GH: TAN: GH and Star Trek
T. Johnson
On 15 Nov 1996, Isi wrote:
> Tribbles, the Prime Directive, "...resistance is futile..." - is it my
> imagination, or are a lot of GH fans/RATSA readers also pretty serious Star Trek
> fans?
>
> And if so, why are we "addicted" to two shows that are soooo different? (Of
> course, a case could be made for the fact that Star Trek - in all its forms - is
> just a soap on an intergalactic stage...)
Considering how much we have to suspend belief in order to follow some of
GH's storylines (you know, Sonny's accross-the world-and-back-again
travels in the time span of a day or so; Laura having a child who was born
after she was married to Luke, but who is now older than her marriage;
24-hour gloom and fog on a *certain* island, while the rest of PC has
daylight....just to mention some of the most recent cases) anyway, after
all that I don't find it hard at all to buy a lot of what goes on on Star
Trek (and they provide better explanations for the inexplicable). Time
travel, rapid aging of children, absence of any apparent aging in the
adults, strange climates......Gee, the more you think about it, the more
these two programmes seem to have in common!
Tracy (Laurie's Newbie and someone who can appreciate both GH and Star
Trek if she doesn't think about it too much ;)
Isi
Meredyth Purdy
Sure, sure, but I think, really, it's some sort of alternate universe
thing. In fact, I've been working on this theory about wormholes I think
you might be interested in.... ;)
Mer
T.A. Murray
Isis asks:
>is it my imagination, or are a lot of GH fans/RATSA Readers
>also pretty serious Star Trek fans?
Not your imagination. You can say Corbomite around here and
most everyone will know what you're talking about. But it
may have more to do with being on RATSA than watching GH.
That is, technofiles tend to be Trek fans. Still, what first
attracted us to GH was the SF element of The Ice Princess
Storyline. We were already Trek fans at that point and it
thrilled us that Kor the Klingon was playing Mikkos Cassadine.
Sorry, Isi, I seem to have misspelled your name above.
T 'n' T
Ney, whatever happened to the Organians
(Technophiles, that is.)
Katherine A Shecora-Mayer
Isi (moms...@cp.duluth.mn.us) wrote:
: Tribbles, the Prime Directive, "...resistance is futile..." - is it my
: imagination, or are a lot of GH fans/RATSA readers also pretty serious Star Trek
: fans?
: And if so, why are we "addicted" to two shows that are soooo different? (Of
: course, a case could be made for the fact that Star Trek - in all its forms - is
: just a soap on an intergalactic stage...)
This really belongs in the FAQ---
Genie Francis (Laura) is married to Johnathan Frakes (Riker) in real
life. The IRL father of the child portrayed by those adorable heirs to
the legend of the Olson twins is Mr. Frakes.
Now, for other linkages:
Felicia Bell plays the Wesley Wannabe Jake Sisco's mother (primarily
through flashbacks)
The Guy who plays Reginald starred in a primetime series on UPN, the name of
which I forget, which had special guest appearances by both Leonard
Nimoy and LeVar Burton. Stevan Kay (is that his name?) had the good sense
to keep his day job, and remains on GH.
There are a million other linkages---I should know, I am married to a
trekkie who watches GH!
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Suzanne R. Stone
bv...@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (T.A. Murray) wrote:
>Isis asks:
>>is it my imagination, or are a lot of GH fans/RATSA Readers
>most everyone will know what you're talking about. But it
>may have more to do with being on RATSA than watching GH.
>That is, technofiles tend to be Trek fans. Still, what first
>attracted us to GH was the SF element of The Ice Princess
>Storyline. We were already Trek fans at that point and it
>thrilled us that Kor the Klingon was playing Mikkos Cassadine.
Somebody should write a paper outlining the parallels between Luke
Spencer & Capt. Kirk. *He* could pull off a Corbomite Maneuver!
Tante Joan
Ah yes, but he really excels at the Kobayashi Maru test. His solution
is to let Sonny "take care" of it.
TJ
>
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In article <56gl0v$b...@news2.computerpro.com>, Isi
<moms...@cp.duluth.mn.us> writes:
>Tribbles, the Prime Directive, "...resistance is futile..." - is it my
>imagination, or are a lot of GH fans/RATSA readers also pretty serious
Star
>Trek fans?
>
>And if so, why are we "addicted" to two shows that are soooo different?
(Of
>course, a case could be made for the fact that Star Trek - in all its
forms -
>is just a soap on an intergalactic stage...)
Hmmm....
1. Both shows the best of their genre
2. Development of characters through interesting stories
3. The number of times per season Bones uttered the words "He's dead, Jim"
correlates with the number of times similar utterances have been required
on GH in the last year :(
4. Smart women
5. J.T. Kirk egos run rampant
6. Great actors, great characters, despite the occasional Wesley Crusher
7. They all rate very highly in production values
8. Have you not noticed the sexual tensions and triangles in the various
Star Trek sagas? It's all over the place!
