Yangblog is sure everybody knows a Trekkie they would love to tape to a flagpole. Trekkies go on and on about the superiority of "Star Trek". They talk about humanity. They talk about "Federation" ideals. They talk about "Star Trek" canon. These are not reasons for watching "Star Trek". These are reasons why the post-Kirk "Star Trek" franchise made everybody SLEEPY.
Yangblog has a list for why the original "Star Trek" is fun. If you watch the show through my eyes, you will enjoy it too:
1) The uniforms are primary colors. Primary colors are pretty. Yangblog loves knowing who is going to die before THEY know they are going to die. Hitchcock called this suspense. The guy in the red shirt NOT NAMED SCOTTY always dies. He's the 60's version of Kenny from "South Park".
2) Captain Kirk is unintentionally funny. William Shatner was a good actor before he got "Star Trek" on the brain. He gets progressively worse during the series. Shatner wears a girdle in the later episodes. Yangblog loves slow motion train wrecks.
3) Not only does Captain Kirk overact, Dr. McCoy overacts. It is always fun watching the two having an overacting competition.
4) Captain Kirk gets into fistfights with everybody.
5) Captain Kirk makes out with ANY ALIEN in the universe. Yangblog wants to know which alien Kirk did NOT find attractive. Aliens who were attractive wore very little clothing. Yangblog is convinced this was a metaphor for "Europe"
6) Kirk and Uhura have the first INTERRACIAL kiss on TV! Since this could have caused Armageddon in the 60's, they kissed because they were forced to kiss by supernatural forces. Speaking of racial stuff, Scotty is a Scott who loves to drink and fight. I am sure nobody in Scotland is offended by Scotty.
Kirk and Uhura. Not only were they forced to kiss, they were forced to wear these costumes.
7) Spock is lame with the ladies, but women still want him. This gives Yangblog hope.
8) Spock has a lame haircut but women still want him. Yangblog had the same haircut. Every Asian boy in the sixties had the same haircut. This gave a generation of male Asians hope.
9) Sulu has a better haircut than Spock. It's a bad haircut, but it's better than Spock's.
10) Spock rarely lost his temper, but when he did, Spock KICKED ASS. For Yangblog, this is a reason NOT to watch "Star Trek". Whenever I lost my temper, MY ASS got kicked. People would look at me incredulously and ask, "Who do you think you are? Spock?"
11) The women crew members wore miniskirts and go-go boots. This makes no sense, but Yangblog doesn't care. Now that I think of it, forget points 1-10. This is reason enough to watch Star Trek.
If you will excuse me, I need to mark an appointment on my calendar.
I see the new "Star Trek" movie is coming out.
The female crew wears miniskirts and go-go boots.
J.J. Abrams is a genius.
6 comments:
As a Trekkie who has read several behind-the-scenes books about STTOS (Yes, that's what we call Star Trek The Original Series) I must correct one of your observations. Shatner did not wear a girdle during the later episodes. He wore a girdle during the end of each season. He'd show up for the first episode of each season lean and mean, then the buffet table would beckon, and his uniform would need to be redesigned around episode seven.
Thanks for the correction. From my memory, Kirk just kept getting bigger and bigger. Your account is much more entertaining.
I was correct about the miniskirts and go-go boots, right?
Funny, I never picked up on the uniform color indicating the death of a minor character. I just assumed that whoever was not a main character and was part of the away team wasn't going to make it through the episode.
As a Trekkie, I love Star Trek the Original Sereis. But did you know that Spock could be EXTREMELY illogical?!?! Yeah, it's true. Throughout all the series and movies, Spock was somewhat illogical. FOR EXAMPLE, he kissed THREE, count 'um, THREE different women! He even tried to get Nurse Chapel into bed with him! Do you people get my point now? Other things include throwing a bowl of soup out the door, smiling, and other illogical things. To watch some of them, see the episode Amok Time.
TREKKIEGIRL you are crazy!!!! Spock is awesome! And so is Sylar Spock! So there!
Spock is awesome TREKKIEGIRL and Sylar Spock Fans. Shut up about it. Email each other and fight it out there.
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