Comments on: A brown captain and an ewok-like thing

By: Mary

Mary — Mon, 18 May 2009 02:58:19 +0000

Update: Captain Robau has now been adopted by some Trek fans as their own personal memetic badass, a la Chuck Norris.

Tahir may get a king's welcome at the next Trek convention...

By: Satyajit Wry

Satyajit Wry — Tue, 12 May 2009 22:14:19 +0000

GurMando, regarding bromances, you're forgetting Boston Legal--another Shatner classic. So many trek alums/references on that show too.

Signed

Satyajit Wry aka Denny Crane West...

By: GurMando

GurMando — Tue, 12 May 2009 21:58:15 +0000

Yes, there are buddy flicks but I mean really close, completely straight but still a great connection type platonic relationships. The type of friendships where you can totally be yourself and goofy without judgment. Buddy flicks are more gimmicky juxtapositions of odd couples. Sure, Kirk and Spock are an odd couple, but it is not done as a gimmick or one movie plot line.

Slash fiction is fun, but not really canon

By: imdb

imdb — Tue, 12 May 2009 20:25:33 +0000

ho says Kirk and Spock have a platonic relationship?

exactly. what do you think "going where no man had ever gone before" means?

By: imdb

imdb — Tue, 12 May 2009 20:24:33 +0000

many shows or movies which have 2 really close guys who have a great platonic friendship

isnt this the entire premise of the overdone buddy comedy genre?

By: pingpong

pingpong — Tue, 12 May 2009 20:23:47 +0000

Who says Kirk and Spock have a platonic relationship?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk/Spock

This was the relationship that launched the whole concept of slash fiction.

By: GurMando

GurMando — Tue, 12 May 2009 20:18:24 +0000

Comic and commentary about the great bromance of Spock and Kirk (below the comic itself).

http://www.pvponline.com/2009/05/12/human-emotion/

You don’t see many shows or movies which have 2 really close guys who have a great platonic friendship (Scrubs comes to mind).

By: pingpong

pingpong — Tue, 12 May 2009 16:10:21 +0000

Persis Khambatta = the most lovable desi ever on any Trek. RIP.

By: bess

bess — Tue, 12 May 2009 16:01:19 +0000

Small parts? Persis Khambatta's character was central to the long and slow plot of Star Tek: The Motion Picture. Or did you hate it so much that you downplayed her role?

Another bald beauty! I fell in love with her when I saw this movie. You too, pingpong?

By: Sid

Sid — Tue, 12 May 2009 15:54:49 +0000

It had to be an alternate reality. Thing about Star Trek is that everything is “canonical”. What happens in the movies affects the TV shows and the books and the comics and video games (As opposed to, say, Batman where the movies and comic books have no affect on each other). So the only way to do an entire series reboot is to do the time travel. It is a huge conceit but one i am willing to let JJ get away with because he is one of the few that can and did pull it off amazingly.