
So, coming up for updates next are My Devotion, The Space in My Bed, and The Vulcan Who Fell to the Earth.
Not sure when they will appear but those are what I will be working on next.
No, I have not seen the new movie involving the “other” Star yet. Probably will next week. This week I’m seeing the Jumanji movie (Tuesday).
Got nothing else to report! Back to my boring life, I suppose with no holidays to look forward to, alas.
January 6, 2020 at 9:16 am
I heard the newest Jumani is good ! Let us know.
Really looking forward to these updates. I was having a bit of withdrawal this morning before I remembered we aren’t getting them everyday anymore. Heh
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January 6, 2020 at 9:33 am
Well I liked the first one so I think I will like this one. Silly fun
Yes you all got spoiled! LOL 😀 ❤
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January 6, 2020 at 9:34 am
So very spoiled!
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January 6, 2020 at 10:41 am
My family liked the new Jumanji ok, too. Half liked SW, half didn’t.
I’m going to try to force myself out to see SW later in the week. I was waiting for everybody to go back to school. Plus my heart is all aflutter to finally watch season 2 of Lost in Space, which I can finally start Wednesday. I super enjoyed season 1 and we’ve been waiting almost 2 years.
I can’t wait for all the new updates from you. But yeah, withdrawal from being spoiled. Still things are back to normal, and sometimes that’s a good place to be.
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January 6, 2020 at 10:52 am
That tells you all we need to know “force yourself”. I feel kinda the same way. I wouldn’t see it at all if it wasn’t for family members that wish to see it.
Yep January sucks for yet another reason. No every day fic!
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January 7, 2020 at 8:41 am
I heard a discussion yesterday about SW and really everything that we’ve waited so long for a resolution to.
For younger viewers, it’s a cool set of movies, as is ST aos. I mean, it’s hard for me to imagine, but many ST aos viewers haven’t even watched the original ST movies. So they don’t even get what all the commotion was about. They see aos from a completely different perspective than the original viewers from half a century ago.
But for those of us who have gone through the entire process over 40 years (and over 50 years for Star Trek), back when we didn’t have CGI and all the effects and for some, not even color TV or movies yet, it’s a MUCH huger deal.
When you’ve waited over 40 years from Star Wars: A New Hope, when Lucas told us there would be 3 sets of 3 movies each, and then we were hung waiting FOR YEARS for the next 3, as his personal life fell apart and he lost his heart for it; there’s a totally different attitude. When you’re just watching a few movies and you’re surrounded by CGI and color and all those magnificent ceinema technologies that came along most recently (but that’s for all your life), but didn’t go through the agonizing waiting process, it’s just different. To make this all pull together in a satisfactory way for the original viewers takes a LOT more detail and thought and consideration.
So when it’s not there, those original viewers are much more disappointed if the franchise doesn’t come through.
The younger viewers don’t even get what they’re complaining about.
That having been said, some of the original viewers in the discussion said they thought JJ did a good job pulling it all together.
But my family, including my son who was a little guy when New Hope came out, having just gone through his own personal crisis and this movie was like a lifeline to him, doesn’t feel satisfied that some questions still weren’t answered, and since this was the final movie, they’ll never be answered. Of course, he’ll never EVER forgive them for killing off Han. That character was very special to him and it took him awhile to get past that scene.
So all in all, we’re each coming at the newer movies from the perspective of our pasts and what we’ve seen invented and changed through half a century. (And that’s just unbelievable that it’s literally been almost half a century for SW for 9 movies to get made and the saga completed.)
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January 7, 2020 at 8:53 am
Sure. But some of us oldsters have long since lost interest in how SW will play out. I am one of them. I mean I will see it, because it is the so-called final one, and the sister wants to, but it wouldn’t bother me at all if I never saw it. And I’ll never ever get the fanaticism some have for that franchise. It’s over and beyond anything for any other franchise, and yes that includes my beloved Trek (and I am NOT one of those who has only seen AOS), and I just don’t get it and never will. But I don’t have to. It’s not up to me to understand everyone else’s love for it.
Anyway, thanks for your perspective and that of your son. I’ll see for myself eventually. I’m like you, though, in that I rarely wait to see what happens, and I have already seen most spoilers for the movie.
