Warriors of the IKV Melota and
IKV Bayou Serpent, and some Feds from the USS Joshua,
promoting Dallas Symphony Orchestra's Star Trek Symphony.
"It’s
Snowing in the Enterprise"
I have been a huge Science Fiction fan since the mid 70’s and
remember watching TOS con a 19” black and white TV with
really bad reception which when it showed the Enterprise moving through
space there were a lot more stars, but then again it seemed to always
be snowing on the ship and every planet they went too. In 1977 Star
Wars came out and there was no snow anywhere in the movie and it was in
color, well also in 1978 my Dad came home in early September with a new
25” color TV and we was able to watch all of the Fall TV
shows in Color and without snow. That year Battlestar Galatica also
came out and once again there was no snow. I thought to myself why is
it Star Trek only goes to the cold planets and none of these other
shows or movies go there? Well a few weeks went by and the Channel that
aired TOS moved Star Trek to 5PM Monday-Friday, which was on right
after Cartoons after school. I realized that it was the TV we had and
not an over abundance of cold winter plants and that the environmental
systems that was on the Enterprise was not just going haywire.
The reason I am writing
about this is we have all seen some huge
changes in the way we watch TV, where we watch TV, when we watch TV,
and whom we watch TV with. In my home, I have a 52” HDTV, my
son and daughter both have 27” TV’s in their rooms
and I have a 32” TV in the Basement in my work shop and play
area. I have the kids TV’s set-up to Block stuff that is to
old for them, The TV in the basement does not have the picture so the
kids don’t mess with it. But I find when I sit down at night
know matter what I am watching I have two kids on both sides of me
watching whatever I am watching. My oldest ((13) which just moved in
with me in mid February) a few days ago during a commercial asked me
what was it like just listening to a radio and not being able to see
what was going on. I looked at him a little puzzled and asked him how
old do you think I am? Well he knows how old I am, but my Mother
was telling him a story awhile about HG. Wells and the Radio
Broadcast of
“War of the Worlds” well to make a long story a
little shorter My Mother must have said my name meaning
someone
else’s so Alex was a bit confused. The point too this is we
have come a long ways in the forum of Entertainment or the medium in
which it travels to use, be it radio, analog, digital, Black and White,
Color, sitting in front of a TV or Computer screen watching your
favorite show at a time of your picking or the actual time slot when it
is aired make time for your kids, or a loved one to share that time
with and share your thoughts of what you see.
I told my Dad and Mom several years after I found out that it was not
snowing on The Enterprise what I had thought they both got a big kick
out of it. Watching TV, gaming, Clubs that you belong to can also be a
good place to spend time with your not only friends but with family
too.
The perception we had as kids, may just be the same perceptions our
kids have, so if you had a bad perception as a kid please try to help
change it for your kids or for a friends child. We can all make the
Future a little Brighter for us and someone else.
Lt. Col MarQIS sutai-qul
