tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post113943623398163976..comments2024-03-27T10:27:59.266-04:00Comments on John Kenneth Muir's Reflections on Cult Movies and Classic TV: RETRO TOY FLASHBACK # 29: Star Trek Calendars!John Kenneth Muirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-1139499866507730932006-02-09T10:44:00.000-05:002006-02-09T10:44:00.000-05:00Hey Chris...Thanks for sharing your memories of St...Hey Chris...<BR/><BR/>Thanks for sharing your memories of Star Trek calendars. I know I cherish mine too.<BR/><BR/>I'm trying to open myself back up to Next Gen. I was a staunch defender when it first aired: I knew it would be seen in the shadow of the original series, and I thought it was important to see it on its own terms. <BR/><BR/>But looking back at it, I don't know...there isn't much to hold onto. Most of the characters are bland, and the only ones I really like are Data and Worf. Used to love Picard, but now he bores me to tears...<BR/><BR/>But I will be mindful of what you said. You'll be happy to know I have giant cardboard stand-ups of Geordi and Data looking over my shoulder as I type this...John Kenneth Muirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-1139495579119873172006-02-09T09:32:00.000-05:002006-02-09T09:32:00.000-05:00I am right there with you on the Star Trek calenda...I am right there with you on the Star Trek calendars! My first one was the 1984 Search for Spock calendar. I have all of the ones you pictured on your blog. The Undiscovered Country calendar has the only picture of Iman as Matia I could find so I got Iman to sign that picture when I met her. Mine are all open and most of the older ones are filled with marked dates for events that were special to me. I would block out conventions I was going to, target dates for saving money for the dealer's rooms, movies coming out I wanted to see, birthjdays of girls I liked at school, and historical dates that interested me. I still buy a Trek wall calendar every year. Since I started working I have also been buying the page-a-day desk calendars. Today has a great picture os Sisko from "Favor the Bold." <BR/><BR/>I miss the days when Star Trek was so popular that they would make a seperate calendar for every show. I have faith that we will be there again one day. <BR/><BR/>By the way, set Next Gen aside for a little while and come back to it later. Try to remember how excited you were to see it each week when it was on the air. We were getting new Star Trek every week for the first time in years. It isn't the original series. Let's face it, nothing is. But it is still really good and has a good heart. Folks are hard on Next Gen now but I also have faith that if you come back to it in the future, you will remember why you liked it back when it was on.<BR/><BR/>-ChrisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com