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January 7, 2020 at 8:59 am
Oh and one other thing. I was of the age of crazy youngsters when the first Star Wars came out. Now called “A New Hope” but then just called Star Wars. Me and my friends saw it at the drive-in. Yep, way back when drive-ins were the thing. We saw it multiple times because one of my friends had an indulgent aunt. We picked up fast food on the way and brought a huge grocery store paper bag full of pop corn (no way were we allowed to spend the ridiculous amount the snack station charged). I LOVED it. I had already seen Star Trek in repeats and was of course thrilled when later they made TMP (thanks to the success of SW), but as a child I had never seen anything quite like Star Wars. I was always a Luke lover. I liked Han, but loved Luke. Probably why I HATED the way his character was changed in these later movies (so did Mark) and I hated the way he died too.
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January 7, 2020 at 9:37 am
I’ve only been a fanatic for ST. When there had been NOTHING like it before ever. Heck, not even color TVs. And heck, not even TVs. The entire technology was brand new. The original for so many years, but aos now also.
I was thinking how while ago the youth today don’t get that we had 3 channels on our TV, one phone connected to the wall – certainly didn’t go with you anywhere – a dime in our pocket for a payphone if something happened.
Then I think of just my parents – who started on a farm, an outhouse, no ice, no AC, no tractors or automated farm equipment – or cars. Horse and buggy literally. Watching trains was a new experience. And I think they felt the same – they resented how easy all the next generation had it, how lazy we were compared to they who got up before sunrise and did hard manual labor ALL DAY with nowhere to go to get cooled off but to jump in a local little pond or something. So I get it.
We all feel like, from our perspective, the world began the day we were born. Everything that came before is so old and old-fashioned. But it wasn’t. There just was no real technology for thousands and thousands of years. Every day was like the day before. You had to scratch out everything out of the earth to just survive. The average lifespan was in the 40s. That’s how hard everything was for thousands of years.
And then suddenly there everything changed and during the course of one hundred year period, the 20th century during which all that stuff was invented – every single day was different from the one before. New technology, better tech, everything produced was already outdated by the time it came off the assemly line. Suddenly more existed within that 100 year period than had for all the thousands, millions of years that came before.
So I didn’t get my parents who had nothing but sweat and blisters and callouses and bitterness and hard work. And they didn’t get me who could watch 3 channels on a b/w TV and see movies.
Can you even imagine how they felt – one movie theater (no complexes with more than one screen – there weren’t that many movies coming out). And they sat and watched Wizard of Oz, beginning in b/w – and when Dorothy goes to Oz, everything awakens in beautiful, glorious color. All those people had never seen a color movie – never existed.
But I was fanatic for SW in that I really enjoyed the first one, and Empire Strikes Back (my fave), but not the 3rd nor any to follow since; but mostly for the great joy it brought my child. There were just a few SW toys in the beginning and I got him all I could afford. He deserved great joy after what he’d been through, and I’ll always be grateful they were there for him. And the joy he gets sharing it with his own child, who has never become the fanatic. Loves it. Had toys. But not fanatic.
It’s hard to become fanatic of movies now or TV shows, when there are so many games and phones and apps. We used to become a fanatic because there were really few choices.
Now their enjoyment is spread among uncountable distractions – minecraft, fortnight, many more I know nothing about and don’t care, texting, netflix, the many streaming services. I think it’s literally impossible for anyone to become fanatic over any movie franchise any more.
Too many choices (now that’s healthy minds. Unhealthy ones latch on to Joker and dark dark themes and whatever. I’m not talking about them. I’m talking about every day people with jobs and mortgages and car payments, etc.)
Star Wars and Star Trek were phenomena that I’m not sure could ever happen again. But then again, as all humans, I could be wrong. And based on what has changed since the 1930’s till now, I can’t even imagine what awaits you guys who will carry on. Technology doesn’t just grow, doesn’t just double. It grows exponentially in detail and in quick discovery.
ST may have been so wrong about the timing of so many things, but they may be spot on for the development of the warp drive. A lot of you here now will see. If old leaders don’t destroy it all before it can happen.
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January 7, 2020 at 9:47 am
i think you are right, that with today’s world and the ever changing mentality of those born long after us, they never become so laser focused on one fandom now. Look how many drop ST for the latest fad on streaming. You and I have both seen it.
