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From: jsbell@acs.ucalgary.ca (Joshua Bell)
Subject: Re: Review of "Imzadi" by Peter David - numerous spoilers!
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 92 16:01:12 GMT
Distribution: rec.arts.startrek.current,. University of Betazed
Organization: The University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada

In article <1992Sep02.132948.16178@mongrel.uucp> amdunn@mongrel.uucp (Andrew M. Dunn) writes:

>No, it's correct.  NCC-1701-D was *designed* to have a useful life of
>100 years.  
>
>But, as pointed out, tech advance means that after ten or twenty years,
>the new starships are so much better that you wouldn't *wan't* Enterprise
>D anymore.
>
>You could still use it.  It would still work (especially the way Geordi
>takes care of it :->).  But with better, newer ships, you'd replace it
>if you could.

This is illustrated in the show - the pride of the fleet, the
Excelsior Class (if you forget the failed Transwarp incident) has
gone from being the flagship of Starfleet (Enterprise NCC-1701-B)
to ferrying admirals and other riffraff (the USS Hood, for
example).

Somehow, putting a Galaxy class ship to work lugging cargo, or
selling them to the Ferengi after a few decades is a scary thought.

Ob_ASCII_Pic:

Excelsior Class: USS Enterprise NCC1701-B
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         ______.-|__|-.______|=====/  `---' 
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    `-|___=`-'=___|-' 
         |~~~~~| 
         |"(_)"|
          `._.' 


Joshua (who'll do a class C when YE comes on again. :)
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From: Jeremy_Reimer@mindlink.bc.ca (Jeremy Reimer)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current
Subject: Re: Problem with Scotty, period...
Date: 2 Sep 92 10:21:32 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Distribution: world

> Joe Faurote writes:
> 
> Msg-ID: <1992Sep01.180934.14480@bnr.ca>
> Posted: Tue, 01 Sep 1992 18:09:3
> 
> Org.  : Bell-Northern Research Ltd.
> 
> I have actually had the occasion to meet Mr. Doohan here in Dallas and
> there's something interesting about him that I haven't seen mentioned
> before:  He's missing a finger on his right hand (if memory serves me
> correctly).  I didn't know the proper etiquette for asking him about it
> (Hey nice weather...What the hell???) so I left the matter closed.  Has
> anyone noticed if he wears a prosthesis in TOS or in the movies, or do
> they just avoid close-ups of his hands altogether?
> 
> Just nit-pickin' in Texas


Reminds me of that George Carlin piece..

"You ever go to shake a guy's hand and you suddenly notice... he doesn't have a
complete hand?  And you've got to make believe it feels GREAT!  You can't go
WAAAAAUUUUUUUUUGH! WAAAAAUUUUUUGH!  You can't do that! It's not even an
option!"

I wonder then, how Scotty managed to type so fast on that clunky old Macintosh
in STIV:TVH... especially considering how he had apparently never used a
keyboard before... :)


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From: mwgertz+@cs.cmu.edu (Matthew Gertz)
Subject: Re: WHO'S HOTTER
Organization: Dept. of ECE, The Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 12:27:49 GMT

ITB650REID@redgum.qut.edu.au (Egad ! Its a UQ engineer !!!!!!!!!!) writes:
>Me thinks that the woman Wesley fell for (can't remember the name of the 
>episode) who was the shape-shifter has the prize for the Hottest thus far.

The episode name was "The Dolphin," and the name of the woman was "Flipper."

8^) 8^) 8^)




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From: tomcat@cwis.unomaha.edu (Jeffrey S. Jo)
Subject: Re: ST: TNG actors on other series
Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 09:38:07 GMT

jp45+@andrew.cmu.edu  writes:
> In article <1684A128D9.YANJUNA@YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu>,
> YANJUNA@YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu writes:
> > 
> >     Here is one I've forgotten.  Gates McFadden has a very small role
> > in Muppets Take Manhatten as a secretary for a Broadway agent near the
> > beginning of the movie.
> 
> Here's another on for Gates. She was in The Hunt for Red October. She
> was Alec Baldwin's character's wife I believe.
> 
> 					-Jim6
	Yep, she played the role of Caroline Ryan.  Too bad she didn't get
to play her in "Patriot Games".

