I have two Treknobabbles in progress right now. One’s tentatively titled “How to Keep a Secret,” and the other is a currently untitled sequel to Treknobabble #2: First Contact.

(Henrik, we should suss out Rachel’s homepages!)

Reed, I’m flattered – looking forward to the next Treknobabble.

Fondly,

Rachel

Are you behind on the column? I thought you always had 2 or 3 sent to Sean waiting to be posted.

This is starting to be the longest conversation I’ve had with a woman. (I’m kidding. Maybe.) Thought I had better say that before Jay stepped in and made the comment.

I’d better start writing my next Treknobabble.

My apologies for not replying sooner *hugs*. Thank you Sean! So many questions, where to begin….

OK: how did I first discover FilmJunk? It was only like a week ago, and…I honestly can’t recall how I specifically found it. I *think* it was during an attempt to use Google to see if anyone else has noticed the dense covering of deltas on the new uniforms. But I’m not sure. Speaking of which…

I’m still hoping it’s just some kind of odd watermarking thing being done in the posters. Spock’s uniform is noticeably free of the deltas.

Which leads me to consider the less-savoury possibility that what we’re seeing is the material of some kind of away-team jacket, worn over top of the familiar uniform. Ordinarily, that would make sense. Archer & crew had ‘em. Pike & crew had ‘em. From TMP forwards, Kirk & crew had ‘em. Harriman & Garrett had ‘em (or so I assume, based on what we know of their uniforms from TWOK forwards). We never really saw ‘em in the late 24th century, but they had cold weather gear, which sorta counts. The ONLY crew that didn’t have a landing jacket or some kind of cold-weather gear was Kirk & crew during the Original Series’ five year mission.

But to give them jackets NOW would make a whole lotta episodes make no sense. Like why not beam down some jackets to the freezing Sulu and crew in “The Enemy Within” – “but they’ll duplicate, Captain” – good, the men’ll be warmer, idiot! Or Chekov and the security guards in “Spock’s Brain” – if they knew it was cold (and they did) why didn’t they bring away-team jackets?

The idea is that Starfleet uniforms are made from a special type or types of futuristic fabric that are ideally suited for almost any weather. Worf spoke of this too when he got all cranky on Risa, a century after TOS. Hence, who needs jackets?

Obviously the jackets were simply not affordable in TOS’s stretched budget, but to introduce them now would just make so many episodes look stupid. And I love those episodes as is. Please don’t rock the boat, J.J.

I’ve gone on waaay too long already, damn. Well Reed, I’ve never commented on Trekmovie.com or even been there (never been there that I can recall, anyway). I like to walk my own path rather than follow the crowd. You’re obviously a nice guy who loves Trek and writes fun, interesting blogs. The crowd is smaller here, but certainly not lacking personality. *bats my eyelashes at Hendrik* What’s not to love? So you can expect me to keep coming back as long as you keep blogging Trek. Also, your frank admission of jealousy towards Trekmovie.com is something I find endearing. *hugs* (Secret admission: sometimes I just sit for hours, refreshing various profiles and homepages of mine over and over again, wondering why the hell no one has commented on the videos or pictures I’ve put up there, lol, jealous of people with a kazillion bits of feedback.)

Hendrik, I wanted to say a big thank you for all the lovely compliments too, I’m flattered! *hugs* I’ll reveal bits & pieces about myself over time to make it fun. I have very long brunette hair and the plan is to see if I can grow it to the ground (or longer) – just to see if I can. Though as any gal with very long hair knows, it looks pretty and the compliments are always quite enjoyable. Not that I’m vain, because I’m so not. I’m just a nice gal who loves Trek, and your words were a delightful treat to read. *hugs again*

OK that’s it for this post. :p Top this one for length, Reed! (Actually please do, I enjoy it when you write.)

Fondly,

Rachel

Now I can see the deltas, Rachel. I think the deltas in the costumes are cool. Maybe if we start noticing the deltas embedded in the Enterprise hull, then the designers will have gone too far.

Lenore’s outfit is kinda hot. For some reason, that outfit didn’t stick in my memory.

As for your imagehost.org links, I don’t know how to access the images.

I didn’t realize the deltas were embedded everywhere in the material. I’m not much of a stickler for canon, but maybe Starfleet changed the fabric over the years.

Interesting fashion examples you chose. Personally, I prefer the Sherry Jackson outfit in “What Are Little Girls Made Of?” and the Leslie Parrish dress in “Who Mourns for Adonais?” (Perhaps the women underneath the costumes influenced my choices.) (Henrik will have to watch the OS now to understand our conversations.)

Concerning “For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky,” I love that title. When I was trying to think of a name for this Film Junk column, I wanted to use a variation of that title like “For the Internet is Hollow, and I Have Typed the Words.” But I didn’t quite like that title, and Sean thought it was too long and that people wouldn’t know the column was about Star Trek (except for fans like you). I let Sean come up with the name Treknobabble.

BTW, how did you come across Treknobabble, Rachel? I’m jealous of sites like TrekMovie.com where their posts get a lot of comments. Despite Jay’s misuse of “its” every once in a while, the writers at Film Junk are excellent IMO, so you should check out some other things on this site of interest to you. We tend to cover all interests although I doubt you’ll see a post on the Top 10 Musicals of All Time here.

Henrik, looks like we’ve met our match. You’d think that after I goofed a while back with writing that Shades of Gray was TNG’s 3rd season ender that I would research my comments. Thx for protecting my fragile ego.

(Rachel, my comments are getting longer than yours.)

You beginning to post on Treknobabble is a great addition to my daily read. What a difference a gender makes… Women are awesome aesthically, if rarely intellectually, but a passionate woman beats 10 supermodels.

Or if you can please just edit it so that the paragraphs are together properly, thanks.

Fondly,

Rachel