Horta is the best!!!

The pain .. The pain.

I like the flying pancakes myself.

I liked the Horta. Better than the endless parade of humans-with-bumpy-foreheads in later Trek series ...

Kirk kicked the Gorn's ass. Picard would want to have a summit with with it.

The two-face aliens from "Let that be your last battlefield" were pretty cheesy, but then pretty much all of them are. I can't help but still love the series though.

oh yeah, and: "Brain and brain, what is brain?!"

That list has already been condemned by the Space Pope.

The Trouble with Tribbles had some great lines, though.

"I like them. Better than I like you"

"Laddy, don't you think you should rephrase that?"

Nestea Plunge: The Trouble with Tribbles had some great lines, though.

"I like them. Better than I like you"

"Laddy, don't you think you should rephrase that?"

it's nice to know you can (presumably) kill tribbles with a hammer :D

Would be interesting to see if they go splat or they go pop

Anyone see the sacreligious "re-imagined" versions with the CG effects and spaceships added in? It's like colorizing Casablanca!

Gave me nightmares when I was a kid. I always wanted to see this remade with better effects. To me it defined Trek. Less "we're here to be your friend" more "we're here to chew your face off cause we feel like it".

OlafTheBent: What... no Nomad?

ok...

Daneel Olivaw

I thought I was a ST fan, but I don't get that pic.

spocksbrain

In the original series they had PLENTY of alien races which were just human, without even bothering to stick anything on their heads. Oh look, we've traveled further than any other human only to find...more humans.

I thought the Shat was the best, cheesiest thing on Star Trek.

mofomisfit: Oh look, we've traveled further than any other human only to find...more humans.

There's a reason for that...

AaaPha

Well, that's a TNG episode. It doesn't bug me, but I think that the later series at least attempt to add some differences where TOS didn't. The cardassians might just be humans with latex spoons on their foreheads, but they're a whole lot less human than the inhabitants of the gangster planet. Or the Nazi planet. Or the Roman Empire planet.

/They don't worship the sun, they worship the son!

Nestea Plunge 2007-11-20 08:31:35 AM
Kirk kicked the Gorn's ass. Picard would want to have a summit with with it.

Archer took out a Gorn, too (alternate universe Archer) and he didn't have to make a cannon to do it. Plus his Gorn actually moved fast, since it was CGI and not Dude In Rubber Suit.

Of course, Archer used the ship's gravity to help, so he cheatedadapted and overcame, like Kirk.

And Kirk would totally kick Archer's ass.

UR Gonna Git Raped!

/horny

"Why, a charming negress...!"

NO KILL I

Oh, and I see my earliest comment should have been addressed to Ambitwistor, not spocksbrain. My bad.

Son of Thunder: AaaPha: mofomisfit: Oh look, we've traveled further than any other human only to find...more humans.

There's a reason for that...

No. No there isn't. That episode never happened. Never. Happened.

/denial: don't knock it till you've tried it

Actually, I liked that episode. The writing was dodgy, but I thought it was a clever rationalizing of the stupidity of having a universe populated with numerous nigh-identical bipeds that generally have similar levels of technology.

But yes, the new-generation setting (TNG/DS9/Voyager) could've used more non-humanoid aliens. The only recurring non-humanoids I can think of were the Founders (that tended to use a humanoid form) and Species 8472 (that also used a humanoid form to communicate with humans). Obviously, both of those were done for budget reasons, but it was still nice to include them.

Too bad that Species 8472 was in the stupidest episodes in the long history of stupid that populated Voyager.

Want moar Shelliac!

Mart Laar's beard shaver: I thought the Shat was the best, cheesiest thing on Star Trek.

I was going to mention the Space Poodle, but you have me there.

BRAIN AND BRAIN! WHAT IS BRAIN?!?

Your_Huckleberry: Nestea Plunge 2007-11-20 08:31:35 AM
Kirk kicked the Gorn's ass. Picard would want to have a summit with with it.