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From: hal@cs.tu-berlin.de (Eberhart Adam)
Subject: Re: Was TOS really that bad? (Re: TOS actors)
Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 04:56:03 GMT

Even me watching *almost* any sci-fi movie

BUT

*not* ST:TNG

I absolutely disagree with your degradation of TOS. (btw my wife too)
Even *much* better actors as the present ones could not overact the
shapelessness and paleness of the figures in TNG. OK, the special
effects are much better...

In TOS there have been characters as you and me - they have been
identificable  -  but a moaning supersensual counsellor is not my first
choice for good sci-fi.
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From: cecilia@juliet.caltech.edu (Prof. Wagstaff)
Subject: Re: Geordi Dies/Scotty Lives/Triva Contest
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Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 19:01:00 GMT

In article <1992Aug31.133120.16307@%fims@uu.psi.com>, springer@kantor.fims.ny.jpmorgan.com (Jerry Springer - FIMS Sys Adm) writes...
>In article <sward.714867235@uclagsm>, sward@agsm.ucla.edu (Sidne Gail Ward) writes:
>|> cuy@ssdvax.mdcbbs.com writes:
>|> 
>|> 
>|> >>>> > >Name that series. :-)
>|> >>>> > 
>|> >>>> > Lost in Space>
>|> 
>|> >Judy Robinson - Marla Kirsten or something
>|> I think it was *Marta*
>|> 
>|> >Anyone remember the name of that monkey-thing that they picked up
>|> >somewhere along the line?
>|> 
>|> Bloop.   Do I get extra credit?
>|> 
>|> Sidne G. Ward
>|> 
>|> igta225@mvs.oac.ucla.edu
> 
>No extra credit. The monkey-thing was not bloop.
>They called it a gleep because of the noise it made but
>Penny named it Debbie.
> 
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I thought they named it "Judy".  I reason I remember that is because my
sister's name is Judy and we always kidded her about that.

Cecilia
From: kuchar@buast7.bu.edu (Tom Kuchar)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current
Subject: Re: Cinefantastique October 92: Are you kidding?!
Date: 26 Aug 92 11:58:49 GMT
Organization: Astronomy Department, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA

In article <1992Aug26.040400.14129@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU> kanamori@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Atsushi Kanamori) writes:
>
>Some things that stuck in my mind:
>
>  * Those wondering how TNG could have possibly picked the three worst
>    composers in Hollywood need wonder no longer: the blandness of the
>    music *is* a producer-decision, not a composer decision (and
>    much of this started from season 2, which explains why the quality
>    of the music in season 1 was so much better than the rest of the
>    show's run.) In particular, Ron Jones ("11001001", "Booby Trap",
>    "BOBW1", etc.) was fired late in season 4 because he kept
>    ignoring the management's rules and restrictions (and hence,
>    consistently outscored McCarthy and Chattaway (IMO)).
>


I thought Ron Jones was the best of the composers, too.  His themes
for WNOHGB were lyrical electronic scores.  It's ashame that they
didn't let him rip loose.  Unfortunately, they never did let him to
that in future episodes, save BOBW. I had always hoped that they
would continue in this vane.

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From: lape@cs.utk.edu (Bryon S. Lape)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current
Subject: Re: SPOILERS - For the birds....
Date: 26 Aug 92 14:59:32 GMT
Organization: University of Tennessee, Knoxville - CS Department
NNTP-Posting-Host: duncan.cs.utk.edu

>> 
>
>PLease also remember that in the UK we are at least one series behind you in
>the USA, so all your conversations about series 5 and 6 will be "spoilers" to
>us.
>
>But then again, I don't mind.

