Gymnopédie No. 1 by Erik Satie
In the final 20 minutes of his life, Picard chooses to spend five of it listening to this beautiful piece, “Gynompédie No. 1”, composed by Erik Satie. You’re welcome.
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To be honest, I’ve always thought the Enterprise-D was a pretty funny looking ship. Odd proportions.
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Mike Okuda, Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual.
Apparently when the blu-ray disks come out, we’ll be able to see these panels, some with in-jokes never designed to be visible on television, in high definition.
Read more from Mike in this interview from Star Trek.com.
“Computer… Computer…”
Star Trek Re-dubbed.
Via Dan Gurewitch
Old Star Trek made to look like new Star Trek (via Amanda, thedailywhat)
As you can see, this is clearly superior to the original version. It feels so alive and spacey and like the future and alive and also bright and superior. Alive and spacey.
This is so cool it’s ridiculous. Can’t wait to buy the The Original Series (J.J. Abrams Remastered Edition) DVDs. Garrett’s written more about Star Trek.