Good enough for me.
I wonder if that's also a look into the Roddenberry's sex life?
This fixation with Mrs. Roddenberry's sex life seems entirely inappropriate. Can we restrict those types of comments to the hot chicks? Thanks.
Why so much love for Arex?
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Good enough for me.
This fixation with Mrs. Roddenberry's sex life seems entirely inappropriate. Can we restrict those types of comments to the hot chicks? Thanks.
startrekrcks
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pissed off with JJ Abrams Trek indeed when will this debate end honestly if people don't like it than that is their opinion am I makiing sense.
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The more the merrier I always say.
Aye! /0_0
Chill, man. You're going to have to get used to not everyone liking what you like and expressing their dislike, often enough in very colorful terms.
Well, he did. Ever heard of Paula Crist? Paula was an up-and-coming actress and stuntwoman who played a wolvish male alien at a big science fiction convention costume parade in the late 70s, attended by the Roddenberrys. I've seen a pic of Paula in this costume, and it seemed rather influenced by M'Ress of TAS.
GR asked Paula to come and audition as "bridge alien" in ST:TMP, the role that went to Billy Van Zandt. But Paula auditioned as Worene - in her own makeup design - a female version of her wolvish character. Robert Wise thought the startling appearance of Worene would be too distracting on the bridge, and she was relegated to the rec deck scene with all the other no-lines ST fan extras - but she did still get a credit!
Worene (front, center):
Paula went on to play the inside of Baby the brontosaurus, in "Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend". The character of Worene appears in the ST novel, "Ex Machina" by Christopher L Bennett. She's an Aulacri, from PAULA CRIST.
Yes, the two felinoids in the council scenes in ST IV were meant to be the Makeup Dept's salute to Caitians.
But: William Shatner's triple-breasted "cat dancer" (get it?), who drowned in the pool table (get it?), was referred to in behind-the-scenes paperwork as a kzinrrett, a joking reference to Larry Niven's kzinti ("Ringworld", rather than TAS), complete with his spelling oddities for showing a female of a species.
Precisely what David Gerrold did with an Arex & M'Ress cameo in "The Galactic Whirlpool".
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Personally I think he's a cute, gentle, lovable character....
Good enough for me.
I wonder if that's also a look into the Roddenberry's sex life?
This fixation with Mrs. Roddenberry's sex life seems entirely inappropriate. Can we restrict those types of comments to the hot chicks? Thanks.
People who lead public lives get joked about, esp. when one is known as (even prided himself on being) promiscuous.
BUT - my apologies to anyone offended.
And if it's inappropriate re. Majel R., it's probably inappropriate re. other fellow humans, whom some designate "hot chicks."
Peace to all.
startrekrcks
Fleet Captain
how many detractors of JJ Abrams Trek are in this forum as well as people that love it just want to know
What?
startrekrcks
Fleet Captain
people that don't like the film how many
47. I counted them for you.
Arex was an okay character. Just kinda there, but neat to look at, I suppose. I don't fully get the love for him that he gets, but then, I'm all about Capt. Robau, so maybe I'm not the best person to argue that. 
Dude, the thread's moved on. So should you.
Dude, the thread's moved on. So should you.
I'm not a big fan of Arex. Whilst I like the idea that TAS adds more aliens to the crew, I found him to be uninteresting. I already made the point in another thread that any time he spoke, he just has to say "sir" for every line if dialogue. He's just a yes man.
And in the earlier episodes he was such a distraction seeing this "big orange thing" at the navigation console with saying anything and staring gormlessly at the view screen.
M'Ress on the other hand was far more endearing, IMO.
And in the earlier episodes he was such a distraction seeing this "big orange thing" at the navigation console with saying anything and staring gormlessly at the view screen.
M'Ress on the other hand was far more endearing, IMO.
startrekrcks
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Ok guess I need to stop dwelling on why some people hate Abrams Trek sorry boring isn't it when I go on and on.
No, I just don't find her attractive.
I'd rather read lewd comments about that chick who played yeoman Smith (or was it Jones?) or Nona or yeoman Barrows or Andrea or...
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IMO M'Ress' dumb purring ruined her forever.
Arex, however is one of my all-time favourite Trek characters. Why?
Maybe it's his sad eyes, and air of long-suffering.
Maybe it's because he was shy and kept himself to himself more than even Spock did.
Maybe it's his boxy orange head.
Maybe it's that he was so polite, but could probably fuck you up real bad if he wanted to.
Maybe it because he was the first non-humanoid alien crewmember in Trek.
Maybe it's because of that pic in an ancient comic, of Arex running though a battlefield carrying an unconcious Uhura in two arms while shooting with his third (I was very little. This comic may be totally different to how I remember it.)
Maybe it's the way he said "Screens to maximum, Sir!" in his nasally voice.
Maybe it's that freaky bend in his neck.
Maybe it's that scene in "The Lorellai Signal" where he looks like he's smashed out of his head on drugs as he plays a space-banjo.
Arex, however is one of my all-time favourite Trek characters. Why?
Maybe it's his sad eyes, and air of long-suffering.
Maybe it's because he was shy and kept himself to himself more than even Spock did.
Maybe it's his boxy orange head.
Maybe it's that he was so polite, but could probably fuck you up real bad if he wanted to.
Maybe it because he was the first non-humanoid alien crewmember in Trek.
Maybe it's because of that pic in an ancient comic, of Arex running though a battlefield carrying an unconcious Uhura in two arms while shooting with his third (I was very little. This comic may be totally different to how I remember it.)
Maybe it's the way he said "Screens to maximum, Sir!" in his nasally voice.
Maybe it's that freaky bend in his neck.
Maybe it's that scene in "The Lorellai Signal" where he looks like he's smashed out of his head on drugs as he plays a space-banjo.
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The Arex montage in "Who's Who in Star Trek" #1.
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