I got this book a couple weeks ago when it fist came out via Amazon. I really think it's nifty, just something "satisfying" about having a hard-bound, physical, written copy of something. And then for it to be here with two large volumes in a heavy block of papery materials.
For me to get the books out of the box I just sort of just turn the box "upside down" close to the table/floor and then slowly lift it, maybe giving it a slight shake, allowing the books to fall out under gravity and their own weight.
The outer box already some slight creases and "dents" in it just from simple impacts. Wish the exterior was maybe made out of a sturdier material.
I see, personally, no need for TAS to be included aside from the parts of it that've been referenced in the live-action series. Making the whole thing "official canon", really, would just sort-of complicate things (namely things like the holodeck which the TAS had a version of and TNG implied it was a relatively new technology or at least vastly more remarkable than whatever equivilant technology existed before.) There's plenty of other little quibbles and complications that would cause based on the stories and events and TAS and, I dunno, it feels weird to include an animated series in with a series of live-action works.
Though, I could maybe see including TAS only with a symbol or call-out being next to entry to say it's part of TAS and, thus, not "official canon."
Along the same lines, I sort-of wish the JJ/Kelvin timeline wasn't included in the main section(s) of the book. Because it's just sort of a reminder of some of the "sillier" stuff about that part of the franchise that annoys me. Like on the Enterprise lineage section the Kelvin Enterprise is shown and it's as big as, or bigger, than E-D! Sorry that's just ludicrous and can't be waved away by the "divergent events" at the beginning of the 2009 movie.
I think the Kelvin stuff should have been in its own volume or maybe its own separate section of the second book, removed from the "main franchise" of events and stuff. Call outs and references back to the "main section" and relevant sections in the "main section" also saying, "See: Kelvin Timeline Section."
Given the fan division over the new movies and the rest of the franchise lumping them together this closely is just.... "messy." I mean, why is the 2009 Enterprise so damn big?! Why does it have a "windshield" as opposed to a view screen?
Arrghhh.. Calm down. Calm down. Let it go.
Anyway, just a fun thing to have it's fun just sort of flipping through it, skimming it and such. Color pictures, nice shiny, slick reference book pages that have that neat "reference book smell."
And I dunno, the fact that it weighs like 10 pounds is just fun.
For me to get the books out of the box I just sort of just turn the box "upside down" close to the table/floor and then slowly lift it, maybe giving it a slight shake, allowing the books to fall out under gravity and their own weight.
The outer box already some slight creases and "dents" in it just from simple impacts. Wish the exterior was maybe made out of a sturdier material.
I see, personally, no need for TAS to be included aside from the parts of it that've been referenced in the live-action series. Making the whole thing "official canon", really, would just sort-of complicate things (namely things like the holodeck which the TAS had a version of and TNG implied it was a relatively new technology or at least vastly more remarkable than whatever equivilant technology existed before.) There's plenty of other little quibbles and complications that would cause based on the stories and events and TAS and, I dunno, it feels weird to include an animated series in with a series of live-action works.
Though, I could maybe see including TAS only with a symbol or call-out being next to entry to say it's part of TAS and, thus, not "official canon."
Along the same lines, I sort-of wish the JJ/Kelvin timeline wasn't included in the main section(s) of the book. Because it's just sort of a reminder of some of the "sillier" stuff about that part of the franchise that annoys me. Like on the Enterprise lineage section the Kelvin Enterprise is shown and it's as big as, or bigger, than E-D! Sorry that's just ludicrous and can't be waved away by the "divergent events" at the beginning of the 2009 movie.
I think the Kelvin stuff should have been in its own volume or maybe its own separate section of the second book, removed from the "main franchise" of events and stuff. Call outs and references back to the "main section" and relevant sections in the "main section" also saying, "See: Kelvin Timeline Section."
Given the fan division over the new movies and the rest of the franchise lumping them together this closely is just.... "messy." I mean, why is the 2009 Enterprise so damn big?! Why does it have a "windshield" as opposed to a view screen?
Arrghhh.. Calm down. Calm down. Let it go.
Anyway, just a fun thing to have it's fun just sort of flipping through it, skimming it and such. Color pictures, nice shiny, slick reference book pages that have that neat "reference book smell."
And I dunno, the fact that it weighs like 10 pounds is just fun.
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