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originally posted by: BernnieJGato
a reply to: AlroyFarms

was going to watch the night stalker METV, changed it to early. Star Trek TOS is on and it kohms and yangs / The Omega Glory
S2E23. one of the best ones.

That one was penned by Roddenberry himself. He seemed to do well with those "parallel earth" social commentary stories with a twist ending.

He also wrote the one where The Roman Empire never fell and the one that was a Vietnam allegory "A Private Little War."

He also wrote "Mudd's Women," which is almost universally hated. I didn't think it was that bad. Harry Mudd was also the only character to come back in another episode? "I, Mudd"

Dang now I'm racking my brains trying to remember if any other character was central to 2 episodes like Harry Mudd.

got star trek ds9 playing on the idjet box. the episode is Trials and Tribble-ations S5.E5 on H & I

originally posted by: BernnieJGato
got star trek ds9 playing on the idjet box. the episode is Trials and Tribble-ations S5.E5 on H & I

DS9 for the win.

I'm still torturing myself through Discovery. It is abysmal. I feel like it was written by 12 year-olds. They'll bring up captivating plot points then throw them right in the trash for some BS nonsense instead. I am shocked at how bad this show is.

The sci-fi is more like Harry Potter magic than science fiction.

I don't even mind all the gay and diverse overtones. But the writing is so bad it doesn't even do a service for wokeness and diversity...it just says "we presented diverse groups poorly because we couldn't be bothered to write anything decent."

It's a loss for everyone. It's an L for fans, an L for sci-fi, an L for LGBT and wokeness groups.

I am completely shocked producers were looking at this and giving a stamp of approval. Just so bad.

I hope Strange New Worlds is better. I am very leery of the future of Star Trek.

a reply to: AlroyFarms

Strange New Worlds is better, not quite woke as discovery, but it is watchable.

originally posted by: BernnieJGato
a reply to: AlroyFarms

Strange New Worlds is better, not quite woke as discovery, but it is watchable.

I mean...the only good thing that came out of Discovery was Captain Pike. Always loved the 'Pike' lore though. I really like him portrayed in the Abrams movies.

I just like the idea of a young Spock + Pike situation before Kirk. "Cage" or "Menagerie" is one of my favorite TOS stories.

I also recently watched the movies 1-6. Love the Kirk + Spock moments. The movies really defined their friendship.

Glad to see you're still around, BernnieJGato!

a reply to: AlroyFarms

Glad to see you're still around, BernnieJGato!

you to, it'll take more than what's been happening to make me leave. just don't post a lot cause of the slow miserable death the site is going through.

a reply to: BernnieJGato

I sent you a private message.

a reply to: AlroyFarms

got it and replied

a reply to: BernnieJGato

Got one more PM for ya.

Been getting through Enterprise. About to start season 4. I think it was a lot better than we initially gave it credit for. I think fatigue set in when it aired. It also had a lot of missing potential much like Voyager did. A lot of woulda, coulda, shoulda going on with those 2 shows. But we just didn't know how good we had it then ha.

Sad News Tony Todd who played Worf's brother Kurn and many other great roles other than candy man has died he was 69 years old.

RIP Kurn and may you be in Sto vo kor before Fek'lhr knows your dead.

here's his IMDb profile,

Tony Todd

a reply to: BernnieJGato
Damnit, I was literally just thinking of him and Wharf the other night. Wharf's great quote of "I suppose today IS a good day to die!" is a tattoo I am going to be getting to honor ,my appreciation of star Trek while displaying my own philosophy to life.

Tony Todd was a horror movie icon and has been in features such as Hatchet and Final Destination to name just a couple of many titles he has blessed the screen on. He will be missed dearly by myself and many movie fans around the world.

A question though, is there a Klingon alphabet of some kind that is like official?? like an actual known character series that can be attributed to actual Klingon?? I would prefer to get that quote inked in the natural language to demonstrate my ultimate nerd with my militant maniac.

a reply to: worldstarcountry

Tony Todd was a horror movie icon and has been in features such as Hatchet and Final Destination to name just a couple of many titles he has blessed the screen on. He will be missed dearly by myself and many movie fans around the world.

yes he was. he also played Grange in the movie The Crow. and was the vocie of Zoom in the cw's Flash series, i also forgot he played a Old Jake Sisco in DS9 trying to get his father back from being trapped in time.

A question though, is there a Klingon alphabet of some kind that is like official?? like an actual known character series that can be attributed to actual Klingon??

two sites i know of.

this one claims to be

The Klingon Language Institute is a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation and exists to facilitate the scholarly exploration of the Klingon language and culture. Klingon, Star Trek, and all related marks are Copyrights and Trademarks of Paramount Pictures. All Rights Reserved. Klingon Language Institute Authorized User.
The Klingon Language Institute

and this one, it also has a bunch of links for the language at the bottom of the page.

Klingon alphabet (tlhIngan pIqaD) The Astra Image Corporation designed letters to represent Klingon writing for Star Trek: The Motion Picture and based them on symbols created by Matt Jefferies which appear on the Klingon battlecruiser in the film, and also on the Tibetan script. Random Klingon letters are used in the Star Trek films and TV series for effect, and Klingon enthusiasts have devised a way of writing Klingon with them, though Klingon is generally written with the Latin alphabet.
Omniglot

a reply to: BernnieJGato

Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam

well this is it.

But its like in our language characters. I know I have seen multiple times in episodes when they are at the comms on a battle cruiser or bird of prey seeing a native symbols for their language. I was hoping there was research into those letter characters.

a reply to: worldstarcountry

i didn't realize the last link i posted was broken, it has the Klingon characters.

i tried it again it wouldn't link, if you copy and paste the address below it should work.

www.omniglot.com/con.klingon.htm

here is a screen shot of the bing search i did for it this time.

their saying that latin characters are used to write it in klingon.

Klingon alphabet (tlhIngan pIqaD) The Astra Image Corporation designed letters to represent Klingon writing for Star Trek: The Motion Picture and based them on symbols created by Matt Jefferies which appear on the Klingon battlecruiser in the film, and also on the Tibetan script. Random Klingon letters are used in the Star Trek films and TV series for effect, and Klingon enthusiasts have devised a way of writing Klingon with them, though Klingon is generally written with the Latin alphabet.

and here is a search page with a bunch of alphabet pages, they pretty much all look the same to me.

Klingon Alphabet

a reply to: BernnieJGato

I seem to remember, I think it was Worf, saying that Shakespeare was better in the original Klingon?

a reply to: Oldcarpy2

i'm pretty sure it was said first in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country by Chancellor Gorkon,



i seem to recall Worf liked some human plays, and opera, but loved Klingon opera. i don't recall him ever saying that.

originally posted by: Oldcarpy2
a reply to: BernnieJGato

I seem to remember, I think it was Worf, saying that Shakespeare was better in the original Klingon?

That line always bugged the crap out of me. But Star Trek VI is easily my least favorite of the original six.

Am I supposed to believe that Shakespeare got translated into Klingon and that Kirk's Klingons would take an interest?

Seems to me that Klingons of that era would turn their nose down on anything that humans value.

I always figured Gorkon said that just to piss off Kirk and crew. Testing the waters to see who would correct him.

Side-note: I think 2 lines from Star Trek VI were inspired by real sound bites, one being the thing about Shakespeare, and the other being "Answer the question! Don't wait for the translation!"

Somebody just thought they sounded cool I guess.

a reply to: BernnieJGato

Thanks, I stand corrected!