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Space Hippies On This Weekend's STAR TREK REMASTERED!!

Hippies! by chrth	Jun 12th, 2008 10:53:25 PM

I am not sure about this episode... by PowerRing	Jun 12th, 2008 10:58:26 PM
But 3/4 of the remastered trek episodes are geek nirvana. I love the way they have improved the experience over the shitty Desilu effects. I was maybe 4 when ST was canceled. I have seen the episodes numerous times since 1972. The remake has totally re-energized the viewing enjoyment. The 1st one I saw was "doomsday machine" and the new CGI version not only looked more massive, it looked deadly and threatening, not like a model. Even the subtle touches to "devil in the dark" enhanced the experience exponentially. It was like watching a whole new show. Finally, effects that are elevated to support the story, not take away from it with hokiness.
I don't remember this one by Bloo	Jun 12th, 2008 10:59:39 PM
I may have to check it out this weekend, because for the life of me, I can't remember this episode and I thought for sure I had seen all TOS
Keep these up Merrick by Antz	Jun 12th, 2008 11:00:13 PM
I love seeing the comparison shots.
If there's one thing I hate more than hippies.... by fiester	Jun 12th, 2008 11:00:21 PM
It's goddamned space hippies.
You can't own property, man! by chrth	Jun 12th, 2008 11:05:53 PM
I can because I'm not a penniless hippie!
Love These Merrick - Keep 'Em Coming... by Read and Shut Up	Jun 12th, 2008 11:11:05 PM
Is JJ sweating bullets yet?
The ultimate jam session by NoahTall	Jun 12th, 2008 11:18:02 PM
Nothin better than Spock playing his harp accompanied by hippie chick on bicycle wheel.
yeah. hey what happened to gone? by frankenfickle	Jun 12th, 2008 11:31:32 PM

HOT DOG SPACESHIP!! by Batman_Cape	Jun 12th, 2008 11:40:06 PM
Now serving Hot Dogs in space Lane 10
Khan by Grand Moff Toht	Jun 12th, 2008 11:43:47 PM
Have they redone Space Seed? Botany Bay anyone?
Actually only season 1 is on itunes by Batman_Cape	Jun 12th, 2008 11:44:47 PM
2 and 3 aren't on there yet.
Only Spock's brain is worse.. by Billyeveryteen	Jun 12th, 2008 11:56:23 PM
Delicious painful bliss.
They've remastered Space Seed by Batman_Cape	Jun 13th, 2008 12:01:53 AM
That was in Season One. They're already finished with this project.
LSD will set you free!!!! by Ricky Retardo	Jun 13th, 2008 12:25:42 AM
Space Hippies. I think it's a groovy idea! Far out! Like, you know, man. They should have CGI'd Shatner a long-haired wig. You can't have him baldly going where no man has gone before.
Spock: "...you know I reach you..." by Sir Loin	Jun 13th, 2008 12:37:16 AM
That made me laugh as a snot-nosed kid in the early 70's, and still does today. YAAAAY, BROTHER!
Are you gay for BSG!!! BSG!!!!! by Batman_Cape	Jun 13th, 2008 02:11:24 AM

