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock. A story focusing on the background of how these two friends meet is something never before seen it Trek and is the right approach to making something even general movie goers to be aware of. In 1991, producer Harve Bennett had the idea for a rebooted story after the failure of <i>Star Trek V</i>, but his idea was scrapped when Paramount wanted to have one last film starring the cast of the original 60s show in time for the show's 25th anniversary. J.J. continued his idea and made this film. This new take was going to take place in an alternate reality and star the characters from the original show but when they are much younger and their first adventure into space. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span></span></span><br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2tLMYu51AdGdguUTPq_Y1gIe4M1H1AsuYslzDrPeQDef8-iZboTV6aVrU4u0-KVyEiT2Yce-rulKs2rnjSle5ubo3h-UeZsVXMYpMZ3tz1NtuY1D7_65KgXSKHnSBrO435EOKO22Mslg/s1600/star-trek11-movie-screencaps.com-10263.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2tLMYu51AdGdguUTPq_Y1gIe4M1H1AsuYslzDrPeQDef8-iZboTV6aVrU4u0-KVyEiT2Yce-rulKs2rnjSle5ubo3h-UeZsVXMYpMZ3tz1NtuY1D7_65KgXSKHnSBrO435EOKO22Mslg/s320/star-trek11-movie-screencaps.com-10263.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leonard Nimoy returns as Mr. Spock</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Seven young and talented actors stepped into the role with approval from each member of the original cast with the exception of the late James Doohan (1920-2005) and DeForest Kelley (1920-1999). <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1517976/?ref_=nv_sr_1" target="_blank">Chris Pine</a> stars as<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span>Captain Kirk; <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0704270/?ref_=tt_cl_t9" target="_blank">Zachary Quinto</a> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroes_%28TV_series%29" target="_blank">Heroes</a>) stars as Mr. Spock; <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0881631/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1" target="_blank">Karl Urban</a> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dredd" target="_blank">Dredd</a>) is Dr. McCoy and even Simon Pegg (Hot Fuzz, Shawn of the Dead) stars as the new Mr. Scott. You can look up the rest of the cast members <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek_%28film%29" target="_blank">here</a> and they are <i>all</i> wonderful. Not only do they look much like younger versions of all the actors, but they don't play them for laughs. Pine doesn't mimic William Shatner's speech patterns and the entire cast does an outstanding job. I would have to say, however, the I am <i>most</i> impressed with Urban's portrayal of Bones. The best! Joining them in the film would be villain Nero, played by the great Eric Bana and a much extended cameo by <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Leonard</span> Nimoy. Well, he's a little more than just a cameo but he is also not in the film a great deal. The scene with his Nimoy's Spock and Quinto's Spock is unforgettable. A way of passing the old to the new so to speak.<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Keep an eye out for Wino<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">na Ry<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">der as Spock's mother, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">manda Grayson.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Both films, <i>Star Trek</i> and <i>Star Trek Into Darkness</i> are quite good in their own light. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">However, I wouldn't call the<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">m <i>S</i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>tar Trek</i> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">movies, I would rather just call them action mov<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ies that happen to include the name <i>Star T</i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>rek </i>in them with elements of what came before.<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Many of my friends, including myself enjo<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">y these movies an<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">d find themselves enjoying <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>T</i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>re</i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>k </i>a great d<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">eal more. I tell my friends to start with these films and then go back to check out wha<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">t has come before. Maybe that could start them to enjoy a <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">totally new world of <i>Trek</i>. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Now, J.J. Abrams is known for his particular style of directing. He loves using trademarks such as <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">lens</span> flair, shaky camera work and cameos of people he has worked with. Everyone does that, and I have no problem with it. The only thing I have a problem in these new films, is the lack of character development and slow scenes. He feels the need to keep the camera moving at all times even when it doesn't call for it. I can understand that before this film, <i>Star Trek</i> in general had a negative wrap for slow scenes and such, but even movies and films most people enjoy include them. Here, there are<i> too little</i> and <i>too few</i>. I feel like he's trying to make this into more of a Star Wars movie, and that doesn't work. Just because they have the name "Star" in them doesn't mean they are anything alike. At the same time, I do enjoy this re-branding for what it is. I highly recommend it for newcomers of the world of Trek. Including Leonard Nimoy was an <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">awesome</span> touch as a way to link the old with the new. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">For me, if you are someone that is new to Trek, I would highly recommend starting with these new films. They are easy to follow, don't suffer from continuity and feature the young actors of today. Just be aware that if you plan on going backwards to previous productions, it won't be anything like this. They will be far more story-driven and personal. Either way, enjoy and as Morpheus said, "...You have to see it for yourself."</span></span></span><br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJFttKo3qYoRAGUQQ00oyExXtp8zgVBa4XW0o3AYN5-uy_f7OMJk_j-FbQ4iB7KxlxWz1N9K7oGWSOp_1RALUqGV3UjmZ7JJoddQR4iYHxCY8_f7DncM6CD_J_uOYyBVQ1ESPFjh7gEOc/s1600/tumblr_n9qhdzWRep1tixldfo1_500.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJFttKo3qYoRAGUQQ00oyExXtp8zgVBa4XW0o3AYN5-uy_f7OMJk_j-FbQ4iB7KxlxWz1N9K7oGWSOp_1RALUqGV3UjmZ7JJoddQR4iYHxCY8_f7DncM6CD_J_uOYyBVQ1ESPFjh7gEOc/s640/tumblr_n9qhdzWRep1tixldfo1_500.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: cyan;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">UNTIL NEXT TIME MY FRIENDS!</span></span></span></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">What are your thoughts on the Star Trek reboots? Do you think J.J. took Trek in the right direction and that it brought new life into a dying franchise? Let me know in the comments below!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Sources:</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Kirk and Spock: <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Google Search</span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Spock: <a href="http://movie-screencaps.com/star-trek-2009/58/" target="_blank">Screencaps.com</a></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Enterprise warping<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">: </span></span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="_r3"><a href="http://relatingwithme.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">relatingwithme.tumblr.com</a></span><span class="_r3 irc_msc"><a class="_ZR irc_msl i3591" data-i="1" data-noload="" data-ved="0ahUKEwi5wdbp6_DLAhWjsYMKHRyYBOUQhxwICA" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbs=simg%3Am00&tbnid=P89PZ-Xm9P9gsM%3A&docid=ybQgTVvPoZUSoM&safe=active&tbm=isch" tabindex="0"><span class="irc_idim"></span></a></span> </span></span></div>
Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16074614585656308011noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2996359890232594519.post-37848556210511357362016-03-20T12:01:00.001-07:002016-03-20T12:06:57.984-07:00Trekking Back to Television<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I've been told that a new Star Trek series is in the works and it won't be related to the J.J. Trek films! My reaction?</span> <span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>YES! OH YEAH! YEAH BUDDY! WELCOME BACK </i>STAR TREK</span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">! WE MISSED YOU!!!! </span></i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: white;">That being said, I am optimistic and look forward to whatever the producers do with this new concept!</span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: white;">Since the cancellation of <i>Star Trek: Enterprise</i> in 2005, it's been over ten years since <i>Trek</i> was on television. Since that time, we've only had two films, fan fiction and a wonderful show called <i>Star Trek Continues</i>,
which is a fan-made series based on adventures of the 60s show. With
much speculation and finally confirmation, the new series will hit
screens on January 2017 in honor of <i>Star Trek</i>'s 50th anniversary.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></span></span></span><br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFGap5ydhWqCdE_1bwglBVbkbq0C6V43iLScJGr9_pwNKgM5gI6eBO7oDVrWZxpgyfGbBtUZm_5ARkR2x5zA8yIzcn39j-BWl7gRZrvAGx_avvYjyZY0dGI2Foqv4YG5Yrmc-fPRNhEfI/s1600/Bryan_Fuller_Voyager_bridge.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFGap5ydhWqCdE_1bwglBVbkbq0C6V43iLScJGr9_pwNKgM5gI6eBO7oDVrWZxpgyfGbBtUZm_5ARkR2x5zA8yIzcn39j-BWl7gRZrvAGx_avvYjyZY0dGI2Foqv4YG5Yrmc-fPRNhEfI/s320/Bryan_Fuller_Voyager_bridge.jpg" width="213" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bryan Fuller on the set of Voyager.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: white;">The
cast is not confirmed as of this stage, however there are a few
veterans with previous Trexperience (haha totally made that word up)
working behind it. <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0583292/?ref_=fn_al_n" target="_blank">Nicholas Meyer</a>, director of both <i>Star Trek II </i>and <i>VI</i> is on board as writer and well-known producer<a href="http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Bryan_Fuller" target="_blank"> Bryan Fuller</a> is labeled as the show's creator. Fuller is no stranger to <i>Trek</i>, as he wrote many episodes for <i>Star Trek: Voyager</i> and <i>Deep Space Nine</i>.
Ever since 2009, before the rebooted film, he has been a runner up and
expressed interest in doing a new series. Taken from an <a href="http://sciencefictionworld.com/tv/science-fiction-tv/318-new-star-trek-tv-show.html" target="_blank">article</a> in <a href="http://sciencefictionworld.com/" target="_blank">Science Fiction World.net</a> Fuller says,</span></span></span></span><span><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: white;"> "I told my agent and told the people of <a href="http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/J.J._Abrams" title="J.J. Abrams">J.J. Abrams</a>' team I want to create another <i>Star Trek</i>
series and have an idea that I'm kicking around. I would love to return
to the spirit of the old series with the colors and attitude. I loved <i>Voyager</i> and <i>Deep Space Nine</i>,
but they seem to have lost the '60s fun and I would love to take it
back to its origin." Roddenberry's son, Eugene Roddenberry will also
have a hand as producer for the new series. From what I understand, CBS
is going to air the pilot on their station and then release a season on
All Access.</span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: white;">I am mostly looking forward to a return to form in <i>Star Trek</i>. Although the J.J. Abrams aka Abramsverse of <i>Trek</i> is highly successful and brought a whole new cult following with fresh energy and storytelling, it lacks the heart of what <i>Star Trek</i>
is about. With explosions, fights and battles with little backbone,
these movies appeal more to the general audiences, which I totally get.
You can't have a theatrical film and target only the fans. You need to
open a broader range and I understand that. I just wish there was more <i>Trek</i>
in it, because without that, it's what makes it just a simple action
movie. I love the movies, but just as action movies. The first movie was
great but the second just relied too much on what came before and
rehashed it with only too much action.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So, now that you read my thoughts on the new series, what do <i>you</i>
think? Are you looking forward to Star Trek's return to television? Has
it been too long for anyone to really care about there being a new
show? Let me know in the comments below!</span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: white;">Sources:</span></span></span></span><br />
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: white;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0583292/?ref_=fn_al_n" target="_blank">Nicholas Meyer</a> on <a href="http://www.imdb.com/" target="_blank">IMDb</a></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Bryan_Fuller" target="_blank">Bryan Fuller</a>, <a href="http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/J.J._Abrams" target="_blank">J.J. Abrams</a> on <a href="http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Portal:Main" target="_blank">Memory Alpha</a>. </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: white;"><a href="http://if.com.au/" target="_blank">If Magazine</a> </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: white;">Science Fiction World.net <a href="http://sciencefictionworld.com/tv/science-fiction-tv/318-new-star-trek-tv-show.html" target="_blank">article</a> on Bryan Fuller </span></span></span></span></li>
</ul>
Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16074614585656308011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2996359890232594519.post-12282410857902679792016-03-11T21:33:00.002-08:002016-03-11T21:34:43.172-08:00Star Trek Timelines<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMfXWXjGaeC-UZhaz7mJJUEwldofjfd02Uwuy9Tz2C1qDWmJ5ZptA1d3vMVH1M2ps2yzocu88szerZU-R7MK6wlykYPqg3v_DMuP3s2HvzcislZm6lFcyHmzvsd7_XmPDvz6r6M6EZsEI/s1600/57f4715a3aed5f5477e0ef1257b5a34b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMfXWXjGaeC-UZhaz7mJJUEwldofjfd02Uwuy9Tz2C1qDWmJ5ZptA1d3vMVH1M2ps2yzocu88szerZU-R7MK6wlykYPqg3v_DMuP3s2HvzcislZm6lFcyHmzvsd7_XmPDvz6r6M6EZsEI/s320/57f4715a3aed5f5477e0ef1257b5a34b.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">There's a new, quite addicting <i>Star Trek</i> game for your mobile device
called <i>Star Trek: Timelines</i>. This is so addicting that I even find
myself playing it off and on at work. It is essentially a mix between a
MMORPG and a space simulator where you can create your own crew, get a
ship and fight battles with enemies. Even though it's free, there are some upgrades that require you to spend money. Certain upgrades can cost as much as $100. Now, I'm a <i>Star Trek</i> fan but I would not spend that much on any app, no matter what it is. There are far more important things to spend that money on such as donating to charity, saving up for a bike, or going on a trip. I'm not going to lie, I was tempted to spend at least $5 but I thought about it, and figured it would only escalate higher and higher.<i> Oh, I need an extra phaser bank! Hmmm...$30? Okay fine...</i>Yeah, no! However, the game is fun and you should check it out! I recommend it!</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Let me know what you think in the comments below! </span>Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16074614585656308011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2996359890232594519.post-45992272757853022982016-03-10T12:14:00.000-08:002016-03-13T19:47:10.232-07:00From Here to Beyond...<br />
With the release of <i>Star Trek Beyond</i> this summer, here is a short summary of all the 12 <i>Star Trek</i> movies. Read at your own risk as there are spoilers. However, if you plan on watching them, I would recommend you do so before reading this. Thanks!<br />
<br />
<i>"THE HUMAN ADVENTURE IS JUST BEGINNING."</i><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLGYFSUAzBtA29eRE5k94dTaSbR603d9x_WAc_710L0ZIYe-nLrPLKsAyEUadJ5sLQ2lBfA_ViYh7bXw27We2QGRqL1rzRMu7WaEyaucMyaPhUd6s17Ov3w0fgzJHD09QqwXYpV1_3x_0/s1600/star-trek-i-the-motion-picture-52048f4d05374.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="115" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLGYFSUAzBtA29eRE5k94dTaSbR603d9x_WAc_710L0ZIYe-nLrPLKsAyEUadJ5sLQ2lBfA_ViYh7bXw27We2QGRqL1rzRMu7WaEyaucMyaPhUd6s17Ov3w0fgzJHD09QqwXYpV1_3x_0/s640/star-trek-i-the-motion-picture-52048f4d05374.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It has been 2 1/2 years since the end of Kirk's 5-year mission. Positioned on Earth as an admiral, Kirk gets his crew back together on a refitted <i>Enterprise</i> to face a large entity that is headed straight for the planet. Spock, undergoing a purge of all remaining logic on Vulcan is interrupted by the cloud and ends his meditation to join his shipmates. Face to face with the cloud, and discovering it is an old NASA space probe sent centuries earlier, the <i>Enterprise</i> goes in and sacrifices two new crewman who then merge with the cloud thus creating a new life form. Soon after, Kirk, together again with his crew, embark on a second five year mission boldly going where no man has gone before.</span><br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdQXKKToMLwOgNVgI6OZ02-pLdzWY-lRBXuFHus6Tjs9y5t1RrdqGMp6BCrcE93QXDAqqIUMAsUxY2LOcNL0v99ypS3CFpHBjiLb3wgGcNfYIilyLd0PBqoj1ogDOMzSnBQbg0LUv3Ccs/s1600/TMP1.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="131" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdQXKKToMLwOgNVgI6OZ02-pLdzWY-lRBXuFHus6Tjs9y5t1RrdqGMp6BCrcE93QXDAqqIUMAsUxY2LOcNL0v99ypS3CFpHBjiLb3wgGcNfYIilyLd0PBqoj1ogDOMzSnBQbg0LUv3Ccs/s320/TMP1.gif" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The new refitted Enterprise in dry dock.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
___________________________________________<br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>"AT THE END OF THE UNIVERSE LIES THE BEGINNING OF VENGEANCE."</i></span><br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwmEZPsm5nk3KxvGD3BnpzlVFvDruJpO2BGqVXHpm5_lgjQnvxtgE9CImZ1ZQOjEzN879BUTrDe_DWisnPqQUS9GLQxlQqfBWYrasuhyGHzDXB4nt0Ag6-VQ-u2OnOmU_dmeUQoKng52Q/s1600/star-trek-ii-the-wrath-of-khan-53ebc12ed8710.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="116" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwmEZPsm5nk3KxvGD3BnpzlVFvDruJpO2BGqVXHpm5_lgjQnvxtgE9CImZ1ZQOjEzN879BUTrDe_DWisnPqQUS9GLQxlQqfBWYrasuhyGHzDXB4nt0Ag6-VQ-u2OnOmU_dmeUQoKng52Q/s640/star-trek-ii-the-wrath-of-khan-53ebc12ed8710.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Now 52, Admiral Kirk faces his life no longer as the young <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">gallant</span> Captain he once was. Spock, now promoted to Captain of the <i>Enterprise</i>, conducts training missions for new cadets and has Kirk come aboard to observe the mission. Elsewhere, the <i>U.S.S.</i> <i>Reliant</i> is on search for a baron planet to test the new Genesis Device, a tool used to create life from lifelessness. Khan Noonien Singh, a genetic superman from the 1990's and abandoned by Captain Kirk 15 years earlier, is discovered and hijacks the <i>Reliant</i> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">to exact</span> revenge on the admiral. With many casualties, Kirk commands the <i>Enterprise</i> and defends the ship against Khan. As a last resort, Khan engages the Genesis and once detonated, a shock wave produced by it will not only consume <i>Reliant </i>but also the<i> Enterprise</i>. Sacrificing himself to save the ship, Spock is exposed to radiation and dies. Ejected to the newly formed Genesis Planet,<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Spock is laid to rest<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">as the ship heads for home.</span></span></span></span><br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir-aNEBQNuW2z8JDchJXQ0x3ig5Rn9tejeS6j_f6fHFX4Xfrl0a4XLVUeiQci2QChrmKnzhnXiP16j2BnaJhT15FvKDOTKizA9gQM2Hhvhw-Vcx4VMQIUpQdBH-N2knkBnPKz-mgE-vTg/s1600/tmp3.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir-aNEBQNuW2z8JDchJXQ0x3ig5Rn9tejeS6j_f6fHFX4Xfrl0a4XLVUeiQci2QChrmKnzhnXiP16j2BnaJhT15FvKDOTKizA9gQM2Hhvhw-Vcx4VMQIUpQdBH-N2knkBnPKz-mgE-vTg/s320/tmp3.gif" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Khan will do whatever it takes to get his revenge.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
___________________________________________<br />
<br />
<br />
