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From: kevin@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Kevin Ernst Duckworth)
Subject: Re: TNG's FUNNIEST MOMENTS
Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University.
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 11:03:07 GMT


>In article <1993Jan22.223907.23264@ann-arbor.applicon.slb.com>, jackson@mailhost.aa.cad.slb.com (Jeff Jackson) writes...
>>  In the spirit of the "Best Episode / Worst Episode" series currently
>>  running, here are my candidates for the funniest scenes in TNG episodes
>>  (awarded Olympic-style).
>
 One of my favorites (one which had me choking the first time I saw
it) was in Rascals, when at the end Picard gets off the transporter
and pauses, and runs his hand over his bald pate...exquisite timing!  

A close second is the time Ensign Toonces almost ran the Enterprise
into a hapless Romulan warbird, the captain of which could not
understand the evasive manuevers being performed by the big E with
Toonces at the helm...

And third, the scene in "Matter of Honor", I believe, where Riker
says, "One?  Or both?"  Great to see a roomful of Klingons yukking it
up.   {{:~)>

				Kevin "followups to .current" D.
From: noel@umbc2.umbc.edu
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.misc
Subject: A Silly Top 10 List
Date: 25 JAN 93 18:11:29 EST
Organization: University of Maryland Baltimore County
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	Well, this week was going to be "Top 10 Worries of Odo"  But since I
just got back from the Star Trek Exhibit at the Smithsonian, I decided to 
instead bring you:

TOP 10 THINGS OVERHEARD AT THE SMITHSONIAN STAR TREK EXHIBIT

10.  "This stuff on the wall ir boring, where are the props?"

9.  "Plywood?  All this time it was plywood?!?"

8.  "How come they only got Spock's ear tips and not the whole thing?"

7.  "I beleive its becuase the writers and producers wanted a metaphor for the
    socio-ecomic-environtemal issues of time--or maybe becuase it looked neat"

6.  "Can you beleive those dresses?  The stuff in the Victoria's Secret
     catalog has more fabric in it"

5.  "These phasers look lame, I've seen better reproductions"

4.  "Wow look at all that memorabilia!  Why did mom have to throw mine out?"

3.  "Either is a model of the twin moons from epsode #35 or its a plaster
     cast of Troi's butt"

2.  "Lets go to the gift shop and load up on all the things we didn't buy
     at cons for less money"

and the number one thing overheard at the Star Trek exhibit

1.  "Where's the Next Generation exhibit?"
From: jd53@prism.gatech.EDU (DE LA COVA,JORGE)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.misc
Subject: Re: Overrated/Underrated
Date: 26 Jan 93 15:45:09 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

I would rank the movies as follows:

2
6
3
1
4
5

I thought ST:TMP was much better than people give it credit for.  Also,
ST:IV probably wasn't as good as most people give it credit for IMNSHO.


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From:  (jmhodapp@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu)
Subject: Re: Odo -- from human form to... "spoiler"
Organization: master/peon
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 93 16:32:48 GMT

In article <17JAN93.12338581.0237@VM1.MCGILL.CA>, BFPY@MUSICT.MCGILL.CA (BFPY) writes:
> 
> >>>How can a being with the mass of Odo in ST:DS9 change himself into a being the
> >>>size of a rat?

What if he was a 80 kilo rat? That would account for it.  

Also, in the premiere, when Odo morphed into a <<SPOILIER>>>
























..into a bag of money, I was under the impression that the money itself was
REAL heavy (gold bars or some such). Perhaps he was some of the money 
as well??  

Which brings up a question.  Can Odo split? i.e. pull a _The Thing_?
Have his head grow legs and stroll one way while his body goes elsewhere.
A la The Re-Animator?

Jon jmhodapp@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu
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From: z57n@unb.ca (MCKAY  N)
Subject: Re: Unwritten Rules
Organization: University of New Brunswick
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 13:57:23 GMT

In article <1993Jan19.144215.43096@pro-smof.cts.com> waden@pro-smof.cts.com (Wade Nelson) writes:

>I'm interested in how many unwritten rules people can come up with
>about TNG - i.e.:
>
>        Everyone from not on the Enterprize is either a jerk or
>incompenetent.