Jesus H. Christ by Literarywanderer	Jun 13th, 2008 03:03:10 AM
And people wonder where all the hippies went after the Seventies. I could see this episode serving as inspiration for the next Star Trek Flick. Star Trek XI: In Search of Chong.
Not the best episode by NudeandAroused	Jun 13th, 2008 04:28:43 AM
It truly does leave something to be desired. Though the remastering looks really good.
this epi sucked...but by bacci40	Jun 13th, 2008 05:10:52 AM
Mary-Linda Rapelye has gotta be one of the hottest women to ever grace the trek stage...and my god, even 30 years later, she is still hot
Cartman was right by Dazzler69	Jun 13th, 2008 06:53:52 AM
All hippies should die. Any time hippies appeared on a show it sucked. I remember the Jeanie ep. shivver
They need to remaster Shat's performance by RicardoMontalban	Jun 13th, 2008 06:53:59 AM
Has anyone seen the remastered "Space Seed?" How did it turn out? Hey fellow Trekkers, check out this awesome new blog on blogspot. It's called thebitterproducer Spread the word!
SPACE HERPES! SPACE HERPES! by Manos	Jun 13th, 2008 06:57:55 AM
Uh, um, never mind.
This episode and the one with the robots... by Kid Z	Jun 13th, 2008 07:28:27 AM
...who can have their electronic brains set on fire via non sequiturs are hilarious! (Especially when you're in college, it's 3AM, and you're drunk... good times.)
Xiphos! by Pennsy	Jun 13th, 2008 07:32:02 AM
Your presence is requested on the I Dream of Jeannie talkback stat. And to keep this ontopic, I think this was one of the poo-stinkers of the entire series.
Acid fruit by wcme	Jun 13th, 2008 07:41:59 AM
Man, when they eat the fruit that has ACID in it - get it, ACID?!? thats one sad scene. I loved when Spock hears the sonic signal first while they are cutting into the room and kirk is like "Whats the matter spock?!" while his ears bleed. Great!
"Oh, the pain, the pain!" - Dr. Zachary Smith by The StarWolf	Jun 13th, 2008 07:51:43 AM
OK, wrong show, but that's how I feel thinking back to that episode. I don't care HOW outstanding Kirk's record is, Starfleet should have court martialed him for allowing his ship to be taken over by a bunch of 23th century hippies. A dreadful episode.
"It's all relatives." Said the probate lawyer. by The StarWolf	Jun 13th, 2008 07:54:08 AM
PowerRing - "the shitty Desilu effects" Which were head and shoulders above what any other tv series was doing. It's all relative. They may be quaint (OK, pathetic) by today's standards, but even the 70s BBC wasn't able to do anywhere near as good as TREK's ten years earlier.
BBC by PowerRing	Jun 13th, 2008 08:00:05 AM
Yeah, The Dr. Who effects made me groan. I understand that the Daleks made young Brits hide behind the sofa when they appeared, but they looked so fake to me that I never got into the show. As a consolation: we had an otherwise decent show with weak effects: Space 1999.
I am not Herbert. by Meglos	Jun 13th, 2008 08:14:28 AM
You know I reach you. (makes triangle shape with both hands)
Well Now That They're Almost Done by Real Deal	Jun 13th, 2008 08:16:44 AM
My local station KPDX is finally showing them in HD!
Yay, brother. by gotilk	Jun 13th, 2008 08:18:29 AM
Can't wait to see it.
The model standard by The StarWolf	Jun 13th, 2008 08:37:55 AM
Give the British that much. Though their shows tended to be on the "special effects by Billy" level, when they wanted to do it right, they had the best model work in the industry. SPACE: $19.99 was a good example of this. As was its predecessor, UFO. Even as far back as 1968's wonder-filled big screen 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY. TREK and its sequels never came close. Their strengths lay elsewhere.
Space $19.99!!! LMFAO!! by PowerRing	Jun 13th, 2008 08:51:04 AM
I never thout of it like that! But yeah, the wire work on the models looked very bad. When I was finally old enough to watch 2001, it stunned me that it was made in the same timeframe as trek.
Every time you eat a steak... by Gislef_crow	Jun 13th, 2008 09:09:03 AM
... a space hippy's hackysack goes in the gutter. Yeah, this one's pretty bad. Check out Dr. Sevrin's ears, for starters. Strange, though: No remastered shots of a Romulan ship? Maybe they never actually show up, but including one at the end as the Enterprise gets the heck out could have worked.
And yes, that's Charles Napier... by Gislef_crow	Jun 13th, 2008 09:11:02 AM
the Blues Brothers guy, as one of the hippies. Would later go on to appear in DS9. He helped write his character's songs here.
Oh! And that other godawful, but hilarious.. by Kid Z	Jun 13th, 2008 09:32:40 AM
... episode with the gay, telekinetic Greeks and their non-telekinetic midget butler. Gut-wrenchingly funny (when you're drunk) and it featured TV's first interracial kiss, between Kirk and Uhura. (Even though it was a telekinetically-enforced kiss.)
Some of the CGI by PowerRing	Jun 13th, 2008 09:33:40 AM
Wasn't done. Except for one episode, hand phasers didn't seem to get fixed. I was hoping they'd CGI enhance the flying raviolis in "Operation annihalate" so they didn't look so wired. I do appreciate the fact that they standardized the phasers from the ship. The lighting glow looks great! My favorite moment, was when they re-did the phasers for bursting on "Balance of terror." that episode looks 1000% better now.
Wonder why Trek never did an episode... by Kid Z	Jun 13th, 2008 09:34:24 AM
... featuring Space-Republicans? Waitaminute... Oh yeah... those were the Ferengi... or maybe the Cardassians?
Is this in season 3? by ciroslive	Jun 13th, 2008 10:01:41 AM
Season 3 eps are NOT in HD on Xbox Live Marketplace. Not sure why...