<i>"A DYING PLANET. A FIGHT FOR LIFE. THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK."</i><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhfj8O5LmBH4XxhkoZ6DVFz8qYMtw9LPWsZ0BTdg9zWoSC6355rrpRN1Aze2UWsaQFAIfO6L8ec0y-SblRnHKKwXhHvLYdRgmNM9Cct3_n4tDjSd5fnDeqU1_BjypLds81GO-_tCpK_b4/s1600/star-trek-iii-the-search-for-spock-54356e2b0bcb3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="116" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhfj8O5LmBH4XxhkoZ6DVFz8qYMtw9LPWsZ0BTdg9zWoSC6355rrpRN1Aze2UWsaQFAIfO6L8ec0y-SblRnHKKwXhHvLYdRgmNM9Cct3_n4tDjSd5fnDeqU1_BjypLds81GO-_tCpK_b4/s640/star-trek-iii-the-search-for-spock-54356e2b0bcb3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">With the death of Spock and the defeat of Khan, Admiral Kirk takes the <i>Enterprise</i> back to spacedock for repairs. Feeling lost without his friend, Spock's father, Vulcan Ambassador Sarek, demand Kirk return the body to their <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">home world</span> . Stealing the <i>Enterprise</i>, Kirk and<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> crew</span> travel to the Genesis planet for Spock. Realizing that Spock has planted his memory into Dr. McCoy, both must go to Vulcan to <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">under<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">go a mind transfu<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">sion</span></span></span>. Kirk's son, finding Spock on Genesis, is killed by a group of rogue Klingons bent on taking the plans of the Genesis device for themselves. Surrendering, Kirk self-destructs the <i>Enterprise</i> and is stranded on the newly formed planet. After a hand-to-hand struggle with the Klingon commander, Kirk defeats him and<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> beams <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">off<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> the planet<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, hijacking <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">enemy<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> ves<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">sel and heading straight to Vulcan. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> transfer is suc<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">c<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">essful<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> and Spoc<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">k slowly gain<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">s back his memory. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbbtJxvtoHSBRePGNtz8IbxiJ5lJIF1rGsDcFWuUr6qnAPqcibEeO6ApdDUdP7A-wQ6bG_1TxurFYpPWxuebUW0EoWKk09H2LLouwHqsgpj-tTDuPMHgUZNCYckBw5WSPQYDeYwfN7-CU/s1600/tumblr_ms0xfrAruW1s67vyfo6_r1_500.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="115" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbbtJxvtoHSBRePGNtz8IbxiJ5lJIF1rGsDcFWuUr6qnAPqcibEeO6ApdDUdP7A-wQ6bG_1TxurFYpPWxuebUW0EoWKk09H2LLouwHqsgpj-tTDuPMHgUZNCYckBw5WSPQYDeYwfN7-CU/s320/tumblr_ms0xfrAruW1s67vyfo6_r1_500.gif" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"My God, Bones. What have I done?"</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
______________________________________________<br />
<br />
<br />
<i>"HOW ON EARTH CAN THEY SAVE THE FUTURE?"</i><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtkFtyJcnzQdLtRthidpnPNFsRvPdYFcFo5vwteYj7FXyHapZODQoLu-XYS0mTRF6NPg33cDyubRP3Oh-juIHO0oa5i8sCwZy47KI82a3bqTTchNXsRfxwNZSnTrQ04WUN4uCLiGx6ecY/s1600/star-trek-iv-the-voyage-home-5436a565d1757.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="118" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtkFtyJcnzQdLtRthidpnPNFsRvPdYFcFo5vwteYj7FXyHapZODQoLu-XYS0mTRF6NPg33cDyubRP3Oh-juIHO0oa5i8sCwZy47KI82a3bqTTchNXsRfxwNZSnTrQ04WUN4uCLiGx6ecY/s640/star-trek-iv-the-voyage-home-5436a565d1757.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">After several months on Vulcan, and Spock's memory back to normal, Kirk and crew take the Klingon vessel to Earth to face the charges after stealing and destroying the <i>Enterprise</i>. En route, a probe of unknown original cuts off all power to the planet. Earth, barely able to send an emergency signal, Kirk must take his ship back in time in order for the probe to communicate. The only way to respond to the probe is for them to retrieve now extinct humpback whales and bring them back to the 23rd century. Taking a passenger from the past to help, the probe is able to talk to the whales and leaves Earth. Due to their actions, the crew of the late <i>Enterprise</i> have all charges dropped, save for one. Kirk is permanently demoted to Captain as a consequence yet given command of a new <i>Enterprise</i>. Exiting space dock, the <i>Enterprise</i>-A heads out to new worlds and new civilizations boldly going where no man has gone before.</span><br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWOReeDWFUKVPokFXSCIjxu1OS-ZywLqm3HSJ_5EU3j6X9HLJTWYPYqzVF3iuSceCq_JNwiMlHfQdTMbDlmdmjk1Or6g1bTxk29tnYzDlmr066Nf34b7fQeSUN8bOGqUtRnPOLZV43nco/s1600/tumblr_n0nxwrAXUk1rzu2xzo1_400.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="135" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWOReeDWFUKVPokFXSCIjxu1OS-ZywLqm3HSJ_5EU3j6X9HLJTWYPYqzVF3iuSceCq_JNwiMlHfQdTMbDlmdmjk1Or6g1bTxk29tnYzDlmr066Nf34b7fQeSUN8bOGqUtRnPOLZV43nco/s320/tumblr_n0nxwrAXUk1rzu2xzo1_400.gif" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The one with the whales.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">___________________________________</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> "AD<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">VENTURE AND IMAGINATION WILL MEET AT THE FINAL FRONTIER."</span></span></i><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbceIDg_1GgiwSBLJeRxoLlrmDXIDjDBFdTzkf76TZny5-ZgFSRkWLcLxw1QGzk5gzmZ7sSuHO-cQ4RF0B7I2GAeY79XFoihG0XLfUAcIZBNnzvBHbOzkbTbnCWZu8eaWMDrexrIVtG1M/s1600/star-trek-v-the-final-frontier-5436b6d676bb8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="118" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbceIDg_1GgiwSBLJeRxoLlrmDXIDjDBFdTzkf76TZny5-ZgFSRkWLcLxw1QGzk5gzmZ7sSuHO-cQ4RF0B7I2GAeY79XFoihG0XLfUAcIZBNnzvBHbOzkbTbnCWZu8eaWMDrexrIVtG1M/s640/star-trek-v-the-final-frontier-5436b6d676bb8.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">After <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">limping<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> back <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">to Earth, the <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">new <i>Enterprise</i>-A <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">undergoes repai<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">rs as Kirk, Spock and McCoy enjoy some lon<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">g-awaited shore<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">-l<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">eave. Meanwhile, on<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the planet Nimb<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">us III, <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> " <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Planet of <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Galactic</span> Peace"<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, a reneg<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">a<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">de Vulcan with a special <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ability<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> to free minds, <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">leads a vast group<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">of followers <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">on a quest <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">to find God. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">As the <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Ent</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>erprise</i> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">is ordered to resc<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">u<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">e the <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">representatives</span> on<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> N<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">imb<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">us III, i<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">t<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> is all a pl<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">oy <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">in order<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">to steal a ship to the planet Sha Ka Ree<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">at the center of the galaxy. The <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">renegade</span> Vulcan is<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> discovered to be S<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">pock's half<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">-brother Sybok. Once reaching the planet, the being <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">discovered<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> is not God at all, but in <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">fac<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">t</span> a m<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">alevolent c<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">reat<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ure bent on escaping the world. Sybo<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">k d<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ies <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">to <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">all<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ow the <i>Ent</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>erprise</i> to escape and <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">shore leave</span> continues for the <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">crew.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6BcuumTLlK7g5B7rCc3utsF0dSwatEwrgSaXbP2DVYvRpEStqXuSaPPwwXW36i0efv3Ri2gw-WeiISo1ElwxxgyySeO08MHFkOXuxRhEUs1y5k-1Z9y_v56Ke7E0inr0XUJpnHShHjAo/s1600/Kirk+smiling.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="131" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6BcuumTLlK7g5B7rCc3utsF0dSwatEwrgSaXbP2DVYvRpEStqXuSaPPwwXW36i0efv3Ri2gw-WeiISo1ElwxxgyySeO08MHFkOXuxRhEUs1y5k-1Z9y_v56Ke7E0inr0XUJpnHShHjAo/s400/Kirk+smiling.gif" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Captain Kirk with Sha Ka Ree</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <i> </i></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>____________________________________<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">____</span></i></span><br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"THE BATTLE FOR PEACE HAS <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">BEG<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">UN."</span></span></span></i></span><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJMin2DxvGbvqgiE7X0uM2G8dvm6JrmUueSe9unnzB-4fS8gJEtkkkzwN-52MYF-V9oTrqW7nSF1DvP04mdPnG_F472wf6cIYB_rHwChibj89NSDGik9F2BsdO4ealk-nUSFS3_LuOXf8/s1600/star-trek-vi-the-undiscovered-country-5437fe6738e05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="116" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJMin2DxvGbvqgiE7X0uM2G8dvm6JrmUueSe9unnzB-4fS8gJEtkkkzwN-52MYF-V9oTrqW7nSF1DvP04mdPnG_F472wf6cIYB_rHwChibj89NSDGik9F2BsdO4ealk-nUSFS3_LuOXf8/s640/star-trek-vi-the-undiscovered-country-5437fe6738e05.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">With retirement just <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">around</span> the<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">cor<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ner, the crew of the <i>E</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>nterprise</i> take the their sh<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ip out<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> one last time to <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">esc<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ort a <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Klingon <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Chancellor to<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Earth for peace talks after <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">one of<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> the planets <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">exp<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">lode<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">s</span> due to <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">poor <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">environmental<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> conditions</span></span></span>. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Some in the F<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ederatio<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">n, however,<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> are ag<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ainst the thought of <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">peace</span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">After a <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">diplomatic<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span> din<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ner, the <i>Enterprise</i> se<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ems to<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> fire on the ship and beams two officers ab<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">oard to <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">assassinate the Chancellor. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">With a tri<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">al on hand at the Klingon<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">home world</span>, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Kirk and McCoy are found guilty and taken</span> to<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> a penal colon<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">y for life<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> imprisonment<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. Spock con<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">duc<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ts an investigation <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">on the <i>Enterp</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>rise</i> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">to discover who indeed <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">is be<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">hind</span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">assassination</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. Able to save Kirk and McC<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">oy, <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Spock informs <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">that Klingon Bird-of-P<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">rey <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">is <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">responsible<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span> for<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the open fire</span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">;</span> in additi<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">on, someone on the inside is</span> on the <i>E</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>nterprise</i> itself! Dis<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">c<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">overing that Sp<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ock's new pr<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">otege is behind <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the sabo<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">tage, Spock <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">mind-melds <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">with her to get the information on the new peace talks location. D<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ef<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">eating the <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Kl<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ingon<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> ship, <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Kirk and cr<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ew bea<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">m down to the talks with the help of Captain <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sulu <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">of the <i>U.S.S.</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i> E</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>xcel</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>sior</i> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">preventing</span> anot<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">her <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">assassination</span>. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Saving the day one last time and allowing the peace talks to go forward, <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the <i>Enterprise</i> is ordered decommissioned and Kirk takes the <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">sh<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ip out for one last spin before <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">retiring</span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">permanently</span> from S<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">tarfleet.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><i> </i></span><br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj36m2N7g3DaorBUVbPFQxmNSr5a1fWPzVdoK50PLrHaY1bnCkfXSh1VNFHifY7X_iUZ-dFihxy_laxjE0IJty0aIjIL_pD8CLltrgwrj-Em3yri5JbP71DXhxvBiMm3kt59BoxpO9XKuc/s1600/tumblr_mwg4fxA79U1rzu2xzo4_r1_400.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="135" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj36m2N7g3DaorBUVbPFQxmNSr5a1fWPzVdoK50PLrHaY1bnCkfXSh1VNFHifY7X_iUZ-dFihxy_laxjE0IJty0aIjIL_pD8CLltrgwrj-Em3yri5JbP71DXhxvBiMm3kt59BoxpO9XKuc/s320/tumblr_mwg4fxA79U1rzu2xzo4_r1_400.gif" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"FIRE!"</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>________________________________<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">___</span> </i></span><br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>"TWO CAPTAINS. ONE DES<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">TINY."</span></i></span><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimulxhivIVNMZqta6d4_xGFJqilSaBH-0Yx6LK1bHw6EEasBX9l-Egq9CbLoNOx4DAeR1XDeJ4kjG1ZVkrtD__iml-PCrUNYSFLRjtQdvbn_goD6tFa2wPZHVBhUcx3ZC58yMnrnc0K0c/s1600/star-trek-vii-generations-543fc80645de5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="116" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimulxhivIVNMZqta6d4_xGFJqilSaBH-0Yx6LK1bHw6EEasBX9l-Egq9CbLoNOx4DAeR1XDeJ4kjG1ZVkrtD__iml-PCrUNYSFLRjtQdvbn_goD6tFa2wPZHVBhUcx3ZC58yMnrnc0K0c/s640/star-trek-vii-generations-543fc80645de5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A few months after retirement, Kirk is joined by Scotty and Chekov for the launching of the new <i>Enterprise</i>-B. During it's maiden voyage, the ship receives a distress call and Kirk sacrifices himself to save the crew. Years later, Captain Picard, commander of the Enterprise-D, must stop a madman from entering a space Nexus which is what attacked the <i>Enterprise</i>-B. Entering this mysterious world where past and future collide, Picard finds Kirk trapped there and they both confront the madman and save the galaxy but not before Kirk dies from a large fall. The crew of the <i>Enterprise</i>-D are stranded on the planet after a battle with Klingon's and the crew are rescued by another ship. </span><br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNCTykR4WpwhZC2FyH0lnj2eZ-Nt4mXwXnP0Eo7s3JcyHv4ZmHcnfsknpIVL3HpqyEUMJSiyTYm1Z4P3LoBDPOnyg5jntOnzDsjpicWNMn_wVoDrXNHEJ4MCMVczO3-C7RKvl5aabfkEY/s1600/tumblr_mvzk5b8dHS1rzu2xzo2_r1_250.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNCTykR4WpwhZC2FyH0lnj2eZ-Nt4mXwXnP0Eo7s3JcyHv4ZmHcnfsknpIVL3HpqyEUMJSiyTYm1Z4P3LoBDPOnyg5jntOnzDsjpicWNMn_wVoDrXNHEJ4MCMVczO3-C7RKvl5aabfkEY/s320/tumblr_mvzk5b8dHS1rzu2xzo2_r1_250.gif" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She went before her time...</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
___________________________________________<br />
<br />
<br />
<i>"RESISTANCE IS FUTILE"</i><br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSX2Q1ZwwKxlYUHWc7CPGmaXDtTmz0NgLoQB3BrBEYGikrwwZrhHg4dFUhKDP6isb0dgxCGjOQTN0das275A5EavmI9jKWovZQqVwgbJ6PusdZ6aw9BadA-iIwepI5IOpwl3ODySwK_CY/s1600/star-trek-first-contact-543ff34950971.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="118" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSX2Q1ZwwKxlYUHWc7CPGmaXDtTmz0NgLoQB3BrBEYGikrwwZrhHg4dFUhKDP6isb0dgxCGjOQTN0das275A5EavmI9jKWovZQqVwgbJ6PusdZ6aw9BadA-iIwepI5IOpwl3ODySwK_CY/s640/star-trek-first-contact-543ff34950971.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The Borg, a race of cybernetic beings bent on assimilating every race in existence has reached Earth and it is up to Captain Picard and his <i>Next Generation</i> crew to stop them. Once stopped, a small ship with Borg escapes and goes through time travel. Its destination? Earth, 2063. The year warp drive is tested and first contact with the Vulcans paves the way for the entire Federation. After realizing that some of the Borg manage to beam aboard the <i>Enterprise</i>, Picard holds his ground and stops at nothing to protect<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> his </span>ship. "The line must be drawn <i>here</i>! This far, no further! And<i> I</i> WILL MAKE THEM<i> PAY</i> FOR WHAT THEY'VE DONE!" He exclaims. Meanwhile, a handful of crew members are on <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">E</span>arth trying to assure that Zephram Cochran completes his warp drive test without giving too much away so as to damage the future. On the <i>Enterprise</i>, Picard must face the Borg Queen, whom he deals with six years prior. With Data stopping an attack by exposing himself to organic material-as the Borg cannot survive without their organic parts-he defeats the Queen, thus defeating the Borg, and history can now be made. The warp test succeeds and the Vulcans make first contact with Earth. Upon witnessing history, the <i>Enterprise</i> heads back to the 24th century. </span></span><br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJagfprontdcdVlQHoUO6gy9GqOgWLEh3XA_YSPqe3-biqWbe6DX9rrkaIyzOjq8YCu1LeRkePx_YPBS6axoPU-QqAqjEw5wO_lZj-DEKLztI8Z29CuYb0XP5_pkJJzCQLDzIncJuTyH8/s1600/tumblr_mtvksuPsep1rzu2xzo7_r1_400.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJagfprontdcdVlQHoUO6gy9GqOgWLEh3XA_YSPqe3-biqWbe6DX9rrkaIyzOjq8YCu1LeRkePx_YPBS6axoPU-QqAqjEw5wO_lZj-DEKLztI8Z29CuYb0XP5_pkJJzCQLDzIncJuTyH8/s320/tumblr_mtvksuPsep1rzu2xzo7_r1_400.gif" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Enterprise-E commanding the fleet</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
