auntblabby
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12 Nov 2018, 10:20 pm
if they could do it for "the handmaid's tale" and "the man in the high castle," Ellison should be next on the list, I wonder why more of his stuff hasn't been made into visual entertainment?I think that some of his best, like I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream would be really difficult to portray on the screen, so that's part of the reason. But I suspect that Hollywood's formulaic and profit-centered approach to film/TV is probably an even bigger factor. There's a wealth of unused material out there.
Here's a thought concerning the original City as envisioned by Ellison, maybe a fan-based treatment along the lines of Star Trek Continues could work.
hopefully his heirs are not as mercenary as he was regarding appropriation of his work. he would definitely have frowned on fans doing any such thing.
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17 Nov 2018, 11:57 am
As I recall, Chekov was supposedly introduced for two reasons: complaints that this shameful Cold-War American propaganda had excluded the great Russian people and their space program; and also that they show needed another character to appeal to potential girl viewers, so they introduced Chekov whose appearance was based on the then-popular Monkees.
27 Nov 2018, 10:10 pm
Time to put my Christmas decorations up.
30 Nov 2018, 10:01 am
If Nero's Future MINING SHIP Was powerful enough to destroy several Federation Starships, then what are the WARSHIPS from his time like??? 
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01 Dec 2018, 8:31 pm
About half a year ago I bought a shell casing of a Vulcan Cannon Round. They were used in military fighter jets. I'm wondering if the Vulcan Cannon Round came out before Star Trek or after & I'm wondering if the name Vulcan inspired the other thing or if they both use the word Vulcan cuz of coincidence. I'm hoping someone might know something or do some research for me 
Here's a pic of what the shell casing I bought looks like. I found this pic on the net so it's not my hand holding it 
02 Dec 2018, 1:39 am
My grandfather operated a vulcan cannon in Vietnam. From a c-130 airplane. The nickname for those planes was puff the magic dragon, because of the tracers and smoke the cannons produced.
Anyways, Vulcan was a Roman god who used a forge. That's where word "volcano" comes from too. 
They usually borrowed names in Star Trek, like Romulans (Romans), rather than make them up. Klingons is original though. I think.
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Happy Holidays from the whole crew! 
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