Random Shots for Wednesday, 13 September 2017

Today in history

Comments I’ve posted

1. Posted to Facebook —

   Besides, rebooting a franchise is mostly done by lazy writers, in my opinion, and the only case where the reboot has been demonstrably better than the original was Battlestar Galactica.

   Back in 1985-1986, Gene Roddenberry was working on bringing Star Trek back to television. Salaries for the original cast members were too much for the budget he had available, so he cast a group of then-unknown actors. Thus Star Trek: The Next Generation was born.

   Star Trek: The Next Generation ran seven seasons to The Original Series’ three, and yielded four feature films, to boot.

   Star Trek: The Next Generation was followed by Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager, each of which ran for seven seasons, then by Star Trek: Enterprise, which ran for four seasons.

Listening / Reading / Watching

1. Adult Swim from Cartoon Network —
   1. Robot Chicken
   2. Aqua Teen Hunger Force
   3. Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law
2. Quill Driver Books — 400 Things Cops Know by Adam Plantinga
3. Terminal Lance by Maximilian Uriarte —
   1. #491 “Honor, Courage, and Lots of Commitment”
   2. “Females in the Infantry II”
   3. “Females in the Infantry“
4. Science Channel — Outlaw Tech
5. Helloween — Keeper of the Seven Keys – The Legacy World Tour 2005 / 2006
6. nmpolitics.net — Democrats say ‘Citizens United’ should die. Here’s why that won’t happen. by Sarah Kleiner, the Center for Public Integrity
7. The Orville
8. Alien: Covenant
9. DR CAROL SWAIN FULL ONE-ON-ONE EXPLOSIVE INTERVIEW WITH TUCKER CARLSON (9/12/2017)