___________________________________________<br />
<br />
<br />
<i>"THE BATTLE FOR PARADISE HAS BEGUN."</i><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUfg-6AdslMcL2mhWSbOVeraGi1qm13sXej1W8R1o741CmK22g98TENJbfZxf_7AmfxCy8qw5WxFkRD7jCdcceRCh5HvB5H-YVA2JSP5x9m-imuxvNGWqCvq3DyaNFQ-QF6J7i4az32vU/s1600/star-trek-insurrection-5446bf5689bc5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="118" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUfg-6AdslMcL2mhWSbOVeraGi1qm13sXej1W8R1o741CmK22g98TENJbfZxf_7AmfxCy8qw5WxFkRD7jCdcceRCh5HvB5H-YVA2JSP5x9m-imuxvNGWqCvq3DyaNFQ-QF6J7i4az32vU/s640/star-trek-insurrection-5446bf5689bc5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The <i>Enterprise</i> cuts short welcoming a new race to the Federation and heads to the planet Ba'ku, a planet with the ability to rejuvenate anyone for a life-time. Secretly observing the mission, Data malfunctions and outs the duck blind, not only exposing Starfleet but also revealing technology never seen before to <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the</span> primitive race. Asked to either <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">retrieve </span>Data or risk having him destroyed, Picard chooses the former option. Once safely capturing the android, things are not what they seem at this planet.<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> F<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">eeling that th<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ese people were never meant to be immortal, and with just 600 people, the F<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ederation feels it has the right to <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">t<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ake the benefit of this pl<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">anet to all.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span> Leading to a force relocation without the people even knowing it, Picard leads a rebellion to and goes against his orders for the greater good. Another race, the Son'a, want to exploit the planet's ability as well and stop at nothing to do so. Realizing that the Son'a and the Ba'ku are the same race, a truce is made and both races live once again in harmony. With the plot foiled, Captain Picard and the <i>Enterprise</i> head off into space. </span><br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimhOKAT2LZLu8kMrrmbFcQ0pAg_oklwKOMfk03ihSbch8eVD-cOEgd4E7a7O1j3R_rmyVJTARd7vGN65Ysnfp1feJExZHqozi77V_aSyQKM3h4oNqARsg3PevGo-KxS-ksAagGX96X5mk/s1600/fb.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimhOKAT2LZLu8kMrrmbFcQ0pAg_oklwKOMfk03ihSbch8eVD-cOEgd4E7a7O1j3R_rmyVJTARd7vGN65Ysnfp1feJExZHqozi77V_aSyQKM3h4oNqARsg3PevGo-KxS-ksAagGX96X5mk/s320/fb.gif" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leaving orbit of the planet Ba'ku.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
___________________________________________<br />
<br />
<br />
<i>"A GENERATION'S FINAL JOURNEY BEGINS."</i><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY4T0Xw-WJca78xJsve6gjvpgp-TaQPajXCEbym_wacWIIahRjIoyqwMdzaJ73snBhpkjjvbwnLV1nASDkDW0FS9LxF5d9x7hLmq-CfIhj6ymsExGVSMImTUjzmIOOshSMuH53-b4nH7g/s1600/star-trek-nemesis-52052b5a76d8a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="118" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY4T0Xw-WJca78xJsve6gjvpgp-TaQPajXCEbym_wacWIIahRjIoyqwMdzaJ73snBhpkjjvbwnLV1nASDkDW0FS9LxF5d9x7hLmq-CfIhj6ymsExGVSMImTUjzmIOOshSMuH53-b4nH7g/s640/star-trek-nemesis-52052b5a76d8a.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">After a celebration of a newly promoted and newly married Captain Riker and Deanna Troi, Captain Picard faces changes in his career and how things must move on. Meanwhile, the Romulan senate is assassinated due to a </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="st">coup d'état </span> and a new praetor has taken control, only he is not a Romulan, but rather a clone of Captain Picard himself! On a ploy for peace, the <i>Enterprise</i> is lured into a trap and Praetor Shinzon will stop at nothing to ensure the death of his original. Sacrificing himself to save the <i>Enterprise</i>, Data destroys Shinzon's ship before it can release radiation killing all aboard both ships. With Riker, Beverly Crusher, Counselor Troi and the loss of his dear Lr. Commander Data, Picard faces change but knows that there will be something good to come out of this as Data's newly discovered counterpart has regained some of his memories. </span><br />
<br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjolkG8u13ZjiKUjk39-Ea9VAst8ydaptUhyphenhyphenQPicvhfvOdjVXeX2VUGvqGI2YcyijVYgwIFxhGsWVIOutv86sqhpXOdbvpBYJ_MFzESDGPtI9eRidoxb6c0-G4ZfPuMWSC_O4H6-WKSdFc/s1600/sci.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjolkG8u13ZjiKUjk39-Ea9VAst8ydaptUhyphenhyphenQPicvhfvOdjVXeX2VUGvqGI2YcyijVYgwIFxhGsWVIOutv86sqhpXOdbvpBYJ_MFzESDGPtI9eRidoxb6c0-G4ZfPuMWSC_O4H6-WKSdFc/s320/sci.gif" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As a last resort, Picard sets a collision course.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">___________________________________ </span><br />
<br />
<br />
<i>"THE FUTURE BEGINS."</i><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLuGhw1OsDbjGYqxYHpC3LiEckrgLAEQdGF-CFgyO0GPurjpz20HEzmdir4l2W7JKNVMXnp-t9y_37w1_MmS01VFYW56eTXgLepBI4rharel38BtuUkJ2BOtUIG3hiceo3ICG5SQwyEuQ/s1600/star-trek-55416cb726224.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="118" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLuGhw1OsDbjGYqxYHpC3LiEckrgLAEQdGF-CFgyO0GPurjpz20HEzmdir4l2W7JKNVMXnp-t9y_37w1_MmS01VFYW56eTXgLepBI4rharel38BtuUkJ2BOtUIG3hiceo3ICG5SQwyEuQ/s640/star-trek-55416cb726224.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In the 24th cent<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ury<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, </span></span>Amba<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ssador Spock has failed to protect the planet Rom<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ulus and i<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">t <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">has thus become destroyed. Engul<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">fed in a blackhole, he<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, along with <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">a fellow Romulan Nero, enter an alterna<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">te 23rd <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">century<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">.<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">James <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Kirk<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> is born while his father, George Kirk, defen<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ds his ship from Nero's attack. Years later, <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Kirk i<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">s at a bar in Io<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">wa where he <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">joins <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Starf<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">leet thanks to Captain Christopher <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Pike<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Taki<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ng <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">a no<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">-win scen<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ari<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">o test, he<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">cheats<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">much to the</span></span> chagrin of Spock, who creat<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">es<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span>the program. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">n a cou<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">rt marti<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">al for Kirk's actions, <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Starfl<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">eet disco<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">vers that <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Vulcan is under attack and <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Pi<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ke takes command of the <i>Enterprise</i> in the emergenc<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">y. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Fa<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">cing N<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">e<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ro's ship in a direct attack,</span></span> Pike is taking prisoner and Vulcan gets destroyed<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">As Kirk is becoming impu<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">lsive, he is <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">forced off the <i>Ente</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>rp</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>rise</i> and ejected to Del<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ta Vega, where he <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">dis<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">covers Spock Prime and lea<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">rn</span>s of his de<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">stin<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">y<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. Once defeating Ne<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">r<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">o, Kirk is captain of the <i>Enterprise</i> and sets off to t<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">h<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">e stars.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW9h6AJ9K4jIcFKaovBmxIPWBzy1sNrVrtpkJ7VymFcWST7GLMXczvyu75rsstiBfWCgWzOqu866jCrPsq31zhgHTsRnDTrPVLjFzfy0UpjY4_sW_zMzCmmi2a5qafA9EEQar_0v-Ch0U/s1600/vQFAx14441989622.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW9h6AJ9K4jIcFKaovBmxIPWBzy1sNrVrtpkJ7VymFcWST7GLMXczvyu75rsstiBfWCgWzOqu866jCrPsq31zhgHTsRnDTrPVLjFzfy0UpjY4_sW_zMzCmmi2a5qafA9EEQar_0v-Ch0U/s320/vQFAx14441989622.gif" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Enterprise embarking on a new beginning.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i> ___________________________________ </i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>"DARKNESS IS COM<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ING."</span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfJTgyc6GO3VzHJ9g7nMVSEm32T48NAgqUH93Y7pBIdvw_nHtl91OSXtgqGL0sWTH_B6MTDHV3oxUYkzKl_fnRD3XJB5I0h1j486xTJZQzvjcWhuig-eBH69X4oaA8O5IgRQ1iaxSNdKg/s1600/star-trek-2-514dc414768ca.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="118" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfJTgyc6GO3VzHJ9g7nMVSEm32T48NAgqUH93Y7pBIdvw_nHtl91OSXtgqGL0sWTH_B6MTDHV3oxUYkzKl_fnRD3XJB5I0h1j486xTJZQzvjcWhuig-eBH69X4oaA8O5IgRQ1iaxSNdKg/s640/star-trek-2-514dc414768ca.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">On a bid to save a planet from destruction, Captain Kirk violates the Prime Directive and exposes the <i>Enterprise</i> to the people of Nibiru, a primitive people with no technology. Once <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">returning</span> to Earth, Spock reports Kirk, thus causing him to lose his ship. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Suddenly</span>, on a mission to stop a madman<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> after</span> destroying a facility in England, and losing his mentor Christopher Pike to a terrorist attack on the Federation, Kirk regains command of his ship to hunt down this killer. With 72 new torpedoes on his ship, Kirk discovers that each pod contains genetically modified supermen, connected to the madman<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> who<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> reveals himsel<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">f to be Khan</span></span>.</span> Captain Kirk sacrifices himself to save the <i>Enterprise</i> while Spock hunts down Khan<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> in revenge. After capturing Khan and taking him into custody, <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Dr. McCoy <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">uses Khan's blood to b<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">rin<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">g Kirk back to lif<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">e. With his <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">crew alive and well, Kirk takes the <i>Ent</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>erpr</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>ise</i> out <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">for it's histor<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ic five-year mission. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglDr6uqZVMiN5uQ_dQSElie17r4L8IYgxwdPj624lW-hC4qrptt3wNa0twSFuoTkjVWW3WxUAECVK-ruWShyphenhyphenSpNZY1_3ITqkkkPf_ORQkGPA2WE6goC1GiURTt6RrSp9crkEuRBqlEWjY/s1600/enterprise1.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglDr6uqZVMiN5uQ_dQSElie17r4L8IYgxwdPj624lW-hC4qrptt3wNa0twSFuoTkjVWW3WxUAECVK-ruWShyphenhyphenSpNZY1_3ITqkkkPf_ORQkGPA2WE6goC1GiURTt6RrSp9crkEuRBqlEWjY/s320/enterprise1.gif" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Departing the planet Nibiru.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">___________________________________</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Coming July 22nd<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ0MKYqqPYBuUWZfPu3Ohq44XfItCpsBPL5flGZETWMQD1tHujHbTHNKFCEF_AWPp0mN7lmcNMWZEEMOGim7SLIlYSiFZ6oj69NWg7FQh3cUohNRQy2Yr7esEG1hFMvLKacKB2pRcCiHA/s1600/star_trek_beyond___logo_by_mrsteiners-d96gy1y.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ0MKYqqPYBuUWZfPu3Ohq44XfItCpsBPL5flGZETWMQD1tHujHbTHNKFCEF_AWPp0mN7lmcNMWZEEMOGim7SLIlYSiFZ6oj69NWg7FQh3cUohNRQy2Yr7esEG1hFMvLKacKB2pRcCiHA/s400/star_trek_beyond___logo_by_mrsteiners-d96gy1y.png" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span> </span>__________________________________________________________</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">W</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">hich STAR TREK film is your favorite? Do you prefer the adventures of the original crew,<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i> </i></span><i>Next Generation</i> or the rebooted films? Let me know in the comments below!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjK9NWVzWZ_ZsMjinJs0qpxXyVVrHJFFl0HHxIxOXHARmZ5P-UBImMPOXbpTpCOEYk73yM3pg_BpPMvyjSt9JPex4BWLsPrbgzBDU2vo6wlmzI6W6CiFYL_FRZXrUQzvvd7_uqMx8h3_o/s1600/bhmnT14441989322.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjK9NWVzWZ_ZsMjinJs0qpxXyVVrHJFFl0HHxIxOXHARmZ5P-UBImMPOXbpTpCOEYk73yM3pg_BpPMvyjSt9JPex4BWLsPrbgzBDU2vo6wlmzI6W6CiFYL_FRZXrUQzvvd7_uqMx8h3_o/s640/bhmnT14441989322.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">UNTIL NEXT TIME!</span></span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Credit:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I want to thank each <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">and every <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">source used for th<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">is blog, with<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">out the<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">m, it would just be a b<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">unch of boring plot sy<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">nopsis. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>All </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>G</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>IFS wi</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>th</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> the exception of Kirk </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>must go to</b>: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="http://startrekships.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Starfleet ships</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span>If you want a <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Tumblr page full of awesome images of ships from Star T<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">rek, th<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">en this is the place to check out! Hi<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">gh recommendation! </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>GIF o</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>f Captain Kirk</b>: Shout out to <a href="http://trekgate.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Trekgate</a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> A<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">nother great source for <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">GIFS</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Movie </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>title banners</b>: </span></span> <a href="https://fanart.tv/movie-fanart/" target="_blank">Fanart.tv</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>J</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>.J. Enterprise and warp effect</b>: <a href="http://www.endlessfacts.com/" target="_blank">Endlessfacts.com</a></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
</ul>
<br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16074614585656308011noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2996359890232594519.post-84259238841852504932016-03-06T19:01:00.004-08:002016-03-06T19:06:30.954-08:00Happy 20th Star Trek: First Contact!<span style="background-color: cyan;"><i><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: cyan;">"Resistance, is futile."</span></span></span></i></span><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH6WJ7TSoLX2VXrg_jhzd12e4f86F2fekJ-n481JXtvqAEI-t03QifGoh_knoanl7bB5zE_iWOg2cqzQFjp2aCjmRRYZ53_MmHRAAvbILlssayG9lDaJBV1tQYfn_n__TOqjjLKx4CFuE/s1600/star-trek-first-contact-50829105a2500.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH6WJ7TSoLX2VXrg_jhzd12e4f86F2fekJ-n481JXtvqAEI-t03QifGoh_knoanl7bB5zE_iWOg2cqzQFjp2aCjmRRYZ53_MmHRAAvbILlssayG9lDaJBV1tQYfn_n__TOqjjLKx4CFuE/s400/star-trek-first-contact-50829105a2500.png" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
This year marks the 20th anniversary of<i> Star Trek: First Contact</i>, the first stand-alone film featuring the cast of <i>Star Trek: The Next Generation</i>. Hitting theaters on November 18th, 1996, the movie was a financial and critical success. <br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoGdhGVEUuNvUx2-G7_C14Xv9nLy7Nj4ueAIJShyjfE2zeLADdHTu2GdehKS9x1OktXJz0iuZrrnVOyQifW1rgon-1-3IFXv_PRKCo52VHHwomqLKz9cSavjJjmss3dfeEvIYz_G2sj08/s1600/HzBodsj.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoGdhGVEUuNvUx2-G7_C14Xv9nLy7Nj4ueAIJShyjfE2zeLADdHTu2GdehKS9x1OktXJz0iuZrrnVOyQifW1rgon-1-3IFXv_PRKCo52VHHwomqLKz9cSavjJjmss3dfeEvIYz_G2sj08/s400/HzBodsj.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The new Enterprise-E</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Kirk is dead. The<i> Enterprise</i> is destroyed. Picard and crew is assigned to a new ship. The fabulous <i>Enterprise</i>-E. Not to say anything ill about the <i>Enterprise</i>-D depicted in the series, but the design of the ship wasn't really made for the big screen. Top heavy, ugly at certain angles and difficult to shoot, and now that the crew of <i>Next Gen</i> transitioned to the big screen, it was time. The new <i>Enterprise</i> was sleek, streamlined and still retained its shape as a classic starship.Upon first inspection, the ship was not to my liking. <i>What is this?! </i>I soon came to like the ship after a while, however. Sadly, I can't say the same thing about my thoughts on Daniel Craig as James Bond, but that's a different story for a different blog.<br />
<br />
In an episode of <i>Next Gen</i>, "The Best of Both Worlds", Captain Picard is kidnapped and assimilated by the Borg, a race of beings bent on one thing: assimilating all races into their collective. The Borg are a hive mind and have a singular consciousness. There are no individuals and no voices of reason. Perhaps the most dangerous entity the Federations has faced. While captured, Locutus aka former Captain Picard, launches an attack on Earth and destroys many ships. His crew of the <i>Enterprise</i>, however, do whatever it takes to save him and get him off the Borg ship. Fortunately, Picard is saved by his crew and doesn't face the Borg again...until now.<br />
<br />
A Borg ship has yet again entered Federation space and is on an attack course for Earth. Defying his orders, Picard engages the ship and destroys it, but not before a Borg sphere enters time travel. Chasing after it, the <i>Enterprise</i> goes back as well to repair whatever damage that ship has done to the past. Once through the portal, they arrive in the year 2063 and must ensure that First Contact be made not only with the Vulcan race, but also the inventor of warp drive himself, Zephram Cochran. The Borg have something planned for the crew and there is non-stop action as the film progresses. <br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnm-aU6T9sV6A8W66EczCIx2g8ASpWoPeUkDRi6Eo55e5hLl2rF_HsZjjVQ525H3t9f8DmXjxVEbNd-GkR7NeqtF5c-Jnm1BF2dllDAamMOh7kvM_rVx4twWwKV6-mKBHXfU0ij00jTnE/s1600/tumblr_nkggdzJ4id1rno0x6o4_1280.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="135" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnm-aU6T9sV6A8W66EczCIx2g8ASpWoPeUkDRi6Eo55e5hLl2rF_HsZjjVQ525H3t9f8DmXjxVEbNd-GkR7NeqtF5c-Jnm1BF2dllDAamMOh7kvM_rVx4twWwKV6-mKBHXfU0ij00jTnE/s320/tumblr_nkggdzJ4id1rno0x6o4_1280.gif" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Borg going back in time</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
