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Top Twenty Signs that
Star Trek is Taking Over Your Life
20)Saying "make it so" in casual conversation
19)Indignation because the periodic table doesn't include dilithium and tritanium.
18)Able to use "variable phase inverter" in a sentence without excessive thought first
17)More than one pair of Spock ears on junk drawer
16)Have figured out the stardate system
15)Sudden urge to wear lots of Lycra
14)Scanning shelves at local liquor store for synthehol
13)The Star Trek theme becomes background music for your dreams
12)Major quote sources for thesis are Shakespeare, the Bible, and "The Omega Glory"
11)Memorization of the crew's authorization codes
10)Forgetting that present-day elevators don't have voice interface
9)Attending a convention wearing non-Terran vestments
8)Actual serious thoughts about buying that $300 model of the Enterprise from the Franklin Mint
7)Understanding Klingon
6)Lecturing any science professor on how transporters work
5)Playing fizzbin and understanding it
4)"The Outrageous Okona" seems like a fine piece of writing and dramatic stylistics
3)Paying rapt attention during those endless special effects sequences in ST:TMP
2)Inexplicable rock-climbing urges
1)More than three original episode outlines buried in your drawers
In Star Trek The Motion Picture the writers who contibuted ideas or draft scripts included Gene Roddenberry, Harlan Ellison, Ray Bradbury, Theodore Sturgeon, and director Philip Kaufman (The Right Stuff). Michael Cimino (The Deerhunter) and Steven Bochco were also solicited, but declined to participate.
The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking. ~Albert Einstein
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