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Doctor Submarine wrote:

There were also early rumors that the villain was Harry Mudd. Did anyone else catch the little shout-out to him? I giggled.

I did and rolled my eyes a bit. Harry was a great character but not a dynamic villain. IF they are going to go that route, bring out Cyrano Jones!

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avatar wrote:

Question 1.
What's the collective term for adult sons and daughters? That 90-year old has eight great-grandchildren, 4 grandchildren, and two..... children? But the 'children' are 70 years old?

Question 2. We got through all of 2000-2009 without agreeing on a term for the decade. Are we in the twenty-teens?

Question 3. You're ordering for you and your partner at a restaurant. You say to the waiter... "and [blank] will have the salad". How do you refer to your partner? Your sexual/married relationship is none of the waiter's business. You can't say their name as they haven't been introduced to the waiter. My friend? My partner? She?

Question 1:
They are always their children...my grandmother in law still refers to her mom as "mom" and sometimes takes a very mom voice to her adult children. It's still children, even though children can refer to younger humans. I suppose "offspring" is a more generic term that isn't age related.

Question 2: I thought it was just the teens wink

Question 3: I refer to them as they

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Faldor wrote:

There was a rumour started by Karl Urban that he'd be playing Enterprise Crewman turned God Gary Mitchell. That would have been awesome.

I was disappointed that it wasn't the case. The comic adaptation of "Where No Man Has Gone Before" was pitiful.

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Yeah, red, you were pretty quiet. Always the fun part of testing out new equipment.

I wonder if the show will get to the point where everyone will raise their hands to speak  big_smile

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KayRule wrote:

I dunno if this is an error from when the outro was slapped on or if it's something intentionally added to confuse the shit out of me.

The latter, definitely the latter one...
*doesn't really know*

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Because it was referenced in the podcast:
http://i.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/photoshop/7/9/9/180799_slide.jpg?v=1

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I thought it went well smile

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Owen Ward wrote:

I really enjoyed listening to the Trek discussion, despite having only seen Wrath of Khan. If there's a follow-up episode on TNG films, I'll try and give them all a watch so I can join in.

That might be a good idea to do the next 4 films before delving in to Abrams films.
In either case, I'm up for the next Trek discussion smile

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Yeah, and I ended up stuck at the licensing department for an hour.
By the time I got set up, you guys were rolling.

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Tomahawk wrote:

Last time we had a confirmed number of 3 people 2 hours before recording, and when we were about to start, we were 7. We split it to two sessions because of this. Not being in the same room means we talk in each others mouths a lot, and if there's more than 5, it gets very difficult to sort this out. I recommend you either split the teams up in several sessions, or make 100% sure you can make it. It is, after all, in 12 hours.

Well, I plan on being there and you all can tell me to sit in the corner and not touch anything if necessary wink

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Zarban wrote:

I'm not available today. Lots of meetings where I look concerned yet optimistic.

The master of the multi-use expression...

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Everyone,
I think the OP brought Zarban to tears...its ok, man, let it out, let it out.

In all seriousness, that was a great post, because I felt the same way for the longest time, and it is nice to have a new poster who expresses it in such a wonderful way.

Great post and welcome to the boards!

And how has this not made it on to this thread?
clap

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bullet3 wrote:

No you should definitely show up, I'm recording from work so there's a possibility I won't make it, and we need a star trek expert in the house.

"Where would I find such a man? Why am i asking you?" wink

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I want in too. I'm grabbing a mic tonight and have my headphones at the ready.
Also, I would, if I may be so bold, recommend doing them in chronological order and weighing their strengths and respective weaknesses, both solo and in the franchise as a whole.

Someone please clarify the time for me-I am terrible at this time zone thing. I thought it was 9 pm GMT?
Am I right? So that's 1 PM West Coast USA?

Edit: Unless 5 panelists is too much for Faldor to work through, which I can agree is a lot of people to edit. I am more than happy to just listen too.

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Good job, Teague!
Now, hurry up will you, we haven't got all day wink

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Anytime you have kids, there is going to be trouble...sorry, people have a tough time writing for kids because its hard to think like a kid when you are an adult.
I haven't watched the episode, but if it involves kids in danger, I might have to pass. That's a bit of a weak point for me

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Faldor wrote:

I've downloaded it  smile

I look forward to your thoughts  smile

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I plan on participating too.
2100 GMT?

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Jdubs wrote:

Any plan to do an episode about the trademark issue and rebranding?

Dude,
happy thoughts, happy thoughts...

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Faldor wrote:
fireproof78 wrote:

As anyone, besides me, read any of the books?

Nope. Any good?

It is definitely a book geared for harder science fiction fans because it does a lot of technical details, political maneuverings and histories of his world. It certainly uses different rules about space travel than Star Trek and so takes some time to build up the tech too.

I would say, for science fiction fans or military fiction fans, it is worth a read, maybe once or twice through. There are a lot of characters and interpersonal relationships play a bigger role than actual space combat.
I think the best way to describe it is a combination of BSG 2004, Frank Herbert's Dune and Star Trek.

I think that works...

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Dorkman wrote:
drewjmore wrote:

I have a 'Free Willy' VHS which has never been released from its cellophane.

Every day Drew looks at the title on his shelf, and he whispers, "No."

I think we have a pitch for a movie right here

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PorridgeGun wrote:

Double Feature suggestions:

The Rock + Con Air

This...all of this at once and at the same time. Love Nicholas Cage:

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Peter Cushing:
http://i500.listal.com/image/4577062/500full.jpg

Or perhaps we could debate:
http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130310032552/deadliestfiction/images/3/3f/Abe_vs._Helsing.png

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I think Gerrold is hoping for a second chance. The networks dropped the option for his scripts and so he turned them in to books.
While I think his campaign needs more pizazz behind it, I do understand where Gerrold is coming from.

As anyone, besides me, read any of the books?

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Holden wrote:

It's very depressing that everyone has to inject politics into one of the most fascinating books of my childhood.

FWIW, Speaker was better.

This I agree with. My friend said to read Ender's Game only because I wanted to write military sci-fi. I walked away from that book very confused and not impressed.