It is up to Picard and crew to stop the Borg and do whatever they can to prevent them from assimilating the future. <br />
<br />
<br />
A direct sequel to an episode has happened in the past with <i>Star Trek</i>. <i>Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan</i> is a sequel to the 1960s episode "Space Seed" where Kirk first meets Khan. Here' as mentioned earlier, <i>First Contact</i> is a sequel to the episode "The Best of Both Worlds". It is so well done because you don't have to see the episodes prior in order to enjoy the story. This is what <i>Star Trek</i> does so well!<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span>
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">A different take:</span></span></span><br />
<br />
In what is perhaps more of an <i>action</i> film than a typical <i>Star Trek</i> film, we see the ruthless side of Captain Picard and his crew in the fight for their lives. The depiction of Picard as an action hero wasn't a problem with me. Many people tend to think that the Picard we see on television is a whole different Picard than what is shown on film. In a way, both aspects are true. It's important to realize that when you do a feature film, you have to appeal to not just the fans, but the casual movie goers as well. That may require a sacrifice. The budget is also much higher for a feature film and sometimes you have to adjust. That being said, the revenge factor in the movie really calls for him to come to action because if you have seen the show, you know what he has been through.<br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIuGDMECqP-Gu-QdMFxgk64Fa63fr_0li8s87pmsGDqA_jBfnnTZOFcHNRkYxchQWAoZbTBINsaHYE4jlAkHPSzsi_9vbDNhE0gOoEtOyTUWDfxvNVa3ps6v0nBZU-TVuBNDuqbPOVJhs/s1600/first-contact-startrek-screencaps.com-12207.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIuGDMECqP-Gu-QdMFxgk64Fa63fr_0li8s87pmsGDqA_jBfnnTZOFcHNRkYxchQWAoZbTBINsaHYE4jlAkHPSzsi_9vbDNhE0gOoEtOyTUWDfxvNVa3ps6v0nBZU-TVuBNDuqbPOVJhs/s320/first-contact-startrek-screencaps.com-12207.jpg" width="320" /></a>The story feels like a major motion picture rather than just an episode. The problem faced with <i>Generations</i>, was that it felt like a two-hour episode on the big screen. This one just feels expensive and superior to what came after.<br />
<br />
Out of the four films the cast have done, this one stands out as the best. <i>Generations</i> was, as mentioned earlier, like a mix between a television episode and a child getting rid of training wheels on it's bike with a push from Captain Kirk. <i>Insurrection</i> was like an episode as well and<i> Nemesis</i>...well it speaks for itself. <i>Star Trek: First Contact</i> gives a chance for each character to shine without it being just about Data or Picard, and you want start to learn how each of them have grown since first coming together in 1987. I would highly recommend this film and it's a fun ride for the whole family. Perhaps dark at times, it has the perfect balance of humor.<br />
<br />
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Have any of you seen this in theaters? What did you think? Is it the best <i>Next Generation</i> film in your eyes as well? Please let me know in the comments below!</span></span></span><br />
<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoan4O6LX0w7r8i1uXOgX2CjqQBtkXxt3oUKiNjywHn7bUI0_MJj23Ls6G-l8dCAXZlOYBXg7nzgb2mKzTmSqO1nDQcMZwMDuQU828nuASs2JjgRlpnPvh3rNm5zsEQpCuxVdGPvWrLR0/s1600/tumblr_mtezx4g3lL1rzu2xzo1_400.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoan4O6LX0w7r8i1uXOgX2CjqQBtkXxt3oUKiNjywHn7bUI0_MJj23Ls6G-l8dCAXZlOYBXg7nzgb2mKzTmSqO1nDQcMZwMDuQU828nuASs2JjgRlpnPvh3rNm5zsEQpCuxVdGPvWrLR0/s1600/tumblr_mtezx4g3lL1rzu2xzo1_400.gif" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>UNTIL NEXT TIME FOLKS!</b></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Sources: </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Enterprise-E image: <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/">http://www.pinterest.com</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Borg Gif: <a href="http://startrekships.tumblr.com/tagged/Sovereign">http://startrekships.tumblr.com/tagged/Sovereign</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Crew: <a href="http://www.movie-screencaps.com/">http://www.movie-screencaps.com</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Enterprise-E: <a href="http://startrekships.tumblr.com/tagged/Sovereign">http://startrekships.tumblr.com/tagged/Sovereign</a></span><br />
<br />Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16074614585656308011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2996359890232594519.post-57252989912002490922016-03-01T12:12:00.002-08:002016-03-01T12:16:32.485-08:00Deep Space Nine: The Misunderstood Star Trek<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBSAEcQSQQqR_WsHlPZ7YX_uNTOcRkhM8DcGRwfp6P8sA-n1QxY9TGu10DhO_o1SG_0qmotdze_hBuUn7EkrDTUJoup3mboA7zD5_CLO60GF_gxPVXNDlmtU2oCh07ZooOr3IjRW1ULJ0/s1600/star-trek-deep-space-nine-512d4f5de718c.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBSAEcQSQQqR_WsHlPZ7YX_uNTOcRkhM8DcGRwfp6P8sA-n1QxY9TGu10DhO_o1SG_0qmotdze_hBuUn7EkrDTUJoup3mboA7zD5_CLO60GF_gxPVXNDlmtU2oCh07ZooOr3IjRW1ULJ0/s400/star-trek-deep-space-nine-512d4f5de718c.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Could you imagine a <i>Star Trek</i> that wasn't about traveling the stars or going to the next big planet in the galaxy? How could there be a Trek show that doesn't feature the crew of some incarnation of the <i>Enterprise</i>? Wasn't it bad enough that they took <i>Star Trek</i> to a <i>Next Generation</i> featuring a crew other than Captain Kirk and Spock? What more damage could they do now?</span></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUG3nzSpmReOLBKfwJ53YtD-aMUY9UJmFGQULqFx68Nw0ER3VmQSVTXKso8Emg3dRYQ7QVK6HhmcGTTUq7wDkuSGfzTkHmjZb0iTfHSWjeKYMaPrUomCmTGiCFVZHBdeGkkBpfZ63GDkM/s1600/022-star-trek-deep-space-nine-theredlist.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUG3nzSpmReOLBKfwJ53YtD-aMUY9UJmFGQULqFx68Nw0ER3VmQSVTXKso8Emg3dRYQ7QVK6HhmcGTTUq7wDkuSGfzTkHmjZb0iTfHSWjeKYMaPrUomCmTGiCFVZHBdeGkkBpfZ63GDkM/s400/022-star-trek-deep-space-nine-theredlist.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Starting during the sixth season of<i> Star Trek: The Next Generation</i>, <i>Deep Space Nine</i> takes place on a space station where instead of traveling to different stars and meeting new civilizations, the different stars and civilization would visit <i>them!</i> The station is a docking port and is at the heart of the final frontier. Think of it as LAX in space. A bunch of ships would be coming in and our of a wormhole that rested right by the station and different races would come in and out for repairs, shore leave and other situations.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Starring Avery Brooks as Commander Benjamin Sisko, the story begins as he loses his wife and most of his crew during a Borg attack which takes place during an episode of Next Generation. This is a perfect way to tell the audience that this is in the same universe as the other Treks but focusing on someone different. Someone that is not a captain of the Enterprise. Saving his son from the battle, Sisko is assigned to other duties before landing on the post that would change his life forever.</span></span><br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWnyM8SpykNBOB0GhFbCb_gwd_tuCHE7nA5Y4Vb5r1Yymg9aYVvo-B011ger294qSAcXm2M4wfnQl-4Zv0vUecoJwwbOEwmkee2WQssc0WRDfqFjd9U_W_ygVTpuMHIN6nAw2Wk-3j0VM/s1600/star-trek-deep-space-nine-51d5e6a49ae6a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWnyM8SpykNBOB0GhFbCb_gwd_tuCHE7nA5Y4Vb5r1Yymg9aYVvo-B011ger294qSAcXm2M4wfnQl-4Zv0vUecoJwwbOEwmkee2WQssc0WRDfqFjd9U_W_ygVTpuMHIN6nAw2Wk-3j0VM/s400/star-trek-deep-space-nine-51d5e6a49ae6a.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Deep Space 9</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A year later, Sisko and his son Jake are approaching a space station orbiting the planet of Bajor. Bajor, a once rich and highly cultural planet filled with lush green fields and spiritual people, was occupied by a race known as the Cardassians for many, many years. It was an occupation and many Bajorans died during the harsh treatment and circumstances. Not only did they take over the planet, but they even transported many of them to work endlessly and tirelessly on the station to produce ore. Think of it as the Holocaust but in space. Full of ruthless, racist and brutal guards, the Bajorans only had their faith to keep them going. Many rebelled, however they were met with the most dire consequences of pain and suffering. It was time for a change and thus, the Federation comes in to protect the planet. Not many are happy due to this, as they find it to be a chance for the Federation to do the same damage as done by the Cardassians.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span>
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK-BTw8rseAkN1nw-2iS4FDWIB41TR6SYBFgPrbrku1_If-obJP9cCll28vBsE5tSvyycy9ReV9cxIUuGd_EhEyqSkWcF5sjBpPn7Ac88jIDic0vy3zutmCeveuYFntY_1MCziWracuXk/s1600/wormhole.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK-BTw8rseAkN1nw-2iS4FDWIB41TR6SYBFgPrbrku1_If-obJP9cCll28vBsE5tSvyycy9ReV9cxIUuGd_EhEyqSkWcF5sjBpPn7Ac88jIDic0vy3zutmCeveuYFntY_1MCziWracuXk/s320/wormhole.gif" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Bajoran Wormhole</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">A wormhole is near the planet of Bajor. Now, the interesting thing about this wormhole, is that it's stable and made from an unknown entity. As the Federation is still unclear as to who or what created this particular wormhole, the Bajoran's see it as the gateway to the Celestial Temple. Inside it are believed to be the Prophets, Gods of Bajor. The fact that it is right near their planet is one of the reasons for their beliefs. In addition, the wormhole released these objects called Orbs of the Prophets, cases the size of a fire hydrant that when opened, create a vision and engulf anyone to the temple. For example, there is an Orb of Time or an Orb of Prophecy.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The Federation is also attempting for Bajor to join them as it can be one with many of the other planets, however the negotiations don't really go anywhere as the inhabitants are content that their faith will protect them from any future problems. Once the Federation takes control of the station, it remains a Bajoran-run station. Benjamin has a complex role as both a Federation Commander and the Emissary of the Prophets. As he is in a station in the sky and guarding the wormhole from any outside intruders, he is seen as a God to the Bajoran people. As he is uncomfortable with this at first, Sisko gets more used to the idea and we see his journey go farther and farther to his eventual destiny.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Along with the ride, is Chief of Security Odo, a shapeshifter sent many years ago from the Founder Homeworld. Not one with humans, Odo takes the form of a Bajoran as he was raised by a Bajoran as a test subject. Dr. Bashir is a young doctor intent and excited to be a part of his posting on the station. Major Kira is the Bajoran liason officer and second in command of the station. Having direct contact during the Cardassian occupation, she lost nearly her entire family due to the brutality and is at first quite hot headed when she discovers that the Federation has come to the "rescue". Jadzia Dax is a Trill who has 5 lifetimes worth of experience due to a worm placed inside her belly known as a simbiot. Her previous life, Curzon, was a close friend to Benjamin and her memories have retained their relationship. This crew is highly diverse and they have to come across their differences before becoming a family.</span></span><br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ70FmZcjNDRIFAzMOpbylBv7K_qj9mnm2fWKU4w-TjzTHE3wdYO6w_PefoWR-9TZc4cjEgq3n0OnTvjy_Eeo9cUseIJl1xpA4CdMmhmIGI75-OKRwS4OKffzxC7oum8Qp_WkFPsmau0g/s1600/hero-sci-50-040.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ70FmZcjNDRIFAzMOpbylBv7K_qj9mnm2fWKU4w-TjzTHE3wdYO6w_PefoWR-9TZc4cjEgq3n0OnTvjy_Eeo9cUseIJl1xpA4CdMmhmIGI75-OKRwS4OKffzxC7oum8Qp_WkFPsmau0g/s320/hero-sci-50-040.jpg" width="318" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Major Kira Nerys</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A few returning members from <i>Star Trek: The Next Generation</i> are part of the crew, like Chief Miles O'Brien, who becomes chief of operations of the station. Mr. Worf also returns and mind you, both of these returning characters much more fleshed out in this series than ever before. </span> </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">As the show continued, it focused more on war against a group known as the Dominion. The Dominion are from the Gamma Quadrant, located from the other side of the wormhole. Their role is bent on taking over the Alpha Quadrant and defeating the Federation once and for all. It is during this time where the station as giving a starship to combat it's enemies. In around the third season, Commander Sisko becomes Captain Sisko and is now in charge of a starship of his own. </span></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The coolest thing about this show, is the station and the life aboard it. The Promenade set reminds me of a mall in space and the time and energy used to build these sets are out of this world. I'm just glad the show lasted as long as it did. The shops, little stores and shops are what makes me love the show all the more interesting and fun. There are Klingon restaurants, tailor shops run by the only remaining Cardassian on the station, as well as Quark's Bar. Quark is a whole other entity and he's one of the most greedy members on the station. He has a great character arc as well</span>.</span><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'm going to end this blog with a question. What do you like/dislike about Deep Space Nine? Do you feel it strayed too far away from the heart of Star Trek? Please share your responses here. I would love to read what you put!</span></span></span><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMHRoyWNyoX4-10OtrhcekrJb4Z4uePiG69kyB13zaJQa6BPZ2YYkXTPoZmry7_6f4hEEp8YaIjvr56h7pVovyxCeUp34s0t027-9Z_UJXYqd96GSHx1TfaR_ZdVNSS_q9RG53NiiPdRM/s1600/tumblr_o21rtqMs581rzu2xzo1_540.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMHRoyWNyoX4-10OtrhcekrJb4Z4uePiG69kyB13zaJQa6BPZ2YYkXTPoZmry7_6f4hEEp8YaIjvr56h7pVovyxCeUp34s0t027-9Z_UJXYqd96GSHx1TfaR_ZdVNSS_q9RG53NiiPdRM/s640/tumblr_o21rtqMs581rzu2xzo1_540.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">UNTIL NEXT TIME FOLKS!!!!!</span></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Sources: </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Image of Kira: http://herocomplex.latimes.com/tv/tvs-top-50-sci-fi-characters-mr-spock-starbuck-and-tobor/#/0</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Deep Space Nine logo and station: <a href="http://www.fanart.tv/">http://www.fanart.tv</a></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Bajoran wormhole GIF: http://startrekships.tumblr.com/tagged/ST%20DS9</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Enterprise-E: http://startrekships.tumblr.com/</span> </span>Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16074614585656308011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2996359890232594519.post-87350335633851696982016-02-25T16:51:00.003-08:002016-02-25T17:04:12.064-08:00One Year Since Nimoy's Passing...<br />
February 27th, 2016 marks the one year anniversary of the death of Leonard Nimoy. <br />
<span class="st"><br /></span>
<span class="st">I grew up with the character of Mr. Spock since I can remember. I knew who the character was even before I knew what <i>Star Trek</i>
was. My first memory of seeing Mr. Spock was probably in 1991 when they
did their last movie together. Not knowing who he was, those pointy
ears and that bowl-cut hairdo was something that stuck in my mind. Who
was this strange guy who never smiled; never laughed; never got angry?
How cool would it be if we all could be like that. The world would be a
much better and smarter place. And then there was his friend, Captain
Kirk, who was always the first one to jump at the chance of kicking
someone's ass. Spock was the voice of reason, not only in <i>Star Trek</i>,
but the voice of logic in this world as well. The things he said, such
as "It has always been easier to destroy than to create", or "Logic is
the beginning of wisdom." had me all</span><br />
<span class="st"><br /></span>
<span class="st">While he wasn't acting or directing, photography was a big hobby for Mr. Nimoy. So much so that in 2007 he published <i> The Full Body Project</i>,
showcasing his photography of women of bigger sizes. This was a focus
on obese, thick and curvy women and how they are just as beautiful (in
my case, way more attractive) if not more so than what society considers
to be "beautiful". His message was clear in his photography and it gave
a large amount of focus on how we are all beautiful. I was very pleased
to see him make this book and I remember it almost being on the verge
of selling out. His interest in photography was also something that is
pushing me to start taking photos. Please get a copy of this book when
you can. </span><br />
<span class="st"><br /></span>
<span class="st">Leonard Nimoy was born in 1931 in Boston and starting from that he was born to be an actor. Before he landed his big role on <i>Star Trek </i>in 1966, he acted in <i>The Twilight Zone</i>
as well as other productions. In 1964, Leonard became probably the most
recognized icon in television history: Mr. Spock. Now, the pilot for<i> Star Trek</i>
was never aired until 1988 and then with the help and assistance of
Lucile Ball, she was able to push for a second pilot of the show and in
1965, the first aired episode of <i>Star Trek</i> hit the screen. This
was the first time William Shatner acted alongside Nimoy as the
legendary Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock. In 1966, Star Trek was finally on
the air for good and Spock became a household name. Sadly, in 1969,
after 79 episodes (not counting the 1964 pilot), <i>Star Trek</i> was cancelled by NBC and Leonard, along with the actors, went their separate ways. An episode of <i>Columbo</i>
was done with Nimoy as the killer and it was great! You should check it
out! Finally, in 1973, the crew of Star Trek came back to NBC for a new
series. This time, it was to be Star Trek: The Animated Series. This
incarnation of Trek featured all of our favorite characters but this
time their voices were used. The show ran as a Saturday morning cartoon
for two years with 22 episodes.</span><br />
<span class="st"><br /></span>
<span class="st">By the time the third Star Trek film hit, Leonard Nimoy began his directing career! In addition to directing two <i>Trek</i> films, Mr. Nimoy directed several films including the popular <i>3 Men and a Baby</i>. After doing two more <i>Star Trek </i>films, Nimoy retired from acting in 1991. During the period between 1991 and 2009, Nimoy did voice-over work including the voice</span><span class="st"> of King Kashekim Nedakh in the Disney animated feature, <i>Atlantis: The Lost Empire</i>. In 2009, he donned the "Spock ears" one more time as Spock Prime, the link between the original <i>Star Trek </i>timeline
and the new one created by J.J. Abrams. Seeing his return as Spock was
such a nice surprise and I remember clapping out loud when he appears
alongside Chirs Pine. Yes, the movie featured a new Spock as played by
Zachary Quinto, but there is only ONE Mr. Spock and that is<b><i> Leonard Nimoy</i></b>.
</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<span class="st">In early 2014, Leonard was diagnosed with COPD after spending many years smoking. Although he quit during the filming of <i>Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home</i>,
nearly 30 years ago, the effects were too great and took a toll on the
wonderful actor years later. He was first spotted at LAX airport being
pushed in a wheelchair with an oxygen tank, thus confirming his
disorder. It was honestly a shock to see this. After he announced his
condition, Mr. Nimoy went on television talking about the dangers of
smoking and how you should never smoke if you want to live a long life.
We are only on the planet for a short period and it is important that we
make the best of it. Smoking is wrong. </span><br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiegmA4JhLoFkmaE3PMUt-bx67FLbEa820-_lpF_H9N3Y6BfpI64ewJiNWpirW_XnMk1xgNtPaYjfGcgnOSYdosGStf9X-1M38mZJPpb3OiwRC8ykkMqPfDbUgC2TqJ_6xeHRfCVZNpzmlZ/s1600/spock_st2pb8.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiegmA4JhLoFkmaE3PMUt-bx67FLbEa820-_lpF_H9N3Y6BfpI64ewJiNWpirW_XnMk1xgNtPaYjfGcgnOSYdosGStf9X-1M38mZJPpb3OiwRC8ykkMqPfDbUgC2TqJ_6xeHRfCVZNpzmlZ/s1600/spock_st2pb8.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leonard Nimoy as Spock in <i>Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan</i> (1982).</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<span class="st">Leonard
left us too soon and we will forever be in his debt. I have a story
where Mr. Nimoy came into my place of work. He came into my job with a
huge trench coat and baseball cap on. You couldn't mistake him for a
second. It was a bit busy at my job but when he came to my register, I
tensed up and just kept telling myself, <i>He's a customer like any other. He's a customer like any other... </i>As
Spo--I mean, Leonard came up to me asking for a couple of ice cream
bars for him and his wife, I knew this was an event I would never
forget. Yes, he was a customer and yes I was an employee, but for that
short exchange, I didn't care, I was talking to the actor who played my
favorite science-fiction character ever! After the transaction was done,
I stopped to think about how cool it was to sell something to my idol
and that I would never forget that night. I never did, and never will.
Live Long and Prosper, Mr. Leonard Nimoy! You will be greatly missed.
