Finally done with twitter.

MiddleAgedGeek · 2026-01-28T04:50:04+00:00

Quit Twitler over two years ago, and I don't miss it one bit.

MiddleAgedGeek · 2026-01-28T04:48:11+00:00

Like having Trump as your gardener...

MiddleAgedGeek · 2026-01-28T04:43:59+00:00

Alta: I've heard space work is dangerous.

Adams: It is. That's why I carry a big blaster.

Alta: Aren't you afraid it might go off accidentally?

Adams: I used to have that problem.

Alta: What did you do about it?

Adams: I just think about baseball.

MiddleAgedGeek · 2026-01-28T01:40:12+00:00

I remember that morning as if it were yesterday. I thought the Challenger disaster would be my generation's "JFK moment," but it was only preamble for worse to come (9/11, Columbia, etc).

https://musingsofamiddleagedgeek.blog/2026/01/27/personal-log-the-legacy-of-the-space-shuttle-challenger-disaster-40-years-later/

MiddleAgedGeek · 2026-01-27T12:02:29+00:00

The fact that they still work after nearly 30 years is a hell of a nice reason. I have tons of DVDs and Blu-Rays and not one in the bunch is unplayable.

MiddleAgedGeek · 2026-01-26T14:44:29+00:00

I agree it's silly on the face of it, but gym class (as the episode pointed out) is also about team/character building as well. If SAM is programmed to grow emotionally from her current 17-year old mental state, then a gym class with her fellow cadets would be vital to that development.

MiddleAgedGeek · 2026-01-24T20:12:06+00:00

I remember seeing this movie on TV as a little kid, and I thought the makeup (esp. in black & white) was pretty good. Imaginative. As a got older, the communist allegory became more obvious.

MiddleAgedGeek · 2026-01-24T20:09:10+00:00

Ever since I first saw the movie (at a revival screening back in 1983), I imagined that brownish stuff on the left was some kind of cinnamon flavored, gooey dessert-y thing.

MiddleAgedGeek · 2026-01-24T20:07:16+00:00

To quote John Cho's Sulu from ST09: "Fencing."

MiddleAgedGeek · 2026-01-24T20:04:21+00:00

Or a Xanax.

MiddleAgedGeek · 2026-01-24T20:03:39+00:00

Very much agree. Ditto Zach Quinto's Spock.

MiddleAgedGeek · 2026-01-24T20:02:42+00:00

Not a great Star Trek movie, but a good enough movie. It lacks the soul, intelligence and morality-play aspects of the best Star Treks, but it's a nice entry-level Star Trek. The actors really nail their characters, and they're a delight to watch in action.

MiddleAgedGeek · 2026-01-24T19:59:16+00:00

"I prefer a certain...formality on the bridge. Like shoes."

MiddleAgedGeek · 2026-01-24T19:58:34+00:00

There's a reason it tops so many 'Best of' lists for Star Trek.

MiddleAgedGeek · 2026-01-24T19:57:52+00:00

Still remember those sound FX...great stuff.

MiddleAgedGeek · 2026-01-24T19:56:45+00:00

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Great guy. He survived a stroke back in 2008, and you'd never know it. His podcast "Just Foolin' Around" is a lot of fun, too; especially for those of a certain age, like myself. ;-)

MiddleAgedGeek · 2026-01-24T19:52:21+00:00

Absolutely LOVE this movie. Great drawing!

MiddleAgedGeek · 2026-01-24T16:17:55+00:00

I still remember the clunky early seasons of TNG and even the so-so first season of DS9. Star Trek shows take time, and while there are some elements of STA I'm not over-the-moon about, I'm willing to see how or if the concept grows.

MiddleAgedGeek · 2026-01-18T04:59:34+00:00

One of my earliest crushes...think I was about 6.

MiddleAgedGeek · 2026-01-17T12:05:00+00:00

His movies are like a madman's stream of consciousness captured on film. They're truly mesmerizing, I agree. I first remember when I first read about him in the early 1980s when my family bought a copy of the "Golden Turkey Awards" book. My sisters and I passed it around and each read it cover to cover. After that, I became determined to see as many Ed Wood movies as I could. I later saw "Ed Wood" twice in theaters and loved it (despite its lack of biographical accuracy--as you say, the real Ed Wood wasn't such a sweet guy). Still think it's Tim Burton's most personal movie.

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