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WickedHate posted:Modern TV will never be as good as it was in the My Mother The Car era. It's funny how it's mostly white people that have a nostalgic view of the 1950s. It's all code for "life was better when the coloreds knew their place".
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Indolent Bastard posted:It's funny how it's mostly white people that have a nostalgic view of the 1950s. Um??? Star Trek was AGAINST racism I dunno what you're talking about. If only whites and blacks could learn from this cultural treasure and stop equally harming each other.
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WickedHate posted:Um??? Star Trek was AGAINST racism I dunno what you're talking about. If only whites and blacks could learn from this cultural treasure and stop equally harming each other. Star Trek was yes. But in a general "I miss the good old days" sense I often get a vibe from those folks that life was better when women weren't (easily) allowed out of the home and people of color kept to their own. Now we have "scary" Muslims and people with a fluid gender?!?!?! Not in my America, thank you very much, Beach Boys take me away... What I'm really saying is Gilchrist is terrible and his fans are no better.
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Indolent Bastard posted:It's funny how it's mostly white people that have a nostalgic view of the 1950s.
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Indolent Bastard posted:Star Trek was yes. But in a general "I miss the good old days" sense I often get a vibe from those folks that life was better when women weren't (easily) allowed out of the home and people of color kept to their own. Now we have "scary" Muslims and people with a fluid gender?!?!?! Not in my America, thank you very much, Beach Boys take me away... It also means that Gilchrist is just pulling stuff out of his rear end that's old if he doesn't personally wank off to it. Star Trek had a lot of radical ideas for it's time. Capitalism is long gone, personal choice is very important, men and women serve equally, and it was the first show to have an interracial kiss. It wasn't show in some parts of the south for that very reason. Uhura, a black woman, was on the bridge crew and would be acting captain. They had a Russian character on the bridge crew during the Cold War. Religion is mostly used to show backwards ideas or barbarism. And pulling some stuff from Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_influence_of_Star_Trek) Nichelle Nichols, the actress portraying Uhura, has a quote from when she was at a fundraiser for the NAACP quote:I thought it was a Trekkie, and so I said, 'Sure.' I looked across the room, and there was Dr. Martin Luther King walking towards me with this big grin on his face. He reached out to me and said, 'Yes, Ms. Nichols, I am your greatest fan.' He said that Star Trek was the only show that he, and his wife Coretta, would allow their three little children to stay up and watch. [She told King about her plans to leave the series.] I never got to tell him why, because he said, 'You can't. You're part of history.' So yeah, lots of words, cause I'm a big ol' nerd fan of TOS and Gilchrist should get phasered maximum stun.
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Gene Roddenberry was so progressive that he was boning the black actress working for him! Can you say the same kind of dedication to racial equality from contemporary tv producers???
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Shirec posted:It also means that Gilchrist is just pulling stuff out of his rear end that's old if he doesn't personally wank off to it. Star Trek had a lot of radical ideas for it's time. Capitalism is long gone, personal choice is very important, men and women serve equally, and it was the first show to have an interracial kiss. It wasn't show in some parts of the south for that very reason. Uhura, a black woman, was on the bridge crew and would be acting captain. They had a Russian character on the bridge crew during the Cold War. Religion is mostly used to show backwards ideas or barbarism.
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Ugh, real religions in my Star Trek?  Why have a science fiction series set 200 centuries in the future if you're just going to fill it with contemporary cultural references. This was one of the most glaring flaws in TOS, surely we will have dealt with Scots by 2260.
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I was misunderstanding this strip when I read it the first time. I thought that the first panel was the Phantom forcefully shoving that guy in to the trunk and then slamming it shut, and I thought it was awesome. Then I read it again and saw what it really was and it was even more awesome.
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My Lovely Horse posted:On the other hand Gilchrist may have actually a point there, because if the new Star Trek series has a Muslim character I will eat my hat raw (religion's place in Star Trek notwithstanding; they can make it work if they want to). DS:9 has an Iranian doctor
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Given that it's VHS, is it's a commercially produced tape, there probably isn't more than 1 or 2 episodes per tape (6 if it's homemade). So with luck Sluggo's got himself Spock's Brain and maybe the other one with the space hippies or something. The Beanie and Cecil tape -- ugh. There was, I think, only one produced on VHS because I remember my mum being so happy to find it. My brother, who is now 62, was crazy about Beanie and Cecil when he was a little boy, 3 or 4 years old, so that would have been 1957 or 8. Also, isn't Sluggo himself only about 7 or 8? Maybe it's just me, but a little boy like that  over jiggle-TV seems a little creepy.
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Nenonen posted:Gene Roddenberry was so progressive that he was boning the black actress working for him! Can you say the same kind of dedication to racial equality from contemporary tv producers??? I think you mean sexually harassing. And he did it to women of all races, truly a paragon of equality.
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Mr. Maltose posted:I think you mean sexually harassing. And he did it to women of all races, truly a paragon of equality. Gene believed that we are all pink on the inside.
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Mr. Maltose posted:I think you mean sexually harassing. And he did it to women of all races, truly a paragon of equality. Aw dang, I didn't know that, ugh  That's what I get for just being happy at the good stuff and not digging around
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Lowen SoDium posted:Gene believed that we are all pink on the inside. Except Vulcans, of course.