I am not Herbert by Kentucky Colonel	Jun 13th, 2008 10:13:23 AM
Do you reach that
Bitter Drinks by ArcadianDS	Jun 13th, 2008 10:28:03 AM
Spock is a master of the lute
"I'm gonna crack my knuckles & jump for joy! by Circean6	Jun 13th, 2008 10:31:25 AM
I got a clean bill of health from Dr. McCoy" yeah this may not be the best episode but its one of the most unintentionally funny ones!
Murdock from Rambo:First Blood Part II... by Tacom	Jun 13th, 2008 12:09:55 PM
was the singing Space Hippie. Couldn't believe it when I was watching it again recently.
Leggings by PowerRing	Jun 13th, 2008 12:26:32 PM
I consider this to be the gay episode of trek. It was sooo overtly homoerotic and flamboyant, especially those green legging costumes.
"Whoa Herbert you are TENSE!" by MovieWhore	Jun 13th, 2008 01:20:37 PM
Even funnier because White Zombie sampled it for one of their songs
The space hippies moved on.... by cookylamoo	Jun 13th, 2008 01:51:55 PM
To colonize Risa.
Yeah Brother, Song by Warp 11 by warp11	Jun 13th, 2008 03:09:21 PM
’m like Odo I’m jelly I got a slug in my belly I can say “He’s dead, Jim” like Deforest Kelly I’m like Scotty when I party Cause I need more time To get with all of the honeys At least 7 of 9 So give me Tranya I’m on ya And I’m gonna wrath of Kahn ya You’ll head now to Eden when I put my boot on ya Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah brother Feel my tachyon I’m on your ass like a pissed off Klingon Warp core overload Prime directive gonna make my dick explode I’m like Kirk I flirt with bitches not of this Earth I’ve been killed so many times I should wear a red shirt Gotta cock named Spock My emotions in a jar I go psycho every 7 years if I don’t get to pon farr So when I beam down I put the ream down A miser from Risa because I never spread the cream round Like a Klingon with a hard on Captain never let me get my mother fucking thing on Boy Feel my tachyon I’m on your ass like a pissed off Klingon Warp core overload Engage and enter your wormhole Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah brother So if you want to cry havoc And let slip the dogs of war I can free my willie Like I’m motherfucking Star Trek 4
I like the original better! by Big Dumb Ape	Jun 14th, 2008 04:52:13 AM
Maybe it's just me, but the pink tones to the original look more hippy-ish. They should have gone with a color scheme more like that. So I agree with Batman-Cape above: the new ship looks like it's the intergalactic Oscar Meyer mobile!
dirty hippies by duncanwk	Jun 14th, 2008 09:04:59 AM
They need a shower and a job!
groovy man. by skydemon	Jun 14th, 2008 12:02:16 PM
I can digg..errrr, Reach this man.
worst episode ever by jccalhoun	Jun 14th, 2008 09:46:12 PM
this has to be the worst episode of star trek ever. Horrible. damn dirty hippies!
James Doohan said it was the worst by tylermo	Jun 15th, 2008 10:47:02 AM
And, I'm forced to agree. Somebody posted earlier that he had not seen this one before. I'm a huge TOS fan, and all I can say is, "Ruuuuuuuuuun away! Jesus Christ!" Previous posts have summed up this shitastic episode, so I'll say no more. But, let's not forget the 2nd or 3rd worst of the series...Spock's Brain! Everything was off with that episode. All of the key actors sucked in that one, even De Kelley. I love all of the TOS actors, and I never say anything bad about De Kelley, so that says a lot. I have yet to see any of the remastered ep's, except for that theatrical release of "The Cage". It will be a long time(if ever) before I buy them on dvd. I have the old sets, and the price would have to come down considerably.
There are a handful by PowerRing	Jun 15th, 2008 09:43:59 PM
of TOS episodes that are just too flimsy and no amount of remastering helps. Any time trek relied on song numbers or kids, it was definitely a weak script to start with. I hate this episode, Shore leave and a few others. In all, I probably like 65-70/75 of the episodes. Jimmy Doohan and the rest of the cast have much to be pissed about. It is obvious to me watching that Shatner got lines they should have had (especially Scotty) and the camera cuts to Kirk for a close up when someone else delivers lines,robbing them of screen time. No series (show) is perfect, and TOS is no exception. There is a huge gulf between the best trek, and the worst, this being one of them. It doesn't "reach" me.
There are a handful by The StarWolf	Jun 16th, 2008 05:59:42 AM
PowerRing - I concur some episodes can't be salvaged, though I disagree about SHORE LEAVE. It was an interesting concept. As for the worst, I'd cite SPOCK'S BRAIN (ion propulsion is sub-light, yet they overpowered and outran the Enterprise?!) as the worst of the old series and JUSTICE in NEXT FABRICATION as possibly the all-time worst, though there are a lot of 'let's rewrite TREK continuity ENTERPRISE' and the godawful VOTYAGER I haven't seen, so I can't say for certain.
Shore leave by PowerRing	Jun 16th, 2008 11:00:14 AM
The concept was good, but I hated that hokey rabbit. If they could CGI in something better. The deal with Finnegan was also annoying. The remastering has cleaned up a lot of the "oops" like saying "fire photon torpedoes" and phasers are shot. My favorite is eliminating that crumpled metal skyline from sestus V in "Arena." They made the gorn blink, which was cool, but they could have done a bit more. I like the new digital chronometers. I wish they'd cgi flat screens in, and make the background bridge displays do something. I seriously dislike ruining continuity for the sake of a new series. Funny, many of TNG re-runs I find unwatchable now.

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