Your contribution to the Hammer Museum in Westwood, California and the
restoration of the Griffith Observatory is impeccable! </span><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj41R10LkEyabJhftiqHQkOmfLGnKHIsOJjq_rqYpOBq8oLnecQeq8U0oSpoQ-KwkapGTX5P0HIxGFRknXdWld-IrDm3ApSIvkXSJlSCgKuFjVQbPZVwNi7DmG9_SLCKaj2vd5zVX6JUwta/s1600/Spock.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj41R10LkEyabJhftiqHQkOmfLGnKHIsOJjq_rqYpOBq8oLnecQeq8U0oSpoQ-KwkapGTX5P0HIxGFRknXdWld-IrDm3ApSIvkXSJlSCgKuFjVQbPZVwNi7DmG9_SLCKaj2vd5zVX6JUwta/s1600/Spock.jpg" width="308" /></a></div>
Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16074614585656308011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2996359890232594519.post-54760239446867517932016-02-22T19:43:00.000-08:002016-02-23T13:37:42.473-08:00STAR TREK GENERATIONS<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVEm4MD3mBWtjotp7T5KdRan9Cr0DmkCSVOzeTNgrBm_rvbrejZrLL0My9Wj8MLaQvPnOxX3q1-kjBEVu7d3dZ0hmHubTzlan8xVG5VdG3aMsP6TMsGnJoJmO2Ph3DVI6_dswcBKd57O8/s1600/yqpaxcgbk7igrnrbsvug.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVEm4MD3mBWtjotp7T5KdRan9Cr0DmkCSVOzeTNgrBm_rvbrejZrLL0My9Wj8MLaQvPnOxX3q1-kjBEVu7d3dZ0hmHubTzlan8xVG5VdG3aMsP6TMsGnJoJmO2Ph3DVI6_dswcBKd57O8/s400/yqpaxcgbk7igrnrbsvug.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country</i> proved to be a big success in the box office, so of course there was going to be a seventh film with or without the original crew. The movie bid farewell to the adventures of Captain Kirk and his crew but it did make way for a <i>Next Generation</i> of movies. In 1994, <i>Star Trek: The Next Generation</i> ended it's seven year run and even before production wrapped, producer Rick Berman was already arranging plans to bring the crew to the big screen. While fans had to wait a full 10 years between the end of the original show and the first movie, fans only had to wait about 10 months before the first <i>Next Generation</i> film.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This movie was going to be a big event for may reasons. As mentioned earlier, it is the first film starring the cast of <i>Star Trek: The Next Generation</i>, featured the destruction of the <i>Enterprise</i>-D, transitioned the time periods between the 23rd and 24th centuries and finally, featured the death of Captain Kirk...Now, the death of Kirk leads to much controversy to this day. I honestly think it wasn't a proper send off for such an iconic character.</span> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1PcYw7dRuRRDosbiikw5CxisFa8FlsFs2vfN3Ikp85cXBB5ngGFsmHOQot6Sg80dwsG2EmQn-o3YO_IbbrtBpRbAIsJlpme_56Vxm0o9WijESNyLzI55SSGqGXErI3JVRMJMpKhGgDpg/s1600/star-trek-generations-startrek-screencaps.com-104.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1PcYw7dRuRRDosbiikw5CxisFa8FlsFs2vfN3Ikp85cXBB5ngGFsmHOQot6Sg80dwsG2EmQn-o3YO_IbbrtBpRbAIsJlpme_56Vxm0o9WijESNyLzI55SSGqGXErI3JVRMJMpKhGgDpg/s400/star-trek-generations-startrek-screencaps.com-104.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Kirk, Scotty and Chekov are guests of honor.</b></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The films starts in the 23rd century picking up only a few months after the end of <i>Star Trek VI</i>. Kirk is officially retired from Starfleet and is the guest of honor during the christening of the new <i>Enterprise</i>-B. Along for the ride are his previous crew mates Scotty and Chekov. Once entering the bridge, he and company is raided with lights and news services. "What have you been doing since you retired?" "This is the first Starship <i>Enterprise</i> in 30 years without James T. Kirk in command, how do you feel about that, Sir?" Attempting to just get out of the way of all these questions, Kirk is saved by the new captain of the <i>Enterprise</i>, John Harriman. A moment later, he announces that he's grateful to have a group of "living legends" on the ship. Kirk must be thinking, Can I feel any older than I already am? It is actually quite a humorous moment. </span></span><br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">After having a glance of the bridge, Kirk takes a moment and looks at the command chair that is no longer his. Suddenly, Chekov comes over to him and introduces the new helmsman, Demora Sulu. Kirk is taken aback and asks Scotty "when did [Sulu] find time for a family?" Scotty tells him, "Well like you always say, 'If something's important you make the time. Ah, so that's why you seem so restless. Finding retirement a little lonely are we?" Kirk replies, "You know I'm glad you're an engineer, with tact like that you'd be a lousy psychiatrist." Soon after, the <i>Enterprise</i> gets a distress call and, as usual, they are the only ship in range. Kirk, filled with 30 years of gut instinct, slowly gets up but knows not to take over the situation and leave it in the hands of the inexperienced young captain.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia_oaiFsYRv-lSF1jc3m7OZfyCybfMgxt3CL08oxET5jzmB22U6ndecTKQtbrLXg195wtxMpoP1BQZxCxLb9lILTq-HjqdFSqZWBiNGlsnHxXhCq9naHHMGG5hkd_OnUlhroQzHaJDieY/s1600/star-trek-generations-startrek-screencaps.com-990.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia_oaiFsYRv-lSF1jc3m7OZfyCybfMgxt3CL08oxET5jzmB22U6ndecTKQtbrLXg195wtxMpoP1BQZxCxLb9lILTq-HjqdFSqZWBiNGlsnHxXhCq9naHHMGG5hkd_OnUlhroQzHaJDieY/s400/star-trek-generations-startrek-screencaps.com-990.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The <i>Enterprise</i> entering the energy ribbon.</span></b></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The <i>Enterprise</i> is finally in range of the two ships in distress and they appear to be caught in what looks like a giant space ribbon with tendrils shooting out like a cat trying to grab for a mouse. The <i>Enterprise</i> is not equipped with either the proper tools needed to save the ships, nor the proper amount of crew members, as they don't arrive until the following Tuesday. Once close enough to transporter range, the <i>Enterprise</i> is unable to save the first ship and 265 lives are lost. Kirk still manages to sit at bay. Finally, the captain asks Kirk for any advice he might have and the retired officer takes action and manages to save 47 crew of the second ship before that too gets destroyed. This is the ultimate test that all captain's must face. "Risk is part of the game if you want to sit in that chair", Kirk quips. Since the medical staff is not on the ship either, Commander Chekov acts as a medical officer and tends to the people beamed aboard. There is one person that beamed aboard from the other ship and is acting quite strange. He keeps asking to "go back" somewhere and no one has any idea what he's talking about. With a large gash run down the middle of his face and starting to get a bit violent, Chekov sedates him. </span><br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho3ALV0KxJ4EO9MUPAasB-P_TutWWES07s-4FtWozOe79BGdTKELnDW66cYPQaIYAGY4acn2nUxAeDInN-SSRuYW0P4k3CG5IvlitqN5feu69adzgXjhMRZQrA0tyxe_I48oKHh-kmY9g/s1600/star-trek-generations-startrek-screencaps.com-1360.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho3ALV0KxJ4EO9MUPAasB-P_TutWWES07s-4FtWozOe79BGdTKELnDW66cYPQaIYAGY4acn2nUxAeDInN-SSRuYW0P4k3CG5IvlitqN5feu69adzgXjhMRZQrA0tyxe_I48oKHh-kmY9g/s400/star-trek-generations-startrek-screencaps.com-1360.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Captain Kirk briefly takes command of the <i>Enterprise</i></b></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">After rescuing the survivors, the <i>Enterprise</i> itself becomes trapped in the ribbon! With no way of getting out since the ship has no torpedoes or any way to defend itself, Scotty has the quick plan to use the deflector dish as a means to escape since it can fire a beam that is big enough to break away. In order to do so, someone must go down to engineering and set it up. "I'll go!" Harriman tells Kirk. "You have the bridge!" <i>Did I hear correctly? Did he give me command of the </i>Enterprise<i>? You're damn right I'll take the bridge! If only Spock and Bones were at my side! </i></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Right when Harriman is about to enter the turbolift, Kirk tells him to wait and says, "You're place is on the bridge of your ship...I'll take care of it." After telling Scotty to keep things together, Kirk enters the bowls of the <i>Enterprise</i> to the deflector control room. As the ship is shaking back and forth, Kirk finally reaches deflector control and the <i>Enterprise</i> breaks free. But not before a tendril of the ribbon hits the <i>Enterprise</i>, creating a gash on the hull where Kirk was working. <i> </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi81ljsIrWgXH3Xys_d8j4BbO6YJvSGM5O6cSMxBzEuiZewh4zWTSoW-YYmUJw511FEb8w95K2Q8k3aGsaMRpGW0-KznUqojVo-v0O8Jy1_KT4eZoVJxRxIc-gupa1MuVsvCnkqujaaJys/s1600/Enterprise-B.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi81ljsIrWgXH3Xys_d8j4BbO6YJvSGM5O6cSMxBzEuiZewh4zWTSoW-YYmUJw511FEb8w95K2Q8k3aGsaMRpGW0-KznUqojVo-v0O8Jy1_KT4eZoVJxRxIc-gupa1MuVsvCnkqujaaJys/s400/Enterprise-B.gif" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Kirk risks his life for the crew of the <i>Enterprise</i>.</span></b></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Harriman exclaims, "You did it Kirk!" When he asks for a damage report...Demora Sulu says that the deck Kirk was on was destroyed. Scotty and Harriman head to the breach and call Chekov down as well. Once arrive to where Kirk was, there is a huge gape in the deflector room and no sign of the Captain. "My God...was anyone in here?" Scotty simply replies, "...Aye." The last shot of the 23rd century is of the Enterprise-B simply with the three officers looking out of the hull and then heading back to Earth. Captain Kirk is dead...or is he?</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: yellow;"><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Now, I just want to take a brief note before I get into the meat of the story. This is the last time we see any Scotty and Chekov and the 23rd century of Star Trek. I find it to be quite anti-climactic since they had such a great farewell in the last movie. This, although a good epilogue to depict what many of the members were up to since they retired, kind of brings our last viewing of them on a low note. Kirk is believed dead and that is the end of these characters. Now, many fans don't like this movie and tend to just throw it away, but this IS a Star Trek film nonetheless and therefore we must respect it. </span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> -----------------------------------</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Now, we flash forward 78 years later and the crew of<i> Star Trek: The Next Generation</i> take the center stage. Our introduction to the crew is on an old navy vessel of the 19th century called the <i>H.M.S. Enterprise</i>. Now, why are we on an old naval vessel from the past if we were to be 78 years from the events that took place with Captain Kirk? Well, that is because we are on a holodeck. For those unclear of what a holodeck is, just watch an episode of The Next Generation. It's a room where anything is possible. You go in, and the room suddenly vanishes and you are in any location you want to be, whither it be from 19th century Earth or the planet mars. You aren't really there, however it makes you believe you are. In reality, we are aboard the latest starship in the Federation, the <i>U.S.S. Enterprise</i>, NCC-1701-D.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaBjeNJicmtWtK0UHvssze_gJhAQr-xvKV6hIiuFvCCRM_Ag5g7EEmi3vy9Dsowlhz4ycwYLjobE66fycEOPLb70oFtIit8f9EBd_sp2BJkp3R8CfnjgFHjXE447j5pvpPQBt2Rg5h2AA/s1600/star-trek-generations-startrek-screencaps.com-2240.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaBjeNJicmtWtK0UHvssze_gJhAQr-xvKV6hIiuFvCCRM_Ag5g7EEmi3vy9Dsowlhz4ycwYLjobE66fycEOPLb70oFtIit8f9EBd_sp2BJkp3R8CfnjgFHjXE447j5pvpPQBt2Rg5h2AA/s400/star-trek-generations-startrek-screencaps.com-2240.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Worf isn't laughing...rather he never laughs.</b></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">As the crew gather around, a drum roll begins and what looks to be a Klingon is taken from the bowls of the ship to the main deck. The captain of this vessel, Jean-Luc Picard, asks, "Mr. Worf, I always knew this day would come. Are you prepared to face the charges?" Worf replies, "I am prepared." A plank is extended and there is a hat right above it for Worf to catch without falling into the freezing ocean. When Worf succeeds, Commander Riker, First Officer of the Enterprise tells the computer to remove the plank. This mistake caused the plank to disintegrate, leading Worf to fall into the freezing water. "Number one, that's retract plank, not remove plank." Commander Riker yells, "Sorry!" Worf is growling and furious but it seems to be all in good fun.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The first android in Starfleet, Lieutenant Commander Data, is at a loss as to why someone falling into freezing water is "amusing". Doctor Crusher, the CMO aboard the <i>Enterprise</i> says, "It's all in good fun Data." To this, Data does not understand. When she tells him to do something unexpected, he takes this the wrong way and pushed her off the ship as well. No one laughs at this and all eyes go to Data. Confused, Data says, "That was..." Geordi La Forge, the chief engineer of the <i>Enterprise</i>-D finishes his statement, "...Not funny." During this, Captain Picard gets a message from the ship regarding a message he has from Earth. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDd2-PD9rEderRecHeIBqH7VJZMwVPs5SV42jsK8f_mPr2FBPQ6wLc1iu3fJSWWmpT3lByt9dJFYiKqMHUkrvd0C7Vm1LLCrRKdrLQYDHR4SOoUgKWOpCQY_9OISzgf023pkEyfKzROtA/s1600/star-trek-generations-startrek-screencaps.com-2465.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDd2-PD9rEderRecHeIBqH7VJZMwVPs5SV42jsK8f_mPr2FBPQ6wLc1iu3fJSWWmpT3lByt9dJFYiKqMHUkrvd0C7Vm1LLCrRKdrLQYDHR4SOoUgKWOpCQY_9OISzgf023pkEyfKzROtA/s400/star-trek-generations-startrek-screencaps.com-2465.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The computer arch appears on the holodeck for Captain Picard. </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1UX-iHmXNM15AtyhEI0i48WFhC0-eRazBZjUhBhZExvD0tw6Kyl1g6o1oEsN-76FQPJmSuZIlbndlhTmpKsvbSRmYOXDLJ1WUjuS5yUdFwBIieSrKqNdz8HyXu66G0kDiudL8spq0puA/s1600/star-trek-generations-startrek-screencaps.com-2634.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1UX-iHmXNM15AtyhEI0i48WFhC0-eRazBZjUhBhZExvD0tw6Kyl1g6o1oEsN-76FQPJmSuZIlbndlhTmpKsvbSRmYOXDLJ1WUjuS5yUdFwBIieSrKqNdz8HyXu66G0kDiudL8spq0puA/s400/star-trek-generations-startrek-screencaps.com-2634.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arriving at the Amargosa Observatory </td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Once reading the message, Picard discovers that his brother and nephew have passed away in a fire in his home country of France. This changes Picard's demeanor and he storms out of the holodeck to his ready room on the bridge of the starship. Once Picard leaves, there is another announcement that an observatory is under attack. Riker changes character and orders Red Alert. The <i>Enterprise</i>-D has arrived in the observatory to discovered that it has been ambushed and ransacked. The crew compliment was 15. Once an away team has beamed to the station, Riker and Worf discover that there is one survivor. A Dr. Tolian Soran. He has a scar on his face...Riker asks who attacked him and he has no idea. "It all happened so fast." Getting ready to leave for the <i>Enterprise</i>, Worf discovers a dead Romulan, confirming that they indeed attacked the station.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheSTEmiAtEjdVnmCzWA7NIn6B-BYmr22ZRBEjFZMDGdUotMAgdKS8EVAAWTbH7XzwMwUlfmWigJ_RLKn-35ZmxBi1Z2O1Kfo35SM4MvFdefTlbBW3oQx7akhtDPWa-AHvpTN4UQsbQzC8/s1600/star-trek-generations-startrek-screencaps.com-2941.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheSTEmiAtEjdVnmCzWA7NIn6B-BYmr22ZRBEjFZMDGdUotMAgdKS8EVAAWTbH7XzwMwUlfmWigJ_RLKn-35ZmxBi1Z2O1Kfo35SM4MvFdefTlbBW3oQx7akhtDPWa-AHvpTN4UQsbQzC8/s400/star-trek-generations-startrek-screencaps.com-2941.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dr. Tolian Soran is discovered alive on the observatory</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Meanwhile, back on the <i>Enterprise</i>, Data, still full of guilt after pushing the doctor off the ship, explains that it is time for him to use his emotion chip. Geordi is hesitant to insert it in the android, but Data insists that he have it installed. He wants to know what it is like to discover humor. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1YZjmN9w-Bstpa2YID0SemA7NPJej0XO8TZs758ni0iiSda6iRYNcIxB0r1gO0_wca6wmlpUChoQik4oi9tmsVNYwuc6XoHIESIlXKJHBCD2xHr54vUi25EYBaXA8SJraEyVheHp0ttE/s1600/star-trek-generations-startrek-screencaps.com-3251.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1YZjmN9w-Bstpa2YID0SemA7NPJej0XO8TZs758ni0iiSda6iRYNcIxB0r1gO0_wca6wmlpUChoQik4oi9tmsVNYwuc6XoHIESIlXKJHBCD2xHr54vUi25EYBaXA8SJraEyVheHp0ttE/s320/star-trek-generations-startrek-screencaps.com-3251.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Geordi installing Data's emotion chip.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Dr. Soran, meanwhile is on the <i>Enterprise</i> and keeps looking at his pocket watch. He seems to have a need to get somewhere but doesn't tell anyone why. He calls for Captain Picard to meet with him at the 10 Forward lounge, and pleads to tell him that he must return to the observatory. He explains, "I must complete a critical experiment on the Ama<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">r</span>gosa star." Picard shuts him down in quite an impulsive and impatience way. He is still damaged by the death of his family members and wants nothing but to be left alone. However, he is the captain of a starship, thus he must put all other duties before him as far as the ship is concerned. You can't just walk off the face of the earth because you lost two family members. The <i>Enterprise</i> has over a thousand people on board and they are all under his command and responsibility. Picard says, "We are still investigating the reasoning for the attack so as soon as that is complete I will allow you to return." Soran says that "timing is very important in his experiment." He is obviously obsessed and threatens Picard saying that, "Time is the fire in which we burn." What is all this talk about time?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Picard eventually allows Soran to return to the observatory. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Data and G<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">eordi then <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">t<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ravel down to the observatory and check out any hints or clues as t<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">o why a<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">nd how the <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">station</span> was attacked. Data, <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">with his newly installed emotion chip starts to <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">joke around, much to Georgi's chagrin. Wanting to get back to business<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, Geo<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">rdi<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> detects Dr. Soran<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. "Is there a problem, gentle<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">man?" <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Acting strange and <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">mischievous<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span> out of the blue, <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">doctor<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> then knocks out G<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">eordi and Data is scared<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> to take action since his emot<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ion ch<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ip has caused him to be afraid, <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">afraid. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">M<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">eanwhile, on the <i>E</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>nterprise</i>, Mr<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Worf detects that a <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">missile</span> was laun<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ched <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">at the Amargosa star<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> and a quantum implosi<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">on has started, <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">cau<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">sing the star to <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">collapse in<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> a matter of<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> minutes. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Picard orders Riker and W<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">orf to rush an<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">d <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">get everyone off of the station to saf<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">e<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ty.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Riker and W<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">orf beam aboard to get everyone to safety. Howev<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">e<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">r, S<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">oran has taken <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">unconscious Ge<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ordi hostage and <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">they both beam off to an unknown location. Where could they <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">have <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">gone? No matter, it's time to evacuate the s<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">tation <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">and Picard <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">i<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">s not going to wait for anything. "H<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">elm! W<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">arp One,<i> E</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>NGAGE!</i>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And then, in an insta<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">nt the <i>Enterprise</i> warps a<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">way seconds befor<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">e the debri<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">s<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> destr<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">o<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ys the station.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The next thing we see, is a grun<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">g<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">y Klingon ship and Dr. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Soran is there while holding G<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">eordi hostage. It turns out that the Klingons were <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the ones that atta<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">cked the <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">station</span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">after all<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. The reason Dr. Soran <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">survived</span>, w<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">as simply due to th<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">e fa<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ct that he was in on it! <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">He knew all along and all the people on the s<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">tation had to die be<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">cause of his scheme, whatever it was. Some experiment. What on E<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">arth...or Amargo<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">sa<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, could he be <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">doing that is so important to kill 12 people? We disc<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">over it is because he has stolen a <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">missi<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ng compoun<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">d called <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">t<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ril<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ithium, a comp<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">o<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">und neede<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">d to <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">shoot the <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">missile into the star. Interr<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ogating G<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">eordi,<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">he asks if he knows what he knows about t<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">rilithi<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">um so he can use more for it.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Meanwhile, on the<i> Enterprise</i>, Dr. Crusher informs <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the captain that Dr. S<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">oran is an E<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">l-A<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ur<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ian over 300 years old. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">He lost his entire family when the Bo<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">rg destroyed his world." She also informs Riker that <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">he was part of the <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">refuges<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> that were rescued by the <i>Enterprise</i>-B, the missio<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">n where James Kirk was killed. Not only was he the one <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">who lost his fami<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ly, but so was the ship's bart<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ende<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">r on the <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">current</span> <i>Enterprise</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">...Guinan. She is also an E<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">l-Aurian. It is found out that the <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">lives <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">lost o<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">n the shi<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">p were <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">not lost, b<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ut rather pulled into a <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">dimension called the Nexus<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. This was the ribbon that the <i>Enterprise</i>-B <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">encountered</span> all those yea<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">rs a<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">go. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It's a doorway to<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> a place that we call the Nexus." <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">She also goes on to explain that when she and Dr<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. Sora<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">n were saved by<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> the <i>Enterprise</i>-B, they were in and <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">out and pulled fro<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">m their rea<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">lity. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Once in the N<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">exus<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, you can go wh<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ere<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ver you want to go <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">and that time has no meaning. So, if you lost your family<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> in reality, you can <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">simply go to a place in time where<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> they may seem alive to you, but not in reality. Soran is trying desperate<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ly to get back <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">there and as <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Guinan <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">s<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ays<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, "If <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">he's still obse<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ssed he can be a very<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, v<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ery <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">danger<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ous man." Picard is not going t<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">o risk the loss of any other plane<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ts just <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">so S<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">or<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">an's <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">missile can change the cour<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">se of the ribbon<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. He's going to stop him.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ_yJEkYPjAVH5Qq0FtcafGPk1osizA5IZEmBPAEjdIXVpmKD8xU9dUr7Xd5MRrHOdPX1LyaHi0uxwuNL__DgeF6KDtvKuz_RyXL9DBruzeI9MwBsU8uiknfIksH0D2OheEr4v5apCINg/s1600/Orbiting+Veridian+3.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ_yJEkYPjAVH5Qq0FtcafGPk1osizA5IZEmBPAEjdIXVpmKD8xU9dUr7Xd5MRrHOdPX1LyaHi0uxwuNL__DgeF6KDtvKuz_RyXL9DBruzeI9MwBsU8uiknfIksH0D2OheEr4v5apCINg/s1600/Orbiting+Veridian+3.gif" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Arri<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ving at <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Veridian III</span></span></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Meanwhile, G<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">eordi is released from the Klingon ship once Soran makes the mo<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">di<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">fications to his <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">VISOR. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Demanding to go to Veridi<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">an<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> III<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, Soran tells the <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Klingon crew to sen<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">d G<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">eordi back to the <i>Enterprise</i>. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">He modified the VISO<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">R so the Kl<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ingon<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">s can see <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">what he sees. The <i>Enterprise</i> knows exactly where the Klingon Bird-of-Prey is and swears to stop any <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">missiles<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> laun<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ched at the star. The<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Klingon ship is no match for t<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">he mighty <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Enterp</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>rise</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">...unless their <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">shields are compromised...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Thanks to Geordi La Forge's VISOR, the Klingons can now view inside the <i>Enterprise</i> and at first it takes a while for him to actually get there. B'tor exclaims, "He bathed and now he's roaming the ship. He must be the only engineer in Starfleet who doesn't GO to engineering." After finally arriving, they find the shield vulnerability on the starship and pinpoint the vulnerable spot on the ship. Once the vessel decloaks, they fire on the <i>Enterprise</i> and the torpedoes go right past the shields.<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span><br />
