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Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 2h

Better than it's cracked up to be. The story isn't bad but it's hampered by production. The clattering vanir 'armour', the jazzy space pirates, "we're all going to diiiiiiiiie!!!", Nyssa removing her skirt for no reason, and the lack of anything for Tegan and Turlough to do. All mask a decent story.

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Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 3h

The dogs' ill health was not because of radiation, however, but more because dogs have no idea what's going on in space, can't exercise effectively, and get stressed and disoriented in zero g! The spacecraft was a modified Voskhod and also carried some plants and seeds.

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Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 3h

Human Spaceflight: 22 Feb 1966. The Soviets launch Kosmos 110, which is later disclosed to be a biological experiment sending two dogs, Veterok and Ugolyok into the van Allen radiation belt surrounding earth. 22 days later they were recovered in poor health and took weeks to recover.

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Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 23h

It’s odd how easily this lifts out of the run. At the end of the last episode Blake orders Zen to set course for Centero. At the end of this one he tells Zen to resume course for Centero. Next episode they arrive at Centero. The narrative remains intact if this episode never happens!

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Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, even with universal translators you’d think the Federation Ambassador to Kronos, who negotiated the Khitomer Accords, would have learned some at least…

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Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 1d

I think it’s in one of Phil Farrand’s ‘Nitpicker’s Guide’ books that he suggests comm panels have a button labelled ‘press to demonstrate other person’s linguistic ineptitude’… 😂

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Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 1d

‘The Way of the Warrior’ really raises questions as at least twice a Klingon word of phrase is spoken and everyone looks at Worf to translate! In one case Jadzia is reporting it, and she must already know what it means, with Curzon’s memories, so clearly she’s just being dramatic!

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Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 1d

D’oh! Read replies before posting. Someone rise has already said exactly this… 🤦‍♂️

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Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 1d

Nope. Which is odd because you’d think it’s the one word they might have given us!

It is inscribed on the stone tablet in ‘The Reckoning’ so we have it in written ancient Bajorans but that’s it.

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Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 2d

I can't see articles like this without thinking of that old gag about finding a Stradivarius and a Rembrandt....

Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 2d

Just know that, if you do, you will be missed.

a cat is peeking out of a box with the words `` hug coming your way '' written on it .

ALT: a cat is peeking out of a box with the words `` hug coming your way '' written on it .

media.tenor.com

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Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 3d

All mission objectives were met and the Little Joe II test programme for Apollo came to an end. The next Apollo spacecraft would be launched on a considerably larger rocket...

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Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 3d

Human Spaceflight: 20 Jan 1966. The final Little Joe II Apollo test flight, A004, is launched. This was to test that the system could stabilise a tumbling command module during the abort phase and that the spacecraft could withstand the highest pressure and loading likely to be experienced.

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Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 3d

Just for fun, here's a picture of the actors Filmation used to get the movements and basic character model outlines for He-Man, Teela and Skeletor. Some makeup accentuates muscle features and they have lines on their faces to aid in animating them at various angles.

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Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 3d

Though it should never be done as a drinking game or a single episode of anything they did would kill you with alcohol poisoning! The benefit of this was that they could turn out a lot of material very quickly and had more resource for writers and so on.

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Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 3d

Not sure it's comparable. Filmation did a great deal of work in rotoscope, so their characters had natural looking movements in many cases, and they just built up a library of shots. A fun game with Filmation stuff is spotting all the re-used animation!

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Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 3d

I found TAS surprisingly good when I finally got round to it. It's basic Filmation animation, but that's not a bad thing, and even in that basic style the characters are instantly recognisable.

When you're done, @sihart.bsky.social and I had some thoughts...

open.spotify.com/episode/33AQ...

Star Trek TAS - GIF'ed To The Max, Everywhere!

open.spotify.com

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Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 3d

Good grief, you've had FAR more important things to focus your attention on. As long as you're OK and taking care of yourself.

a cat is peeking out of a box with the words `` hug coming your way '' written on it .

ALT: a cat is peeking out of a box with the words `` hug coming your way '' written on it .

media.tenor.com

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Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 3d

Ah, the episode that earned the VHS release a 15 certificate, which in turn necessitated a pointless little post-credits shot of Starbug in the snow to justify re-certification so the DVD set could get a 12 certificate…

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Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 3d

We both send hugs.

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Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 3d

What? That Joe Ford bloke is in EVERY episode of his own podcast?! I can't believe this! This is crazy! Thank heaven people like this are around to warn us or we'd never have realised without listening to every episode....

*Disengage sarcasm mode...*

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Miss Inge Pisodés @quiteamess.bsky.social · 4d

THUNDERBIRDS ARE... FRANCHISED?
In which I learn about L points, and remember my first encounter with the concept of Intellectual Properties

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Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 4d

The whole base is absurdly oversized, and there's no reason it should have long empty corridors and ten feet of steel anywhere on it (that's a massive amount of weight to lift to Mars). The 'first Mars base' would be a much smaller affair. Nor does the idea of a nuclear bomb on it make sense.

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Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 4d

Human Spaceflight: 14 Jan 1966. The year gets off to a bad start for the Soviet space program as 'Chief Designer' Sergei Korolev dies, apparently after some botched surgery. He was instrumental in the Sputnik, Vostok and Vokshod programmes yet his identity was only revealed after his death.

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Robots In Your Eyes @robotsinyoureyes.bsky.social · 4d

A repost for the evening crowd.

Robots In Your Eyes @robotsinyoureyes.bsky.social · 4d

✨New episode!✨

Heading into the 21st century (well it seemed a long way off then!) Pete Lambert @quiteamess.bsky.social returns to the podcast to talk about conceptions in rescue that can challenge the impossible! It's Thunderbirds 2086!

open.spotify.com/episode/4shB...

Thunderbirds 2086 - Spacesuits for Rabbits and Squirrels

open.spotify.com

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