We really haven't seen enough people from other ships to be able to tell 
reliably.

>        The Enterprize never needs to re-supply

It can run for something like six years without refuelling.  A little 
antideuterium goes a long way! :)
        
>What themes can we all agree need to go:
>
>        Diplomatic missions
>        Distress signals
>        A kinder, gentler Worf  (weaker than Data)
>        All aliens are bipeds, 2-armed, morphs of Worf, air-breathing,
>        2-eyed, 5-6' humanoids

Yes!

Neill McKay


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From: takashi@nevada.edu (Edward T. Tonai)
Subject: Re: STVI and O'Brien and DS9
Organization: University of Nevada System Computing Services
Distribution: rec
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 05:55:36 GMT

In article <1993Jan22.3244.6731@dosgate> "bernie wong" <bernie.wong@canrem.com> writes:
> -=> Psst...  Look what Edward T. Tonai said to All!  Oh my god!!! <=-
>
> ETT> Isn't that Colonel Wolf played by Rene Auberjonois?
>
>Uh, no, but Colonel Worf was played by somebody else you know.  Michael 
>Dorn played Colonel Worf in STVI, and he also plays Worf in TNG.  The 
>Worf in STVI is supposed to be TNG Worf's grandfather.
>
>
>Jason Wong (not Bernie)       Gotta go rebuild that darn igloo...


Are you SURE Colonel Wolf isn't played by Rene Auberjonois?  If so, just
who IS the actor who plays Colonel Wolf?

And, uh, gee, but yes I do know that Worf in STVI is supposed to be the
grandfather of the Worf in TNG.  Also I remember an interview of Michael
Dorn who specifically said that the Worf of the movie was some sort of
"kinder, gentler Klingon"

But Worf doesn't exactly have a lot to do with my original question, now,
does it???

I didn't notice the credit for Colonel Wolf at the end, but I wasn't wearing
my glasses at the time...

Edward T. Tonai

With all the problems of the world today, I don't think a .sig should be
my immediate concern!
From: tsk3328@summa.tamu.edu (KALAFUT, TIMOTHY S)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.misc
Subject: Marina Sirtis Nude
Date: 27 Jan 1993 16:05 CST
Organization: Texas A&M University, Academic Computing Services
Distribution: usa
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Keywords: Marina, movies
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In article <27JAN199313331785@zeus.tamu.edu>, tsk3328@zeus.tamu.edu (KALAFUT, TIMOTHY S) writes...
>In article <C1Fuys.68C@ccu.umanitoba.ca>, vnelson@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Gerald Vernon Nelson) writes...

Sorry if this post doesn't make sense, but I'm new at this.  I can't quite 
figure out how to do this.

Anyway, I'm not quite sure about all the old posts discussing whether or not
Marina has done any nude scenes or dirty movies or whatever, but I have seen 
two movies with her in them.

The first is the old Blind Date -- NOT the one with Bruce Willis.  She plays a
hooker that gets killed by a taxi driver.  It's near the beginning.  She's only
in it for a few minutes, but she is nude laying on the bed just before she gets
killed.  It's not the best shot, but...

Check out a movie called The Wicked Lady.  I just saw it last night.  She has
two big nude scenes in it.  The first is a full frontal shot jumping out of
a bed.  Very nice.  Later she is in a big fight with another woman (Faye
Dunaway).  Her top gets torn off by a bullwhip, and she spends a good four or
five minutes running around and fighting topless.  Both of those scenes 
earned a three star rating in the Bare Facts.

Enjoy,
Tim


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From: m14494@mwvm.mitre.org (Mike White)
Subject: Re: Enterprise fans, defend your ship!!!
Organization: The MITRE Corporation
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 19:43:40 GMT

Chris Meadows writes:
> ...who would win in a battle between the Enterprise and a certain other
> starship which I won't name...
> I don't want to start another rampant runaway thread...
> PLEASE don't reply here
> ...dratted newsreader...
> ...if someone DOES post replies about that, someone else please set the
> followup to...

