Comments for The Jesus Geeks

Comment on Episode 72 - Mail Spring Cleaning by JTM

JTM — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:43:47 +0000

I understand that being a knowledgeable fan of Star Trek alone doesn’t define a geek… But until they make “Exploding Zombie Vampires from Deep Space Nine” that’s about as geek as I get.

Comment on Episode 72 - Mail Spring Cleaning by Hank Harwell

Hank Harwell — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:14:08 +0000

No Hard Feelings. German Expressionism can be very confusing even when you are not under the influence.

Also no hard feelings on declining my offer. What I think I need is a co-host to keep me accountable to a production schedule and to keep me talking.

Comment on Episode 72 - Mail Spring Cleaning by Chris

Chris — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:09:19 +0000

Yea, I did, but I caught myself. I also blame the meds I was on at the time. Remember kids… Drugs are bad.

Comment on Episode 72 - Mail Spring Cleaning by Hank Harwell

Hank Harwell — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:45:19 +0000

Aaaughh! I know you didn’t just credit Fritz Lang as the director of Nosferatu! Lang did Metropolis (my all time fave). The director of Nosferatu was F. W. Murnau.

You want to talk silent classics (Nosferatu, Metropolis, The Golem, Hunchback of Notre Dame, etc), talk to me first. Sheesh!

Comment on Episode 71 - Trekkin on Your Canon by Chris

Chris — Fri, 29 May 2009 21:49:54 +0000

Cliff is more like a geek in training when it comes to sci-fi and fantasy. He is a major Bible geek tho. And I would like to point out, Star Trek is not the most important think when it comes to sci-fi geeky stuff. That would be Babylon 5 and Firefly/Serenity.

~Chris

Comment on Episode 71 - Trekkin on Your Canon by JTM

JTM — Fri, 29 May 2009 17:22:55 +0000

How can Cliff even CLAIM to be a geek if he is so deficient in Star Trek knowledge?!

Comment on Gene Roddenberry ain’t all that! by Jim W.

Jim W. — Thu, 21 May 2009 21:35:06 +0000

That’s a good question. I have not. In this part of Texas we had very little of UPN/WB and zero CW on DirecTV. I see where Sci-Fi runs shows from time to time but haven’t caught it yet. I’ll add the series and movie to my Netflix queue. Thanks for the advice.

Comment on Gene Roddenberry ain’t all that! by Brent

Brent — Mon, 18 May 2009 11:04:51 +0000

Have you seen the series Firefly or Serenity! They are the anti-Trek Sci Fi. Awesome show and movie!

Comment on Gene Roddenberry ain’t all that! by Jim W.

Jim W. — Thu, 14 May 2009 01:11:32 +0000

Greetings from Texas. I am new to this podcast and it is my first post. I’m really impressed, great job. Please excuse the long post. I have searched a long time for fellow Christians who are SFF fans/geeks, and I tend to prattle. Also, please pardon any grammar or spelling problems. I am having a hard time seeing black text on a gray background. Happens when you are 50+.

I happened to catch a rerun of the 25th anniversary of Star Trek on the Biography channel. It was done before Roddenberry’s health started to fail, Shatner looked really trim, and Nimoy had embarrassingly huge glasses. It was oddly comforting to see them that much younger (or alive in GR’s case.)

I was seven when I saw my first episode of ST:TOS, “The Doomsday Machine.” Holy cow. Yes, I was one of those nutty college students in the 70’s who refused to let ST die. I liked TNG because my sons were old enough to enjoy it with me. I hated DS9; if it wasn’t centered on a ship, it wasn’t Star Trek. Voyager I could not get where I live, and I guess I liked ST:Enterprise more than most folks. Probably because of Scott Bakula and “Porthos.” I really loved B5 in the can’t-wait-until-next-week way. But the bloom came off the rose a bit when I saw how much JMS, ahem, “borrowed” from Tolkien. If you’re going to borrow, borrow from the best.

You may be wondering if I have a point, and I do: music. Anyone who has seen “The Doomsday Machine” cannot ignore Sol Kaplan’s score, hate it or love it. Jerry Goldsmith’s second theme, for the first movie and TNG, unforgettable. But somewhere around the midway point of TNG, somebody forgot the importance of the score. All the way through ST:Enterprise, it was elevator music most of the time. But (spoiler) the party is on again with the new movie. I bought the soundtrack from iTunes as soon as I could. I checked IMDB quickly and saw that Michael Giacchino has done a ton of work for JJ Abrams. Especially in the end credits, he has seamlessly woven ST:TOS’ opening theme with his own compositions, and it’s a joy to listen to. Oh, yeah, the rest of the movie’s good, too. My wife is being a good sport and is going with me to Austin on Saturday to see it at an IMAX theater. What a lucky guy I am. God bless, everyone.

Jim

Comment on Gene Roddenberry ain’t all that! by charlie t.

charlie t. — Wed, 13 May 2009 06:14:55 +0000

Hey guys,

Yes, Roddenberry wasn’t all that. YOu should read what Shatner has to say about the man in his autobiography that came out last year. He basically makes Roddenberry out to be an ego-centric (isn’t that usually what’s said about Shatner?) money-mad exploiter of the Star Trek franchise. He’s right about the merchandising and it’s funny how Shatner goes on to list page after page of Trek memorabilia to prove his point.