Archer took out a Gorn, too (alternate universe Archer) and he didn't have to make a cannon to do it. Plus his Gorn actually moved fast, since it was CGI and not Dude In Rubber Suit.

Of course, Archer used the ship's gravity to help, so he cheatedadapted and overcame, like Kirk.

And Kirk would totally kick Archer's ass.

Mugato: spocksbrain: Anyone see the sacreligious "re-imagined" versions with the CG effects and spaceships added in? It's like colorizing Casablanca!

Nah, they're great. It's not like they added Jar Jar or anything, they just recreated the existing FX and made them look better.

But no matter how good it looks, there are going to be old farts complaining just on general principle.

It's interesting, and maybe a little *gasp* fun to see for a change, I'll give you that. I guess it's hard to just accept it when something that you grew up with changes. Kinda like when I saw Greedo shoot first in special edition(I know it's apples and oranges).

/My lawn, off.

This article made me go check out StarTrek.com (pOp) where I discovered this the contributions of one Mr. Wah Ming Chang. He designed most (if not all) of those creatures, in addition to the tricorder, the phaser, and the bird of prey.

Should have called this one "The Mandelbrot Syndrome"

Space Lincoln is on the job!

That brought a tear to my eye. I miss the real Star Trek.

This: The only recurring non-humanoids I can think of were the Founders (that tended to use a humanoid form)

And of course, to bring this full circle, the woman that played the "Ancient Humanoid" seeder-person in that episode that "never happened" apparently (hehe) also played the leader of the The Founders in almost identical makeup, leading to all sorts of idiotic speculation about the origin of The Founders, or in my case the lack of imagination that went into later Trek.

Can't remember the names of the episode in question or the actress' name on account of having a life and lack of motivation to piss about in Wikipedia.

And also the certain knowledge that if I look up Star Trek in Wikipedia I'll be there for hours reading pointless fictional minutiae. The shame, it burns.

Wow, the shiat you can find on Abe...

AaaPha

The actress' name is Salome Jen, and although the makeup is similar, I don't think it's identical. I, for one, never connected the two.

I remember in AP Biology my senior year the teacher discussed with us all the reasons why the giant space amoeba couldn't possibly exist.

Good times, good times.

thedarkshadow: Gave me nightmares when I was a kid. I always wanted to see this remade with better effects. To me it defined Trek. Less "we're here to be your friend" more "we're here to chew your face off cause we feel like it".

The Mugato gave me nightmares as a kid, which my parents found hilarious. From an adult perspective, now I see why.

mofomisfit:

In the original series they had PLENTY of alien races which were just human, without even bothering to stick anything on their heads.

Yeah, that actually annoys me less than an endless parade of bumpy forehead aliens; a token effort seems worse than none. Ok, TOS isn't getting credit there for swarthy Klingons or green-skinned Orions either, but... Give me silicon-based burrowing pizzas, flying pancakes, lamprey salt vampires, plush furballs ... rock monsters, lizard-men, antennae, and snouts.

The episode that "never happened" was "The Chase"

Ambitwistor: mofomisfit:

In the original series they had PLENTY of alien races which were just human, without even bothering to stick anything on their heads.

Yeah, that actually annoys me less than an endless parade of bumpy forehead aliens; a token effort seems worse than none. Ok, TOS isn't getting credit there for swarthy Klingons or green-skinned Orions either, but... Give me silicon-based burrowing pizzas, flying pancakes, lamprey salt vampires, plush furballs ... rock monsters, lizard-men, antennae, and snouts.

All on the same alien? Christ, man, I don't think anyone could cobble that together into a mental picture that is any less creepy than the one I have now. Thanks.

No one can stop Time Lincoln!

mofomisfit: The actress' name is Salome Jen, and although the makeup is similar, I don't think it's identical. I, for one, never connected the two.

Hmmm...





Not identical, true, but definitely a lot similar.