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Alternate Star Trek TOS Pilot Found

Raver32 sends news that the lost second pilot for Star Trek has been found, and will be released next month on Blu-ray. "Star Trek fans know there were two pilots for the original series. The first, 'The Cage,' was rejected by NBC for being 'too cerebral' (ah, some things never change). The second, 'Where No Man Has Gone Before,' replaced the actor who played the captain with William Shatner and was more action driven. That pilot had an alternate version which was largely lost and has never aired. Apparently, a film collector in Germany acquired the print and 'recently brought it to the attention' of CBS/Paramount. CBS is now releasing this version on Blu-ray Dec. 15."

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  1. zomg it's trek by florin · · Score: 4, Funny

    In other less important news, a stone tablet containing 5 alternate commandments was excavated in the Iraqi desert today.

  2. alternate universe by rossdee · · Score: 5, Funny

    do they have goatees?

  3. Re:Mad rush on Blu-ray predicted by Enderandrew · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you have old, grainy, low-quality footage, there is no other way to release it other than Blu-Ray!

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  4. Re:WOW by aplusjimages · · Score: 4, Funny

    Man I just hope this original story keeps with the canon of the Star Trek Universe.

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  5. Star Trek Act I...Warp II... by rirugrat · · Score: 4, Funny
    Star Trek...In Color!

    Starring Rex Hamilton as Abraham Lincoln.

  6. It's a plot Jim, but not as we know it by syousef · · Score: 4, Funny

    Stardate 5191.5.

    While googling frantically for pornographic footage of green three breasted alien women, have come across a place called "the pirate bay". Apparently this is an exchange post for all kinds of illicit material, but based on an analysis of the comments, quite inexplicably, it is only frequented by pre-pubescent teenage boys and social misfits who lack a fundamental part of the anatomy: a sense of humour.

    Recommend we study these life forms to learn what we can from them. They seem to have formed a lawless society loosely based on an earlier society that advocated rape and pilleage on the high seas . Furthermore they have technology that allows them to store an infinite number of files on a loose connection of inter-0networked machines, but strangely none of these files are complete, which often results in cursing and requests to perform a strange ritual invoked with the words "please seed".

    To guard against their natural enemies - a group who have become rich and successful by making entertainment audio and video recordings for a completely different group of pre-pubescent teenagers - they use a new kind of anti-mater which they call "peer guardian".

    Mr Spock believes they are "fascinating" and I am hopeful we will soon encounter green alien dancing girls with 3 breasts. I have therefore committed all resources of the Enterprise to cataloging and studing this group.

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  7. My favorite part of the clip: by Bob+Hearn · · Score: 4, Funny

    "George Takei as Chief Physicist"

    Helmsman, swordsman, physicist... the guy can do everything!

    1. Re:My favorite part of the clip: by hyades1 · · Score: 5, Funny

      "Helmsman, swordsman, physicist... the guy can do everything!"

      Except girls.

      Don't care...just sayin'.

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  8. Re:Good God!!! by Tumbleweed · · Score: 5, Funny

    >> Don't you mean Chekov's Dogs?

    > No, Pavlov. You know, the researcher who developed an obsession to ring bells whenever he saw a dog salivating.

    Chekov did a different experiment with dogs. He'd ring a bell when they failed to get a joke.