50 Years of Star Trek - RIP
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A little bit of 90s pop culture ephemera:
To kill themselves, members took phenobarbital mixed with apple sauce or pudding and washed it down with vodka. After ingesting the applesauce/pudding mix, they secured plastic bags around their heads to induce asphyxiation. All 39 were dressed in identical black shirts and sweat pants, brand new black-and-white Nike Decades athletic shoes, and armband patches reading "Heaven's Gate Away Team" (one of many instances of the group's use of the nomenclature of the fictional universe of Star Trek).
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@Stockcar86 said in 50 Years of Star Trek - RIP:
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As an unreconstructed Michelle Yeoh fan, I approve this trailer.
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@Stockcar86 said in 50 Years of Star Trek - RIP:
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Just call it something else, nothing to do with Star Trek
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@Kirwan How so - or rather how not so? 12 movies, 12 separate TV series, books, comics video games. The canon is extensive and wide ranging, so what discounts Section 31? Genuine question. You seem far more a Trekkie than I am so interested.
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The original ethos of Star Trek has been watered down so much from all that canon it's just generic sci-fi at this point.
It used to be have a pretty positive message; pro science, team work, meritoracy, racism was seen as an anachronism (same with nationalism) and it was a colour blind society. Problems were as often solved by diplomacy or intelligence as with violence or space battles.
Now it's all corrupt Starfleet, stupid explosions, stories that don't make sense and as far from a utopia as possible. It's been dumbed down to Star Wars level.
Strange New Worlds has a flavour of the original, so I can still watch that. The rest I've noped out of.
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@Kirwan Thanks - you make a very compelling argument. I have given up on Discovery and all the other recent iterations but I found Michelle Yeoh the best thing in the first seasons of Discovery (despite the points you raise) and was rather hoping to see her reprise the leather cat suit....
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@dogmeat said in 50 Years of Star Trek - RIP:
@Kirwan Thanks - you make a very compelling argument. I have given up on Discovery and all the other recent iterations but I found Michelle Yeoh the best thing in the first seasons of Discovery (despite the points you raise) and was rather hoping to see her reprise the leather cat suit....
I like Michelle Yeoh as well. I think you are describing an actor polishing a turd.
Could I interest you in a Nurse Chappel?
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I dont have Paramount+ so havent been keeping up with Discovery, Watched the first 3 episodes of season 5 on the plane back from NZ though, good old fashioned treasure hunt across the galaxy which is fun
