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Anson Kennedy @ansonkennedy.bsky.social · 1h

They say the Star Trek: Enterprise episode "Dawn" is a shameless rip off of the movie "Enemy Mine."

I don't see it.

#StarTrek #StarTrekENT #EnemyMine #SciFi #television #movies

Side by side comparison of alien characters from "Enemy Mine" (left) and Star Trek: Enterprise "Dawn" (right). They are both seen from the side, looking towards the left. Jeriba Shigan has rough skin and the back of his head tapers to a point. Zho'Kaan has rough skin and the back of head tapers to a point.

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Anson Kennedy @ansonkennedy.bsky.social · 11h

Separated at birth?

#StarTrek #MrSpock #IshKabibble #KayKyser

Side by side portraits of Mr. Spock (Star Trek) and Ish Kabbible (Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge). Text across top asks, "Separated at birth?" Text beneath each photo is their names. Both Spock and Ish have the same haircuts and similar facial structures.

Anson Kennedy @ansonkennedy.bsky.social · 16h

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier would've been a FANTASTIC TOS third season episode.

#StarTrek #movies #SciFi

Classic "Change My Mind" meme. Text on sign reads, "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier would've been a great third season episode -- Change my mind."

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Anson Kennedy @ansonkennedy.bsky.social · 17h

Night of the Lepus (1972) costars two Star Trek alums, DeForest Kelley and Paul Fix, fighting giant mutated bloodthirsty rabbits. Also starring Stuart Whitman and a fluffle of bunnies.

They could've used Elmer Fudd.

#NighOfTheLepus #StaTrek #horror #movies #rabbits #bunnies

Image from Night of the Lepus showing giant rabbits rampaging down a street. Elmer Fudd has been added to the left. The barrels of his shotgun are drooping limply and Elmer looks confused.

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Anson Kennedy @ansonkennedy.bsky.social · 1d

Apparently the Panhellenic goddess Potnia changed her name to Athena because she was having such a good time in Athens. Possibly.

#Athena #Athens #Potnia #goddess #GreekMythology #mythology

Is Athena Named After Athens, or Vice Versa?
talesoftimesforgotten.com/2025/10/20/i...

Is Athena Named After Athens, or Vice Versa? - Tales of Times Forgotten

In ancient times, the people of the Greek city-state of Athens regarded the goddess Athena as their patron. The special relationship between the goddess and the city is reflected in their shared name,...

talesoftimesforgotten.com

Anson Kennedy @ansonkennedy.bsky.social · 2d

It would be interesting if Starfleet Academy explained what happened to Sisko after DS9 ended.

But should it? Some things are better left as mysteries.

#StarTrek #StarfleetAcademy #BenjaminSisko #EmissaryOfTheProphets

gizmodo.com/star-trek-st...

Will 'Starfleet Academy' Actually Do Something With the Final Mystery of 'Deep Space Nine'?

What seemed like a throwaway nod to 'Star Trek' history in the 'Starfleet Academy' trailers may have something more to it.

gizmodo.com

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Anson Kennedy @ansonkennedy.bsky.social · 2d

On this official #CryptidDay, created by the #ChurchOfGnome (est. January 25, 2024), I'd like to make note of the #Woodbooger. The Woodbooger is a #Bigfoot like creature said to wander SW Virginia. Norton, VA, hosts an annual festival in its honor.

#cryptid

www.nortonva.gov/455/Woodboog...

Head and right shoulder of the Woodbooger stature in Norton, VA. Text on bottom asks, "Have you seen the WOODBOOGER?"

Anson Kennedy @ansonkennedy.bsky.social · 3d

The #ShudderTV #slasher series #HellMotel spends 8 eps answering the question no one asked: What if you filled a #horror show exclusively with NPCs?

The answer everyone could guess: Nearly 8 hrs of predictable slop with characters no one cares about.

#television

www.imdb.com/title/tt3677...

Hell Motel (TV Mini Series 2025) ⭐ 5.5 | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Hell Motel: Created by Aaron Martin, Ian Carpenter. With Paula Brancati, Jim Watson, Genevieve DeGraves, Emmanuel Kabongo. 10 true crime obsessives invited to the opening weekend of the newly renovate...

www.imdb.com

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Anson Kennedy @ansonkennedy.bsky.social · 3d

A deep burning desire to get out of Florida

#UFOs #FlyingSaucers #aliens #ETs #extraterrestrials

What got you interested in UFO'S and aliens?
www.metabunk.org/threads/what...

