Old-Timers Thread (kids not allowed!)
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OMG! I want to smack my fellow yungins for things like that. I love movies like Casablanca, Citizen Kane, even back into the Charlie Chaplin/Buster Keaton days. Hell, one of my personal top ten movies of all time was Nosferatu. No offense, but even TOS is an echo of what came before. Once they had talkies, thing would never be the same.Many Millenium Geners would consider peeps that could view TV shows in the 70's as old-timers!
Of course, that's after they get over the shock of learning that there was TV in the seventies - and in colour!
Yoyman, Warped 9, Procutus, Chrisisall, Orcus and the rest of you TOS LOVERS,
Thanks for your kind words. Yes it is true the original Star Trek has a quality about it that seem missing in most of the others that followed. I’d say that quality had something to do with the fact that it appealed to the younger folk in North America (Europe and other countries) at a time when amazing things where happening in the real world of space exploration. I am of course talking about the NASA space program and in particular the successful attempt to put a man on the moon. Star Trek gave us youngsters at the time an even wider imaginative perspective than just the moon. That is what I still sense each time I watch one of the old episodes. You got to love it!
Thanks for your kind words. Yes it is true the original Star Trek has a quality about it that seem missing in most of the others that followed. I’d say that quality had something to do with the fact that it appealed to the younger folk in North America (Europe and other countries) at a time when amazing things where happening in the real world of space exploration. I am of course talking about the NASA space program and in particular the successful attempt to put a man on the moon. Star Trek gave us youngsters at the time an even wider imaginative perspective than just the moon. That is what I still sense each time I watch one of the old episodes. You got to love it!
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It would appear we were there at the same time...
AWESOME, Artman!!!!!! Thanks!!!
Keep on rocking in the free world, Artman. And welcome aboard.
Yoyman, Warped 9, Procutus, Chrisisall, Orcus and the rest of you TOS LOVERS,
Thanks for your kind words. Yes it is true the original Star Trek has a quality about it that seem missing in most of the others that followed. I’d say that quality had something to do with the fact that it appealed to the younger folk in North America (Europe and other countries) at a time when amazing things where happening in the real world of space exploration. I am of course talking about the NASA space program and in particular the successful attempt to put a man on the moon. Star Trek gave us youngsters at the time an even wider imaginative perspective than just the moon. That is what I still sense each time I watch one of the old episodes. You got to love it!
Artman my friend, I've liked all of your pictures so far, but this one is my favorite (so far). I'm planning to use it as my desktop wallpaper.
No my friend, my words were not kind enough!
That work of art you posted is one of the single best renderings of the Enterprise ever. If not THE best.
I gotta ask if you do this for a living!
"Rendering"? It's a photo of the MR model.
Oh.
Well, it's still a rendering because I'm pretty sure Artman didn't have that starfield in his back yard to photograph it against.
I don't recall the first time I watched Trek back in the 1960s, but do know I watched it on NBC as often as possible.
But I also was a big Lost in Space fan and at the time that was my favorite show (remember, I was 11). I NEVER missed Lost in Space.
But over the years, Trek's grown on me to where I call myself a Trekkie and don't care if others think that's funny. I even announced I was going to go home Friday night and geek-out on my Season 2 Blu-Ray.
I still enjoy Lost in Space, but from a different aspect than I did 44 years ago.
But I also was a big Lost in Space fan and at the time that was my favorite show (remember, I was 11). I NEVER missed Lost in Space.
But over the years, Trek's grown on me to where I call myself a Trekkie and don't care if others think that's funny. I even announced I was going to go home Friday night and geek-out on my Season 2 Blu-Ray.
I still enjoy Lost in Space, but from a different aspect than I did 44 years ago.
My Son owns both series on DVD- Trek is his go-to one though.
Just too freaking cool!Yoyman, Warped 9, Procutus, Chrisisall, Orcus and the rest of you TOS LOVERS,
Thanks for your kind words. Yes it is true the original Star Trek has a quality about it that seem missing in most of the others that followed. I’d say that quality had something to do with the fact that it appealed to the younger folk in North America (Europe and other countries) at a time when amazing things where happening in the real world of space exploration. I am of course talking about the NASA space program and in particular the successful attempt to put a man on the moon. Star Trek gave us youngsters at the time an even wider imaginative perspective than just the moon. That is what I still sense each time I watch one of the old episodes. You got to love it!
I knew it. You can't just hold up a model, no matter how beautiful, and take a picture of it & get it to look that way. The lighting MATTERS!!! And integrating it into an artificial background can be tricky. You succeeded on every level with that, Art!
Yoyman, Warped 9, Procutus, Chrisisall, Orcus and the rest of you TOS LOVERS,
Thanks for your kind words. Yes it is true the original Star Trek has a quality about it that seem missing in most of the others that followed. I’d say that quality had something to do with the fact that it appealed to the younger folk in North America (Europe and other countries) at a time when amazing things where happening in the real world of space exploration. I am of course talking about the NASA space program and in particular the successful attempt to put a man on the moon. Star Trek gave us youngsters at the time an even wider imaginative perspective than just the moon. That is what I still sense each time I watch one of the old episodes. You got to love it!
Artman my friend, I've liked all of your pictures so far, but this one is my favorite (so far). I'm planning to use it as my desktop wallpaper.
Ditto that, I just put it on my laptop. What a beautiful shot of the Old Girl!
Keep 'em coming, you've got an audience here.
OMG! I want to smack my fellow yungins for things like that. I love movies like Casablanca, Citizen Kane, even back into the Charlie Chaplin/Buster Keaton days. Hell, one of my personal top ten movies of all time was Nosferatu. No offense, but even TOS is an echo of what came before. Once they had talkies, thing would never be the same.Many Millenium Geners would consider peeps that could view TV shows in the 70's as old-timers!
Casablanca is my favourite film of all time. The best screenplay ever written...One of the things about TOS and TNG that I liked was
the fact that you got a real sense of the ship. Seeing
it on Television every week really helped that along.
That was one of the things about the movies that
bugged me, the short time you had with the actual
ship before they (more often than not) blew the
damned thing up.
TOS had a strong sense of paternal control, which
I think is a good thing, and yet the Federation was
a benevolent organization that gave no special favors
to ones sex, colour, or politics. TOS showed a space
faring civilization in where all its members actually
believed in the value of life, all life, human or
otherwise. That however, did not stop them from
kicking some ass when they came across an
aggressive bunch who mistook that maturity for
weakness.
the fact that you got a real sense of the ship. Seeing
it on Television every week really helped that along.
That was one of the things about the movies that
bugged me, the short time you had with the actual
ship before they (more often than not) blew the
damned thing up.
TOS had a strong sense of paternal control, which
I think is a good thing, and yet the Federation was
a benevolent organization that gave no special favors
to ones sex, colour, or politics. TOS showed a space
faring civilization in where all its members actually
believed in the value of life, all life, human or
otherwise. That however, did not stop them from
kicking some ass when they came across an
aggressive bunch who mistook that maturity for
weakness.