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Journal Shadow Wrought's Journal: The Importance of Star Trek Knowledge on Future Generations 25

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I was talking with a friend who had never watched Star Trek about baby names. His son was due in a couple months and he wasn't sure what to name him.

Friend: Any thoughts?
Me: How about, James Tiberius?
Friend: Interesting. Tiberius sounds familiar, who was he?
Me: He was a famous Roman general.
Friend: Really? Huh.
[Friend's phone rings and the details of our conversation are passed on to a mutual friend who very much IS a Star Trek fan.]
Friend: I hate you.

:-)
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  • Eventually, thumb drives will hit the TB range and be the same size as those data solids - item recognition is just as key as name recognition... (When the 3.5" disks came out, I covered mine in orange paper - people freaked)

  • Put in Star Trek IV for the kids the other night. After one scene where Spock gets beamed into the ship, my younger daughter asked, "What happened to him? Did he get killed and turned into light?" I explained that he hadn't been blasted, he'd been beamed up.

    "What does 'beamed up' mean?"

    Clearly, I am a neglectful parent.

    • I have already notified the local authorities in your area, and they will be around shortly to take you daughter to the nearest SciFi related Convention. In the interim, your Geek Card creds are temporarily suspended pending review of your most recent Nerd related entertainment choices.

      Out of curiosity, what did they think of it? I saw it in theatres and loved the part where the harpoon hits off the Bird of Prey and they uncloak in front of the whaler. I just thought that was the best.

      • They liked it a lot. The tension-filled moments where it looked like the whales were going to get harpooned prompted the younger ones (6 & 5) to hide their faces and refuse to look.

        I convinced them to keep watching though, so they could see that very scene of the harpoon bouncing off of thin air. The moment of the uncloaking was probably their favorite part, too. Prompted cheers all around to living room.

        That movie is one of the best because it doesn't try to be anything other than what it is - an exten

        • the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one

          Which at the end of the day really is true: so long as I'm neither the few nor especially the one.

  • Since this seems to be the place for Star Trek and child oriented humor...

    The wife and I rent TV series through netflix. And our little boy usually runs into the room to watch the opening and then wanders off until he hears the end credits. We had just finished up one series and added TNG to the queue. The little guy hears some opening music start and comes running into the room. He stand about 3 feet in front of the TV and seems pretty happy with the music and the view of the planets. Then the Enterpr

    • My daughter had a similar issue with the MGM lion. The first time she saw it, she was excited about seeing a kitty on TV. Then it roared and it was instant tears.

      For about 2 months after, every time the MGM lion appeared on the screen she'd start crying even before it roared.

    • Then the warp drive noise starts, the blue engines light up, and ka-pow! He has fallen backwards onto his butt and started crying.

      Sounds like he got caught by the blast;-) That's so funny how he then hid behind the coffee table! Has he seen the intro for TOS with the ship shooting back and forth? My brother and I used to try and see the Enterprise in the background when we were kids.

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        by FroMan ( 111520 )

        He has seen it now. We started with DS9 (actually bought all of those). Then we hit TNG (for my wife), and finally we are on to TOS. The TOS opening sequence didn't have any sort of effect on him. But he is about a year older now.

  • Using the stereotype, Star Trek knowledge is heavily selected against in the population (at least for males).

    So maybe it's just not destined to be passed to future generations.

    • So maybe it's just not destined to be passed to future generations.

      Indeed, that's why we need more kids with the middle name, "Tiberius." Heck, we could even start using it other areas, ie, Whiskey. Tiberius. Foxtrot.

    • I don't know that I could have married someone who didn't love scifi. Although husband is a trekkie, I'm more of a Star Wars person. He said he married me because I told him my favorite show was Babylon 5. Now we own all 5 seasons on DVD. :-) Sadly we just finished season 4, so there is only the lackluster season 5 left.

      • so there is only the lackluster season 5 left.

        Its been a long time since I thought of Babylon 5. I seem to recall that they got cancelled after 4 seasons even though they had a five season plot line. Then it got picked up and was finished. At least what I remember is thinking that I needed to wait until they finished the whole series so I could see it in its entirety. Kind of dissappointing if they went out with more of a whimper than a bang.

        • You're right, they were cancelled while filming season 4, so they kind of rushed and finished everything (kind of like the new BSG). Then towards the very end, they got the word they were picked up for the final season. It is interesting because there are a couple of episodes in season 5 that would have made more sense if a few things hadn't happened during season 4. On the whole though, I think season 5 is the weakest because a lot of the cast members were replaced so their chemistry is gone.

          Definite

      • Don't forget the spinoff movies and TV series; Some of those are quite good. Not as epic, but eminently watchable.

  • But you were not completely lying. Tiberius was a famous Roman General and even an Roman Emperor.

    Of course, his first name was not "James".... :-P

    • Of course, his first name was not "James".... :-P

      This is true. It was "Jimmy," but those damnable revesionist historians insist that there's no way the Romans would have allowed anyone named Jimmy to lead them. So they went with "James" as being more "respectable."

      For the sake of honest, your faithful narrator must confess that at the time he was pretty sure Tiberius was a Roman General, but he wasn't certain.

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