What got you interested in UFO'S and aliens?

www.metabunk.org

Anson Kennedy @ansonkennedy.bsky.social · 3d

They must've left the louvers open.

#Louvre #robbery #heist #news

What to know about the heist at Paris' Louvre museum
www.axios.com/2025/10/19/l...

What to know about the heist at Paris' Louvre museum

The bandits made off with loot that France's interior minister described as "priceless."

www.axios.com

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Anson Kennedy @ansonkennedy.bsky.social · 4d

Acceptable.

#Trekle (treklegame.com) 1386 2/6
#StarTrek Difficulty: 🔘

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#game #puzzle

Trekle

A Trek-like variant of the popular 5 letter word guessing game.

treklegame.com

Anson Kennedy @ansonkennedy.bsky.social · 5d

In the season 2 episode "Singularity" of Star Trek: Enterprise, Captain Archer struggles to write a one page preface to a biography of his father. T'Pol declines to write it for him. If only the AI bubble hadn't burst he could use ChatGPT. This is probably for the best.

#StarTrek #AIBubble #ChatGPT

Image from the Star Trek: Enterprise episode "Singularly." Captain Archer is pacing in his cabin and has raised his right fist in frustration. Text across the top and bottom reads, "Why did the AI bubble burst in 2025? / ChatGPT I need you!

Anson Kennedy @ansonkennedy.bsky.social · 6d

No one played a maniacal witch like #LaraParker. Whether she was the vengeful #Angelique chasing Barnabas on #DarkShadows, or the fashion model Madelaine Perkins hexing her way to success on #KolchakTheNightStalker, she left no scenery unchewed when the cameras were rolling.

#horror #television

Angelique curses Barnabas Collins just after he shot her in the shoulder on Dark Shadows.

Madelaine Perkins laughs maniacally after her coven has hoodwinked Carl Kolchak into destroying the magical objects which protect Madame Trevi from her spells on Kolchak: The Night Stalker.

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Anson Kennedy @ansonkennedy.bsky.social · 7d

Night of Dark Shadows (1971) is a less lurid movie than House of DS. Focusing on Quentin Collins, it is tale of ghosts, possession, reincarnation, and centuries old murder and revenge. And witches.

Notable mainly as the screen debut of Kate Jackson.

#NightOfDarkShadows #horror #movies

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Anson Kennedy @ansonkennedy.bsky.social · 8d

House of Dark Shadows (1970) is a bloodier retelling of the original Barnabas Collins storyline from the TV soap opera.

Relying on watchers' knowledge of the show, the movie sacrifices characterization for lurid set pieces. Not that that's a bad thing.

#DarkShadows #horror #movies #television

Blu-ray box cover for "House of Dark Shadows."

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Anson Kennedy @ansonkennedy.bsky.social · 9d

In 1966, #WilliamShatner starred in the #horror #movie #Incubus. Spoken entirely in the #conlang #Esperanto, the actors learned their lines phonetically and mispronounced everything.

Also in the cast Robert Fortier, Tomar in TOS episode By Any Other Name.

#StarTrek

www.imdb.com/title/tt0059...

Incubus (1966) ⭐ 6.1 | Horror

1h 14m | Unrated

www.imdb.com

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Anson Kennedy @ansonkennedy.bsky.social · 10d

"Dark Shadows" was almost canceled due to low ratings during its first season. The introduction of angsty vampire Barnabas Collins in episodes 211-220 saved the show.

Supernatural shenanigans ensued.

#DarkShadows #SoapOpera #horror #Gothic #television

Publicity photo of Jonathan Frid as Barnabas Collins on "Dark Shadows." Barnabas is baring his fangs and holding his iconic silver handled cane.

Text split across top and bottom reads, "I may bite your neck and suck your blood / but I'll feel bad about it"

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Anson Kennedy @ansonkennedy.bsky.social · 10d

I wonder if Starfleet Academy will have a cadet named Tom Corbett?

