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The newest Star Trek movie is premised on the idea that a new, alternate timeline is created when Nero’s ship appears and destroys the USS Kelvin at the beginning of the film, killing Jim Kirk’s father and depriving the captain-to-be of the stable childhood he had in the original timeline. Everything before that point remains the same as the established canon; everything after then will develop differently. It’s a ...

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The newest Star Trek movie is premised on the idea that a new, alternate timeline is created when Nero’s ship appears and destroys the USS Kelvin at the beginning of the film, killing Jim Kirk’s father and depriving the captain-to-be of the stable childhood he had in the original timeline. Everything before that point remains the same as the established canon; everything after then will develop differently. It’s a ...

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The newest Star Trek movie is premised on the idea that a new, alternate timeline is created when Nero's ship appears and destroys the USS Kelvin at the beginning of the film, killing Jim Kirk's father and depriving the captain-to-be of the stable childhood he had in the original timeline. Everything before that point remains the same as the established canon; everything after then will develop differently. It's a ...

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***SPOILERS BELOW*** ***this post assumes you've seen the movie*** Star Trek has officially been "rebooted" in the form of a new feature motion picture. It's like a new operating system and everything. I saw it last week and must say that I am duly impressed. I walked out of the theater having enjoyed two hours of solid film making. To be sure, it's no Wrath of Khan. But the dialogue is ...

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I enjoy reading Captain Future's Soul of Star Trek blog for its insightful reflections on the franchise and the role Star Trek has played in changing and shaping attitudes, cultures around the world. I couldn't help but be inspired by a line in a recent post, and I was off to the LOLbuilder:

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One can only wonder what's up between CBS/Viacom/Paramount and Apple these days. The first season of the original Star Trek appeared for sale at the iTunes store, only to be removed a short time later. Then, about a month after that, the first season of Enterprise showed up, only to suffer the same fate. Both those shows eventually returned to the domain of the $2 digital download and ...

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Yeah, What They Said, links to interesting stories that I don't have time to write about. Some people call it "link sharing." In television and movies, "sourced" music is music that is heard by the characters in the scene. That's opposed to the underscore, which is heard only by the audience. StarTrek.com has a series of articles on the source music used in: The Original Series The Next Generation Deep Space Nine Voyager and ...

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Yeah, What They Said, links to interesting stories that I don't have time to write about. Some people call it "link sharing." Why “Vote For The Worst” Just Might Work. Medialoper has a Theory of Popularity in a niche-dominated, long tail world and relates it to American Idol: "In a culture defined by niches, the more popular something is purported to be, the less popular it actually is." Director Nicholas Meyer ...

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So the much-anticipated Apple TV has shipped and, of course, the extreme early adopters are having a field day tearing the thing apart to find out what it can do. Some clever folks have already been able to install larger hard drives, more video codecs, and even the full version of Mac OS X, rendering what Cult of Mac calls a "Mac Nano." To be sure, it looks like an ...

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