Chris, I think you should just lie down and take a couple of
asprin.  The Enterprise, and whatever other starship you're
talking about, are fiction; they can do whatever the writers 
say they can do, without any further justification or proof.
If you're going to expend this kind of emotion energy, maybe you
could find something real, and perhaps even important, to 
expend it on.  Here's a list of suggestions:

Human rights, world hunger, the environment, reform of
government, universal peace.

I like Star Trek as much as the next propeller-head, but
it *is* just fiction.

************************
* These are my opinions only.*
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From: vince.maiocco@satalink.com (Vince Maiocco)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.misc
Subject: Time Trax
Date: 26 Jan 93 06:21:00 GMT
Reply-To: vince.maiocco@satalink.com (Vince Maiocco)
Organization: Datamax/Satalink Connection * Ivyland, PA (215) 443-9434

<<***** On 01-21-93, TED BEATIE wrote to ALL: *****>>

>Well, I watched the premier of Time Trax last night.  Good show.   Time
Trax looks promising.  The leads are played by the male lead in LA LAW, and
the woman from Ferris Bueller's Day off.

Hi, Ted.  Just a couple of comments.  I agree that Trax was good, but I
wonder about the "promising part.  Seems to me it's gonna get boring
realfast.  I mean, our hero(Who I never saw in LA Law, and I watch it every
week) is gonna be sitting in 1993, sending bad guys back every week.  How
many times am I gonna want to see that?  It's a given that he can't go
"home", so how will they vary the story?  You're right about Mia Sara in
FBDO, though<G>.
L8r.







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From: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.misc,rec.arts.startrek.current
Subject: Paramount Press Release - TNG - #240: Face of the Enemy
Date: 26 Jan 93 08:11:48 GMT
Reply-To: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Organization: Vidiot's Hangout


Face of the Enemy

Episode #240



                           _S_P_E_L_L_I_N_G_S

	Major Rakal
	Tal Shlar
	Kaleb
	Corvallen
	Draken Four


				_C_A_S_T

	Captain Jean-Luc Picard			Patrick Stewart
	Commander William Riker			Jonathan Frakes
	Lieutenant Commander Geordi LaForge	LeVar Burton
	Lieutenant Worf				Michael Dorn
	Dr. Beverly Crusher			Gates McFadden
	Counselor Deanna Troi			Marina Sirtis
	Lieutenant Commander Data		Brent Spiner

	N'Vek					Scott MacDonald
	Toreth					Carolyn Seymour
	DeSeve					Barry Lynch
	Pilot					Robertson Dean
	Ensign McKnight				Pamela Winslow
	Computer Voice				Majel Barrett
	

	Teleplay by:				Naren Shankar
	Story by:				Rene Echevarria
	Directed by:				Gabrielle Beaumont



_P_R_O_G_R_A_M_ _H_I_G_H_L_I_G_H_T_S

	STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION: "Face of the Enemy" -- Forced to
	impersonate a Romulan Intelligence officer, Counselor Troi becomes
	a pivotal part of an elaborate defection scheme.


_T_V_ _G_U_I_D_E_ _A_D_S

	TROI BECOMES A ROMULAN!
	Will she live to explain her role in a daring Romulan defection scheme?


_T_V_ _L_O_G_ _L_I_S_T_I_N_G_S

	Troi forced to help Romulan defectors/STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION.
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From: Joy Fitzgerald <joyce_fitzgerald@email.sps.mot.com>
Subject: Hello, Isepic!  (You know who you are!)
X-Xxdate: Mon, 25 Jan 93 14:12:13 GMT
Organization: Motorola
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d16
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 20:11:14 GMT

Hey, Robert!  Just thought I'd send this post and see if you get it.  If
you like, you can tell me how I should create a sig.  Haven't done one
yet, just in case you didn't notice.  =)

Well, catch ya later!
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.misc
From: lpoza@sfsuvax1.sfsu.edu (Luis Poza)
Subject: Mike Okuda's New Book...
Organization: San Francisco State University
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 11:11:19 GMT

Hasn't it been announced here that Mike Okuda, Scenic Artist for TNG &
DS9 and co-author (w/ Rick Sternbach) of the TNG Tech Manual is coming
out soon with a new book, called THE STAR TREK CHRONOLOGY?  He announced
this a few weeks ago on GEnie.  He says that there's nothing made-up in
this book, that it's intended to double as a reference manual for the
show's writers & staff.  I think he said it'll be out in March, but I'm
not entirely sure on that last point.  He announced all this on GEnie,
where he drops in when he isn't absolutely swamped with TNG/DS9 work.

