Is that Michael Dorn? Man, he’s so typecast… i doubt he’ll ever escape being Worf. Even though he’s playing a Secret Service Agent he’s still WORF. Kyle has a death grip on the remote control so it looks like this is what’s on tv at the moment. I’m surprised Jack Bauer didn’t cameo in this show…
-Jeremy
Jeez, i’ve had to bit my tongue on this for a week until you’ve seen it. Do you realize how hard it is to not share discussion of the movie? Just to spite you, i’m going to delay watching Transformers.
heheh. Episode 2.
Star Trek by the way- was awesome. If there’s one movie you’re going to thrown money down on this summer, this is it. If you can go see it in an IMAX- even better. That’s about all i want to say, just go see it already. This fulfilled my Star Trek drought and exceeded my expectations in every way possible.
Live long and prosper.
So i have this quasi fear of being sued by some large copyright holding entity because of some of the things that are going to appear in the comic. I’ll be wisked away by agents during the dead of the night, tossed into a white van and interrogated by someone i can’t understand. The fair use clause is hazy regarding parodies, you just never know when an actor, company or creator is going to go all ape on you for using their shaz. My fears are eased when i see a fellow webcomic, like Penny Arcade stick in a guest spot by say… Kenny Rogers. Yet, the fear lingers… and i lock my bedroom door at night.
Quite awhile back i addressed an email to Lucasfilm requesting permission to use 2 scenes from the Indiana Jones movies in the comic. Specifically, the warehouse scene at the end of Raiders and the heart ripping scene from Temple of Doom. Mind you, these scenes have probably been referenced a million times in television, movies, etc. So i asked kindly, detailed how the scenes were to be used, suggesting that it was Indiana Jones related and yet Indy wouldn’t appear in any way/shape/form. I was suprised when i got a letter back in the mail from Lucasfilm, the letter stated in kind detail that they couldn’t grant me permission for use. They sort of alluded to the fact that it wasn’t a direct enough reference to the Indiana Jones franchise. Now, whether i should’ve been more blatent in my request in using Indy or not, i’m unsure. I may send another request done the line if we find we might want to use a reference. The bottom line is that i respect the actors, companies and creators and wouldn’t want to do anything to slight them.
So this ties back in when we were similiarly faced with placing Lt. Commander Worf (Star Trek TNG) into episode 2. Kyle and I had a brief conversation about having a secret service guy warning the president here, and Kyle was mimicing the dialogue sounding like Michael Dorn. So we’re laughing saying, “let’s just have Worf appear and warn him.” Clearly, this is awesome. When it came to Kyle illustrating it, we debated weather or not to dress him in a starfleet uniform, or just give him his baldric sash. We opted for the latter, as we feel it leaned more towards parody and plus it just emphasizes the absurdity of the situation. We left out his forehead ridges as well, just to de-emphasize the character a bit and air on the side of caution. Some futher discussions of Worf included the Klingon mating ritual; including combative foreplay. Luckily, Kyle didn’t have enough bristol board space.
Dialogue wise, originally we were going to have the president say “Suffer In’ Succotash Worf” or “Suffer In’ Succotash Michael Dorn!” which i’m sure we could get away with. I opted not to use any name, figuring most of you will get the reference. I like the presidents facial expression here. I guess i’d might look that way too if Worf popped up next to me shouting stuff.
Well I just got back from Albany where the wifey and I went to the IMAX theater to see the new Star Trek Movie. First of all I want to say that I am fan but I wouldn’t go as far as saying I am a Treker. For any of you who are Trekers you have to at least give me credit for calling you by the proper name. I am been reprimanded in the past for calling die hard fans Trekies where in fact I was told the proper term is Treker. Over all I am a casual fan, nothing like my infatuation for Transformers but a fan none the less. We will talk Transformers another time.
The wifey gave it two thumbs up. She has seen a few of the older movies in the past but really has no knowledge of the story. So they made the movie so anyone can enjoy it. Not only that but they made it very acceptable for those who do know the story. Don’t worry I am not going to give anything away. I really just want to say that I went into the movie and witnessed a story line not expected at all that made the film great! You will be surprised… good surprised. Not to mention that the casting couldn’t have been better.I could watch another 5 movies with this cast. Plus the special effects were phenomenal!
Speaking of special effects a movie like this needs to be seen in IMAX. I haven’t seen a movie in IMAX since Matrix Reloaded and there has been some vast improvements. Put it this way, digital picture and sound on a screen that has more square footage then my house and thats a fact. If you have one near you should really go. There is a price mark up but it was well worth it.
After the movie we went and visited the apple store. You will soon learn that I am a big Apple fanatic. in fact I am waiting for my current contract to end so I can get an iPhone unless rumors are true and the iPhone is coming to Verizon. Back to the apple store, I went around to every computer and iPhone and put Backspace up for people to view. I know shameless marketing but we need to get the word out. Here is a cell pic from an iphone with episode 2 on it:
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Well thats all for now, gotta go crash for the evening but before I go I just wanted to say that the t-shirt that my character wears (which you will see in episode 7) is in the store now. By the way the link that says “MERCH” stands for merchandise. Go check it out.
“Captain, I’m giving you all she’s got!”
Ha! I bet you thought I was going to say live long and prosper. Well technically I just did but you know what I mean.
Spock Prime baby!