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Safety Dance posted:Except Vulcans, of course. You have put more thought into this that I have. I tip my hat to you.
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Shirec posted:Aw dang, I didn't know that, ugh Definitely don't look into why Grace Lee Whitney was fired.
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Shirec posted:Aw dang, I didn't know that, ugh Roddenberry is dead and can no longer profit from his creation or his bad behavior. Like what you like. Everybody's lovely. Doesn't change that he made a great thing. Luann  I never lived in a dorm and thus did not have to deal with an RA. Seems like this is far beyond what she would be able to claim was in the line of duty, right? You can't go all grabby hands on somebody's phone or their (or their friend's) property. I hope? The Amazing Spider-Man  That looks like a pretty long drive, actually, so yeah. Go ahead and talk about Star-Lord and Groot. Sally Forth  Sad, yes. But not alienating for me at the moment, unfortunately. The Heart of Juliet Jones 
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Manuel Calavera posted:Compu-Toon The more I look at this, the more I realize this may be the peak Computoon.
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Julet Esqu posted:Luann They can't enter your room without your permission.
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Ralepozozaxe posted:The more I look at this, the more I realize this may be the peak Computoon. Only true Keypad Kids will get this.
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Savidudeosoo posted:They can't enter your room without your permission. I kinda hope this story jukes into a tale about Bernice overstepping her bounds.
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Yeah Bernice is just being a terrible person not an RA. Mary Worth would be ashamed of this meddling.Safety Dance posted:I kinda hope this story jukes into a tale about Bernice overstepping her bounds. Consequences? For one of the nice girls? Unlikely.
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Safety Dance posted:I kinda hope this story jukes into a tale about Bernice overstepping her bounds. St. Bernice? Second only to the Most Holy Luann? Be punished? Never gonna happen. At best Tiffany the Whore will escape punishment, but that's about it.
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Mr. Maltose posted:I think you mean sexually harassing. And he did it to women of all races, truly a paragon of equality. Yep that's it, although it's possible that he and Nichelle Nichols might have had a true friendship-with-benefits with more emphasis on the friendship which makes it a bit better than Hollywood in the 60s in general. At least I hope she stayed in the relationship through her own volition and not just to not offend MLK. Julet Esqu posted:Roddenberry is dead and can no longer profit from his creation or his bad behavior. Like what you like. Everybody's lovely. Doesn't change that he made a great thing. Also you can enjoy driving a Volkswagen now, they stopped using Jewish slave workers a while back. Might not buy a diesel model, though.
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Ms Boods posted:Given that it's VHS, is it's a commercially produced tape, there probably isn't more than 1 or 2 episodes per tape (6 if it's homemade). This was especially true with children's shows. I worked at Blockbuster way back in the day and sold and rented tapes with one loving random 20 minute episode of TMNT or Power Rangers or whatever on it. It was awful. Ralepozozaxe posted:The more I look at this, the more I realize this may be the peak Computoon. F Minus  Mary Worth  A month later: Dear Wendy, I've been weighing this decision for months now. The jobs in question are long gone due to my prevarication. Your advice has been no help whatsoever. What are you, some kind of fill-in advice columnist? Pros and cons? Think? Go with your gut? This is advice? I am homeless and destitute and selling myself to make ends meet. So, what do I do now? I don't ask expecting good advice, but because recent history indicates if I do the exact opposite of your suggestions, I could not possibly do worse. Sincerely, Hopeless in Santa Royale Rex Morgan MD  "And for the first discussion topic: I understand we have a family named the Morgans, and in particular a little girl named Sarah to thank for this. Care to comment?" Secret Agent X-9  Apartment 3-G 
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Julet Esqu posted:Luann
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Johnny Walker posted:
Although to be fair, what the hell is Mary supposed to say? "Go with whicher pays more"?
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Indolent Bastard posted:St. Bernice? Second only to the Most Holy Luann? Be punished? Never gonna happen. At best Tiffany the Whore will escape punishment, but that's about it. And the fact that she escapes punishment will be yet another reason we're supposed to hate Tiffany.
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Johnny Walker posted:Rex Morgan MD Bob Loss? Oh, for Pete's sake, Beatty. (It's a play on Bill Gaines, the guy behind Mad and EC Comics in the 50s.)
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Safety Dance posted:Although to be fair, what the hell is Mary supposed to say? "Go with whicher pays more"? If this entire situation represents the kind of questions Ask Wendy gets and tries to answer in the first place, I don't see the point in the column at all.
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Endless Mike posted:No, in my one experience getting in trouble (well, not me - my roommate - long story), they will get another RA or two that are available before doing anything and will call campus police if necessary. The best part of all this, imo, is that Bernice is wanting to be a guidance counselor.
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Julet Esqu posted:Luann She's not using her authority as RA, she's using her authority as a total bitch.
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Shirec posted:The best part of all this, imo, is that Bernice is wanting to be a guidance counselor. Guide me to an early grave
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Julet Esqu posted:
Most of the movies I watch about college girls in dorms start out this exact way.
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Johnny Walker posted:Apartment 3-G Jim Garrison? Is this going to turn into Oliver Stone's Apartment 3-G?
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Lowen SoDium posted:Most of the movies I watch about college girls in dorms start out this exact way. ~Hel-LO, Greg...
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Strontium posted:Take It From the Tinkersons Calvin and Hobbes did it better: 
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