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Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.misc
From: L697187@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM
Subject: Re: CHERYL (SP?) GATES MCFADD
Organization: Lockheed Missiles & Space Company, Inc.
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 07:31:36 PST

I heard that she also had something to do with HBO's Dream On.  Does
anyone know what?

Scott (dream a little dream) VanArtsdalen
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.misc
From: jogle@zia.aoc.nrao.edu (Jim Ogle (Ks. Jim))
Subject: Re: DS9: Kira Fans List
Organization: National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Socorro NM
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 03:49:30 GMT

In article <mumble> ynecelc@sx.mont.nec.com (Ellison Chan) writes:

>Some people think that posting the list everyday is a little wasteful.
>
>Since I totally agree with this, I have decided to post the list 
>at the end of Friday every week.

Is there a reason to post the list at all?  Not to spoil anyone's fun,
but is it that important of a thing to see who on the net likes Kira?

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Subject: Re: STVI and O'Brien and DS9
From: cameron@lpl.arizona.edu (Cameron Williams)
Date: 25 Jan 93 21:03:37 GMT
Distribution: rec
Organization: Lunar & Planetary Laboratory, Tucson AZ.

In article <1993Jan25.192227.15747@nevada.edu> takashi@nevada.edu (Edward T. Tonai) writes:
>In article <1993Jan25.152947.21447@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> johnnyp@HALDI.LCS.MIT.EDU (Johnny Piscitello) writes:
>>>
>>>Are you SURE Colonel Wolf isn't played by Rene Auberjonois?  If so, just
>>>who IS the actor who plays Colonel Wolf?
>>>
>>	Yes, he's sure. Michael Dorn played Colonel Worf.
>>
>>
>>>But Worf doesn't exactly have a lot to do with my original question, now,
>>>does it???
>>
>>	Well, only because you refuse to accept the answer to your question.
>>Worf and Colonel Worf are played by the same actor, Michael Dorn.
>>
>>>
>>>I didn't notice the credit for Colonel Wolf at the end, but I wasn't wearing
>>>my glasses at the time...
>>>
>>
>>	Well, you obviously couldn't see too well if you mistook Michael
>>Dorn for Rene Auberjonois!
>
>	Hey, pal, learn to read.  Do you have some kind of problem 
>differentiating l's from r's?  I said Colonel WOLF!!!!  WOLF with an L!
>Not Worf with an R!  Wolf!  Colonel Wolf!  Like Wolf-359!  Like the dog-like
>animal!  Like as in Lone Wolf and Cub!  Like as in Castle Wolfenstein!
>Like as in Wolfie, the fake name that the T-800 gave to the T-1000 for
>John Connor's dog!  WOLF!  Like the cub scout level under Bear!
>	And if you DON'T remember who Colonel Wolf is, either rent STVI
>or wait for it on HBO!  
>
>	Okay, bub?!?!
>
>Edward T. Tonai
>takashi@redrock.nevada.edu
>
>Don't you have anything better to do than to bug me about not having a .sig?

Perhaps the guy hasn't seen the video release.  Rene Auberjois was Colonel
WOLF (note spelling), but all scenes involving Colonel WOLF were cut
from the theatrical release.  Thus some poor souls have no idea who
Colonel Wolf is.
           ^
The Camster
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.misc
From: "bernie wong" <bernie.wong@canrem.com>
Subject: stupid ds9 question...
Reply-To: "bernie wong" <bernie.wong@canrem.com>
Organization: Canada Remote Systems
Distribution: rec
Date: 22 Jan 93 18:19:17 EST

 -=> Psst...  Look what Vidiot said to All!  Oh my god!!! <=-

 Vi> No, it doesn't work.

Darn...

 Vi> The Paramount credits do not have a accent.