Yep each generation ends up going, you dumb kids, if only you knew. I’ve found myself doing it too, even going, UGH that music! Just like MY parents did to me. I remember my mother complaining many years ago when my sister listened to Neil Diamond. HA HA. Humans are funny.
Perhaps I am funniest of all! but yes, I agree with you here 100%
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January 7, 2020 at 10:29 am
Well, in all fairness about music.
All those millions of years up to early 1900s, there wasn’t a way to play music at home, except people who played their own instruments. And those who got together and played the stuff passed down from their ancestors. It was a major huge thing to have a way to record music at all, much less share it. And with the invention of recording, each generation of parents has had an opinion about the new stuff. That’s so new though!
Of course, when Handel wrote the Messiah and it was premiered, wow did it get awful reviews. It took a few years of performances for anyone to accept it. So yeah, those of Handel’s parents’ generation were saying the same thing! Those kids’ music, ugh. But such a new thing, music recordings, to even have the privilege to complain about!
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January 7, 2020 at 10:32 am
Again – seriously – nothing new existed hardly at all before the Twentieth Century, and then everything we know and totally take for granted was invented and made available.
Including the assemly line that makes it all possible for the masses. It’s like a row of dominoes. There are HUGE gaps between the first dominoes for thousands/millions of years. One is the wheel. One is fire. The spear/bow/arrow to kill food. And then end of the 19th century, the dominoes suddenly started crowding together to where now they’re shoved up against each other!
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January 6, 2020 at 10:47 am
Yesterday evening, I was thinking the same thing as Kris. I was thinking that I felt like I was going through Ivan holiday fanfiction DT’s. There’s a definite pathology to this. Imma got the shakes and I’ve been seeing pink sehlats! 😦
Yeah for plans for updates. Best treatment for my above referenced syndrome!
I might be seeing the other Star movie tomorrow. I’ve seen all the rest, but don’t ask me to summarize all the plots of the more modern movies. 🤷🏻♀️
I’ve been watching The Mandalorian on Disney+. I think it’s quite good, but I’ve fallen behind by several episodes.
And yeah January is bleak after all the holidays. There’s Chinese New Year, that’s fun if you can get to Chinatown to see the parade, how about Ground Hogs day… Decorations of little Displaced rodents, anyone? 🐀 (yeah I know that’s a rat emoji… sue me!) Lol!
Enjoy your week! ❤️💚🖖
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January 6, 2020 at 10:55 am
I liked the original 3 of those Star movies. I am not a fan of any of the rest, but the sister is, so I am forced to go. Ah well, I will survive it lol
I do get MLK off of work so there is that!
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January 7, 2020 at 3:11 am
Yay for updates!
I quite enjoyed jumani. I hope you do too.
I have seen rise of Skywalker 3 times 😀
I hope you and M have a wonderful week!
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January 7, 2020 at 8:35 am
Oh I figured you ran out and saw it on the first day. You are a SW fan, me not so much. other than, as I said, the original three. Glad you liked it enough to see it that many times.
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January 7, 2020 at 9:20 am
Huge SW fan. Not a huge fan of the new trilogy. I saw rise of Skywalker maybe the Sunday after it came out. Saw it again with aunt and uncle bc I didn’t want to be home and the third time with sis and mom just to get us out of the house for a few hours. It was good.
I started talking to a boy 🙂 and he’s never seen the original trilogy
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January 7, 2020 at 9:28 am
Oh there are definitely those people out there, though far fewer. I know people who HATE any science fiction stuff, SW, ST, ANYTHING. They are nuts, but they ARE out there lol
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January 9, 2020 at 3:33 pm
Ivan and j, you are spot on in your conversation about technology and how it has just multiplied exponentially! Years ago, when there was three networks’ programming to choose from each evening, chances were pretty good that a fair share of the people you met at work or school the next day, watched the same shows. Families had one TV, so kids and adults, if they chose to watch TV, did it together. So in a way, in that simpler time there was a shared experience with one another. In today’s world there is such a plethora of entertainment options out there…multiple streaming channels, video games, podcasts, social media… we no longer have the feeling of having shared something together. We are more “entertained”, with constant diverse offerings, but more alone than ever before in all of humankind’s history. What will the next century bring?
