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Beam Me Up! How to Make Your Own Transporter external link

Rate   Blogcritics | by Ed Driscoll | Sun, May 17

Sun, May 17 Around 1964, Gene Roddenberry came up with the now legendary “transporter” effect for Star Trek, mostly out of necessity. I don’t think he believed that teleportation technology would actually exist within 300 years or so, but as a writer’s device, the transporter solved a myriad of pro...

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ELK Lighting’s Star Ship chandelier was designed to resemble the Starship Enterprise and is available for $189. [geekologie] Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry will finally be inducted into The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame. [trekmovie]

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Rate Star Trek: The Next Generation-- "The Outcast" external link

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“The Outcast” is the first Trek episode to deal with, at least arguably, the issue of homosexuality. Truth be told, it does not do that very well. Homosexual advocacy groups have criticized the episode for washing its hands of the issue after Gene Roddenberry had allegedly promised to pres...

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Trek Movie reports that Gene Roddenberry will be inducted into the TV Hall of Fame in January, along with fellow visionaries, game show producer Bob Stewart, announcer Don Pardo, Candace Bergen and the Smothers Brothers. Well, I suppose they were all pretty cool, but it does remind us tha...

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Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry will join the ranks of the Television Academy's Hall of Fame next year at a special induction ceremony at the Beverly Hills Hotel.

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Gene Roddenberry will be inducted into the Television Academy’s Hall of Fame in January along with comedy duo Tom and Dick Smothers and actress Candice Bergen. The annual ceremony will be joined by Saturday Night Live and game show announcer Don Pardo, The Price is Right game show creator...

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on the Enterprise), maybe Bones told Jim about Reaper when they were at the Academy. So I had to try it out :) Wordcount: 713 Disclaimer: I don't own Star Trek, I don't own Doom. Gene Roddenberry and John Carmack created these awesome things. Summary: Jim and Bones have known each other a long ti...

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Rate Opinion: Star Trek: The Next Generation--"The Game"

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May I now present ’The Game,” which shall forever be known as the worst episode of Tng and a portent of some of the dreck Brannon Braga would write through the rest of televised trek’s run. This episode was so bad, Gene Roddenberry died what the before it aired just to spare himself the agony.

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The plot of “Ensign Ro” has yet another high ranking Starfleet official going rogue. There is something bout becoming an admiral that seems to corrupt. You would think Gene Roddenberry would be against the idea of power corrupting near perfect 24th century humans, but trek often goes to ex...

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