Ok, thanks.  It's just that I was thumbing through the latest TV Guide 
(albeit the Canadian version, which released their DS9 special segment a 
week late) and they spelt Rene with the accent.


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From: bau55536@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Larry Combs Jr)
Subject: Re: Star Trek Vessels in PostScript?
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 16:29:10 GMT

D.J.Miller@newcastle.ac.uk (Dave Miller) writes:



>Hi folks,

>  does anyone out there know where I can get hold of some PostScript files of various Trek ships. I did have a great one of a Rommie Warbird
>and would appreciate any pointers to FTP sites.

>cheers

Please post these addresses to the net.  I'm sure there are more than
just me that are interested in finding these PS files.



>University of Newcastle Upon Tyne	d.j.miller@newcastle.ac.uk
>England
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Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.misc
From: flip@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Phillip D. Russell)
Subject: Peter A. David...our hero?
Organization: Purdue University
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 09:48:17 GMT

In the March (#188) issue of Starlog, an article about
ALIEN NATION novels had the following to say about our
hero PAD's ALIEN NATION novel BODY AND SOUL:

	"Body and Soul is the big Cathy/Sikes
romance that everyone has been waiting for,
maybe even as eagerly as the sequel to the
cliffhanger, because we all knew that every-
thing would probably turn out OK, but with
the Cath/Sikes thing, nobody knew what
would happen. This one wraps it up, and it's
by Per David, one of our more successful
STAR TREK writers."

So PAD, how much did you pay editor Kevin Ryan to say
nice things like that about you? 8-)

Flip

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From: v129j6ed@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (This is F.U.N.)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.misc
Subject: Re: MOST UNDERRATED EPISODE
Date: 27 Jan 93 05:15:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

In article <1993Jan26.221225.13586@vdoe386.vak12ed.edu>, msmallwo@vdoe386.vak12ed.edu (M. Lee Smallwood) writes...

"A Matter of Honor"

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From: firenza@wpi.WPI.EDU (Timothy Mark Collins)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.misc
Subject: Re: looking for shatner album
Date: 22 Jan 1993 05:47:58 GMT
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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In article <YfLkdyC00Uh7Q5UX0L@andrew.cmu.edu> nm0z+@andrew.cmu.edu (Niti Meng Mantasoot) writes:
>hey people
>
>i don't know if this is the correct place to post this but i was
>wondering if anyone has a copy of william shatner's terraformed man
>album. 
>i heard the two songs off the golden throats album and found them
>terribly amusing (terrible in all senses of the word).
>i'm sure it's a collector's item but i'm not interested in it for it's
>collectablility or financial value only in its humor content. 
>a tape of it would suffice. i'm willing to pay a reasonable amount for it.
>
>
>thanks
>meng

Therapy.  Get therapy NOW.    :-)

Tim
From: 00rdharringt@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu (Rob Harrington)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.misc
Subject: Re: READ THIS! O'Brien's Rank!
Date: 22 Jan 93 19:12:20 GMT
Followup-To: rec.arts.startrek.misc
Organization: Ball State University

In article <C17xLE.GtH@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>, hades@coos.dartmouth.edu (Brian Hughes) writes:
> alix@iastate.edu (L.A. Melloy) writes:
> 
>>No matter what has happened in the past, `Chief' O'Brien in now an ensign on
>>Deep Space Nine (therefore the "yes, sir" in the two-hour premier of DSN given
>>to O'Brien by the transporter operator).
> 
>     He is? Where did you get that piece of information? As for the "yes
> sir" that the transporter operator gives him has nothing to do with
> rank. It has to do with what his position on the Enterprise was, he was
> Chief of the Transporter department. Thus he could very well have
> Ensigns and even Lt.s working under him in the department. They would
> all call him "sir."

You NEVER call an NCO 'sir', unless you want to be hung by your thumbs.  The 
way you address an NCO is by their rank... A CPO is address by the title
"Chief", Master Chief is addressed "Master Chief", 
a sargent of any rank, with the exception of MSG, 1SG and Sargent
Major, are addressed as "Sargent".  Those three are addressed by their ranks.

But you never never never call and NCO 'sir'!

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