#StarTrek #StarFleetAcademy #TomCorbettSpaceCadet #ScuFi #television

www.inverse.com/entertainmen...

75 Years Ago, One History-Making Sci-Fi Show Set The Stage For Star Trek

It's hard to imagine the Final Frontier and all sorts of sci-fi TV without 'Tom Corbett.' Here's why the earliest 'Space Cadet' show changed everything.

www.inverse.com

Anson Kennedy @ansonkennedy.bsky.social · 11d

I forgot to add to the alt text:

Text split between top and bottom reads, "If it walks like a duck it might not be a duck./It might be Bugs Bunny disguised as a duck"

Anson Kennedy @ansonkennedy.bsky.social · 11d

If it walks like a duck it might not be a duck.

It might be Bugs Bunny disguised as a duck.

#meme #BugsBunny #DaffyDuck #LooneyTunes #cartoon

Image from the classic Looney Tunes cartoon "Rabbit Fire." Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck are walking in the woods. Bugs is disguised as a duck. His ears are hidden under a rubber cap, he has black bird feathers stuck to his tail with a plunger head, he's wearing green scuba flippers, and he has a fake yellow duck bill strapped to his face. Daffy, walking behind Bugs, is wearing a fluffy white bunny tail and fake rabbit shoes.

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Anson Kennedy @ansonkennedy.bsky.social · 12d

In his first movie Fear in the Night (1946 or '47), #DeForestKelley was a man who dreamed he killed someone. Later investigation found a murder had happened matching his dream. Did he do it?

He was also on some #SciFi #television show.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_in...

#thrillers #movies #StarTrek

Fear in the Night (1947 film) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Anson Kennedy @ansonkennedy.bsky.social · 14d

In Dan Curtis' "Bram Stoker's Dracula" (1974) TV movie, Dracula is impaled standing up with a spear against an upended table.

Also the first Dracula to feature the reincarnation of Drac's long dead love subplot, recycled from Curtis' horror soap opera "Dark Shadows."

#Dracula #DarkShadows #horror

Image from the end of Dan Curtis' "Bram Stoker's Dracula." Long shot of dead Drac impaled by a spear against an upended table. On the wall behind him is a large painting showing Dracula in his warlord glory hundreds of years ago. An empty crimson velvet-lined coffin lies on its side against the wall under the painting.

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Anson Kennedy @ansonkennedy.bsky.social · 14d

I was rewatching "Shockwave" ( #StarTrekENT S1E26) recently and noticed an equipment ID plate on the back of a monitor Captain Archer was using to meet with Admiral Forrest. It is very similar to ID plates used on US military equipment.

Image info in alt text.

#StarTrek #Shockwave

Image capture from Enterprise S1 E26 "Shockwave," approximately 6:12 timestamp. Captain Archer is looking at a monitor. Faintly visible on the back of the monitor is an ID plate.

Zoomed in and cropped image of the ID plate in the screen capture. The image has been adjusted and enhanced to mave details on the ID visible. Across the top is the number 05-94727. Smaller text is not legible.

An image of a random equipment ID plate used by US military. Source: https://www.miladisplays.com/photometalnmplts/black_anod_alum_bleached_etched.jpg

Anson Kennedy @ansonkennedy.bsky.social · 15d

Kolchak: The Night Stalker's final episode "The Sentry" was clearly inspired by Star Trek's "The Devil in the Dark." Except one had a subterranean reptile creature and the other had a silicon based throw rug.

#KolchakTheNightStalker #StarTrek #StarTrekTOS #television

Side by side screen captures. On the left is the reptile (flinching away from a torch) from the Kolchak episode "The Sentry." On the right is the Horta from the Star Trek episode "The Devil in the Dark." Captain Kirk, back to the camera, is pointing a phaser at the critter. Text on the bottom reads, "REAL MOTHERS."

Anson Kennedy @ansonkennedy.bsky.social · 16d

Yvonne De Carlo accepted the role of Lily Munster to pay medical debts incurred by her husband, stuntman Bob Morgan, after a serious accident during production of "How the West Was Won" (1962).

#TheMunsters #LilyMunster #YvonnedeCarlo #television #comedy #horror

Yvonne De Carlo striking a pose in costume as Lily Munster.