The Imitation Lounge

[KRYPTON INC.]

I've often heard it said Claudius was the master at avvies, the Kane of his day, if you will.

It's the one facet I think that Derek Jacobi missed in his portrayal. But they glossed over a lot in that version... Like how Capt. Picard ended up a Centurion.

 

[DarkSentinel]

Nuh-uh. it was me you fool.

I missed you too.

Not really.


Ok maybe kinda.

 

[jaymes_e06]

No sir. Just a dust up of minor proportions in the Fury Road thread.

Did you try just conversing with the person or are they just above reproach?

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

Did you try just conversing with the person or are they just above reproach?

Yes. Roose puts it best, but this guy... He just HAS to be an asshat. Maybe he's the type that likes to test people for what ever reason... I don't know? I find that kind of behavior tedious. Offline, if you act like that you are asking for more choice words than are allowed here on the hype to be thrown your way, AT BEST.

 

[Roose Bolton]

It's the one facet I think that Derek Jacobi missed in his portrayal. But they glossed over a lot in that version... Like how Capt. Picard ended up a Centurion.

Now we come down to the 65 thousand dollar question: Kirk or Picard?

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

Now we come down to the 65 thousand dollar question: Kirk or Picard?

Don't do this to me Roose...

I grew up raised by a TOS fan, my mom. She was so into the show, when it originally aired she watched it in the furniture store she lived over because they sold color sets. We had the series on VHS when I was growing up and I watched it constantly. On the other hand I was into NG from the start. I wasn't one of the old school fans that just couldn't open up to it (My mom actually ended up liking Next Geb too btw). I just finished up a rewatch of all of TOS and am in the middle of doing the same for Next Gen.


I LOVE Shatner's Kirk. I know people talk about his over acting, I mean, I do a mean impression of him myself, and sure, there are some inadvertently funny moments looking at his performance in hindsight, but... Damn is he still great to me. You watch it and you'll follow that guy straight into the heart of the sun, and dramatically I think he's a lot better than most give him credit for.


Now Stewart as Picard? Jeez... As good as the cast around him is in their parts, I am just not sure that Next Gen lasts more than two seasons without Stewart as Picard. He really is the beating heart of that show and what he does over those 7 seasons is brilliant. He takes a key aspect from those first two season, "Picard is academic and stuffy", and runs with it to great places drama/character wise.

So with both fresh in my mind... Gun to my head... Picard by a smidge.

 

[DarkSentinel]

Picard. And I'm not even a Star Trek fan.

 

[Roose Bolton]

I'm something of a Picard loyalist myself.

 

[DarkSentinel]

I know better than to trust you. You did warn me.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

Picard, cause he's the one I think of when the name Star Trek is brought up.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

I guess for a lot of younger people they won't even have a frame of reference to Stewart's Picard. He'll be Prof. X to them.

 

[squeekness]

Picard for me, though I did like Chris Pine's Kirk better than Shatners.

 

[Godzilla2000]

I'm more of a Jeffrey Hunter Captain Pike fan.

 

[DarkSentinel]

Bruce Greenwood is the best Pike dammit

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

What's interesting to me is that Hunter's Pike, though we see so little of him, is a good character as well. There's some dove tailing with the writing of him and Kirk that you can see in THE CAGE and MENAGERIE, but there's also differences. Who knows how things would have evolved had he stayed on as Pike?

 

[Lily Adler]

The Hype's Greatest 100 Musical Artists of All Time​

Okay, so I've made some approximations based on the recommendations for those artists. Now it's time for the next tie deciders. Same rules apply. Vote for how numbers 23 - 39 should be ranked. These are nominees with 4 nominations.​

David Bowie
Aretha Franklin
Queen
Nirvana
Mariah Carey
Muse
Marvin Gaye
John Coltrane
Gorillaz
Willie Nelson
Outkast
Jay Z
U2
Eric Clapton
Metallica
Johnny Cash
Phil Collins​

​

Vote here: http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=494257&page=4​

 

[DarkSentinel]

No Tribe Called Quest?!

 

[Iceman]

Cool, it's hotting up now!

 

[Iceman]

No Tribe Called Quest?!

Your fault if there isn't. You had da powah to vote!

 

[DarkSentinel]

Stop telling me how to live my life!!

 

[Fallen Angel]

You have a life?

 

[BLACKVULCAN]

KIRK!!!
cause while that dude was given the "Prime Directive" and told not to interfere with other cultures and stuff... DUDE INTERFERED WITH ALL OF EM!!( especially their WOMEN!! )heheh!
i like Pickard... but while KHAN is blasting everybody including your cute little dog spot!Pickard would be reading Shakespeare and &*( trying to get him to surrender peacefully! KIRK would Judo chop that fool and get that dude in a running scissor lock( i always tried that as a kid..never worked though!) and Knock the dude Flat OUT and then "interfere" with his Hench BABE!!(chicks willing interfered with him too!)
Now

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

All valid points Vulcan. Has anyone here ever seen when Shatner backed up Bret The Hitman Hart on RAW back in the early 90's? It's hilarious and awesome at the same time. I wasn't a big wrestling fan past my early childhood, but as a teen one night I'm flipping channels and BOOM, there is Shatner in the ring whoopin ass! I immediately called my friend Chris and told him "Stop what ever you are doing right now and turn on USA... Shatner is fighting a wrestler!" It's one of my fondest teen memories.

 

[DJ_KiDDvIcIOUs]

Not many things in this world can top a BLT. It's simple yet so damn good

 

[Kane52630]

I've often heard it said Claudius was the master at avvies, the Kane of his day, if you will.

I remember him.

*flashback waves*