Trekkie? Then you’ve gotta’ have one of these cool tshirts that are all the rage today. Star trek is one of the most influential and popular science fiction films and TV series of all time. They have inspired many a scientist and engineers to become who they are today at the lead of the space race. From the latest installment to the film, Beginnings to the vintage shirts of yesteryear’s that takes us back in time to the days when Spock and Kirk ruled space. Nostalgic as it may seem, the science fiction film has so influenced pop culture many of the high tech gadgets and gizmos we have today are patterned and designed similar to the ones they used.
Space travel has always been a dream for many and with today’s space tourism beginning to take foot in the annals of space history, time will come when we ourselves would be zooming through space. Call it nostalgia or plain simple good stuff, the TV series was initially seen as a flop that it was not held to heart by the makers of the show. Little did they know that the tech-savvy crew of the USS Enterprise would be known and hailed as some of the most creative and influencing factors of today’s day and age. Gene Roddenberry and his wife, along with Jim Dougan who played Scottie in the series are some of the select few who have been buried in space, the place they called home in fantasy and till eternity. Be part of the history that is Star Trek and get hold of the coolest Star Trek Tees around, to boldly go where no man has ever gone! Beam me up Scottie!
Celebrating William Shatner’s Day
What’s so significant about March 22? For many, it is just any other day. For geek icon William Shatner, it is probably the most important day of his life, for it’s his birthday! For avid fans, it definitely is one of the most significant days in the year, for if he weren’t born, life wouldn’t be the same, would it?
So guess how old he is? Hard to believe, but the person we all fell in love with as Captain James T. Kirk is now 79 years old! Time does fly by so fast, doesn’t it? And, flattery aside, he doesn’t look his age at all!
I like Curtis Silver’s write up about Shatner’s life – a tribute, if you wish:
James T. Kirk was the greatest iteration of a fictional space captain the world had ever seen, and is still a character that is hard to beat today. Shatner brought a flair to the job, a brash and emotional style, that has yet to be duplicated and probably never will be. Kirk was thoughtful and sympathetic but also decisive and combative. He was a lover to green alien chicks. He was always thinking, even if he appeared to be always fighting. To us, this was William Shatner. There was no difference between the two. We imagined this is how he was. Later we’d see that while similar, Shatner is a man full of life and humor, never afraid to show it to the world.
Indeed, this guy is something else. Even though many actors may have portrayed more popular roles in science fiction, I think that William Shatner is a notch above them all. What say you?