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 (OT) AMAFSR Newsletter for 09/06
Our Featured Members of the Month
New Members Of The Month
Trek Informative : Star Trek informational site for the focused RPG'er. Includes Fan Fic, fan created species and technology, profiles, non-commercial artwork, links to RPG's. The galaxy of information expands. Feel free to join and add your information, store your profiles and non commercial artwork! URL: groups.msn.com/TrekInformative
The Torchwood Institute Group : A group for the Doctor Who spin-off series. Who are Torchwood? How are they connected to The Doctor? Come in and try and find the answers you seek! TORCHWOOD IS HERE! URL: groups.msn.com/TTIG/_whatsnew.msnw
k'alaa's World II : Captain k'alaa's Corner Archives : A place to access all versions of Captain k'alaa's Corner. Soon to be added: a fan fiction archive! Would you like your fan fiction archived? Email me at captainkalaa@yahoo.com for more information. URL: kwii.bravehost.com/kWII.html
This month, we honor all our Admiral Mudd and Friends Site Ring Members that run Star Trek-themed sites. Here they are, may they continue to boldly go (or stay on the Internet, as the case may be! ) 
Annika's
The Capt-Mudd Website
Klingon Cultural Institute
MJ's Star Trek Day
ST: Borderlands
Federation Gaming Network
Star Trek Library
Antoinette's Corner of the Web
ST: Enterprise
Captain of Andromeda's Homepage
Chelsea's Enterprise Page
United Federation of Planets
USS Ranger
Star Tek Tri-Dimensional Chess Rules
Hemp Trek
Star Trek: The Ship Of Fools
Richard's Star Trek Homepage
Trekmp Developments
JC1701.com
Star Trek Voyager Info
Star Trek Starships And Other Cool Stuff
USS Jydian
The Town of Vulcan (Alberta, Canada) Website
SB-27
Trillworld
Unity Fleet
The Expanse
k'alaa's World
Star Trek RPG
The T'Pol/Archer Nebula
Star Trek: Angel's Dawn
The Spam Continuum
Star Trek: Starfleet Command
The Cortical Fissure Matrix
MJ's Star Trek Portal
IKV Qong'DIj
Lounge Lizards II
The USS Discoverer Simming Group
Captain K. Janeway's Star Trek Desktop Images
Captain K. Janeway's J/C Fan Fiction Pages
Trekmachine's Fan Page
Star Trek: The Fan Phenomenon
Linda C. Wood's Leonard Nimoy Fan Fiction Website
Star Trek: Pioneer
BKY's Star Trek Site
Starbase 15
Trek Link
Trek TV
The Enterprise Links Database
Star Trek: The Other Generation
The Lore Continuum
Star Trek Community
Dave's Place
Jones Lounge
Ha'voQ tuq Database
Star Trek GIF Animated Moments
Scifi Movies Links
Camelot Fleet
Brent Spiner's DATA Base
Make a DS9 Mini Series Campaign
Banshee Squadron
House of Tucker
The Star Trek Legacy
The Sci Fi Freak Site
Starbase Adran
USS Defender
The Arch-Angels: A Jonathan Archer Fan Site
Editorials and Special Interest Articles
Once upon a time, in the early days of the World Wide Web, there was a group of chatrooms at Paramount Digital Entertainment you could get to by typing StarTrek.com in your browser. In these chatrooms, friendships were forged, wars were fought and people spent time and care on each other. Then there was a breakdown in communication, bickering, and problems. This debate is between two members of this group, formerly known as Lounge Lizards. First up:
Looking Back or Forward by Amy Lynn
After several years of putting up with people asking me about the past of the StarFleet Lounge I have come to finally put it point blank simple. I'm shocked that so very many Trekkies or Trekkers are stuck on memories not to mention various issues of the past. Isn't Star Trek about the future? Shouldn't we be looking forward to what is to come, not to what once was? If Gene Roddenberry had been looking into the past, Star Trek would of never have come about. And where would we be now? This article wouldn't even exist. And I would not have met so very many interesting people.