<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifY-XiWSY2HpPUPR2C2LttEua84IhN7w0Jk1Bi9VOVzkWkGRwgJ5-t_rWK06D0w-a1rKGjvFsmirVWkx1M9QS3p8NwPwZUleiGRSdUQOEWFkW-qlOn5OMretFYzElbxnTF8Md1grywVlc/s1600/tumblr_mu46jaCGrw1rzu2xzo1_400.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifY-XiWSY2HpPUPR2C2LttEua84IhN7w0Jk1Bi9VOVzkWkGRwgJ5-t_rWK06D0w-a1rKGjvFsmirVWkx1M9QS3p8NwPwZUleiGRSdUQOEWFkW-qlOn5OMretFYzElbxnTF8Md1grywVlc/s400/tumblr_mu46jaCGrw1rzu2xzo1_400.gif" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Enterprise under attack</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Eventually, the<i> Enterprise</i> prevails, destroying the Klingon ship once and for all, but not before it has been critically hit. The ship then needs to separate. So, the saucer section of the ship separates and the ship makes an emergency crash landing into the Veridian III star. During this time, Picard had transported down to the planet to negotiate with Soran but to no avail. After a brief brawl, Picard loses the fight and then the missile shoots, destroying the Veridian star. All the survivors on the ship are lost once the the nexus passes. This isn't correct. This wasn't meant to happen.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">After entering the Nexus, Picard meets up with the echo of Guinan from the past and she informs him that she can send Captain Kirk with him to help him stop the mad scientist. You see, Kirk wasn't killed on the <i>Enterprise</i>-B after all, but rather pulled into the everlasting Nexus ribbon living a life he's always wanted.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">When Picard meets him, it is quite strange. He walks up to Kirk chopping wood and introduces himself as the Captain of the <i>Enterprise</i>. How awkward is that?! In any case, Kirk asks if he smells something burning. "It looks like someone was trying to cook some eggs! It's all right, it's my house. At least it used to be." This cabin in Iowa appears to be a home that Kirk had owned some time ago, but not really since this is from the point of view of Kirk and not Picard. You see, as explained before, time has no meaning in the nexus and what may just seem like a few years ago for Kirk, is really over 80 years for Picard. In any case, Picard attempts to convince Kirk to go back with Picard to the time right before Soran destroys the star and the <i>Enterprise</i>.</span><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxNAQYJ-9HICIDQEQJxcuRKHjdOn0ZHaYOcjBvl5Yh6UjQqV-fE3uGPKWK1w1ijw6i9Bo3uIccuKwCZudxjgQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>
<br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Now, here is probably the most important part of the movie. The advice that Captain Kirk gives Picard.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Captain of the <i>Enterprise</i>, huh?"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"That's right."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Close to retirement?"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Not planning on it."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Well, let me tell you something. Don't. Don't let them promote you. Don't let them transfer you, don't let them do anything, that takes you off the bridge of that ship because while you're there, you can make a difference."</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">As we know through the life and journey of Kirk, he has made choices in his life. Some better and some worse, but after his career, he gives Picard some sound advice that no other Starfleet captain would know about. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Finally, the two leave the Nexus and confront Soran right before the star was destroyed. After a brawl, Captain Kirk kick's his butt but not before falling down a cliff and dying. Picard meanwhile puts locking clamps on the missile so it can't launch, killing Soran instantly. After the rocks and debris clear, Picard reaches Kirk and informing him that he had made a difference, Kirk dies and is buried by Picard in a simple cairn of rocks. He truly went where none have gone before.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The film ends with Picard meeting up with Riker and informs him that this will not be the last ship to carry the name <i>Enterprise</i>. There will be another... </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Now, I don't hate this film by any means. I actually have a soft spot for it. I can't say that I would recommend it, but there are plenty of ways in which it could have been better. The previous movie was such a wonderful send off for the original crew and there didn't really need to be a prologue during the original era. The baton was already passed in a brilliant way and to have some crew carried over in this movie was a bit anti-climactic. This is really a <i>Next Generation </i>film and is not intended to be an Original movie. Many say that it seems to be an episode of the show on the big screen, but I don't see it that way. The lighting and the music for one thing is what makes it much more grander. The film certainly drags on to the point where I just turn it off. I do like the idea of the Nexus and I've always wanted to see Captain Kirk and Picard together, but the climactic fight was not executed well and is best left to be forgotten.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Transporter accidents, starship battles, being stranded, and just to fall of a cliff seemed so...uninspired and just lazy. Granted, he saved many lives, but I took it as a way for the writers to make the movie standout just because it featured the death of Kirk. William Shatner was barely in the film as he is only in the beginning and in the end fighting. I, like many fans, feel that he should have died on the bridge of the <i>Enterprise</i> or at least saving the ship. Falling off a cliff? No. There were test screenings for the movie and originally he was to be shot in the back by Dr. Soran. It was not at all popular and they decided to change it. I don't find it to be much better. But, it is what it is. <i>Star Trek Generations</i> has happened and that is the way it goes. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The upside, is that it pushed the <i>Next Generation</i> crew to their own movie series. </span> </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">What are your thoughts on the movie? Did you enjoy it? See it in theaters? Feel that the death of Captain Kirk was lame? Please comment below and show your thoughts. I love getting a different perspective and would be more than happy to reply! </span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sources:</span><br />
<br />
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Captain Kirk and Picard on horseback: http://io9.gizmodo.com/10-things-that-star-trek-got-right-that-have-never-bee-1752983440</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Enterprise-B GIF: http://startrekships.tumblr.com/tagged/Enterprise%20B</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">All other images <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">courtesy of: http:<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">//www.<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">movie-screencaps.com</span></span> </span> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">A<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">nd a very sp<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ecial thanks to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiNN5J7VlnlUwbQhKU_OB3A" target="_blank">These Are The Voyages</a></span></span> <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">f<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">or t<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">he clip of <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Picard and Kirk! Please follo<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">w him<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">! He's go<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">t some great stuff!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></li>
</ul>
Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16074614585656308011noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2996359890232594519.post-74631843065236593342016-01-31T15:06:00.003-08:002016-01-31T15:35:31.467-08:00What Does God Need With A Starship?<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><span style="color: cyan;">"What does God need with a starship?!"</span></i></span><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQkX8qodlhGAKGKsj97i8oUn1-JOUfQlYcbOYuiP_VbqpB9agh3V0_8V59sTBHwYFHNYcZIkmf6it8MAwQ89aBYzTVmrrDB7Ra1caFsIGB-S63uC5cb_TOLe42EjfH9smUxdsWCqi9DTI/s1600/star-trek-v-the-final-frontier-5436b06aa9c12.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQkX8qodlhGAKGKsj97i8oUn1-JOUfQlYcbOYuiP_VbqpB9agh3V0_8V59sTBHwYFHNYcZIkmf6it8MAwQ89aBYzTVmrrDB7Ra1caFsIGB-S63uC5cb_TOLe42EjfH9smUxdsWCqi9DTI/s400/star-trek-v-the-final-frontier-5436b06aa9c12.png" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: cyan; font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;">What is perhaps considered to be the worst <i>Star Trek</i> film ever, <i>Star Trek V: The Final Frontier</i> is the fifth film featuring the cast of Star Trek: The Original Series and the first and only to be directed by Captain Kirk himself, William Shatner. Premiering on June 9th, 1989 the film was up against a handful of highly anticipated films including <i>Batman</i>, <i>Ghostbusters II</i>,<i> Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade</i>, <i>Lethal Weapon 2</i> and <i>Licence to Kill</i>. Never again will a Star Trek film be released in the summer due to this film. </span></span></span><br />
<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoe3qfIA6fDpTe8SoajEhWYWP9eIz4y91B5IC7xNpfdUNshEVY3o9k4JeviVAkm8oR26xnWR3773Bx1QOOi0JXVrfE3BlhudUJNEdO6yP29F0GIoaGSBjQKXg9ABycGCjoJk7Y366jiqU/s1600/cast1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoe3qfIA6fDpTe8SoajEhWYWP9eIz4y91B5IC7xNpfdUNshEVY3o9k4JeviVAkm8oR26xnWR3773Bx1QOOi0JXVrfE3BlhudUJNEdO6yP29F0GIoaGSBjQKXg9ABycGCjoJk7Y366jiqU/s400/cast1.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The cast of Star Trek V on the new Enterprise-A</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: cyan; font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;">After the huge success of <i>Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home</i>, Paramount wanted to release another film as soon as possible. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Going over-budge<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">t due to<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> the ideas that W<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">illiam Shatner wa<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">nted<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> to <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">di<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">rect, <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the production <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">had to cut costs and fast.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> The making of the movie was one disaster after another. Industrial Light and Magic was unavailable for the effects, leading to some rather uninspiring visuals; the writer's strike of 1988 prevented the script from being modified and polished;<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>major competition with the other films coming out<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> at the time such as <i>Indiana J</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>ones and the Last Crusade</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, <i>Ghostbusters II</i>, etc also brough<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">t a lot of pro<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">blems</span></span></span></span></span>. Gene Roddenberry himself <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">strongly</span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">made clear his <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">oppositions of the <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">movie. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Seeing as Leornard N<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">imoy directed two successful entries in the series, William S<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">hat<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ner took a turn at directing due to a <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">clause</span> that both acto<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">rs signed. Wh<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">at one <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">got, so did the other. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: cyan; font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;">The film begins on Nimbus III, dubbed "The Planet of Galactic Peace". What looks like a vast desert of holes, a lone person comes into view. He seems to be digging holes for some reason and it's not clear why. All of a sudden, a figure riding in the distant is getting closer to the individual. Arming himself with what looked to be a primitive weapon of sorts, the digger preparing for any danger that may come his way. When the figure finally arrives, he gets off his horse and confronts<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">him</span></span>. "I thought weapons were forbidden on this planet?" The digger simply replies, "...It's all I have." The visitor can sense there is something not right with this person. Walking towards him, he stares him down until the digger gets on his knees. The man says, "Each man hides a secret pain. It must be shared and forced into the light. Share your pain, share your pain with me. And gain strength form the sharing." After a few seconds, the digger is relieved and says it was "as if a weight has been lifted from [his] heart. How can I repay you for this miracle?!" The stranger asks for him to join his quest for the ultimate knowledge. "To find it, we will need a starship." Not having any starships on Nimbus III, the digger doubts his intentions but when the man reveals himself to be a Vulcan, he understands and is in total amazement. Now it will be possible for a starship to arrive.<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <i>As I view this, I'm not sure how him being a <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Vulcan automatically <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">allows starships to head to this planet. B<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ut, I go along with the <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">s<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">tory.</span></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpMkq6AIMYx-CG9WdOGlD2gi_yXvxbw0cyrR12TaKaIh0RnTPtksAdRt6pFfLsgzQyYWESmm9pzGRlodzBP7DrDUicN7Qz05wqipQutWFNeujCJpqzsin6kcMNmghdCZzi8yqy6Y7hHT4/s1600/USS_Enterprise-A_quarter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpMkq6AIMYx-CG9WdOGlD2gi_yXvxbw0cyrR12TaKaIh0RnTPtksAdRt6pFfLsgzQyYWESmm9pzGRlodzBP7DrDUicN7Qz05wqipQutWFNeujCJpqzsin6kcMNmghdCZzi8yqy6Y7hHT4/s320/USS_Enterprise-A_quarter.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kirk's new command </td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: cyan; font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;">After a failed testin<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">g cruise <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">cause<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">s<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> the <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">new <i>Enterprise-A</i> </span></span></span>t<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">o lim<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">p back to <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">space dock</span>, Ca<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ptain Kirk<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Spock and D<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">r. M<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">cCoy <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">enjoy <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">shore leave</span> at Yosemite National Park<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">While atte<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">mpting to make an ascent, Kirk is <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">free<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> climbing El Ca<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">p<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ita<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">n<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">as McCoy watch<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">e<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">s from the safety<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> of the <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">grou<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">nd<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> mumbling to himself<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> in disgust<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">.</span></span></span> While taking a break and overlooking the beaut<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">y of the forest, Spock pops <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">up out of no where and greets Kirk with his gravity boots on. "Greetings, Captain." <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Spock! What are you doing in this neck of the <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">woods?" Spock replie<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">s, "I have been <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">monitoring your pro<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">gre<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ss. I<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> regret to inform you that <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">your attempt to <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">free climbing <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">El C<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">apita<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">n, is in no danger of being <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">broken." <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Ki<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">rk replie<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">s to Spock that he<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">'s doing this because he enjoys it and because the <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">mo<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">untain is there to be climbed. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Suddenly, Kirk looses his focus and falls from his perch. Spock <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">swings down in an act of bravery and catch<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">es Kirk right before his death. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Mr. Spock, saving Kirk's life,<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> tells hims that "because it is there" is not a <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">sufficient</span> rea<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">son <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">for</span> clim<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">bing a mountain.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: cyan; font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">M<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">eanwhile, back on <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Nim<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">bus III, <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">a<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Rom<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ulan representat<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ive <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">arriv<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">es to join t<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">he two other representatives on the planet: A Klingon, <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">G<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">eneral Ko<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">rrd</span></span> and <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">a human, St. John Talb<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ot.</span> Now, <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">although this planet is known as the <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Plan<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">et of <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">G<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">alactic Peace, nothing has <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">become of it and it is essentially a <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">baron</span> waste lan<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">d where no progress is be<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ing made. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Forbi<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">dding people w<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">eapons, protesters be<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">gan</span> to <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"fashio<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">n<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> their own"</span></span></span> with rocks as am<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">mo<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. This "new age" died a qui<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ck death. Meanwhile, an alarm goes off and <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Paradise City is bei<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ng <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">overthrown</span> by a bunch <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">of men chan<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ting<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. H<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">eading in after t<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">he<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">m, is a Vu<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">lcan o<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">n horseback and he seems to be in charge of th<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">is intrusion.<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Breaking into the main chamber, the V<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ulcan<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> demands them as their prisoner<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">s.<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Counting on<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> t<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">hem to contact their <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">gover<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">nments, the Vulcan encourages that as <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">to lure a starship to arrive.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IviO44AaiOU/0.jpg" frameborder="0" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IviO44AaiOU?feature=player_embedded" width="320"></iframe><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: cyan; font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Back at Y<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">osemite, McCoy prepares beans for everyone and even puts a <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">secret <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ingredient<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> in there that not even Spoc<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">k is familiar with<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">: <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Tennessee <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">whiskey</span>. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">fter din<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ner, Mc<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Coy<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> stops and reflects on how much time <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">they spen<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">t together <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">in "sp<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ace and us getting on each <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">others</span> nerves. And what do w<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">e do when <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">shore leave comes along? We spend it together. Other people have families<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">." Kirk replies, "Other people, Bon<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">es <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">not us." The way Kirk r<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">eacts tells the <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">audience that this cr<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ew <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>is</i> his family. The ship is hi<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">s pr<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">i<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ze</span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">possession<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> and he's happy with that. McCoy seems to be a <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">tad regretf<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ul, however since he has <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">a large family back at home. Then, McCoy tells Kirk that he shou<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ld have been killed when he f<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ell off that mountain. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Kirk<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> says, "I knew I wouldn't die because the two of you were with me<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">.<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">" Spock <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">does not understand t<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">his. "I've always kn<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">own, I'll die al<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">one." Breaking the <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">morbid silence, Spock tak<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">es out a <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">dispenser</span> that producers <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">marshmallows<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">.<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Kirk sudden<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">l<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">y has a flashback and says that he hasn't sung around a camp<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">fire since he was a boy in Iowa. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Cho<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">osing t<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">o sing "Ro<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">w, Ro<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">w, Ro<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">w <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You're Boat" McCoy starts off and S<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">p<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ock is tol<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">d to<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> jump i<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">n. Naturally, Spock does not sing due to him "trying to comprehend the meaning of the words<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">." Mc<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Coy chid<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">es, "It's a song you green blo<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">oded...Vulcan! You sing it! The words aren't important!" <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Silence...and then Sp<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ock remar<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ks, "We<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">re we having a good time?" Okay<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">time for bed.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: cyan; font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In the middle of t<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">he night, a shuttle <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">from the <i>E</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>nterprise</i> heads down to pick up Kirk and company informing<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> them there has been a h<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ostage situation. With the transporter not working properly and with Kirk "f<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">orgetting<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">" to bring his communica<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">tor with him, the shuttle <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">had to be sent <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">down. Arrive on the <i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Enterprise</span></i>, everything is in <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">bad con<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">dition. T<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">he doo<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">rs aren't asdfasdfd</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>aren<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">'<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">t ope<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ning, the b<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ridge is in sham<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">bles and <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Kirk was in th<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">e middle of his <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">shore leave</span>. Speaking with Starfleet, Kirk is ordered to N<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">imbus III to <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">rescu<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">e the hostages. In the hostage ta<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">pe<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, Spock recognize<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">s this</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Vulcan from somewhere and it brings him to leave the bridge
and into the officer's mess to spend some time alone. When Kirk and
McCoy arrive to see Spock, they are informed that Sybok is Spock's half
brother.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span>
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEint3g_ph-mv60YxygacanGrF6YMsRRG1h3FkBPATf4kaxzey7SX13oNK2u8e78kUAApbJGinSzFjzFSGgIVAYMM0DNpUq_lmiSzCpArc4k-78N4U04Me9AkasM-VS4cBI-R02MIPwkXOc/s1600/star-trek5-movie-screencaps.com-3756.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEint3g_ph-mv60YxygacanGrF6YMsRRG1h3FkBPATf4kaxzey7SX13oNK2u8e78kUAApbJGinSzFjzFSGgIVAYMM0DNpUq_lmiSzCpArc4k-78N4U04Me9AkasM-VS4cBI-R02MIPwkXOc/s320/star-trek5-movie-screencaps.com-3756.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A ghost from the past</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Arriving
in Nimbus III, and with the transporters still out, Kirk and an away
team head down to the planet to get the hostages. This planet is almost
directly out of Star Wars up to the scene when Kirk arrives at this bar.
