We are already living in the future

jeanjacket7:

365bedrooms52stairways:

A skant, a uniform variation from the early seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation, found on iful_3d’s Flickr.

The Wikipedia entry on Men’s skirts includes this about the skant:

The book The Art of Star Trek explained that “the skirt design for men ‘skant’ was a logical development, given the total equality of the sexes presumed to exist in the 24th century.” However, perhaps reflecting the expectations of the audience, the “skant” was only ever seen worn by background extras and was dropped altogether by the third season of the show.

Dayum, Star Trek. Every time I think I can’t possibly love you more, I find something like this. I mean, “very briefly an only on background characters” isn’t the BEST, but it’s better than nothing.

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notnadia:

NO ONE TOLD ME THERE WAS AN OCEAN’S 11 EPISODE WITH A REALLY SWEET SLO-MO WIDE SHOT.

notnadia:

wilwheaton:

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Starfleet is not responsible for any lost or stolen items while stored in the pattern buffer.

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longtimegone:

heidi8:

Is it wrong that this reminds me of Galaxy Quest more than it reminds me of any of the original Trek episodes or films? 

On a completely different note, I love this movie for many reasons. One is the color and sharpness of it. Lens flare aside, I thought the whole thing was just gorgeous.

I remember when the trailers to this movie first came out, and my first reaction was “oh, you can’t fool me, you tiny shiny people pretending to be star trek!” and then there’s a clip of this scene in the trailer, and you can hear the Star Trek red alert alarm in the background, and at that familiar sound, my heart just melted. staaaaaaar trrrrrrek! 

notnadia:

Deep Space Nine is my new boyfriend.

The best decision I made all week was to convince K to add Deep Space Nine to our weekly tv dates. 

We watched “Take Me Out To The Holosuite” (K has learned to tolerate my dorky love for baseball-themed episodes and movies). It was so much fun listening to her react to the show: “oh my god, Kasidy is awesome.” “Rom and Leeta are so adorable!” “Sisko is attractive. He’s making me reconsider my loyalty to Captain Picard.” 

dealanexmachina:

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deejaybird:

“Uhura” comes from the Swahili word UHURU meaning “freedom”. Uhura was pretty much the first ever black main character on American television who was not a maid or a domestic servant in 1966. TV network NBC refused to let Nichelle Nichols be a regular, claiming Deep South affiliates would be angered, so Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry hired her as a “day worker,” but still included her in almost every episode. She actually made more money than any of the other actors through this workaround, and it was kept secret from the other actors, but it was still a humiliating second-class status. The network people made life hard for Nichols, constantly trying to pare down her screen time, purposefully dropping racist comments in her presence and even withholding her fan mail from her.This deplorable state of affairs led Nichols to make the decision to quit after the 1st season, but then she happened to meet the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. who pleaded with her to stick with the show because as a Black woman she was portraying the first non-stereotypical role on television. I had a crush on Uhura as a kid. LOL.

Relevant to all my interests.

Next time anyone ever asks, “It’s just a show; why do you care so much?” you can give them this answer.

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Kate Beaton, Trek (from Hark! A Vagrant).