[Magdalen] The Force Awakens

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

They were savvy enough to realize the existence of certain "walls" that, so
far as we 21-centers are concerned, make it unworkable, but they have nice
work-arounds, like the Heisenberg Converter​. which overcomes the
uncertainty principle.

One journalist actually asked, "Just how does the Heisenberg Converter
work?"

The answer, "Very well, thank you."

Roddenberry and Barrett were the focus that kept things moving but still
light-hearted.  Sometimes the episode got just totally wacko in its
zaniness, and nobody really objected. Mention Star Trek, and which do
people think of first, The Prime Directive, or Tribbles?

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 3:25 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> What I like about Star Trek is the way the whole thing has been
> thought through in such detail, which of course is easier when you've
> got an episode every week and several series to do it in. You've got
> to simply accept a few things (gravity generator, universal
> translator), and the rest is carefully worked out. You can even get
> books with blueprints and floor plans. I like the idea of technology
> having eradicated poverty (due to the ability to replicate anything,
> like food, on demand) and that international borders have been
> transcended so Earth is one "world" among many. Et cetera.
>
> On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 2:18 PM, Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu>
> wrote:
> > I thought "2001: A Space Odyssey" was revelatory -- a revelation that
> > stayed just outside my grasp -- but I think it was the marijuana talking.
> > I saw it a couple of times when I was out of that phase of my
> development,
> > and it just seemed fairly incomprehensible.
> >
> > Ann
> >
> > The Rev. Ann Markle
> > Buffalo, NY
> > ann.markle at aya.yale.edu
> > blog:  www.onewildandpreciouslife.typepad.com
> >
> > On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 10:43 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
> > oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I keep hearing of folks who thought some film was "revelatory," but
> never
> >> met one.
> >>
>
>
>
> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>