Yes I know sometimes the Enterprise found themselves in the past. But even then they were looking forward, like how far we have come and what all we have done. An example of that is when Quark, Nog, and Rom came back to 1949 Roswell New Mexico. They weren't in the past looking further into the past. And even Picard said "What we leave behind is not as important as how we have lived." Seeing as it's been 40 years behind us of Star Trek, I'm looking forward to the film in 2008. I don't look forward to looking back, but to what is to come. So grab your glass and raise it high in and join me in a toast to "Things to come". ::Clinking of glasses::
Next...
Captain k'alaa's Corner: Let's Visit With Old Friends...
I think you are right, and you make a good point. However, I think people are still interested in their fellow Lounge Lizards because they want to have positive conversations, and keep in touch as adults, and forget anything bad that may have happened in the past. I for one have had plenty of trouble with certain people, but I have made my peace with them, and would love to continue to talk to them.
For instance, a certain person was at first a friend, then someone who harassed me, then we made up and he called me during my wedding! Others I had trouble with in the past have also made friends again, including people I see online and also run message boards or post to mine. I really want to keep in touch with the other former chatters at PDE, not because I want to go over old problems, but because I want to have a good relationship with old friends.
I understand what you mean when you quoted Picard. And I know that you want to look forward, as people should.
There are many of the old group I never want to talk to again. I was lucky enough to not have gotten to know some difficult people very well, but other certain names are definitely negative blasts from the past. One tried to get us talking again, then started his old tricks again. I'm sure I can speak for my other half when I say there are plenty of people from the old days I don't want to associate with. However, there are a few I'd like to try to say hello to, some of the nicer ones who have no reason to be despicable or to do despicable things. I have heard that you know a few of the nicer ones, and they are the ones I would be interested in saying hello to, and maybe have a group of us together by way of celebrating the 40th anniversary of Trek for a couple hours or so, as you said, catching up, letting people know where we are and what we're doing, and not having this long, drawn-out regular chat schedule.
Bringing up the bad old past is the last thing I want to do. But I want that feeling of community I had at PDE, and yes, even at Scifi.
Are you a former member of PDE? Do you have an opinion on this subject? Email us at kinda@msn.com. Your opinion could be in the next Admiral Mudd and Friends Site Ring Newsletter.
Letters To The Editor
From: hammeramicus at 60sand70sCult_TV
Re:Why Star Trek Means So Much To Me
I was born in 1967, and did not see Star Trek till about 1973-4. I had seen The Animated Series, and was very supprised to find a "live action" edition.
Along with the Jon Pertwee Doctor Who stories shown by PBS (WXXI, Rochester New York), UFO and Space: 1999, Star Trek captured my imagination and I have been a fan ever since.
I now live in Huddersfield in the United Kingdom (since 1983), and still like the classic show better than any of the post 1987 incarnations. TNG and DS9 where great, but Voyager amd Enterprise were just dullsville in my view.
From: Lukewaxer at Star Trek Legacy
Re: Captain k'alaa's Corner: Must We Buy Fandom?
Hi, I'm a member of S T Legacy and read your AMAFSR newsletter about (obviously) do we need to spend money on being a fan.
I was the Star Trek geek in my school (class of 83). I remember everybody laughing at me because I was so into the whole idea of space travel and other worlds and their inhabitants. What they didn't know was that Star Trek was only the tip of the ice burg when it came to Science Fiction. I loved it all! McCaffery, Niven, Asimov, Tolkien, Heinlein. They were the only things I really cared about.
I didn't need money for these people with the amazing ideas, all I needed was the imagination that came from the regular exercises I got from opening my mind to the Possibility of What If??
Yes I have several series on dvd, mainly because I live in the boonies and the television reception is next to impossible. The series gets watched two or three times a year in order each time.
But I don't feel the need to surround myself with visions of Kirk or Picard or even Counselor Troi.
Have I gone to Trek conventions??? Yes, as many as I could afford. But I never went in costume, and I never thought I needed that reminder that I was a fan. Have I bought books or magazines about trek? Yes, but no more then I would have for any other hobby for the mundane world.
