Do you know what I like about Klingon stories?… Nothing! Lots of people die and nobody makes any profit!
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Showing posts with label Star Trek. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Star Trek. Show all posts
Saturday, July 13, 2013
Wit and wisdom from Deep Space 9
Quark, a merchant and a predatory capitalist criticizes the chivalry of his time:
Labels:
chivalry,
science fiction,
Star Trek,
television
Monday, December 20, 2010
Word
On speaking Klingon, or for that matter redoing A Christmas Carol in that language:
"Outsiders think it's weird," says Lawrence Schoen, founder and director of the K[lingon] L[anguage] I[nstitute]. "But it's no different than walking into a sports bar where everyone knows the score of the third game of the 1982 World Series."
Labels:
language,
science fiction,
Star Trek
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Reminder from the Star Trek universe
Torture, taking glee in torture, and justifying torture are characteristics of the bad guys.
Image: on a more cheerful note, isn't it great when moviemakers now need to depict the Saturn system, they can accurately do so?
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