29 Days of Star Trek Meme: Day 25, 26, 27
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4thofelevenIn hindsight, I’m thinking these ‘post something every day’ memes aren’t for me… anyway. Catch-up time!
25 - How has Star Trek changed you?
It’s given me the phrase ‘Shaka, when the walls fell’ as a generic response to people talking about things I’m completely unfamiliar with…
More seriously, Trek was my first real fandom. Back before the internet was 90% cat pictures, it was 90% Star Trek sites, and so without Trek, I probably wouldn’t have spent nearly as much time online.
Through the novels, it’s introduced me to several of my favourite authors – I might have found Barbara Hambly’s historical novels through Children of the Jedi, but then again, maybe not.
26 - Lots of Star Trek Parodies out there. Which do you dig?
Does Futurama’s ‘Where No Fan Has Gone Before’ count? Lots of cute references and great lines, with my favourite moments being William Shater’s spoken word redition of The Real Slim Shady, and the image of Kif at the end of the credits as the puppet from “The Carbomite Manoeuvre”. It’s a rare parody that goes to the effort of parodying TOS’s end credit pictures…
27 - What would you cross over with Star Trek?
Back in the ‘90s, Marvel Comics briefly had the rights to Star Trek, and, of course, promptly put out an X-Men/Trek crossover. I always thought they missed an opportunity by having the X-Men show up in the 23rd century – it was the 1990s, they should have had Khan show up in the X-Men continuity. The Eugenics Wars wouldn’t be at all out of place there…
I’ve also always felt we need a Doctor Who crossover where The Doctor and Guinan meet up.
25 - How has Star Trek changed you?
It’s given me the phrase ‘Shaka, when the walls fell’ as a generic response to people talking about things I’m completely unfamiliar with…
More seriously, Trek was my first real fandom. Back before the internet was 90% cat pictures, it was 90% Star Trek sites, and so without Trek, I probably wouldn’t have spent nearly as much time online.
Through the novels, it’s introduced me to several of my favourite authors – I might have found Barbara Hambly’s historical novels through Children of the Jedi, but then again, maybe not.
26 - Lots of Star Trek Parodies out there. Which do you dig?
Does Futurama’s ‘Where No Fan Has Gone Before’ count? Lots of cute references and great lines, with my favourite moments being William Shater’s spoken word redition of The Real Slim Shady, and the image of Kif at the end of the credits as the puppet from “The Carbomite Manoeuvre”. It’s a rare parody that goes to the effort of parodying TOS’s end credit pictures…
27 - What would you cross over with Star Trek?
Back in the ‘90s, Marvel Comics briefly had the rights to Star Trek, and, of course, promptly put out an X-Men/Trek crossover. I always thought they missed an opportunity by having the X-Men show up in the 23rd century – it was the 1990s, they should have had Khan show up in the X-Men continuity. The Eugenics Wars wouldn’t be at all out of place there…
I’ve also always felt we need a Doctor Who crossover where The Doctor and Guinan meet up.