	If only the distribution worked!  Then again, this is unix.  (ok, some of you are not on unix
systems.


Bryon

PS-Please, only one or two Control-L's on spoilers.  I do get sick of 30
   blank lines.  But alerts are welcome....


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From: nunn@sura.net (Deborah Nunn)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current
Subject: Re: I Borg question (spoiler?)
Date: 2 Sep 92 22:09:19 GMT
Organization: SURAnet, College Park, MD, USA, NA, Earth, Milky Way

In article <1992Sep2.145454.16398@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com> stanaway@ssd.comm.mot.com writes:
>To continue this thread a little longer...
>
>It hasn't been mentioned (in this thread) that when Picard was a Borg,
>he had an individual name, Locutus.  The explanation for this is that
>he was to be the Borg's Human representive, but this shows that the
>Borg already have the concept of individual names in the collective,
>and not relying on past/assimulated memories.

Well, I guess they had to come across the concept of individualism
before, but the way *I* rationalized it was that this concept would have
been neutralized or eliminated before the assimilation took place.
I.e., by the time Picard (or whomever) was introduced to the collective,
all individualism was erased.  Thus they would *know* of the concept,
but never would all the Borg collective have experienced it as a whole.
I don't know!  :-)

>Also, Hugh addresses Picard as Locutus, and not by some other
>proper Borg identification (I'm assuming that 'Locutus' is not a
>proper Borg identification).  If I'm not mistaken, doesn't Hugh
>say, "You are Locutus.", or does he just say, "Locutus." when
>he first addresses Picard?

He just says "Locutus", he doesn't have any preamble as I recall.


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From: jsbell@acs.ucalgary.ca (Joshua Bell)
Subject: Re: Borg as Humans (Humanoids)
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 92 20:53:19 GMT
Organization: The University of Calgary, Alberta

In article <1992Sep3.140046.2135@tronsbox.xei.com> dfrancis@tronsbox.xei.com (Dennis Heffernan) writes:
>In article <1992Sep2.194403.6627@ucsu.Colorado.EDU> jeffery@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (JEFFERY ERIC ROBERT) writes:
>|Why is it that ALL Borgs look human.  I understand that to be a Borg it would
>|make sense that a species would need to be humanoid, but why aren't any of the
>|Borg Klingons, Romulan, Ferengi, or an other for that matter?  It was also 
>|mentioned earlier about the Federation continually running into the Borg.
>|What about the Romulans or Klingons fighting the Borg?  Hmmm, strange!  
>	If you'll recall, Dr. Crusher noted that Picard's DNA was being altered
>by the Borg implants.
>	My guess is that when you get plugged in, they genetically alter you to
>their norm.

Then again... would you ever really _want_ to assimilate a
Ferengi?

Ewwwwwwww.

Besides, would those implants fit over the ears?

Joshua (who bank account has recently shrunk, due to that
insidious disease of the fall, textbooks, and is trying to live
life with a smilie. :)


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From: tomcat@cwis.unomaha.edu (Jeffrey S. Jo)
Subject: Scotty - **Spoiler(?)***
Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 04:22:25 GMT

POSSIBLE SPOILER FOR THOSE WHO CARE




		BE ALERT




	(Some thought provoking ideas as well)










	After all of this talk about Scotty appearing on TNG and how
he goes about TOS bridge to say good-bye to everyone, what about those
who are still alive in the NG time period.  Specifically, Spock and McCoy.
Don't you think that Scott would want to get a hold them to let them know
that he is okay, and would like to see them, an old friendly face from the
past?  I know I would after sleeping for 75 years.
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From: odlin@reed.edu (Iain Odlin)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current
Subject: Re: Cinefantastique October 92: Are you kidding?!
Date: 26 Aug 92 04:35:44 GMT
Article-I.D.: reed.1992Aug26.043544.26878
Organization: The Stuffed Animal Trauma Team  (We're Trained Professionals)


  I too read the Cinefantastique articles.  (No, I didn't buy it.  I am a
  poor college student...)  I couldn't believe most of it, to be honest.  Or
  rather, I wish I didn't have to believe it.  The articles gushed over how
  wonderful "The Outcast" and "Cost of Living" were, for God's sake...

