Space flight industry contribute $3,000,000 to Save Star Trek Enterprise

Yes, and I'm amazed that =none= of them flip like the commuicators
did. They are (to a unit) clumsy to open, require two hands to open
(or prying with fingers) and it is obvious that nobody who designs
these things has ever =seen= a Star Trek episode (at least from the
original series).

Lol - I can't imagine anyone *wanting* to look like they are flipping open a
"communicator" except possibly a child or Comic Book Guy (tm). Thank
goodness phones don't make a silly noise when opened too. The ringtones
nowadays make me want to flip them against a wall.

John Harlow wrote:
Lol - I can't imagine anyone *wanting* to look like they are flipping open a
"communicator" except possibly a child or Comic Book Guy (tm). Thank
goodness phones don't make a silly noise when opened too. The ringtones
nowadays make me want to flip them against a wall.

I agree about the ringtones.

but....anyone know where I can get the original "squeak" that Trek
uses for the communicator? I think it was the same on TOS as on
TNG.

In article , Mutts wrote:
In article , says...

Each episode of ENT runs about $1.2-1.5 Million. So the contribution
is only 2 of 22 episodes.

I dont know what the profit margin is or if that term applies
to television shows. But there is a money threshold somewhere.
And no doubt internal political postioning on such big decisions.
It may not have to finance the whole season. It may make it very
cheap for another network to pick up.
Uncharted territory. Nothing like this has ever happened.

These days the studios don't make that much money on any series.
The money has always been in the syndication after the series is
over. Add to this (in the past few years) the sale of DVDs and
that's the real money.

Personally, Paramount/Viacom is really doing a number on Trek with
the outrageous pricing of the various Trek DVDs. For example, the
Fox Whedon series' (Buffy, Angel & Firefly) are all available for
under $40 per year. Anything Trek, on the other hand, is in the
$80-120 range.

And I'll take the Marx Bros movies on DVD anytime! Those are
usually under $30 and well worth it.

Last I heard, Paramount/Viacom still owned a goodly chunk of UPN
so I'm not sure ENT can easily move to another network. Or if
another network would even want it.

("Mutts" wrote)
I heard on Paul Harvey the other day they are getting closer to a cloaking
device.
Something to do with the way atoms reflect light. Or sumthin


Will it be plug-n-play like the one Kirk and Spock stole from the Romulans?


Montblack
Best all-time Star Trek Scene (IMHO)
"The Most Toys"
http://www.twiztv.com/scripts/nextge...n3/tng-322.txt

O'BRIEN - I'm reading a weapon in transit with Commander Data. It seems to
have discharged, sir.

RIKER (curious) - Mister O'Brien says the weapon was in a state of
discharge...

DATA - Perhaps something happened during transport, Commander.

My i500 (samsung) phone opens with a flip of the thumb,
It just takes a bit of practice.

The original communicators needed no practice to flip. A kid we sponsor
in the islands gave me a toy cell phone which needs no practice at all
to flip. The real cells are ... designed... er.. "differently".

Jose
--
Math is a game. The object of the game is to figure out the rules.
for Email, make the obvious change in the address.

anyone know where I can get the original "squeak" that Trek
uses for the communicator? I think it was the same on TOS as on
TNG.

Sound effects like that are usually added in later. Best way to get it
is to copy the sound from a CD of one of the shows. I doubt anybody
knows at this point how the original was generated, but even so, the
resulting original sound may have been modified aftwerwards anyway.

That's how it's done in pictures.

Jose
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Math is a game. The object of the game is to figure out the rules.
for Email, make the obvious change in the address.

On Wed, 2 Mar 2005 17:47:06 -0600, "Montblack"
wrote:

("Robert M. Gary")
I thought that show was canceled 10 years ago.


Which one?

http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/Search

Much like Law & Order, star Trek keeps spawning new series.

Star Trek ....................................(1967-1969)

TOS was canceled after the first season, but due to the effort of fans
it was brought back. There should be a short gap after the first
season.

Cartoon ......................................(1973-1974)
Star Trek Next Generation .......(1987-1994)
Star Trek Deep Space Nine ....(1993-1998)
Star Trek Voyager ....................(1995-1999)
Enterprise ..................................(2001-May 2005)

"Enterprise" needs to figure out how to get the Vulcan into the shower more.

Come up with something good or die on the vine. $3M won't help.

I liked it.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com



Montblack

On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 17:24:31 GMT, Jose
wrote:

Trek communicators from TOS. Taken a look at the flip cell phones?

Yes, and I'm amazed that =none= of them flip like the commuicators did.
They are (to a unit) clumsy to open, require two hands to open (or
prying with fingers) and it is obvious that nobody who designs these
things has ever =seen= a Star Trek episode (at least from the original

My little Altel can be opened with one hand and a flip. Just start it
with your thumb.

But the thing doesn't give that "Start Trek double beep". They need
to program that in and they'll make a fourtune.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com
series).

Jose

("Roger" wrote)
"Enterprise" needs to figure out how to get the Vulcan into the shower
more.

Come up with something good or die on the vine. $3M won't help.

I liked it.


My SciFi reading friends like Enterprise, I haven't warmed up to it in the
least. I watched more DS-9 but never really warmed up to that one either.

The original is the original g.

NG was very good. And now, guilty pleasure here ...I sort of liked Voyager.


Montblack

"Jose" wrote in message
. ..
anyone know where I can get the original "squeak" that Trek
uses for the communicator? I think it was the same on TOS as on
TNG.

Sound effects like that are usually added in later. Best way to get it is
to copy the sound from a CD of one of the shows.

Someone already did. I found this in ten seconds with Google:
http://www.nexus1.net/ST-SoundEffects/e012.wav

It's got some background noise, and isn't the greatest recording. If you
want something better, learn to use Google. There's lots more where that
came from.

Pete