Everyone is different. Thank God or we would all be clones! But I choose to be at my heart a person who is Science Fiction to the core, and a Trekker or B-5er or Star Wars fan among the many other possibilities.
A Word from the Founder: Thank You, Friends And Members
I just want to take a little of your time to say a big "Thank You" to you guys and gals, the members for...well, just for being there.
As you may have guessed, science fiction is a big thing in my life and I have so enjoyed helping to put this Newsletter and this webring together. As some of you know, I am severely disabled, so working on these things is extra hard for me to do. But I do it. I do it because of my enthusiasm for science fiction and science fiction fans. And my wanting for us all to have some fun here. So I really appreciate it when I see our members having fun. I also appreciate you all.
We work hard to make our websites and webring friendly, interesting places. We discourage harrassment and bad behavior, and encourage positive actions and good intentions. Unfortunately, some bad behavior does get through. This is bound to happen because these are publically accessed websites, but we do not condone it. We ask for positive suggestions to make the Newsletter and the webring more fun and interesting places to be. This is not only something we ask of our members, it is a policy of the AMAFSR. Any website wishing to be part of our site ring must follow these rules. And what is the most important rule of all? Enjoy yourself while reading the Newsletter, or accessing any of the AMAFSR-owned, or AMAFSR member sites!
Admiral Mudd (aka Peter Sinclair)
Reviewer's Retreat
Another Word from the Founder
When Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country first came out in 1991, there were rumours this would be the last movie with the entire TOS cast. Let's face it, by then they were all looking pretty old. As things turn out, the rumours were true. (Ok, Shatner, Koenig and Doohan come back for Generations but that's another story).
So how did I feel, knowing the crew I had grown to love (even though I grew up with TNG and to a lesser degree DS9) wasn't going to be in the next movie? I was sad. After watching and collecting TNG on VHS, I had also (by then) collected most, if not all of TOS. I had really gotten into this odd, 60's scifi series with the guys in the blue, gold and of course red shirts. Sure, TNG was really advanced looking, with their flashy consoles and sleek costumes, comfy-looking chairs and coordinated LCARS displays. But there was something very endearing about Kirk's Enterprise that couldn't be matched by any amount of money in the world. Whether it was the cheesy flashing lights, or the amusing background bleeps, tweets and whirrs, I don't know, but I love the 1701 bridge. The positioning of what seemed to be the only turbolift onto Kirk's bridge was perfect, slap-bang in the middle of the screen, with Uhura to the left, and Scotty to the right. The slight raising of the Captain's chair was another clever trick of set design. When we looked at the whole cast on the set, the effect was mesmerizing and exciting, and always made you eager to see what they would do next.
So when the final scene in Star Trek VI: TUC played, and the crew "literally" signed off after Kirk gave his final Captain's log, it brought tears to my eyes. Even now, I have to blink a few times when watching that scene. And inside, I still wish we could see one more adventure with Kirk, Spock, McCoy and their other crewmates.
TNG was wonderful, stories got better after the second half of the third season, and we settled in with new episodes and a new crew. When TNG ended, even though it was slightly sad, that feeling of losing a fantastic show just wasn't there, because we all knew it was going to go straight into movies.
Deep Space Nine was (in my opinion) the Star Trek with the best storylines of all. It was as if all the special ideas of Trek were condensed into this series, and made real for us all. The most upsetting thing of all was that they decided not to do DS9 movies. What a disappointment! The Dominion War storyline was such a good idea. Spread over several seasons, we didn't have the usual "story resolved in two episodes thing", we had much to watch and lots to look forward to.
Then we come to Voyager. Some say this is the closest to the style of TOS any Trek spinoff has ever come, with a Starfleet crew, literally going "where no one had gone before". The idea of the Captain being a woman was an excellent move on the part of the producers, and Kate Mulgrew played it to perfection.
