I'm still alive, maybe a good thing, maybe a bad thing, but it doesn't mean I'm out of the woods; I still refuse to revert to status quo. I'm still here for a very specific reason, and that needs to be at the leading edge of my thoughts throughout each day, and if that reason doesn't pan out, I need to revert immediately to plan A.
Nothing solved, nothing changed, I'm taking this very seriously, and no mere superficial, material "opportunity" that comes up will change anything. I've fallen for that one too many times before.
Speaking of the Enterprise, I have an idea for a new Star Trek series!
Actually, it's not a great idea and it probably wouldn't fly in the geek fan inner circles. I propose a new series of Original Series episodes, with the NCC-1701 Enterprise and our favorite characters of Captain Kirk, Spock, McCoy, etc. re-cast.
The first idea behind this is that with the latest, pre-Original Series "Enterprise" series, there's this pathetic technology discontinuity from "Enterprise" to the Original Series to "Star Trek: The Next Generation". The Original Series is just campy now, and the technology and the look of "Enterprise" is far superior to the Original Series. The new episodes would allow the writers to bridge the gap and make the technology and the look more continuous. Not to mention the Klingons.
The second idea behind the series is to make the Original Series crew more legendary. Instead of Captain Kirk being indelibly portrayed by William Shatner, Captain Kirk becomes more of an icon that can be re-played and re-interpreted by another actor. Not unlike Tarzan or Sherlock Holmes.
The original crew is what made the whole Star Trek phenomena legendary. It would be a shame to have the adventures of that crew passed off as laughable by future generations of fans due to the campiness of the 60s and 60s technology.
Writing new episodes for the original crew would be easier for the writers who don't have to worry about character development. They already know what works and what doesn't. The challenge is to add new dimensions to the old characters without straying too far from the familiar. Like you can't write Dr. McCoy's character without him saying things like, "I'm a doctor, not a refrigerator".
Unfamiliar with the legacy "Enterprise" is creating? Here is a pretty good (and hilarious) run-down of the characters. OK, OK, it gets a little out of hand at the end.
August 23, 2003; 9:24 P.M. - Tablas at Terry's party.
August 23, 2003; 9:03 P.M. - Drnk? We na frshn drnk.
August 23, 2003; 7:37 P.M. - Jammin' at Terry's party.
Northern Exposure Quote of the Day:
Shelley: What's "Dante"?
Ruth-Anne: It's a 'he', dear. Dante Alighieri, Italian poet. He wrote "The Divine Comedy", one of the great works of literature.
Shelley: It's that funny, huh?
