Tag: Star Trek

  • Star Trek’s The Menagerie Deep Dive with Pike Actors

    Star Trek’s The Menagerie Deep Dive with Pike Actors

    There’s more intense weather in the forecast for New Jersey, but provided Roy’s studio doesn’t go dark (as on Friday), we’ll grab our umbrellas and pull on our wellies for another intrepid attempt to address the “Star Trek” two-parter, “The Menagerie” (1966).

    Every thundercloud has a silver lining, and Friday’s delay has allowed us to add a couple more names to the guest list. Therefore, in addition to Chris Hunter, son of Jeffrey Hunter (who plays strapping Captain Pike in the series’ pilot, “The Cage” – ample scenes from which are ingeniously interpolated into “The Menagerie” as flashbacks), we’ll also host Sean David Kenney (who plays Pike when he’s all messed up) and everyone’s favorite Talosian, Sandra Lee Gimpel.

    With so many chefs in the kitchen, I’ll mostly sit respectfully and flash “yes” or “no.” Keep tossing us the red meat from the comments section. We’ll have a veritable menagerie to discuss “The Menagerie” on the next Roy’s Tie-Dye Sci-Fi Corner, when we livestream on Facebook, YouTube, etc., this Sunday evening at 7:00 EDT!

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  • Roy’s Tie-Dye Sci-Fi Corner Postponed

    Roy’s Tie-Dye Sci-Fi Corner Postponed

    Roy’s got no power. Or is it a trick of Talosian mind control? Either way, tonight’s 200th episode of Roy’s Tie-Dye Sci-Fi Corner has been postponed to this Sunday evening at 7:00 EDT!

    So much for Star Trek Day. Live long and perspire!

    (Of course, you can always listen to my circus show on “Picture Perfect,” music for the movies, tonight at 8:00 EDT, on kwax.uoregon.edu.)

  • Star Trek Menagerie 200th Episode Celebration

    Star Trek Menagerie 200th Episode Celebration

    In space, no one can hear you scream. Oh, wait a minute. That’s August.

    Following a month’s silence, during which Roy and I went our separate ways to pursue our personal passions, or at any rate family obligations, we’ll be back to direct our screams at one another for our 200th EPISODE. What better way to celebrate “Roy’s Tie-Dye Sci-Fi Corner” than with a spirited discussion of “Star Trek?”

    The point of departure will be the classic two-part episode “The Menagerie” (1966). Our special guest will be Chris Hunter, son of “King of Kings” Jeffrey Hunter, who plays Captain Christopher Pike in the “flashback” sequences – actually scenes from the original series’ unaired pilot, ingeniously interpolated.

    That’s right, this is the mind-reeling episode in which we watch the cast of “Star Trek” watching an episode of “Star Trek.” You have to admire Gene Roddenberry’s chutzpah. Actually, it’s said that the “gimmick” of reusing footage from “The Cage” was formulated so that the series could keep up with an accelerated production schedule.

    But I don’t want to talk it out! Tune in tomorrow, when the floodgates will be opened.

    For now, scream it from the rooftops! Join us in celebrating our first 200 YEARS! I mean 200 episodes. Our veins will be standing out on our heads like a couple of Talosians on the next Roy’s Tie-Dye Sci-Fi Corner. Flash once for “yes” and twice for “no” in the comments section, as we livestream on Facebook, YouTube, etc., this Friday evening at 7:00 EDT!

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  • Indiana Jones Delay Star Trek Rescue Show

    Indiana Jones Delay Star Trek Rescue Show

    The Dial of Destiny dictates that tonight’s show is postponed due to technical difficulties. So we will try it again next week – OPPOSITE THE OPENING OF THE ACTUAL MOVIE. But who’s interested in seeing a new Indiana Jones movie executive produced by George Lucas and Steven Spielberg on opening night anyway? Right? RIGHT?

    I don’t know; we’re making it up as we go.

    In any case, despair not. The weekend is not a total wash, as Roy will be joined by special guests Michael and Denise Okuda, so closely associated with “Star Trek” film and television productions, on Sunday night at 7:30 EDT. JOIN HIM THEN.

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    You may be disappointed with us now, but you’ll be Jonesin’ for us by next Friday evening at 7:30 EDT, on Roy’s Tie-Dye Sci-Fi Corner!

  • Clash of the Titans Roy’s Tie-Dye Sci-Fi Corner

    Clash of the Titans Roy’s Tie-Dye Sci-Fi Corner

    Since we did our show on “Clash of the Titans” (1981) on Friday, and it’s already Sunday, I guess I should get “Kraken” already and post a link to the video! Check it out for our hosannas to Harryhausen and our provocations against the gods, on Roy’s Tie-Dye Sci-Fi Corner.

    This Friday, it looks like we’ll be reaching for the low-hanging fruit, and doing some temple-robbing along the way, as we’ll have a free-form chat about Indiana Jones in advance of his latest adventure, “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” opening on June 30. Join us on our quest for fortune and glory, as we livestream on Facebook, YouTube, etc., this Friday evening at 7:30 EDT.

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    In addition, there will be significant bonuses next weekend in the guises of special guests Michael and Denise Okuda, so closely associated with “Star Trek” film and television productions. Michael and Denise will join Roy on Sunday night, 6/25, at 7:30 EDT.

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    And to hold you over, if you’re a sci-fi convention nut, Roy will reminisce with Todd Morton and Gordon Moriguchi about their experiences last weekend at Wonderfest, in Louisville, KY, on “Todd’s Corner,” this afternoon at 2:00 EDT.

    https://www.youtube.com/@ToddsCornerScifiPropsShips

    Roy compiled a ten-minute video souvenir of the event here:

    Me? I’m not really a “Space: 1999” guy, so I’ll probably go for a walk and watch “Goliath and the Vampires.”

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