I picked up the latest issue of Star Trek Magazine while cruising Fred Meyer. A couple of articles caught my eye: a section devoted to TOS episode The Doomsday Machine (including the new remastered version), and a quick blurb about the new comic “Star Trek: Year 4.” It was funny to learn that William Windom, who played Commodore Matt Decker, doesn’t like Star Trek and he’s never watched the show except for The Doomsday Machine. Also, the original concept for the “machine” had thousands of gun platforms but this obviously had to be nixed due to budget restraints. I was also happy to learn that the Star Trek Year 4 comic will include characters from the animated show. They won’t have big staring roles, but they’ll appear. That’s very cool, as I enjoy the cartoon Star Trek quite a bit. It’s a nice nod and appreciated by fans like me. A surprising fact I learned from this issue was that DeForest Kelley gave up the chance for an experimental treatment for his cancer. He did it because he felt he’d lived a long life and that a younger person should receive it. How about that! This info comes via Kris Smith, a family friend, who has a book coming out soon about Kelly. Makes me miss him all the more.
On a side note, I realized I didn’t get a copy of the Who Wants to Be a Superhero comic book staring Feedback. So, rustled one up at another store. It’s your standard Superhero story. Not much to say about it, but it is getting me excited for the second season, which premieres July 26th.
-Swinebread
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We have a pile of old comics and Mad Magazines for you to paw thru Swinebread. When I am back form my travels, let's take a look together! They are all ratty, so don't expect any secret finds or anything and you will be pleased to know that the superheroes are represented as well as the Richie Rich types.
I miss DeForest. He really had great chemistry with the other two of the big three and his humility was a great counter to Shatner's ego.
I have two seasons of the OT and now read that they're releasing these new revised versions on HD so I have to start all over again.
JJ Abrams is speaking at comic con today about the new movie so I'm sure something will come out but I was sad to find out Shatner won't be in this next one (although Nimoy will. Yeah!)
He was great. That’s one of the things that doesn't get old when watching the TOS. DeForest performances... he's the only thing holding "Spock's Brain" together.
“His Brain is gone” and “it’s so easy a child could it” will echo through the centuries.
Were have you heard about the new DVDs?
I think it was AICN but now I can't find it.
I'll keep lookin...
dean - cool thanks
sanb - that' very big of you, we'll take a look!
http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Comic-Con/HD_DVD_and_Blu-ray_Titles_to_Take_Center_Stage_at_Comic-Con_2007/757
They're HD DVD and they have the new computer generated stuff added to the OT
DeForest was great. Spock and McCoy were the yin and yang swirling around the brave, but mostly confused Captain Kirk (which is perfect of course since Shatner thought the world revolved around him).
Some of DeForest's ashes went into space (if only briefly) and I read that James Doohan told his wife that he wanted that too - to meet his shipmate in space as it were. As you know, his rocket made it into space, but landed in mountainous terrain and was lost for a while. He couldn't see DeForest for the trees. (Sorry about that.)
I'm glad to hear mention of the animated Star Trek. It tends to get overlooked (because it was a cartoon and therefore not to be taken seriously?!?), which is sad because some of the stories were really pretty good.
I mean, they saw fit to include some things introduced in the animated series in the famous "Star Fleet Battles" war game. Why is it that Trekkers in general tend not to acknowledge it?
Of course, it was also the animated series which first made the mistake of showing a Klingon D-7 cruiser shooting torpedoes from its navigational deflector dish...an error which then became canon, as proven by the first part of the first Star Trek movie.
panda – that yin and yang is a good metaphor for Kirk and Spock. Bones gave that realistic human touch to the show. That’s why he seemed like a real doctor.
Moody – I think the show gets disowned a lot because Rodenberry said he didn’t want it canon. Then as folks who were kids when the cartoon aired got older and into the show business, they started making direct references to it. Thus making it kinda half-canon
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