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Title: Uhura, you were the best! A tv pioneer.
Post by: welovecats on July 31, 2022, 12:38:04 PM
Nichelle Nichols has passed at 89. TOS was my favorite Star Trek.
Title: Re: Uhura, you were the best! A tv pioneer.
Post by: lbpesq on July 31, 2022, 12:57:32 PM
We lost two civil rights icons today, Bill Russell and Nichelle Nichols.

May the Four Winds Blow You Safely Home.

Bill, tgo
Title: Re: Uhura, you were the best! A tv pioneer.
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on July 31, 2022, 05:10:51 PM
No one wore the Star Fleet female uniform better!

She will be missed.

Peter
Title: Re: Uhura, you were the best! A tv pioneer.
Post by: edwardofhuncote on July 31, 2022, 10:21:09 PM
I need to go back and watch the Original Series again. I kinda' missed out on the first run of it, didn't care about it in the 70's, because Star Wars movies took over, and then Roddenberry's Next Generation flipped a switch on me. I am resisting with all my might the Picard run now.


Yeah, I really need to go back to the beginning.
Title: Re: Uhura, you were the best! A tv pioneer.
Post by: welovecats on August 01, 2022, 03:02:55 AM
“Girls in space, be wary…”

I’m pretty sure Spock plays an early—eh, I mean future—Alembic model here:

Title: Re: Uhura, you were the best! A tv pioneer.
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on August 01, 2022, 06:30:12 AM
Quote from: edwardofhuncote on July 31, 2022, 10:21:09 PM
I need to go back and watch the Original Series again. I kinda' missed out on the first run of it, didn't care about it in the 70's, because Star Wars movies took over, and then Roddenberry's Next Generation flipped a switch on me. I am resisting with all my might the Picard run now.


Yeah, I really need to go back to the beginning.

Those later things may well be fine sci-fi - but if it ain't got Nemoy & Shatner, IT AIN'T STAR TREK!!!!!

Peter
Title: Re: Uhura, you were the best! A tv pioneer.
Post by: pauldo on August 01, 2022, 09:13:39 AM
Quote from: cozmik_cowboy on August 01, 2022, 06:30:12 AM

Those later things may well be fine sci-fi - but if it ain't got Nemoy & Shatner, IT AIN'T STAR TREK!!!!!

Peter

Agree.
Title: Re: Uhura, you were the best! A tv pioneer.
Post by: welovecats on August 01, 2022, 06:20:47 PM
I grew up on re-runs of TOS, as I was only 2 years old when it started. But it remained the only Star Trek version I cared about for many many years. I even love love the original pilot, The Menagerie, with Captain Pike and the touching story of the character Vina. We named our most recent kitten Vina after her.

During the pandemic, I bit the bullet and watched every single other Star Trek series incarnation start to finish,
and found something to enjoy with each of them.

Here’s the original Vina (the lovely Susan Oliver), and our little (ok getting big) Vina.

Title: Re: Uhura, you were the best! A tv pioneer.
Post by: peoplechipper on August 03, 2022, 12:04:05 AM
that is one CUTE cat! well named!