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Home Theater Transformed Into Star Trek Bridge
gevmage writes "Gary Reign, a guy with apparently way too much time on his hands, built a home theater in his basement. This is not unusual. However, the room is designed, floor to ceiling, as the bridge of a Star Trek style starship. See his
photo page for details."
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It looks like he did a lot of work, and it looks authentic.
However, there's one photo missing: one of these days, he'll have to sell that house. I want a picture of the real estate agent's face when they see that room!
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Here are some links posted from the digg page:
Original Digg link: http://www.electronichouse.com/article/star_trek_t heater/
Digg story: http://digg.com/mods/Really_Cool_Homemade_Star_Tre k_Theater_(slideshow)
From comments:
The Larger image: http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/5278/bridge20p2 byb1.jpg
The Rest of the Images:
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I remember reading about this about a year ago. The man in question was so dedicated to his fantasy that he went through bankruptcy and a divorce before he finished it.
It would have almost been worth it if the teleporter worked.
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blur out the LCARS screens?
Damn and here I was waiting for the digg effect to wear off so I could see the site and then WHAM here comes slashdot.. well I guess another 2 days waiting won't hurt ...
...but not his server today.
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" Plenty of real good-looking and smart women"
You might want to look up the word 'Plenty'.
There are not plenty of good looking or smart girls interested in science fiction, much less women that are both.
There are a few, and I married one(yeah me), but plenty is not the word I'd use.
When you go to a star trek convention and half the attendeess are good looking and smart women, then we will have 'Plenty'.
Of course, that means that the other gender needs more good looking and smart people as well. Fortunatly my wife got hers(yeah her).
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It's almost, like, surreal...ya know?
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This really depends on the perspective. Maybe spending all those hours building these Star-Treky props
wasn't "productive" for him as you'd define productive but I can imagine it was most likely an immensely
interesting and satisfying activity for him. Going from the "Vista" link you're plugging in your signature,
I'd find the time better spent building myself an LCARS-kind-of-like display than wasting my time on that.
Why do people automatically make that assumption? Look, unlike the nutcase in England who ran himself into unbelievable debt to make a transporter room in his flat, this room at least serves a legitimate purpose: home theater. And in that perspective, why not use something like the bridge of the Enterprise? The screen does exactly what it's supposed to do both on the Enterprise and in a regular theater - show video; the dome lights do exactly what they're supposed to do on both the Enterprise and in a regular theater; the speakers are placed in strategic locations where speakers should be placed for a home theatre system. Considering the things that he could have done to his house to show his love for Star Trek, this is probably the most practical and least bizarre.
It's nowhere near as kitsch as you guys are making it out to be. If he had a regular door instead of a Starfleet door and replaced any blatantly Star Trek-related items with something more contemporary, no one would be bashing his setup. "Nice bookshelf, nice ceiling lighting, leather chairs, big screen, hidden speakers -- this is really nice. Oh wait. Look! The door (that can very easily be replaced) is a Starfleet door! Oh, how stupid this whole thing is!!" Oh, please. I honestly think that to anyone who is a Star Trek fan and has an appreciation for home theare this is not nearly as much of a turn-off as you'd think.
Yet look how Slashdotters react when the newest, highly-creative, PC case mod comes out. "Cool!" "Where do I get one!" "And it's water-cooled!" "Look how it glows!" "r0x0rz!" "Awesome case!" I certainly love cool-looking PC cases, too, but most people would scorn us for paying premium prices for a PC case, no matter how cool it looks. So, perceived value goes both ways.
And don't confuse "market value" for "marketability" or "sellability". They're completely different. The "market value" for a PS3 when it first came out was $699. The "marketability" and "sellability" values were obviously much, much higher. Houses are no different. I don't see this particular home theatre design hurting its market value, but I do see it increasing its marketability to even mild Star Trek fans who happen to love home theatre, especially when the blatant Star Trek-related items appear to be easily replaceable.
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I was going to agree whole-heartedly with you here until you clouded the issue with your obvious falsehood of (reads /.) + (goes to trek cons) + (has wife).....
Of course he is loaded, think of all the money he saves living in his Mom's basement!
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It is human nature to take shortcuts in thinking.
Even if you're not a Trekkie, immersing yourself into a different environment like this would make for a more interesting experience. After all, isn't the point of such a room to entertain?
What I really want to know, though, is whether he requires his guests to lean dramatically back and forth during chase scenes?
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It must have been rather shocking when you found out about this. Well, time heals all wounds I guess.
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Go to a Star Trek convention. How many people there are smart? Quite a few.
Ha! This isn't true, at the last convention I went to most people didn't even know that in Episode #4F04 of TOS, if you freeze frame 16237 you can see some of the sound wiring from the set. How can any true fan not know basic knowledge like this?
The guy probably spent 4+ hours/day on a project that now makes an interesting story. Meanwhile, the rest of us of spend 4+ hours/day screwing around on the web or watching TV. Who's the one with too much free time?
I say good for him. And I yield to his nerd superiority. I'd buy him a beer, but something tells me he only drinks whatever they serve on Deep Space 9.
Hmmm....my calculator puts 1:4 at 25%...
This dude is my GOD! If he's looking for a wife, my ex-gf would KILL to marry him.
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"a guy with apparently way too much time on his hands"
Actually it looks like a good thing to do with spare time: he was creative. That took some thought, design work, and craftsmanship.
"a guy with apparently way too much time on his hands" is apparently code for "I think how you spend your free time is silly."
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No couch? Chairs/loungers only==no snuggling.
It's almost like he never expects to have a woman over...
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In most of America, people who own a home have easily doubled or tippled their investment just in the last 6-y years.
Huh? There's been growth in the housing market, but double and triple in value? Not quite. In my area, housing prices are falling as people are meeting with a buyers market. I can name off half a dozen people who'd love to move right now, but don't want to take a 25k hit when they sell their house.
Houses are not investments. Equity is just a plesant side effect.
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Hmm.... I thought that was actually near frame 10237... are you sure?
I think 1:4 is kind of like shooting for the moon with a paper airplane.
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