Popcorn in Bed - Star Trek TNG Series Finale

 

Cassie has reached the end of her goal to watch the most important "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episodes. In this episode, she watches the series finale.

She's certainly going to go on to the TNG movies but we know how that goes...

RLM - Resurrecting the Salt Vampire

 

Given this thumbnail and that it's 17 minutes long, I couldn't figure what this could mean. RedLetterMedia has acquired an artifact from the original series of "Star Trek."

Popcorn in Bed - Star Trek TNG Season 5 Part 2

 

"Cause and Effect" and "Inner Light" - two of the greats.

Popcorn in Bed - Star Trek TNG Season 5

This episode includes the famous "Darmok" episode.

"Unification" guest stars Stephen Root and I'm blown away. He plays a Klingon and he is absolutely unrecognizable, both visually and voice-wise. Even now that I know that it's Stephen Root I still don't understand.

Popcorn in Bed - Star Trek TNG - Best of Both Worlds

 

Still in Season 3, it's a two-part episode from the Season Finale cliffhanger to the first episode of Season 4.

Popcorn in Bed - Star Trek TNG Season 3

More Star Traaaak. Cassie believes that the ship's seats should have seat belts. This is most logical. Likely TNG has no seat belts because the original series didn't have them. And the original series didn't have them because it was made before they were invented. What is past is future.

And Shooter McGavin shows up.

Popcorn in Bed - Star Trek TNG

 

Good news everybody! Cassie is watching Star Trek: The Next Generation. She's going season by season. First she watched a few season 1 episodes and now a few episodes from season 2, where things get better.

When Judge Advocate General Captain Philippa Louvois calls Picard "a pompous ass and a damn sexy man," is that appropriate in the military?

Mr. Plinkett's Super Happy Fun Star Trek: The Next Generation Mistakes Video

 Although it's very "inside baseball" and not for everyone, the thing that gets me is when Mr. Plinkett loses all sense of making a video and progresses to just mumbling as if only to himself.

Popcorn in Bed - Star Trek VI

Cassie watched, I think, 3 episodes of Star Trek and since then has been making her way through the movies.

I think my favorite Star Trek movie is VI.

I've always loved the nonsensical but dramatic line "DON'T WAIT FOR THE TRANSLATION, ANSWER ME NOW!" I've never found anyone else who feels the same way. In fact, I'm realizing now that people generally hate that line. They resent it, even. Particularly at the DMV.

The Reading Rainbow Star Trek Episode

 

In Season 5, Episode 1 of "Reading Rainbow," host LeVar Burton showed kids around his other TV show, "Star Trek: the Next Generation." Not to be confused with the time Webster went to the Star Trek. 

The episode aired August 15, 1988 and I remember watching it. Star Trak comes up frequently in life and I often thought of this episode and then today it shows up as a suggestion on youtube.

Memory is strange. The only thing I remembered distinctly about this program is that it showed bloopers and that one of them is LeVar at the console, standing up and knocking over the fake console. This show does show bloopers but that's not one of them. 

Star Trek Acid Party

 

I have a goal. My goal is to watch the whole thing. I don't know if I'll make it but that's the goal.

That Time Webster went to Star Trek

 

Yes, this is an actual episode of Webster, edited down to only the Star Trek parts.

Mythbusters really missed a golden opportunity at a great myth here. Can a lightning strike while playing a computer game really beam one to the Star Trek Next Generation? And does pushing Up too far on the joystick really make a difference, as Webster claims?

Worf Saves the Day

 

Star Trek: The Captain's Summit

 For the Trekkies. Riker, Picard, Spock and Kirk sit down to discuss Star Trek.

William Shatner Responds

Captain Kirk has responded to RLM's latest video here.

I have to say, I predicted it, pretty much. I said:

Captain Kirk seems to have a habit of seeing the first few seconds of a video, taking it literally, stopping it before it gets good and coming away with the worst take possible. In this video, they start out with moronic Star Trak mistakes before they get to anything substantive.

And he absolutely did that very thing.

The relevant part of the response:

I honestly haven’t watched it but someone sent me ‘the most important part of the video’ as a clip to watch because “Mike is crying because he is so upset.” (Note: I honestly don’t know if this is even in their video or if it’s from some other video of theirs but it is the two of them)

Also:

So what they are doing is using the fanbase they have cultivated into a mob of trolls to get eyeballs on their monetized videos without a care for anyone and nobody has heard of these guys but if all of their videos are getting hundred of thousands of views then they are laughing all the way to the bank!

The one thing I couldn't predict was that there would be a giant medium post "article". And another baffling thing is where Shatner gets the idea that Red Letter Media is connected to Breitbart. Bill creates so many misunderstandings, he should be on "Three's Company".

He wants to complain about online "toxicity" and "harassment"... what is it when you make unfounded accusations in writing? Every principle must apply equally to everyone. He thinks Red Letter Media incited their fans to go after him, what does he think his own fans are going to do in response to this "article"? Is this the dumbest online controversy of all-time? Isn't Social Media awesome?

RLM - A Twitter Beef with William Shatner

Red Letter Media are feuding with William Shatner on Twitter and they explain it in this video.

Actually, I shouldn't say "feuding" - it's more accurate to say that Big Star William Shatner is bullying Everyman Mike Stoklasa.


[Oh nice, it's that thing where blogspot doesn't allow embedding again.]

The two leading theories on this are that Shatner is either an "out of it" old man and doesn't understand what he's saying or that he's a troll who's doing it on purpose. Having watched this video, I think both are completely valid and can't decide. I think I lean slightly toward him not knowing what's going on.

Here's the meta of this video that I enjoy... Captain Kirk seems to have a habit of seeing the first few seconds of a video, taking it literally, stopping it before it gets good and coming away with the worst take possible. In this video, they start out with moronic Star Trak mistakes before they get to anything substantive. Seems like we're on a collision course with wackiness!

The Star Trek Theme Has Lyrics

As noted ... once, many songs that we know as instrumentals actually have lyrics. It turns out the Star Trek Theme is one of those songs. It has lyrics.... and they're terrible!

The lyrics:

Beyond

The rim of the star-light

My love

Is wand'ring in star-flight

I know

He'll find in star-clustered reaches

Love,

Strange love a star woman teaches.

I know

His journey ends never

His star trek

Will go on forever.

But tell him

While he wanders his starry sea

Remember, remember me.

According to Mental Floss, Gene Roddenberry wrote lyrics purely as a cash-grab - they made him a co-writer of the song and therefore entitled to royalties.

TGIF

I saw two independent videos referencing the TGIF lineup of the early nineties..

First, it's the Game Grumps 10 Minute Power Hour where they play the Urkel board game. Remember Urkel?! Well, he's back.... in board game form...



And then secondly, it's the Star Trek: The Next Generation opening credits cut to be like the Full House opening credits.

Conan - Jordan Schlansky Star Wars vs. Star Trek

Jordan Schlansky briefly explains the difference between Star Wars and Star Trek (and why Star Wars is superior).

Star Trek / Star Wars