I loved science fiction since about 3rd grade, when I binge read the Ray Bradbury novels and stories. When I went in vacation with my parents (I’m an only child), I brought them all with me.
I was introduced to Star Trek, when I was 12 through the James Blish novelizations of the episodes that had gone off the air. Saw my first episode while on vacation in the Andirondack Mts of upstate NY. While walking by myself amongst the inn’s cabins in the woods, I came upon one cabin with a woman watching TV on the screened in sunporch. It was the Corbanite Maneuver. I was so excited that I discovered it! I started watching from her front yard! She invited me in and I was in heaven. It was in syndication and I’d discovered it! After vacation, I discovered it was playing on channel 11 where I lived in NYC. I would record the episodes on my tape cassette player. Lol! I would never have dreamed I would hold a device in my hands one day, that could play a nearly unlimited variety of shows, not to mention all the information fake or not that could be viewed on it.
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January 9, 2020 at 7:15 pm
Ooo, I hadn’t exactly thought about how we don’t watch the same thing any more, and that gets more diverse by the day with all the streaming services and movies. Finding someone to discuss Discovery with has been harsh. I blame Ivan too for that, but that’s another conversation. On tumblr, you can find some, but they’re all young and not really tied into TOS as tightly as we are to discuss it in the depth I want to. I have 3 Spocks I wanna discuss!!! And all those novels, as you said.
My first cassette player cost $1200 (one of the first) and it only did what your basic recorder would do. Play, record, forward, backward, FF, FB. And that’s IT. And cassettes when they were new were $70. Amway came out with one that was $29 eventually and we all joined with joy to find such savings!
ST writers thought we’d see TOS once and then in summer reruns if we weren’t busy and then the show was gone. I know they’d have paid more attention to details and star dates and continuity if they knew we’ve have 10 ways to research and digest them and take them apart. I mean, a Star Trek encyclopedia. Real languages of Vulcan and Klingon, etc. They couldn’t have foreseen all that.
But yeah, Who Shot JR was the most watched cliffie in the history of TV and we all watched it and could talk about it with everyone, including work and family.
That could happen today and 99% of everyone wouldn’t even know what you were talking about, much less be able to discuss it and the possibilities of it with you.
There’s no way in 1966 anyone could have seen where we’d be today with media and technology. And since it grows, as I say, exponentially, there’s no way we of today could imagine what it will be in 20 years, much less a century. You’re so very right, Eveningstar10. And yeah, I’m way older than all of you, but it’s still nice to talk with people who at least have a working understanding of where I’ve come from.
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January 10, 2020 at 1:40 pm
j, I am going to be 60 this year! I seriously can’t believe it! Although most people think I’m a good bit younger. Well preserved, I guess they call it. Lol! I don’t feel much older than when I was in my 20’s, and I don’t think I’m much more mature than then. lol! Thank goodness! Maybe I’m really Peter Pan, I’ll never grow up. 🙂
That’s some price for a tape recorder. Sounds professional! My older cousin had a reel to reel cassette recorder. I remember being amazed by it, as a 6 or 7 year old. I recall my best friend in college buying a Beta video recorder that had a remote control with a wire. How cool to sit in her bed with her and watch recorded shows without having to get up to adjust the controls or have to watch it while it was first broadcast on air… back in the prehistoric BC (before cable TV) days.
Who shot JR indeed. That conversation went on all summer as I recall. Nowadays, I hear about certain shows that have a big following ( and fan fiction) and I’ve never seen even one episode, barely recognize the name of the show… certainly don’t know the actors and actresses on it. 🤷🏻♀️
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January 10, 2020 at 1:45 pm
No – that was a bottom of the line RCA brand VCR. It’s just that it was one of the first to come out. I don’t believe it even had a remote nor even a way to set it to record at a certain time. It was just push the button and record.
Wow – I’d totally forgotten about the ones that came out with a cord and remote! That’s actually so cool to me.
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January 10, 2020 at 1:46 pm
It’s like these flat screen TVs were like $50,000 for the very first ones. And now they’re so low priced comparatively.
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January 10, 2020 at 1:50 pm
I found this one with the price. https://www.wired.com/2010/06/0604vhs-ces/
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January 10, 2020 at 3:02 pm
Never get new tech when it’s brand new. You’ll impress your friends, but cry at the bank as you run out of money!
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