A three breasted cat-like being attacks him out of the shadows and a
pretty random fight ensues that ends up with Kirk throwing her into what
looks like a literal "pool" table. <i>This</i> kills her? Who knows. Anyway,
Spock arrives and the hostages are there to be rescued. However,
manipulated by Sybok, they in tern hold the two Starfleet officers hostage. Now having the command of a starship,
Sybok prepares to send his men up to the<i> Enterprise</i>, but not before he
catches a glimpse at Spock. They remember each other, but this moment
doesn't deter Sybok from his goal of stealing the ship.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span>
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcsnEPhuTbm4P_VHLOXlsyeV58I7c1KLGRqaBmtGnG9xElDsGYbSsJJPC9jRzDeOS4vDtlY006Q_GGsF6Eeyl74bsQqcNU1DxlQC3aOBu_NhKREHpg64F7PaM-wFq_IZIF2GOd4iFHDkQ/s1600/er-corridor-st5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcsnEPhuTbm4P_VHLOXlsyeV58I7c1KLGRqaBmtGnG9xElDsGYbSsJJPC9jRzDeOS4vDtlY006Q_GGsF6Eeyl74bsQqcNU1DxlQC3aOBu_NhKREHpg64F7PaM-wFq_IZIF2GOd4iFHDkQ/s320/er-corridor-st5.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scotty helping Kirk send a distress call</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Arriving
on the <i>Enterprise</i> and putting Kirk, Spock and McCoy in the brig, Sybok
goes up to the bridge and announces his intentions to the rest of the
ship. He is taking the ship to the planet, Sha Ka Ree, or what is also
known as Eden in the Vulcan language, which lies at the center of the
galaxy. He says that he is on a mission given to him by God. How the <i>
Enterprise</i> is able to reach the planet in less than two days is beyond
me, but it does. Scotty, the only member of the crew not manipulated by
Sybok, manages to break Kirk out of the brig and they all make a run for
it to send a distress call. An irking scene involves Kirk and company
climbing up a turboshaft to get to the front of the ship. It takes quite
a while until Spock takes out his gravity boots and gives them all a
lift faster. Once they are get to the top and send a distress call, the call
is intercepted by a Klingon Bird-of-Prey which pretends to be
Starfleet; and now the coordinates of the <i>Enterprise</i> is known. The
Klingon Captain, Klaa, originally assigned to rescue the Klingon
representative on Nimbus III, decides to go after Kirk and make a name for himself.
In other words, he's bored and is sick of destroying space garbage. After sending the transmission, Kirk and company are caught and Sybok
lectures them.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">First,
he goes into McCoy's head and has him face a situation that has
tormented him his entire life: pulling the plug on his ailing father
only to discover not long after "a goddamn cure" had been found for his disease.
McCoy seems to release himself from his pain and Spock is next in line.
He is given a vision of his birth and witnesses his father not caring
about him and saying that he is "so human". This hurts Spock a little to
the point where he sheds a tear. Now, it's Kirk's turn and he refuses.
"The things we keep with us are the things that make us who we are.
Without them we lose ourselves. I don't want my pain taken away, I need
my pain!" Before Sybok continues further, he is informed that they have
arrived in the Galactic Barrier. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span>
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHjYQt4IZ2icDgvfj-9XeMR4yenluusjcV2DNeYWnfJY2mnTtY80CEs4wFsMeXOuy_fern3dykqVLP1TYBkvsvHExA0TS3VYIChCDEDK9oYfN2_DT6xZXocvnMqyz56WCgCAhNCR55H04/s1600/1297573896550_ORIGINAL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHjYQt4IZ2icDgvfj-9XeMR4yenluusjcV2DNeYWnfJY2mnTtY80CEs4wFsMeXOuy_fern3dykqVLP1TYBkvsvHExA0TS3VYIChCDEDK9oYfN2_DT6xZXocvnMqyz56WCgCAhNCR55H04/s320/1297573896550_ORIGINAL.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Long-lost brothers</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Upon reaching the planet of Sha Ka Ree, Sybok has Kirk, Spock and McCoy take a shuttle to the planet surface. Getting to the planet, Sybok calls out to his god but there is no reply. Kirk, realizing that Sybok is indeed mad, calls to inform the <i>Enterprise</i> that nothing is happening. Suddenly, the skies begin to darken and ground begins to shake. Out of nowhere come these large towering rocks like huge claws growing out of the ground and surrounds the explorers. Then, a large blue light, followed by fog ensures, and no it's not an alien dance club, it's the entrance of what is believed to be God. This God is trying to escape from the planet it has been imprisoned in for an eternity and needs the <i>Enterprise</i> to escape. This, naturally causes Kirk to ask the question that is one of the popular quotes from the film: "Excuse me? Excuse me I'd just like to ask a question. What does God need with a starship?!" McCoy jumps in and says, "Jim, you don't ask the almighty for his I.D." Looking down at Kirk with malevolence, the being says, "Who is this creature?" To that, Kirk continues, "Who am I? Don't you <i>know</i>? Aren't you <i>God</i>?!" Leave it to Captain Kirk not to take shit from anyone. He's been a captain his whole life and knows how things work. Suddenly, the being zaps Kirk with his eyes and</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> knocks him off the ground. The same happens to Spock and when Sybok asks why He has done this, the being says, "He doubts me." "But, the God of Sha Ka Ree would not do this!" That comment enrages the being and tells Sybok that Sha Ka Ree is a vision <i>he </i>created. Then, Sybok asks the being to reveal himself to him and it turns out to be just another Sybok. Then, they both fight to the death. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span>
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaUSwnZoW1cj8-tchvzAi-GD_oJhD-YTsSA2KDIPci1NVwrlkbxOEe5PZgVlsp5Lwrx7cFF-avY7386Ogb7SATiJw26zBrRJB4-0Ke0ipIxdRlOLjew3abh39nReW5sDQypMEAahBsktU/s1600/star-trek5-movie-screencaps.com-10480.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaUSwnZoW1cj8-tchvzAi-GD_oJhD-YTsSA2KDIPci1NVwrlkbxOEe5PZgVlsp5Lwrx7cFF-avY7386Ogb7SATiJw26zBrRJB4-0Ke0ipIxdRlOLjew3abh39nReW5sDQypMEAahBsktU/s320/star-trek5-movie-screencaps.com-10480.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Jim, you don't ask the all-mighty for his I.D.!"</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span></span>
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Kirk orders Spock and McCoy to return to the <i>Enterprise</i> as the transporter is now working. Directly after the officers are beamed up, Klaa's Klingon bird-of-prey fires on the Enterprise disabling the transporter and leaving Kirk abandoned on the planet. Escaping "God's" wrath, the bird-of-prey fires on the being, destroying him with just one shot and then has Kirk beamed aboard. Thinking he is to be taken prisoner, the Klingon representative from Nimbus III orders him to be released and that his junior officer has something he wants to say to him. "The attack upon your vessel was not authorized by my government." Disgraced and stepping aside, the gunner responsible for killing the God entity was Spock! Surprised and happy to see him, Kirk says, "I thought I was going to die." To which Spock replies, "Not possible, you were never alone."</span></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">After a reception aboard the <i>Enterprise</i>, Kirk, Spock and McCoy resume their vacation on Yosemite. </span></span><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbwwvnrqTivuNVzIAUNnZLLcRZCW4mjjGSZ9f1kBhYotJu24PIXREWT6awSmtmxNYQGDj0fxn7b_nscdr9q1Duq_zto02xvHlj_3QrpaNBOm6gOLsD96ipynhk1QZrRiopc1i8pBQgnl4/s1600/star-trek5-movie-screencaps.com-10198.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbwwvnrqTivuNVzIAUNnZLLcRZCW4mjjGSZ9f1kBhYotJu24PIXREWT6awSmtmxNYQGDj0fxn7b_nscdr9q1Duq_zto02xvHlj_3QrpaNBOm6gOLsD96ipynhk1QZrRiopc1i8pBQgnl4/s640/star-trek5-movie-screencaps.com-10198.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Star
Trek V: The Final Frontier</i> <i>did</i> make money. It was #1 at the box office
for it's first week of release but slowly fell under after the release to other more successful films. Gene Roddenberry, Star Trek's
creator, protested against this film and considered many aspects of it
to be apocryphal. It got so bad for him that he tried to get people to
help him shut down production, or at least change the story. The fact
that it dealt with the <i>Enterprise</i> crew searching for God made it seem as
if <i>Star Trek</i> were for Christians even though he wanted to stay as far
away from religion in his creation as possible. A close friend of Gene,
Isaac Asimov was asked to help stop production on the movie. Nothing
ever came of it and the film was indeed released after all. Not to
Gene's surprise, the film was highly controversial among fans and
viewers alike and most of the criticism came to William Shatner.
Production was rushed as I mentioned before, and the special effects
were very underwhelming for a <i>Star Trek </i>production. But, in the long
run, if it wasn't for <i>Star Trek V</i>, we would not have <i>Star Trek VI</i>, which
saw the return to form and success for the franchise.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I personally found the film entertaining in certain aspects, but I tend to stop watching it when Sybok begins to mind-meld and free the pain of Spock and McCoy. It just really stalls the film for me and the lack of anything happening is a bit of a downer. The highlights to the movie stand out when they do! The campfire scene on Yosemite is great and this is the only time in the original film series where you get to see the bonding that the trio have. Again, the effects are very poor and it takes me out of the story a little. But that was due to the rush of production and the lack of ILM. The script went over-budget and Shatner had to scale down the grandiose ideas of what he wanted to do.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I cannot say that I would recommend this film, but I would say that you should see it at least once for the chemistry of Kirk, Spock and McCoy. The rest of the crew are very underused here, and they are almost background characters. Chekov <i>does</i> have a chance to shine when he pretends to be Captain of the<i> Enterprise</i>, Scotty and Uhura have a fling which is never seen before or after this movie, Sulu is just a helmsman, but the next film will have him promoted to captain. There were talks that McCoy and Spock would betray Kirk, but DeForest Kelley and Leonard Nimoy protested against the idea since they are loyal to Kirk.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: white;">Thank you for reading my blog and as always, please contact me and share your thoughts on the film, what you liked about it, what you didn't like about it, things you disagree with me on, etc. Thanks for reading and be sure to subcribe!</span></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: cyan; font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><i><span style="color: cyan;"> </span></i>Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16074614585656308011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2996359890232594519.post-36990183334611072712016-01-25T11:03:00.000-08:002016-03-01T10:31:25.241-08:00STAR TREK VI <br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: cyan;"><i>"So...this is goodbye."</i></span> </span></span><br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbUkfYm3LgJKpV6khyphenhyphen_Wq8y1Zv1xZYpcGn441ENKOwfqwqAGOjvODcZs7XUirGjyK7asHfzJaIuBcTU1t0rj9sj44MEftZ2MaDh5TtMrU_mLZ5Lq_dzd4EH3Fb4Ts-7RDg7vgRLLz7ax7a/s1600/star-trek-vi-the-undiscovered-country-5437ea319a65f.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbUkfYm3LgJKpV6khyphenhyphen_Wq8y1Zv1xZYpcGn441ENKOwfqwqAGOjvODcZs7XUirGjyK7asHfzJaIuBcTU1t0rj9sj44MEftZ2MaDh5TtMrU_mLZ5Lq_dzd4EH3Fb4Ts-7RDg7vgRLLz7ax7a/s400/star-trek-vi-the-undiscovered-country-5437ea319a65f.png" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;">As the tagline goes from <i>The Matrix Revolutions</i>: "Everything that has a beginning has an end." Welcome to my review/retrospective of <i>Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered County</i>.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">THE SERIES:</span></span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;">In 1966, a small NBC television series called <i>Star Trek</i>
hit screens on weeknights. William Shatner, Leornard Nimoy and Deforest
Kelley starred in the hour long space opera traveling in a ship called
the <i>Enterprise</i>. Each week, the crew traveled to strange new
worlds in our galaxy dealing with the dangers that followed. Sadly,
after three years, NBC pulled the plug on the show due to declining
ratings and in 1969, Star Trek was no more. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxtroTsBJvt6wPu-SxH0uFkJaMRG6TnlKTtFlKNnlutdvjtU4BECT-7uhm2B4Gz8A0j3k7QODtUcSDKkL-rHUa2KZ0R9S-4EgibdFGHLa4lw4BPBmQip8tispBurdGZPBogHoeoZZsSkSs/s1600/cast-pub1.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxtroTsBJvt6wPu-SxH0uFkJaMRG6TnlKTtFlKNnlutdvjtU4BECT-7uhm2B4Gz8A0j3k7QODtUcSDKkL-rHUa2KZ0R9S-4EgibdFGHLa4lw4BPBmQip8tispBurdGZPBogHoeoZZsSkSs/s320/cast-pub1.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;">However, in the early 1970s, <i>Star Trek</i>
returned to television in the form of a Saturday morning cartoon and
all the cast, with the exception of Walter Koenig, returned to do the
voices. In 1974, that show ended and <i>Star Trek</i> was nothing
outside of comics and toys. And then Star Wars came...Once Star Wars was
a massive hit, Paramount cancelled a plan to make a new <i>Star Trek</i> live-action show and instead decided to produce a motion picture. In 1979, <i>Star Trek: The Motion Picture</i>
hit the big screen. Fans had to wait a whole ten years to see their
favorite characters in live-action and the result was not to everyone's
expectations.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red;">THE MOVIES:</span> </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;">The
first movie was a financial success, however not highly praised
critically. Gene Roddenberry, the producer of the movie, and creator of
the series itself, stepped down and the next <i>Star Trek</i> movie was made under far less of a budget. <i>Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan</i>
was a huge success critically and is considered the best of the all six
original films. A growing success of movies came out during the 1980s
and Gene Roddenberry's creation was as popular as ever! So popular in
fact that he started a new show on his own called <i>Star Trek: The Next Generation</i>.