  What really hurt, though, was the fact that what I (and lots of you, too)
  see as the worst parts of TNG (ie: the "music" and the Danger-of-the-Week
  subplots) are *mandated* from on high.  Mediocre to awful BGM and incom-
  prehensible, useless Ship Destruction plots are REQUIRED by the Powers That
  Be.

  I could excuse mediocrity (to some degree), but I cannot find anything even
  remotely defensible in INTENTIONAL mediocrity.

  Disgusted,
  -Iain
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From: matt@unidata.ucar.edu (Matt Hicks)
Subject: Re: The Enterprise Stinks!
Organization: Scientific Computing Division/NCAR Boulder, CO
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 23:18:33 GMT

>Probalbly in a love den somewhere...and freeing their minds with "LDS" :-)
>It was conceived in the 60's after all! 

I know, I know, you're never supposed to post just to correct someone's
spelling, but "LDS"?! You spell it when you say it, and if you can't
do one, you can't do the other. To quote Julie Brown: "I can't spell VW,
but I drive a Porsche."

Sorry.
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From: stanaway@ssd.comm.mot.com (Chris Stanaway)
Subject: Re: Review of "Imzadi" by Peter David - numero
Reply-To: stanaway@ssd.comm.mot.com
Organization: Motorola LMPS
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 19:25:40 GMT

In article 448@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU, ira2p@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU (Iain Robert Asplin) writes:
>For instance, according to the Technical Manual, Enterprise-D is
>supposed to have a lifespan of 100 years.  It's replacement twice over
>seems too fast for me.  (Unless Peter thinks both were destroyed of
>course, he doesn't say, and of course, the Tech Manual isn't *completely*
>canon)

Here's an idea...the time from the commission of the original E to the
commission of E-D is approx. 100 years (better number somebody?).  So,
in 100 years we go through 4 E's, or approx. averaging 25 years each.
This crude explanation could be what Peter was going by.  If the later
models of the E lasted longer then 25 years, then it's concevieble, with
this explanation, that the E-F is in use.

Chris

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From: cjp53999@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Cory James Padfield)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current
Subject: Re: Who Might Play Sisco?
Date: 28 Aug 92 17:35:45 GMT
Article-I.D.: news.BtpFJM.3yC
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana

sll28@cc.usu.edu (LORNA_PAYNE) writes:

>In article <1992Aug21.104732.12203@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu>, scduncan@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (Sean C. Duncan, Idiot) writes:
>> Well, as I post this, none of the cast (beyond Meany and Chao) for DS9
>> has made it to my ears, so I thought a little speculation as to who plays
>> Sisco might be in order (soon, they're going ot have to pin down the guy's
>> name -- I've seen it spelled Sisco, Sisko, Cisco, Cisko, etc.).
>> 
>> Anyway, here are my ideas:
>> 
>> 	*  Lou Gossett, Jr. -- This still seems pretty likely.  He's riding
>>            the beginnings of a comeback wave w/ Diggstown and we know that
>> 	   he'll do science-fiction and sf television (_Enemy_Mine_ and
>> 	   Powers of Matthew Star).
>> 
>> 	*  James Earl Jones -- This was probably just a rumor, so I won't
>> 	   dwell on it other than to say that he'd make an amazing captain,
>> 	   IMHO.
>> 
>> 	*  ????I forget his name???? -- The actor from Revenge of the Nerds
>> 	   and I'm Gonna Get You Sucka (he played Slade).  He's a familiar
>> 	   face, playing in a million shows and movie,but doesn't have much
>> 	   acting range, IMHO.
>>  
	That actors name is Bernie Casey. Very funny one, if you ask me.

