Thursday, October 15, 2009
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Star Trek: Worst five or best five villains... you decide
Sadly, Khan died a few days ago. Not the weak warrior from the Steppes of Mongolia, born in the 12th century, creator of the largest contiguous empire in history. No, he was a wimp compared to the real Khan. Khan Noonien Singh, born in the 60s and enhanced during the Eugenics Wars of the 1990s. Reawakened in 2267 and exiled to make a new life on a dust bowl of a planet. He was "The Villain". So much so, that when Star Trek moved from TV to movies, the creators couldn't wait to bring him back. The greatest villan of film ever? Maybe, but was he the greatest villain of Star Trek? Here is my top 5 best of the worst villains Star Trek ever created.
5. Kevin Uxbridge, the Douwd. An unassuming name for an alien that wanted to be left alone, refused to fight, and then wiped out 50 billion Husnock with a single thought.
4. Gul Dukat. Crazy, loathsome, and completely without remorse. He launches a one man war against the Klingon Empire.
3. Tie:
Nomad. Cleaning planets is his game, eliminating carbon life forms is just taking out the trash.
Doomsday machine. Eats planets for dinner and starships for dessert.
2. Borg. All of them, Borg Queen, Borg Picard, Borg whoever. Except for 7 of 9 of course.
1. Khan. "From Hell's heart, I stab at thee. For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee".
Ricardo Montalban brought a villian to life that had no equal. He was vicious and caring, warrior and poet, insane and thoughtful. No other Star Trek villian has been as complete in all aspects of their character.
I was disappointed to see his tribute in USA Today say that he would be remembered for the man in the white suit on Fantasy Island. I think his greatest role was Khan Noonien Singh. As evil as they come, but smooth enough to sell corinthian leather to a Ceti eel.
5. Kevin Uxbridge, the Douwd. An unassuming name for an alien that wanted to be left alone, refused to fight, and then wiped out 50 billion Husnock with a single thought.
4. Gul Dukat. Crazy, loathsome, and completely without remorse. He launches a one man war against the Klingon Empire.
3. Tie:
Nomad. Cleaning planets is his game, eliminating carbon life forms is just taking out the trash.
Doomsday machine. Eats planets for dinner and starships for dessert.
2. Borg. All of them, Borg Queen, Borg Picard, Borg whoever. Except for 7 of 9 of course.
1. Khan. "From Hell's heart, I stab at thee. For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee".
Ricardo Montalban brought a villian to life that had no equal. He was vicious and caring, warrior and poet, insane and thoughtful. No other Star Trek villian has been as complete in all aspects of their character.
I was disappointed to see his tribute in USA Today say that he would be remembered for the man in the white suit on Fantasy Island. I think his greatest role was Khan Noonien Singh. As evil as they come, but smooth enough to sell corinthian leather to a Ceti eel.
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Thursday, August 07, 2008
Twitter Jitter, the next medical emergency
Twitter jitter.... Uh oh,, the next carpal tunnel syndrome scare.
Recently a friend of mine tweeted that he was suffering from twitter jitter. Unfortunately, since Twitter only allows 140 characters, he could not elaborate. I responded, twitter of course, with friendly concern, but no more tweetails (details) were forthcoming. So, that left me to wonder the worst. Twitter jitter, could it be:
a) physical withdrawal from twitter. Similar to the irregular random movements of the body indicating addiction or the shakes. This kind of jitter could be the worst because uncontrollable body shakes would make it impossible to tweet via mobile or pc. Qwerty keyboards are not built for people with the jitters. Going cold turkey where twitter is concerned is asking for trouble.
b) visual withdrawal concerning twitter. This type of jitter indicates an inability to view anything. Everything appears to be moving in the fashion of an old circa 1950s tv. Also classified by the irregular random movement of a crt or lcd screen image. Now, it was Friday evening at 6 pm when I saw this tweet from my friend, so it is possible that liquid libations may have contributed to the twitter jitter.
c) a sense of panic or extreme nervousness. This could be due to the constant fail whale of twitter. Or it could be due to a constantly shifting cell phone signal making it hard to receive and transmit tweets. Or it could just be due to an attempt to try to reduce my thoughts to 140 characters. That would make anyone nervous and anxious. Watching that character countdown to 0 is worse than waiting on the doctor to read my test results while I am sitting there watching him shake his head while reading.
While I don't want to pre-dispose you to a choice, my favorite is #3. Being a twitter user, I have found a great sense of nervousness occurs waiting for that next tweet from a virtual friend. When the dead silence of twitter indicates no activity, how can that be possible?!!! I mean how can none of my friends be doing anything worth tweeting?!
Regardless of which definition explains my friend's twitter jitter, none of these conditions sounds good. Sounds like another medical emergency is on the horizon, and it's name is twitter jitter. Yikes, we r n gr8 trubl.
Recently a friend of mine tweeted that he was suffering from twitter jitter. Unfortunately, since Twitter only allows 140 characters, he could not elaborate. I responded, twitter of course, with friendly concern, but no more tweetails (details) were forthcoming. So, that left me to wonder the worst. Twitter jitter, could it be:
a) physical withdrawal from twitter. Similar to the irregular random movements of the body indicating addiction or the shakes. This kind of jitter could be the worst because uncontrollable body shakes would make it impossible to tweet via mobile or pc. Qwerty keyboards are not built for people with the jitters. Going cold turkey where twitter is concerned is asking for trouble.
b) visual withdrawal concerning twitter. This type of jitter indicates an inability to view anything. Everything appears to be moving in the fashion of an old circa 1950s tv. Also classified by the irregular random movement of a crt or lcd screen image. Now, it was Friday evening at 6 pm when I saw this tweet from my friend, so it is possible that liquid libations may have contributed to the twitter jitter.
c) a sense of panic or extreme nervousness. This could be due to the constant fail whale of twitter. Or it could be due to a constantly shifting cell phone signal making it hard to receive and transmit tweets. Or it could just be due to an attempt to try to reduce my thoughts to 140 characters. That would make anyone nervous and anxious. Watching that character countdown to 0 is worse than waiting on the doctor to read my test results while I am sitting there watching him shake his head while reading.
While I don't want to pre-dispose you to a choice, my favorite is #3. Being a twitter user, I have found a great sense of nervousness occurs waiting for that next tweet from a virtual friend. When the dead silence of twitter indicates no activity, how can that be possible?!!! I mean how can none of my friends be doing anything worth tweeting?!
Regardless of which definition explains my friend's twitter jitter, none of these conditions sounds good. Sounds like another medical emergency is on the horizon, and it's name is twitter jitter. Yikes, we r n gr8 trubl.
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