This, however did not feature the actors we've come to know and love
and it was a stretch for some people. On the big screen, however, the
original actors continued to be featured and until 1991. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;"><i>Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country</i>
is perhaps the best movie in the entire series of films. We've all
known Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, Dr. McCoy, Scotty, and the rest for 25
years and since 1991 was the 25th anniversary, Paramount felt it was the
perfect idea to make one last hurrah with these characters. Time
certainly has gained on them since the show started, and the movie
captures a perfect sense of family and history. The movie depicts
Captain Kirk's last time in command of his beloved ship and his
struggles to accept the fact that he's not the young, gallant Captain he
once was.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;">It is the best swansong to any series wither it be a movie or television show. This is the true ending to the original <i>Star Trek</i>. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA8GNwnqEdj4wcIM6owFTyDkfI-AltFLY7QaHdkwXStNLQb-BKXk_vkasa9INfkb7GJ-F90slq6BLgExn-HmALn4KRPrjqTlxEgPsHxEOblZLb-hKAPym5yatpsMYbbIfysQz7jL4xAYIW/s1600/cast.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA8GNwnqEdj4wcIM6owFTyDkfI-AltFLY7QaHdkwXStNLQb-BKXk_vkasa9INfkb7GJ-F90slq6BLgExn-HmALn4KRPrjqTlxEgPsHxEOblZLb-hKAPym5yatpsMYbbIfysQz7jL4xAYIW/s320/cast.jpg" /></a><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">About three months before retirement from Starfleet, Captain Kirk and crew are ordered to take the <i>Enterprise-A</i>
out to escort a Klingon ship to Earth for peace talks. Spock's father,
Vulcan Ambassador Sarek has called for a diplomatic meeting on Earth and
Spock essentially vouches for Kirk--whose son was killed by a
Klingon--to be the special envoy. Now, even though Kirk loves being in
command, he would rather accept retirement than rendezvous with a
Klingon Chancellor's ship. He would just as soon open fire and start an
all out war. Since Sulu is now a captain and no long a part of the <i>Enterprise</i>
crew, Spock's protege, Valeris (played by Kim Cattral) volunteers. With
the ship underway, Kirk has a moment in his quarters voicing his
concerns in a Captain's Log: "I've never trusted Klingons. And I never
will. I can never forgive them, for the death of my son. It seems to me
that escorting the Klingon chancellor to a peace summit is problematic
at best. Spock says this could be a historic occasion, and I'd like to
believe him. But how on earth can history get past people like me?" As
Kirk is about to get ready to head to the bridge, Valeris seems to be
standing right by his quarters when she enters with his luggage. Was she
standing there this whole time?</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">After Valeris talks with Kirk, she goes to speak with Spock who tells her that this will in fact be his last voyage on the <i>Enterprise</i>
as a member of her crew. Valeris manages to hide the least bit of
sadness in her face and responds, "I could only succeed you, Sir." To
that, the chime rings informing all senior officers to the bridge to
greet the Klingon Chancellor's ship.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Kirk-hesitant
as ever and still upset with Spock that he was chosen to be the special
envoy-hides his bigotry as best he can and invited Gorkon and crew on
the <i>Enterprise</i> for a diplomatic dinner. This should be good...</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span>
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMl-B01BXqdLjFOaDCCVUADBIoVf27dyRc1TDiEGyfLeejRmodEyXMxiN2kExGUsPBK1hHJ1kgkedZhtIyyTXaNLFECNYco1-7fahyEVddg3bxhh8FCacMyx8guF8nRlpUtKCY8jp3LMso/s1600/tuchd0567.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMl-B01BXqdLjFOaDCCVUADBIoVf27dyRc1TDiEGyfLeejRmodEyXMxiN2kExGUsPBK1hHJ1kgkedZhtIyyTXaNLFECNYco1-7fahyEVddg3bxhh8FCacMyx8guF8nRlpUtKCY8jp3LMso/s400/tuchd0567.jpg" /></a></span></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A dinner of sorts</span></span></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Well,
the Klingon's arrive. Chancellor Gorkon introduces his crew, daughter
Azetbur and finally his chief of staff, General Chang who has much
admiration for Captain Kirk as a boy has to a baseball. At a pause, Kirk
gives a look of confusion as he has been known throughout the galaxy to
have beef with Klingons. After a brief tour, a dinner is prepared for
all and as Khan said to Kirk years before, "Diplomatic dinner is only
war time concealed." The high tension at the table is very evident and
being served Romulan ale, on the request of Valeris, makes it even
worse. When Chekov makes a statement that "We do believe all planets
have a sovereign claim to inalienable human rights", the Chancellor's
daughter responds that "the Federation is nothing more than a
homo-sapiens only club." Another member of the crew claims that this is
leading to the "annihilation of our race!" McCoy responds, "That's not
true!" "No?" "NO!" After some more bickering back and forth, General
Chang tells Kirk, "To be or not to be. That is the question which
preoccupies our people, Captain Kirk. We need breathing room!" Kirk
replies, "Earth. Hitler. 1938." Clearly having no idea who Hitler was,
Chang shuts up and there is an awkward silence. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">After
Gorkon and his party leave for his ship, the crew contemplates for a
minute with some bickering about the Klingon eating habits and everyone
is a bit tipsy from the ale served. Valeris said she had ordered Romulan
ale to help make the evening go more smoothly. That, it certainly did
not. It's bad enough Kirk already hated the Klingons. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Kirk,
in his quarters tells ships galley that Romulan ale is no longer to be
served at diplomatic functions. As he is about to get some rest while
having a hangover to end all hangovers...let alone space hangovers,
Spock summons Kirk to the bridge. Arriving, Spock detects a form of
radiation occurring. Kirk asks everyone if they know about the surge,
and they don't know as they are all having surges in their heads from
the damn ale the night before--a shot is fired! Out of nowhere, a shot
is fired on the very Klingon ship they are escorting to Earth! No! Who
could have done this?!!! Kirk, signals his absolute and total surrender
proving that it was not him who had fired. Spock, looking at the memory
banks, tells him that the <i>Enterprise</i> <i>did</i>, in fact <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">fire</span> t<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">w</span>o
torpedoes. It's not like Kirk to do something like this...Is it? He
wouldn't just fire on a ship without reason...would he? We've known Kirk
too long to not believe that he would do such a horrible thing...Even
to a Klingon ship. Has his age really caught up with him?</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">After
beaming aboard said Klingon ship, Kirk is witness to a blood bath of
Klingons dead in puddles of blood. Pink blood. They enter a corridor,
Chancellor Gorkon has been shot! As if things weren't bad enough, there
was a massacre in the ship as well! On the eve of peace! Dr. McCoy,
funny as ever, tries to revive Gorkon and for a mere few seconds, Gorkon
comes to. His lasts words are, "Don't let it end this way, Captain..."
Arrested by General Chang without hesitation, Captain Kirk and Doctor
McCoy are taken into trial on the Klingon home world of Qo'noS.</span></span></span></span><br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJaitYcaLKfy2TwZW4Om6t87G9WZLlCngWQJDE-tlFvhsKWbmdViVrKdRBpcD7IBRDkDGSlQGhOLQnFrUYjfDadCWpC2LgeTzKhNW0fdc62bvaFL4_FoQ5YIawgk4wL2J7znEoWqkwzxPb/s1600/trek6_00.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJaitYcaLKfy2TwZW4Om6t87G9WZLlCngWQJDE-tlFvhsKWbmdViVrKdRBpcD7IBRDkDGSlQGhOLQnFrUYjfDadCWpC2LgeTzKhNW0fdc62bvaFL4_FoQ5YIawgk4wL2J7znEoWqkwzxPb/s320/trek6_00.jpg" /></a></span></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Doctor McCoy was unable to save Gorkon.</span></span></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Meanwhile,
on 1701-A, Spock begins an investigation putting Valeris in charge. The
ship is to be searched from bow to stern and not one place will be
overlooked. The missing boot from one of the assassins. Apparently the
surviving Klingons on the ship said they had seen two Starfleet officers
wearing magnetic boots beam aboard their ship after the first hit from
the <i>Enterprise</i>. When a starship has shields up, there is no way
for someone to beam aboard. However, when the shields are down-like the
Klingon ship was-anyone would be able to come aboard, and that is
exactly what occurred. After the officers beamed back to the <i>Enterprise</i>,
they managed to also beam aboard some blood particles that were
floating. The hunt is still on for the killers. Gravity had not been
restored until after the assassins left the ship, hence the blood still
floating and the need for gravity boots.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Meanwhile,
Kirk and McCoy are taken to a Klingon penal colony on the asteroid Rura
Penthe, for a life sentence of labor and torture. Upon arrival, Kirk
befriends a fellow prisoner by the name of Martia. She seems nice, and
well...quite attractive. Responding to how she knows their names, "We
don't get too many presidential assassins." Kirk replies impatiently,
"We didn't kill Gorkon!" "Of course not." She responds. "But there is a
reward for your death." McCoy adds, "That figures." Now, Captain Kirk
realizes that this whole thing was a rouse and that he's been set up all
along. Kirk is catching onto something here. A few nights later, Martia
appears in Kirk's cell and has a plan for escape. When they both escape
the prison, they travel in the clear to where ships can reach people
for transport. In the colony, the area had no electricity, save for a
magnetic shield to prevent beaming. Now they are in the clear and able
to escape! Martia, however, has other plans and lured Kirk and McCoy
in the clear for no other than for them [Kirk and McCoy] to be captured
and killed. When Martia turns out to be a Chameloid, or Shapeshifter,
she mirrors Kirk's image and the two fight before the Klingon raid shows
up. Killing the "wrong" Kirk, the Klingon in charge decides to tell
Kirk who wants him killed. "Since you're all going to die anyway, why
not tell you. His name is-" and suddenly both prisoners are beamed
aboard the <i>Enterprise.</i></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span>
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4yeJ84c8YwBaAajotpLCktHhh-QIaBhjSplbnYi1cO4_2-qQWfEhUtjpj_PyODC8rtEfcx4THeec2ZXht6JZr8-N7VD9ioj7BfxivqSoZKcvD7ywMoHKfO86TuxLS9Td3xrJBus_dhyfh/s1600/kim-cattrall-star-trek-vi-the-undiscovered-country.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4yeJ84c8YwBaAajotpLCktHhh-QIaBhjSplbnYi1cO4_2-qQWfEhUtjpj_PyODC8rtEfcx4THeec2ZXht6JZr8-N7VD9ioj7BfxivqSoZKcvD7ywMoHKfO86TuxLS9Td3xrJBus_dhyfh/s320/kim-cattrall-star-trek-vi-the-undiscovered-country.jpg" /></a></span></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">TRAITOR!</span></span></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">With
Kirk and McCoy saved, Spock informs them that a Klingon Bird-of-Prey
vessel fired on Gorkon's ship, thus seeming to frame the <i>Enterprise!</i>
Someone must have changed the data banks on the ship to make it seem
like torpedoes were fired upon. Someone on the inside and using Kirk as
the guinea pig. Heading up to the bridge, Kirk, Spock and McCoy walk
down a corridor when all of a sudden two bodies pop up in front of them.
They were both killed with phasers on stun at close range. Kirk says,
"First rule of assassination: kill the assassins." Then an idea pops up
in his head. What better way to find the true killer than to pretend the
assassins survived and had statements to be made? A ship wide chime
comes in announcing "Statements to be made my Yeoman Burke and Samno."
All is quiet in sickbay. Then, like a dark light entering a room,
someone tiptoes in with a phaser. As they get closer to one of the
"alive" assassins, Spock turns on a light revealing that it is no other
than Valeris! Spock's protege! The one that he wanted to succeed him!
The one in charge of the investigation! And yes, the one who also had
the idea to serve Romulan ale during the already tense diplomatic
meeting! </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">On
the bridge, Captain Kirk and crew confront Valeris and tell her that a
new location for the peace conference is taking place. But where?
Valeris would know. Desperate, Kirk orders Spock to beat it out of her
and performs a Vulcan mind-meld...or rape...and informs Kirk that the
conference is no longer on Earth, but that the new location is still
unknown. As Spock had told Kirk those many years ago, "The needs of the
many, outweigh the needs of the few. Or the one." This would have to
have been Spock's reasoning to force Valeris to get the information out
of her. A full scale war between the Federation and the Empire would
most likely take place and extreme measures must be taken. With Valeris
in the brig, and Captain Sulu helping the Enterprise, the two ships are
also on the lookout for a Klingon Bird-of-Prey that can fire while
cloaked. Sulu has the location of the peace conference and informs Kirk
that it's on, "Camp Khitomer, near the Romulan boarder." Now Kirk knows
where to go! The <i>Enterprise</i> speeds to it's destination at maximum warp.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">As the <i>Enterprise</i>
is almost at transporter range, a voice from speakers malevolently
saying, "I can see you Kirk...Can you see me?" Kirk knows that voice!
He's heard it before and despised the sound of it. Chang...the Klingon
that found Kirk and McCoy guilty, the Klingon that praised Kirk for
being a "cold warrior"...and the Klingon that was Gorkon's own chief of
staff! That little lying creep!</span></span></span></span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVyI4lPC6_oc2p0os9vJ6ZochWrghADwEzQS9uXK-KgQA3zjLhsoWpnX6_ILcvfNf8UQ8puCKBu_FrZw0Xv63rpTiyUwJPS1cdmw__2ycRNCCCIS2rygO7vmcDHrg_LgrGzjfyhCx7fds/s1600/tumblr_m387lqMiaL1r2p3x5o2_250.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVyI4lPC6_oc2p0os9vJ6ZochWrghADwEzQS9uXK-KgQA3zjLhsoWpnX6_ILcvfNf8UQ8puCKBu_FrZw0Xv63rpTiyUwJPS1cdmw__2ycRNCCCIS2rygO7vmcDHrg_LgrGzjfyhCx7fds/s1600/tumblr_m387lqMiaL1r2p3x5o2_250.gif" /></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A sudden attack ensues and the <i>Enterprise</i>
is taking hits from a ship it can't even see. At this rate, they're as
good as dead. Then, out of another quadrant, Captain Sulu and the crew
of the <i>Excelsior</i> take charge and endure hits from the Klingon
ship; but not before Commander Uhura tells Kirk that there must be a way
to track the cloaked vessel. "Well, the thing's gotta have a tailpipe."
Spock and McCoy then head to the torpedo bay to modify a torpedo to
track the plasma from the enemy ship. With the shields collapsing, Kirk
chimes in yelling for them to hurry up! On ships speakers, Chang is
heard citing Shakespeare and McCoy tells Spock, "I'd give real money if
he'd shut up!" With the torpedo set and ready, Kirk-as only he
can-yells, <i>"Fire!"</i> and the torpedo is away headed towards Chang's
ship. A look of defeat, Chang simply says, "To be or not to be." And
the battle is won. It is a small victory, however as now Kirk must
continue onto the planet.</span></span></span></span> <br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span>
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi83lz55nlYjSb4xqAdFhZM7AYQ6oxaGbo4WspsTgE410i0z6C2YQjbsC597VIQbI_uGb84FdcDLzB-0p0CPqA8h1Pk5eFXc1sghX_QjWiKjOWOmGBmszAdo-b6W1boj2H9icLRCcZzOXQR/s1600/startrek06.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi83lz55nlYjSb4xqAdFhZM7AYQ6oxaGbo4WspsTgE410i0z6C2YQjbsC597VIQbI_uGb84FdcDLzB-0p0CPqA8h1Pk5eFXc1sghX_QjWiKjOWOmGBmszAdo-b6W1boj2H9icLRCcZzOXQR/s320/startrek06.jpg" /></a></span></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"It's about the future, Madam Chancellor!"</span></span></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;">After
Chang's ship is destroyed, Kirk and party beam down to the conference
to stop another assassination. Having everyone split up and scatter like
a pack of cockroaches, he starts towards the Federation president
during his speech. Pushing through a crowd of delegates, Captain Kirk
rushes and knocks the president out of the way as to avoid a sudden bold
of a rifle intended for him. As the assassin looks for another target,
and has his sights on Valeris, Scotty knocks down the door behind him
and shoots that sucker to the next world killing him instantly. Now,
there are two versions of this death. In the theatrical cut, it is seen
that a Klingon was indeed the would-be assassin; however in the VHS
edition, it is discovered that a Starfleet officer was dressed as a
Klingon. Either way, the films ends the same way. Peace has been reached
and Kirk proves himself innocent and years of hostility between the
Federation is over.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;">When
asked what the meaning of all this was, Captain Kirk tells the new
Chancellor of the Klingon Empire, Gorkon's daughter Azetbur "Some people
think the future means the end of history. Well, we haven't run out of
history quite yet. Your father, called the future, the undiscovered
country. People can be very frightened of change." Astonished and
convinced that Kirk was indeed not part of this conspiracy, the daughter
and newly appointed Chancellor says, "You've restored my father's
faith." To which Kirk responds, "And you've restored my sons."</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span>
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXVvnys7O6Cfb6T7HFlr8CGRr8iLNQkLxsIbqJxRMxa8AuXgdwt8A0icruH9BmIZkiPd4IHlbyV9zb7PW6p0qPKD47Ea7tf7gG6qroAkOqvrrsB_Dmy1re7txJvKbbdq460TmzfBN4JRlN/s1600/star-trek6-movie-screencaps.com-11863.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXVvnys7O6Cfb6T7HFlr8CGRr8iLNQkLxsIbqJxRMxa8AuXgdwt8A0icruH9BmIZkiPd4IHlbyV9zb7PW6p0qPKD47Ea7tf7gG6qroAkOqvrrsB_Dmy1re7txJvKbbdq460TmzfBN4JRlN/s320/star-trek6-movie-screencaps.com-11863.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Kirk facing the end of his <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">career</span></span></span></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: red;">Parting ways with Captain Sulu's ship, the <i>Enterprise</i>
is on her own. A sudden message from Starfleet Command comes in and
Uhura tells the captain that the ship needs to be put back to spacedock
for decommissioning. Kirk looks at the main screen as if to get a plead
from it to say, "Don't worry Jim, it's just a joke." Coming back to
reality, he asks himself, <i>Is this really the end? No...It can't be. Can it? No more adventures? No planets to travel to? People to save?</i>
These thoughts are going through his head as he knows that time is
gaining up on him and that the days of his youth are long gone. Things
have to change, but why can't I be in charge of my ship for just a
little longer? The thought of having to lose the <i>Enterprise</i> for
the final time after the countless times he fought to get it back flew
through him. The Enterprise was the one lady he really cared for. The
thought of him having to settle down on Earth and catch up with the life
he left behind didn't appeal to him in the least.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: red;">With
almost a tear in Kirk's eye, Spock breaks the silence of the inevitable
and remarks, "If I were human, I believe my response would be: 'go to
hell'. If I were human." To that, Kirk shoots a little smile and with a
line from Peter Pan, replies, "Second star to the right. And straight on
'till morning." And with that, the Enterprise sails off into the
sunset. With 25 years of saving the galaxy and traveling to new worlds,
it is time for Captain Kirk to pass the baton and hand the keys to
another crew for a<i> Next Generation</i>. </span></span></span><span style="background-color: black; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5tbjv0OwmDJJUxiRyuNZdFrV_WuWEmf7cS821szQvv8G69HoqmWY9pqRu_iOCdH9MkdPkdf9NxZEwz6lSjqsPAXS2uAPOdUnz2I59xBNkOsY-_xXhLs7nD35IJ-VnB7c-K0KolhvsuFrj/s1600/star-trek6-movie-screencaps.com-12027.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5tbjv0OwmDJJUxiRyuNZdFrV_WuWEmf7cS821szQvv8G69HoqmWY9pqRu_iOCdH9MkdPkdf9NxZEwz6lSjqsPAXS2uAPOdUnz2I59xBNkOsY-_xXhLs7nD35IJ-VnB7c-K0KolhvsuFrj/s640/star-trek6-movie-screencaps.com-12027.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: red;">Sources: </span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: red;">Screencaps: http://www.movie-screencaps.com</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: red;">Gif: http://frontier001.tumblr.com/post/22164731236/second-requested-gif-set-have-a-request </span></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16074614585656308011noreply@blogger.com0