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Quote: AutomaticMonkeyI find it difficult to say "Number Six" without saying it in the voice of those tormenting The Prisoner.
The first run of Star Trek was a few years too soon for me to attentively watch, but I remember watching it in weekly syndication. Then it was completely off the air for a while, and fans howled, but when the movies started coming out it reignited Trekeeism and it went into daily syndication. Being most of my TV watching happens with a precisely crafted hunk of aluminum that resembles the numeral 8, MeTV, Ant TV, and now a few others carry all the beloved series from that era and for free space broadcast those channels are very popular.
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I was a senior in high school when Star Trek premiered and i was a huge gigantic science fiction fan so I was enthralled for the entire three years And I especially loved the Communicator, that thing they held in their hand and talked to the ship. I often think about that when I'm using my smart phone because my phone is so much greater than that stupid communicator was. Yet in 1966 it was absolutely awesome.
Quote: EvenBobQuote: AutomaticMonkeyI find it difficult to say "Number Six" without saying it in the voice of those tormenting The Prisoner.
The first run of Star Trek was a few years too soon for me to attentively watch, but I remember watching it in weekly syndication. Then it was completely off the air for a while, and fans howled, but when the movies started coming out it reignited Trekeeism and it went into daily syndication. Being most of my TV watching happens with a precisely crafted hunk of aluminum that resembles the numeral 8, MeTV, Ant TV, and now a few others carry all the beloved series from that era and for free space broadcast those channels are very popular.
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I was a senior in high school when Star Trek premiered and i was a huge gigantic science fiction fan so I was enthralled for the entire three years And I especially loved the Communicator, that thing they held in their hand and talked to the ship. I often think about that when I'm using my smart phone because my phone is so much greater than that stupid communicator was. Yet in 1966 it was absolutely awesome.
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Yes, that is the real value of science fiction- illustrating human desires. Gene Roddenberry was in no way a scientist, but he and other sci-fi writers were very good at recognizing our desires and fears, and writing them into a story. And economics being what it is, markets also recognize those things and pay the right people to make it happen, thus those two paths converge over time. Doors that open when you approach them, the Replicator (3D printing), and computers you can just talk to were also featured, and mainstream society was still in the vacuum tube era.
Quote: EvenBobAnd I especially loved the Communicator, that thing they held in their hand and talked to the ship. I often think about that when I'm using my smart phone because my phone is so much greater than that stupid communicator was. Yet in 1966 it was absolutely awesome.
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I know some people who downloaded Communicator sound packs. Incoming messages generate familiar chirps on their phones.
Before phyphox was a generally known thing, there was a tricorder app that did a surprising amount of things, complete with a TNG style user interface.
