Comments on: Star Trek Federation: The First 150 Years

By: eobanb

eobanb — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 04:06:00 +0000

Just checked out the images on Amazon…too bad Arial is still in use in the distant future?

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:43:00 +0000

It’s the foreshortening density effect. Used to great effect in some, er, genre films.

By: Halloween_Jack

Halloween_Jack — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 23:44:00 +0000

I don't really have room for this in my budget right now, but damn does that look sexy. I think that I may end up gifting myself instead with the Haynes manual for the Bird of Prey.

By: Pixel Smithy

Pixel Smithy — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 23:42:00 +0000

Nice! I’ve got the entire set (all Covers) of the Paramount “Star Trek, The Magazine” available, if anyone is interested in a great gift for someone.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/sets/72157629553963986/

By: Halloween_Jack

Halloween_Jack — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 23:39:00 +0000

Your nerd cred is weak. The original continuity is still intact, and the basis for Star Trek Online; the new movie continuity is its own parallel universe.

By: bobcorrigan

bobcorrigan — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 23:19:00 +0000

Yes, I know it’s ironic comment from someone with a greater ape as an avatar. No Offense Intended. It is Good to be Optimized for Cold.

By: Mark_Frauenfelder

Mark_Frauenfelder — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 23:11:00 +0000

When I saw the video I took a look at my arms. Boy, they are hairy!

By: bobcorrigan

bobcorrigan — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 23:09:00 +0000

My first thought upon starting the movie was, “Why are they letting a Wookie open the box?” Gosh Almighty, the Box Opener has some Hairy Arms.

By: TheOven

TheOven — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 17:13:00 +0000

Talking Roomba!
I would pay someone money if they could change the default voice of my Roomba to Sulu.

By: Andrew Singleton

Andrew Singleton — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 15:03:00 +0000

*demonic whisper*

Yes it did.

ACK! LENS FLAIRS EVERYWHERE!

By: ta2025

ta2025 — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 14:01:00 +0000

Well then Kirk will just go back further and prevent that Romulan from destroying Vulcan…. by placing a phaser….. “here”.

By: spejic

spejic — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 06:00:00 +0000

I heard it as intragalactic. And if I never listen to the recording again I will have no reason to think I’m wrong.

By: spejic

spejic — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 05:47:00 +0000

THAT NEVER HAPPENED! THAT NEVER HAPPENED! LALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALA!

By: Brainspore

Brainspore — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 05:32:00 +0000

So there’s a parallel dimension out there where Gene Roddenberry actually got one of the networks to pick up that spinoff?

By: Stephen Schenck

Stephen Schenck — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 03:07:00 +0000

I bet if that were in 1080p we could have just read the whole thing from the flip-through.

As soon as Mark opened the book, I realized how nice a design that pedestal is for a book display stand. I wonder if there’s something like it out there, but adjustable for different sizes.

By: webstu

webstu — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 03:01:00 +0000

Nice table!

By: K-9

K-9 — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 02:50:00 +0000

Nice looking book, but I’m still trying to figure out why it ships with a Roomba.

By: Dave Jenkins

Dave Jenkins — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 02:36:00 +0000

Actually, I find it interesting that, just 3 posts later, we have an obituary about “The Daily” and how ipad apps are inferior news vehicles compared to the web (to say nothing of printed books) for reference.

Memory Alpha is one of the biggest most active fan-wikis on the web. It’s doing its job. This (released just in time for Christmas) looks to be the gift to give the trekkie in your family, if only until it winds up as another plastic tchochkie and jam-smeared book to find in Goodwill 6 years from now (or: find them still wrapped in plastic going for 3x the retail price at ComicCons).

By: Ian Wood

Ian Wood — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 01:44:00 +0000

A special exhibit in the future is a book?

I am not in the future. I want an app.

By: Brian Easton

Brian Easton — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 01:37:00 +0000

What happens in a parallel dimension stays in a parallel dimension.

By: Avram Grumer

Avram Grumer — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 01:28:00 +0000

Greg Cox actually wrote that series. It features Gary Seven and Roberta Lincoln investigating a secret genetic engineering project, starting in the 1960s.

By: Brainspore

Brainspore — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 00:55:00 +0000

Time travelers have no regard for public schools’ limited history textbook budgets.

By: Brainspore

Brainspore — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 00:51:00 +0000

That claim is contradicted by the Star Trek reboot, which clearly establishes that the Beastie Boys’ “Intergalactic” has since been adopted as the Federation’s official anthem.

By: David Haddad

David Haddad — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 00:47:00 +0000

They made a mistake in the introduction: they claimed that the Federation was “intergalactic”, but the Federation has no extra-galactic members! This book is ruined! GRAAAH

By: Romeo Vitelli

Romeo Vitelli — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 00:47:00 +0000

Haven’t you people been following the new movie? That 150 years of Federation history came undone because an evil Romulan came from the future and destroyed Vulcan! How can you claim proper nerd cred without knowing that?

By: Brainspore

Brainspore — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 00:35:00 +0000

I can’t wait to read up on those Eugenics Wars of the 1990s that plunged the Earth into a new Dark Age, ultimately culminating in the Post-Atomic Horror of the early 21st century.