tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post113767552589191458..comments2024-03-28T14:49:36.133-04:00Comments on John Kenneth Muir's Reflections on Cult Movies and Classic TV: RETRO TOY FLASHBACK # 26: Phasers on Stun!John Kenneth Muirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-1137681288545579102006-01-19T09:34:00.000-05:002006-01-19T09:34:00.000-05:00Hey Chris!Thanks for writing. I agree with you 10...Hey Chris!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for writing. I agree with you 100%. Star Trek is magic to me, pure and simple. When I'm feeling down, Star Trek always perks me up. And the more complicated life becomes, the more the "simplicity of play" (Star Trek play...) relieves tension. I really miss Star Trek these days...the kind of Star Trek we had as kids. One where adventure was just around the corner, and the sky was the limit. I like DS9, TNG (though not much Voyager or Enterpise) but I still feel there's some sort of innocent passion missing from those shows. Political discourse and philosophical talk replaced good old fashioned space adventuring, and to an extent, the morality of the original show. I love the original Star Trek, and it really shepherded me through childhood. Phasers and all. I'll always be grateful for the place it holds in my life. And I have concern for a generation growing up without it...John Kenneth Muirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-1137680854138616052006-01-19T09:27:00.000-05:002006-01-19T09:27:00.000-05:00Hey John!That AMT Star Trek Exploration Set is the...Hey John!<BR/><BR/>That AMT Star Trek Exploration Set is the source of one of my fondest childhood memories. I was never a kid with a great deal of imagination. I figured out that Santa Claus was fake really quick. But, I remember seeing this AMT kit advertised in the Johnson and Smith ads in my comic books. I begged my grandfather to order me one. In my young mind, I really and truly believed that if I could just get ahold of that communicator I could talk to the Enterprise! I would fantasize about being at school, opening it up, and being beamed up right before the eyes of my classmates. Well, Johnson and Smith sent my grandfather's money back because they were permanently out of stock of those kits. I guess that was my little Star Trek geek version of tying a sheet around my neck and believing I could fly. I did end up getting a phaser that shot these flying rings. I have never been able to find either mine or one like it in all my years of going to Trek conventions. But, Star Trek was truly magical to me when I was a kid. To be quite honest, it still is to me as an adult.<BR/><BR/>-Chris JohnsonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com