Trek V vs the Green Dog

[mahler]

Here we go gang. This is the first in a series of posts that shall explore the inner nature of the Trek films. We all are aware of the literary references of the mythological Green Dog that guards the gates of eternity, but how does the Green Dog relate to Trek V? It must be more than a coincidence. Just look at Sybok and company.

 

[Vger23]

I agree wholeheartedly. Dogs. Sybok. Yes.

 

[Maurice]

No one likes threads which are basically teasers for a later post. It's waste of time.

 

[mahler]

if you don't like it then why did you post

 

[Dukhat]

We all are aware of the literary references of the mythological Green Dog that guards the gates of eternity...

Er, no we're not. At least I'm not.

 

[mos6507]

Not aware of green dogs. Just pink ones.

 

[mahler]

Dig the green dog as he digs for water on the universal planet of peace

 

[Therin of Andor]

Not aware of green dogs. Just pink ones.

Ensign Janos as a newborn.

 

[2takesfrakes]

TFF doesn't get a lot of love around here, and I am amongst the greatest of its detractors. But I am not unaware that this movie represents what STAR TREK is to Shatner. He made this movie believing, I suspect, that he was going to deliver the Break Out Movie of the franchise. He was going to launch himself as the next Steven Spielberg, with STAR TREK V as his springboard. Naturally, he blames the FX and Studio Interference, but at the end of the day ... he just held up a magnifying glass to his incompetency, as a film maker. He wasn't even "sufficient" at organisation, everything that went wrong, he should've been on top of when the red flags appeared, but he couldn't be bothered with any of that. He was enraptured in yelling "ACTION!" and "BIGGER!!" and "CUT!!!" whilst letting the important shit slide. Whether it was a Gremlin, or a Green Dog, or a Black Cat ... or a P!NK Elephant ... whatever it was that cast a shadow over Shatner's production was there to make its presence known.

 

[Firebird]

Can anyone explain to me what in the hell is going on here? Are we being trolled, punk'd, or being asked a real question that has some genuine meaning to a minuscule niche of people?

 

[Maurice]

if you don't like it then why did you post

Why, to point out that the only dog here is this thread's attempt at being clever.

You asked.

 

[mahler]

I think that the scene upon which the Enterprise travels through the Great Barrier best illustrates the influence of the Green Dog. Had Shatner only filmed that scene a bit different then the implications may not have been such. This is much like Coltranes solos of the mid 60's.

 

[Starborn Dragon]

The only mythological dog I know about is Cerebus, and I've never heard him described as green.

But mead comes from a goat that eats the leaves off of a magical tree in Valhalla. The leaves turn his milk into mead.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

Here we go gang. This is the first in a series of posts that shall explore the inner nature of the Trek films. We all are aware of the literary references of the mythological Green Dog that guards the gates of eternity, but how does the Green Dog relate to Trek V? It must be more than a coincidence. Just look at Sybok and company.

 

[mos6507]

I'd say being spray-painted green would result in a lot of deep-seated pain.

 

[Disco]

Green dog?

 

[Robert D. Robot]

One of the reasons I like hanging out here is to learn about things I never knew before. Hear stories and learn about connections that I never realized existed.

Last week I finished "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman. I am still going looking up some of the minor characters hat appear only briefly to see which gods they represented. I thought the book was excellent and the concept was intriguing. VERY cool!

SO I keep coming back to this thread for an "a-HA! moment", to either learn about some creature from Trek Lit or from ancient mythology or from some movie that I was unaware of. Or maybe a clever classical literary allusion. Or maybe eventually, simply read a punchline to the original post. Or simply read a confession that the OP had been using too much Melange or Soma or Felicium or Bactine. But so far.... nothing!

Still don't get the Green Dog. Maybe I'll text Gaila and ask if she had a pet dog as a kid. Hoping to be amused, but prepared to remain.....

 

[Kor]

What on earth is "the Green Dog?"

Kor

 

[Mytran]

A possibility:

Big green dog
To pop awhitey. To smoke to much weed, go pail and then spew your guts up all over.
Oh shit, Clarkys gone big green dog. Go on son, spew, spew, spew!

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Big green dog

 

[Robert D. Robot]

Regarding the Green Dog, all we can be sure of is that it is
"destined to take the place of the mudshark in your mythology".

..... or something like that. Maybe.