GLoP In The Time of Corona

Here on the mighty GLoP Podcast, we were social distancing long before social distancing was cool. Usually by at least a few hundred miles. As you would expect, this one is a riff on a single topic: interpretative dance and its effect on western civilization. Nah, you know what the GLoP-heads are going to freestyle on this week. So, wash your hands, settle in and hopefully have some laughs on us.

 

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  1. kedavis Coolidge
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    Jon1979 (View Comment):

    My biggest problem with ST:TMP was the similarities to the Season 2 TOS episode “The Changeling”, where the Enterprise discovers an interstellar probe that had been missing for over 250 years, which had collided and merged with a second probe and now was roaming the galaxy sterilizing/exterminating non-perfect life forms, including four billion people. You would think that encounter would have come up in the conversation among the Enterprise crew when they discovered V’ger’s origin, but nada.

    At the time, I often heard the movie referred to as “Where Nomad Has Gone Before.”

    Compare that with Star Trek II, which is an overt call-back to the Season 1 episode ‘Space Seed’. The open-ended conclusion of that story left things open for the movie to take Khan and use him, based on his previous contact with Kirk (the only continuity bug being how Kahn would have known Checkov, who wasn’t seen on the Enterprise until Season 2). The first movie took advantage of the Star Trek phenomenon in the wake of the success of Star Wars, but didn’t understand how much the biggest fans were into continuity and having stories that were within established canon (something that’s killing the current ST series on CBS — All Access, because continuity is ground into dust if it conflicts with a good visual or a stand-alone dramatic scene). The second movie got it, riffing off the already-established characters from ‘Space Seed’ as well as borrowing the style of the end conflict from another Season 1 episode “Balance of Terror”.

    Actually, it’s easier to… explain… Khan recognizing Chekov, than that they somehow moved Gamma Hydra and the Neutral Zone to be an issue with the Klingons, when “everybody knows” it was the Romulans.  Supposedly when that mistake was brought to the attention of various people including director Nicholas Meyer, the response was, “Who cares?”

    Star Trek II had opportunities for other call-backs too, such as bringing back Lt. McGivers.  But they were all dropped for various reasons.

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  2. kedavis Coolidge
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    Jeff Hawkins (View Comment):

    Zoom is the app of choice

    a lot of webcamming is lighting. Your laptop or iphone camera is very powerful, the problem is the hi def is looking for a light source to help with focus

    Ah, the venerable Mr-Myagi-cam!  

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRjTkawvc0M

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  3. Bishop Wash Member
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    Why the snark for the Federalist from John? Because they don’t irrationally hate Trump?

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  4. Jon1979 Inactive
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    Bishop Wash (View Comment):

    Why the snark for the Federalist from John? Because they don’t irrationally hate Trump?

    Both John and Jonah have taken their shots at The Federalist in recent years, apparently for reasons dating back to the 2016 election cycle. It’s not at the same level of disdain Jonah has for the American Greatness website over their support of Trump, but it’s hard not to miss that they see The Federalist as being totally in the tank for the president (and you’d think any website that’s run by Meghan McCain’s husband would be cut a tad more slack on being mindless Trump supporters).

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    J Ro (View Comment):
    Long ago while rummaging through the dump on a USN base I noticed piles of oddly shaped, tubular plastic containers. They were the empty shipping containers for air launched sonobuoys used to locate and track submarines. Sometime later I was watching one of the earlier Star Trek movies and noticed those same plastic containers built into the engineering spaces in Starship Enterprise

    https://third-wave-design.com/2018/12/16/sonobuoy-ahoy/

    Goes all the way back to:  Star Trek: The Motion Picture!  And used a LOT after that.

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  6. J Ro Member
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    TallCon (View Comment):

    J Ro (View Comment):
    Long ago while rummaging through the dump on a USN base I noticed piles of oddly shaped, tubular plastic containers. They were the empty shipping containers for air launched sonobuoys used to locate and track submarines. Sometime later I was watching one of the earlier Star Trek movies and noticed those same plastic containers built into the engineering spaces in Starship Enterprise.

    https://third-wave-design.com/2018/12/16/sonobuoy-ahoy/

    Goes all the way back to: Star Trek: The Motion Picture! And used a LOT after that.

    Well, well. They’re all over the place! From “wall machinery” to “transporter test cylinder.”

    Because they’re strong and full of air, my mates and I used them to build a single use raft for a boat race. 

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  7. kylez Member
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    Who is the woman?

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  8. TallCon Inactive
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    kylez (View Comment):

    Who is the woman?

    Irene Adler? 

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  9. Charlotte Member
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    TallCon (View Comment):

    kylez (View Comment):

    Who is the woman?

    Irene Adler?

    Madonna as Eva Peron in Evita?

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    Charlotte (View Comment):

    TallCon (View Comment):

    kylez (View Comment):

    Who is the woman?

    Irene Adler?

    Madonna as Eva Peron in Evita?

    A Japanese actress playing Madonna as Eva Peron in a Tokyo production of Evita?

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    TallCon (View Comment):

    kedavis (View Comment):

    TallCon (View Comment):
    BTW as wonderful as Kirstie Alley is in Wrath of Khan I’ve since seen some of her scenes as they were filmed. She could barely put two words together! Through the magic of dubbing they saved her performance in post. (She obviously learned fast. She’s been terrific in everything else.)

    I really liked her too in Summer School, with Mark Harmon. Check it out if you haven’t already.

    To this day I still say “Trapped. Like rats.”

    In The Simpsons Movie it goes farther:

    No, rats couldn’t be trapped this easily. You’re trapped like… carrots.

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  12. kedavis Coolidge
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    Justin Long of Galaxy Quest was also the “I’m a Mac” guy in the “Mac vs PC” ads.

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