You get what anybody gets - you get a lifetime.

fairandbright:

after the abysmal “reference” to christine chapel in the new star trek film, i decided to go back to making mccoy/chapel graphics to combat this grave injustice.

Candice Accola as Nurse Christine Chapel

“Uhura never had another name during the series. One of the fan writers wrote “Upenda” – which means “peace” in Swahili, I understand – not officially, but in some of their fan writings. And it sort of took hold. But when they were going to do the official history of Star Trek in a published book, the writer called Gene and asked him was “Uhura” her first name or her last name? Gene said, “Well, Nichelle and I never decided.” We always leaned towards it being her last name because it’s taken from the Swahili “uhuru” which means freedom. So it would sort of be like the same as “Freeman.” So he said, “You can make it her last name.” The writer said, “What about her first name? I’ve come up with one in Swahili. It’s Nyota.” Gene said, “I can’t give you that permission because Nichelle and I named her together, and she has rights to that, so you’ll have to call her and get her permission.” So he gave him my number, and he called me and I laughed and was delighted. He said, “I have a name and it’s Nyota.” I said, “That’s quite beautiful. What does it mean?” He said, “It means ‘star’.” I said, “You can have my permission!” So I have since said that her name is Nyota Upenda Uhura, which would mean a free-floating star: “star of freedom and peace”. I like that.”— NICHELLE NICHOLS

“Uhura never had another name during the series. One of the fan writers wrote “Upenda” – which means “peace” in Swahili, I understand – not officially, but in some of their fan writings. And it sort of took hold. But when they were going to do the official history of Star Trek in a published book, the writer called Gene and asked him was “Uhura” her first name or her last name? Gene said, “Well, Nichelle and I never decided.” We always leaned towards it being her last name because it’s taken from the Swahili “uhuru” which means freedom. So it would sort of be like the same as “Freeman.” So he said, “You can make it her last name.” The writer said, “What about her first name? I’ve come up with one in Swahili. It’s Nyota.” Gene said, “I can’t give you that permission because Nichelle and I named her together, and she has rights to that, so you’ll have to call her and get her permission.” So he gave him my number, and he called me and I laughed and was delighted. He said, “I have a name and it’s Nyota.” I said, “That’s quite beautiful. What does it mean?” He said, “It means ‘star’.” I said, “You can have my permission!” So I have since said that her name is Nyota Upenda Uhura, which would mean a free-floating star: “star of freedom and peace”. I like that.”
— NICHELLE NICHOLS

(Source: intergalacticexplorer)

that-is-illogical:

There are puns

and then there’s the star trek reboot soundtracks

Hack To the Future

The Flask At Hand

Hangar Management

Enterprising Young Men

A Whole In My Hearth

I’ve Fallen and I Can’t Beam Up!

Nice To Meld You

I Gotta Beam Me

Trekking Down the Narada

Does It Still McFly?

Nero Death Experience

Meld-merized

Warp Core Values

latenightjimmy:

Zachary Quinto explained his totally normal interview vocab

wildandwild:

1/2/3

motherfuckingriverrun:

Star Trek → Karl Urban as Dr. Leonard “Bones” McCoy

∟ ”Well congratulations, Jim, now we’ve got no captain and no goddamn first officer to replace him.”

karlurbaninternational:

fromkathywithlove:

thranduilings:

Diva Legolas | Part 32: Should Have Listened to Legolas

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I laughed way too much at this.

“There’s a mountain,” Jim answers thickly. “It’s all I can see when I close my eyes. You died and everything stopped and I didn’t think I’d ever breathe again. But there was a mountain and it was like waking up again, and I could breathe.” Jim shivers. “You said my name before you remembered your own.” [x]

(Source: iristigerlily)

misandrwitch:

Is This A Kink I Have Or Was This Fic just Really Well Written; an existential crisis in three acts

“Tough to wake up on the day of the draw for a slam and not be in it! Was hoping it was a bad dream… #reality”

Andy Murray

*crying*

(via iloveandymurray)

the comeback kid: This really isn't that difficult to grasp.

my-life-in-textposts:

tzikeh:

1) Benedict Cumberbatch gave a phenomenal performance as Khan Noonien Singh in Star Trek: Into Darkness.

2) The casting of a white man as Khan Noonien Singh in 2013 is HIGHLY PROBLEMATIC.

3) Both of these things can be true at the same time.

4) No,…

edwardspoonhands:

the-science-llama:

If Earth Had Rings

First off, they would be really pretty to look at. They would also dominate the sky in both night and day at exactly the same place as they would never rise nor set. And at night you would see the Earth’s shadow swing across the rings, like in the 4th photo here.

However, life would be very different on Earth if this were the case. Nocturnal animals would have a hard time being nocturnal, as the light reflecting from the rings would illuminate the night.

Because we are closer to the Sun than Saturn is, the rings would be more rocky than ice, making them less bright but still pretty bright. In fact, you would see far less stars at night (living anywhere other than the equator or the arctic circle) because of the light pollution and not to mention ruin most meteor showers because of that.

During the day the rings would block sunlight in certain regions of the planet creating wild weather cycles and effecting plant life as well. So basically, they would be definitely pretty to look at but they would also make a whole lot of things screwy.

Illustrations by Ron Miller // io9
— Click the photos for captions

DANGIT EARTH! WHY YOU NO HAVE RINGS!