Comments on: My First Star Trek http://www.pinkraygun.com/2009/05/04/my-first-star-trek/ "Let's put it this way... maybe I'll sleep with you if you're the last man on earth. But we're not on earth." - Melanie Ballard, Ghosts of Mars Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:51:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: j0hndrake http://www.pinkraygun.com/2009/05/04/my-first-star-trek/comment-page-1/#comment-33294 j0hndrake Fri, 15 May 2009 22:35:12 +0000 http://www.pinkraygun.com/?p=6496#comment-33294 My earliest memories of Star Trek are also similar to Adam's, specifically that of 3rd season TOS episode, "That Which Survives." It was shown at midnight or after on my local independent tv station. For some reason, this episode was rarely shown, but it left a very strong impression on me like it did for you, Adam. I remembered the episode mostly for 2 things; the fact that the Enterprise was racing through space at ludicrous speeds and for the mysterious alien woman with genie-like powers. Later on, as a teenager, I was able to successfully catch all 79 episodes on tv, but "That Which Survives" ended up being my favorite out of all of them. Rewatching this episode as a teenager with raging hormones, my attention was fixated on Losira, the beautiful alien woman who appears in this episode wearing a genie costume with the genie-like powers. Imagine to my surprise when I found out that Lee Meriwether, the actress who played the role of Losira, also starred as the always sexy Catwoman in the 1966 Batman feature film with Adam West. It's no wonder that Lee is also a Miss America pageant winner. My earliest memories of Star Trek are also similar to Adam's, specifically that of 3rd season TOS episode, "That Which Survives." It was shown at midnight or after on my local independent tv station. For some reason, this episode was rarely shown, but it left a very strong impression on me like it did for you, Adam. I remembered the episode mostly for 2 things; the fact that the Enterprise was racing through space at ludicrous speeds and for the mysterious alien woman with genie-like powers. Later on, as a teenager, I was able to successfully catch all 79 episodes on tv, but "That Which Survives" ended up being my favorite out of all of them. Rewatching this episode as a teenager with raging hormones, my attention was fixated on Losira, the beautiful alien woman who appears in this episode wearing a genie costume with the genie-like powers. Imagine to my surprise when I found out that Lee Meriwether, the actress who played the role of Losira, also starred as the always sexy Catwoman in the 1966 Batman feature film with Adam West. It's no wonder that Lee is also a Miss America pageant winner.

]]> By: Adam http://www.pinkraygun.com/2009/05/04/my-first-star-trek/comment-page-1/#comment-33045 Adam Wed, 06 May 2009 15:32:23 +0000 http://www.pinkraygun.com/?p=6496#comment-33045 Your story reminded me of some of my own misty memories. I remember watching an episode where the Enterprise was accelerating out of control on when I was about three. Then Next Gen started and Classic Trek reruns were temporarily banished from TV. The selection at my video store was slim so I only got to watch the movies and maybe 15 episodes. I read the novelisations of the rest in my school library but never saw them. At age 11 they started playing reruns at one in the morning on our independent station and I got my VCR going. By the time I was 14 I managed to see 78 of the 79 episodes but I never saw the scene where the Enterprise accelerates out of control. I was so young and the memory was so dim that I thought I may have imagined it or misunderstood what was going on. I was in college before I managed to catch a rerun of that final episode (“That Which Survives”, appropriately titled) and there was the acceleration scene from my first Star Trek memory, exactly the way I remembered it. Your story reminded me of some of my own misty memories. I remember watching an episode where the Enterprise was accelerating out of control on when I was about three. Then Next Gen started and Classic Trek reruns were temporarily banished from TV. The selection at my video store was slim so I only got to watch the movies and maybe 15 episodes. I read the novelisations of the rest in my school library but never saw them.

At age 11 they started playing reruns at one in the morning on our independent station and I got my VCR going. By the time I was 14 I managed to see 78 of the 79 episodes but I never saw the scene where the Enterprise accelerates out of control. I was so young and the memory was so dim that I thought I may have imagined it or misunderstood what was going on. I was in college before I managed to catch a rerun of that final episode (“That Which Survives”, appropriately titled) and there was the acceleration scene from my first Star Trek memory, exactly the way I remembered it.

]]> By: AlphaGirl http://www.pinkraygun.com/2009/05/04/my-first-star-trek/comment-page-1/#comment-33033 AlphaGirl Wed, 06 May 2009 03:54:46 +0000 http://www.pinkraygun.com/?p=6496#comment-33033 It still occasionally shows up in my nightmares. It still occasionally shows up in my nightmares.

]]> By: Rhea Dee http://www.pinkraygun.com/2009/05/04/my-first-star-trek/comment-page-1/#comment-32990 Rhea Dee Tue, 05 May 2009 13:16:28 +0000 http://www.pinkraygun.com/?p=6496#comment-32990 That spider sounds HORRIBLE. It gave me chills just reading about it. This is a nifty idea, I can't wait to read them all! That spider sounds HORRIBLE. It gave me chills just reading about it.

This is a nifty idea, I can't wait to read them all!

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