>> How 'bout some of the younger actors?
>> 
>> 	*  Denzel Washington -- Well, he's done TV, but I think he's getting
>> 	   to big for it to come back just yet.  I'd have to say no.
>> 
>> 	*  Eddie Murphy -- Another I doubt. We all know that he is a huge
>> 	   ST fan and was begging to have a role in STIV, but he wouldn't
>> 	   be a regular.
>> 
>> 	*  Wesley Snipes -- Too young, too good for ST.
>> 
>> 
>> Any more ideas?

>Here are a couple I've had:
>	
>	*  Terry Carter -- an extremely good actor who was completely
>	   under- and mis-used as Colonel Tigh in Battlestar Galactica.

>	*  (aargh! I've forgetten his name!) -- played Lando in Star Wars,
>	   Harvey Dent in Batman, and lots of other good parts.

	I can't believe you have forgotten Billy Dee Williams' name. Oh, well.

>And, last but not least:

>	*  Mr. T!  I won't even comment on this one. :-)
>-- 

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From: denny@hpscit.sc.hp.com (Trueman Denny)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 19:46:59 GMT
Subject: Re: Borg-GIF file
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Santa Clara, CA
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current

I would appreciate the GIF file of the Borg Ship!!!
From: ccspjs@gdr.bath.ac.uk (Pete J Suters)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current
Subject: Re: Season Premiere
Date: 4 Sep 92 08:33:13 GMT
Organization: Bath University Computing Services, UK

In article <1992Sep3.031555.22013@intacc.uucp> zerobeat@intacc.uucp (Ferenc Szabo) writes:
>>Nichelle Nicols starring in "Deep Space Throat"  
>
>Bo Derek starring in "Deep Space 10"
>
>All reading material is banned in "Deep Space 451"
>
>Donald Duck (or perhaps Steve Martin & Martin Short) star in 
>"3 Deep Space 3"

William Shatner starring in "Deep Space 911"
----
 pj    (sorry, pointless and stupid, but I couldn't resist)
From: paul@devon.lns.pa.us (Paul Sutcliffe Jr.)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current
Subject: Re: Deep Space Nine Casting
Date: 25 Aug 92 11:02:10 GMT
Organization: Personal System, Lancaster, PA, USA

ira2p@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU (Iain Robert Asplin) writes:

>Now, let's entertain guesses shall we?  This should be fun.....
>Arsenio Hall?  No, already has his own show.....
>Robert Guillaume?  Very possible.
>Anyone else?

Bill Cosby?
Jimmy (J.J.) Walker?

- paul
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From: petitc@vccsouth29.its.rpi.edu (Christopher Jon Petit)
Subject: Enterprises's Shields (TNG) are Worthless
Reply-To: petitc@rpi.edu
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 21:31:29 GMT

 They really are.  Think about this little scenario:

 A ship approaches the E., and fires lasers (visible ones).  Since we CAN see
the ship, wouldn't it make sense that a visible laser would just ignore the
shield and cut the E. into little chunks of metal?

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fend off a murderer."
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From: v128nkej@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Boggles the MIND)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.tech
Subject: Re: Enterprises's Shields (TNG) are Worthless
Date: 1 Sep 92 03:02:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

In article <5201@tuegate.tue.nl>, johan@blade.stack.urc.tue.nl (Johan Wevers) writes...
> 
>Compare this with one of the problems with SDI: if the rocket would reflect
>to much light, the damage would be small. A conventional rocket caries a
>lot of easy-burning fuel with it, the Entrprise doesn't.
> 
	Maybe this is totally from left field, but...
		SDI's primary goal (as far as anyone like me would know)
is not to blast things out of the sky, even though it would look
pretty neat. I believe it's just to superheat the object and basicaly fry
the thing, nothing fancy.  I think they call it "slagging" the satallite.




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		-cool, but Huh?

			Jim