Star Trek... Inspirational Posters? 202
Noryungi writes "Hot on the heels of Despair dot com, here comes... the Star Trek Inspirational Posters!. Imagine a mind-meld of Mr Spock, Despair's demotivational attitude and the Linux Distro Parodies, and you have one heck of a funny site. If you are a true Trekkie, don't click on the link, as this is certainly going to offend you..."
You must be too young (Score:5, Insightful)
Even though it is 40 years old, over the top, campy, and hilariously non politically correct, I find it better than most of the crap on TV nowadays (or perhaps I am just too old).
Re: Not Minuses (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:On purpose? (Score:4, Insightful)
They could email and ask? When you can take small websites completely offline with the amount of traffic Slashdot gets, it's irresponsible to not give any warning or caching, especially when your excuse [slashdot.org] is that you just can't wait six hours for this "cool breaking story". Hands up everybody who just couldn't wait another six hours to see Star Trek posters?
Or, if you want the techie approach, something similar to robots.txt would be simple for high-traffic websites like Slashdot to respect.
Re:You must be too young (Score:2, Insightful)
Think back, Dude, and I think you will discover that it defined political correctness of the time.
It's a remarkable cultural document.
KFG
Re:I can't believe no one pointed this out yet. (Score:3, Insightful)
You didn't pass. You might want to avoid the link. However, since the link totally broken, its a moot point now.
Re:Weird (Score:4, Insightful)
I never really enjoyed FireFly or Farscape. Is that because my tastes are 'superior' to everybody else's, or is it because everybody else is getting something I'm not? I'd love to go with the former, afterall it's more flattering. Chances are, though, it's the latter. My point is that I wouldn't go around elevating myself because I don't like a popular show.
Re:TNG (Score:3, Insightful)
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Evan
Re:You must be too young (Score:5, Insightful)
No, color was gradually introduced over the course of the early 1960s, and most primetime shows had switched to color by the time Star Trek debuted. It was still a novelty in those days, and Trek's primary-colors palette was designed to take advantage of it, but it had plenty of "in living color" competition for the attention of viewers (well, as much competition as two other networks could offer). On the other hand, keep in mind that the majority of homes still had black and white TVs (meaning the only way many viewers could identify expendable security officers was by the darkness of their shirts). So I wouldn't pin much of its appeal on color.
Trek's novelty came mostly from new-to-TV special effects, its relatively serious approach to sci-fi (contrast with "Lost in Space"), and its flirtation with ideas in an era of "Gilligan's Island", "I Dream of Jeannie", and "Gunsmoke".