However, I never felt the crew had the same impact or dramatic edge as the TOS crew had on their audience. You look at Kirk, you look at Spock, and straightaway you got a feeling for the situation in the story. You look at Janeway and her crew, and it seems less clear what the situation is or how they're going to handle it. This is not to say there are not good stories in Voyager, but of course, after thirty-some years of Trek on the air it could not have the same impact it had all those TOS years ago.
And the less said about Enterprise the better. I loved their costumes, their sets and their theme song. I didn't like the ship itself. I did like the first episode. After that, it seemed like every other show on telly, with nothing too special about it except for the slight tie it seemed to have with Star Trek, and even that didn't seem too important. I only have one thing to say about Enterprise really: why?
What have we to look forward to? At the time of writing this, there are rumblings at the studio that makes Star Trek (that OWNS Star Trek, they don't make it there right now), of an eleventh movie, with the old Academy days storyline being dragged out again. Will this be made? We don't know. I for one hope they do some revising before they shoot anything. The idea of having someone else play Kirk somehow makes me feel uncomfortable. They would never be able to follow Shatner's act (or, lol, maybe they COULD).
I would much rather see a movie set on or around Deep Space Nine, or a movie that could incorporate every incarnation of Star Trek in some way, without turning away the loyal fans, or making a mess of Gene's continuity. In Kirk's words: "Wouldn't it be something, to watch, over again?" A new generation of fans to whom Trek is a new thing?
To finish, I really have to say thank you Gene for coming up with the idea of Star Trek - for creating such a wonderful, beautiful vision of a future we could still have. And, for making some damn fine television.
May the Great Bird of the Galaxy fly forever.
Admiral Mudd
Members' Announcements
This month, at The Action Figure Theatre...
DOCTOR WHO : PROPHECY OF SHADOWS Part 1 of 2
The Eighth Doctor, Dari and Jess and seperated on a war torn world.
STAR WARS : THE INSIDIOUS THREAT Chapter 10
The Jedi take on the control droid.
TORCHWOOD : THE DEATH OF LEARNING
Milly seeks some answers at The Pinnacle, the seat of all knowledge.
Action and adventure all the way! URL: www.actionfiguretheatre.co.uk/
Jo's Quantum Café will soon have a new look and new content! I hope to publish everything at once by the end of the year. My time is divided between working on the website, travel, volunteer work, and helping organize the 2009 Quantum Leap convention. The convention website is www.leapback2009.com/.
Sponsored by Jo's Quantum Cafe , Al's Quantum Leap Site is planning and hosting a 20th anniversary Quantum Leap Convention, in Los Angeles (LeapBack 2009). For more information, please go to: www.leapback2009.com/ To access the discussion forums, please go to: quantumleap-alsplace.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=123
Angel's Dawn is looking for writers for a new era in simming! For more information, go to: groups.msn.com/startrekangelsdawn
Though big bold letters on the front Banshee Squadron web page announce that the site is closed, there may yet be new things coming in the near future! Possibly new stories, but new Banshee Squadron artwork at the very least. The Banshees may yet fly again! URL: banshees.merknet.com/
Linda C. Wood's Leonard Nimoy Site features poems, short stories, and full length stories about Leonard's characters, both Trek and non-Trek! The ezines UNIVERSER and UNIVERSER2 are exclusively Trek. Why not visit and enjoy? URL: www.lindacwood.bravehost.com
Lounge Lizards II, in association with Lounge Lizards III and the AMAFSR is sponsoring a Chat Reunion for all Star Trek.com PDE chatters (as well as SciFi #startrek, and Dunbin) to celebrate the 40th anniversary year of Star Trek. Were you a chatter at PDE/Scifi/Dunbin from 1996 - 2002? We would like to invite you to vote at our Chat Venue Poll on Lounge Lizards II. For more information on the Reunion, please contact Admiral Mudd or Captain k'alaa at kinda@msn.com.
"May you live long and prosper."
"Live long and prosper, Spock."
"I shall do neither. I have killed my captain."
Spock and T'Pau (Leonard Nimoy and Celia Lovsky), Star Trek: Amok Time
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