9. Time and space are relative
10. " Mr. Collins, Miss Coe, engage!" "Robin, Stone, you have the
bridge...",the omnipotent Q continuum, Stefan to unseen crony: "Make it
so, Number One!"
They don't seem so very different to me. :)
Call Me Clyde
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Roser
In article <56i1fm$3...@netnews.upenn.edu>,
> Genie Francis (Laura) is married to Johnathan Frakes (Riker) in real
> life. The IRL father of the child portrayed by those adorable heirs to
> the legend of the Olson twins is Mr. Frakes.
This last sentence has me a little confused, so for the record:
Genie's pregnancy (with her hubby Jonathon Frakes) was written
into GH as Laura's pregnancy (with hubby Luke) which gave us
LesleyLu Spencer. LuLu is portrayed by twins who are not related
to Genie and Jonathon.
> There are a million other linkages---I should know, I am married to a
> trekkie who watches GH!
Here's one that connects another now-defunct ABC soap with Star
Trek: Kate Mulgrew, who plays Capt. Janeway on ST: Voyager,
used to play Maire/Mary/? Ryan on Ryan's Hope.
Roser
ceo//FGC Stefan
Co-Captain, PCMDT ("Beam me up, Kate!")
Keeper of the Lucy Logic, FGC Lucy
Saul n Jane Blum
shec...@dolphin.upenn.edu (Katherine A Shecora-Mayer) wrote:
>Isi (moms...@cp.duluth.mn.us) wrote:
>: Tribbles, the Prime Directive, "...resistance is futile..." - is it my
>: imagination, or are a lot of GH fans/RATSA readers also pretty serious Star Trek
>: fans?
>: And if so, why are we "addicted" to two shows that are soooo different? (Of
>: course, a case could be made for the fact that Star Trek - in all its forms - is
>: just a soap on an intergalactic stage...)
>This really belongs in the FAQ---
>Genie Francis (Laura) is married to Johnathan Frakes (Riker) in real
>life. The IRL father of the child portrayed by those adorable heirs to
>the legend of the Olson twins is Mr. Frakes.
>Now, for other linkages:
>Felicia Bell plays the Wesley Wannabe Jake Sisco's mother (primarily
>through flashbacks)
>The Guy who plays Reginald starred in a primetime series on UPN, the name of
>which I forget, which had special guest appearances by both Leonard
>Nimoy and LeVar Burton. Stevan Kay (is that his name?) had the good sense
>to keep his day job, and remains on GH.
>There are a million other linkages---I should know, I am married to a
>trekkie who watches GH!
Now just connect them all to Kevin Bacon. :)
Jane
Meredyth Purdy
k...@ici.net (Roser) wrote:
>In article <56i1fm$3...@netnews.upenn.edu>,
>> There are a million other linkages---I should know, I am married to a
>> trekkie who watches GH!
>
>Here's one that connects another now-defunct ABC soap with Star
>Trek: Kate Mulgrew, who plays Capt. Janeway on ST: Voyager,
>used to play Maire/Mary/? Ryan on Ryan's Hope.
Wasn't the guy who plays Mike on Ryan's Hope? I never watched it so I
don't know the character's name, but I do remember reading about it
somewhere (probably here....). If my feeble memory serves me well,
however, I think we've just found another link from ST to GH....
Mer
K.S. Cornish
In article <56ko7j$d...@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu>, Meredyth Purdy
<map...@mail.utexas.edu> wrote:
<<SNIP>>
> Wasn't the guy who plays Mike on Ryan's Hope? I never watched it so I
> don't know the character's name, but I do remember reading about it
> somewhere (probably here....). If my feeble memory serves me well,
> however, I think we've just found another link from ST to GH....
>
> Mer
I believe the character's name was Roger Coleridge.
--
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Kim
Katherine A Shecora-Mayer
: > Genie Francis (Laura) is married to Johnathan Frakes (Riker) in real
: > life. The IRL father of the child portrayed by those adorable heirs to
: > the legend of the Olson twins is Mr. Frakes.
It is a joke---the Tummy Lump was fathered by JF, but is not played by
their child. The twins play this UBERRchild---
: This last sentence has me a little confused, so for the record:
: Genie's pregnancy (with her hubby Jonathon Frakes) was written
: into GH as Laura's pregnancy (with hubby Luke) which gave us
: LesleyLu Spencer. LuLu is portrayed by twins who are not related
: to Genie and Jonathon.
: > There are a million other linkages---I should know, I am married to a
: > trekkie who watches GH!
: Here's one that connects another now-defunct ABC soap with Star
: Trek: Kate Mulgrew, who plays Capt. Janeway on ST: Voyager,
: used to play Maire/Mary/? Ryan on Ryan's Hope.
: Roser
: ceo//FGC Stefan
: Co-Captain, PCMDT ("Beam me up, Kate!")
: Keeper of the Lucy Logic, FGC Lucy
--
Patt B.
> Here's one that connects another now-defunct ABC soap with Star
> Trek: Kate Mulgrew, who plays Capt. Janeway on ST: Voyager,
> used to play Maire/Mary/? Ryan on Ryan's Hope.
And don't forget Robert Duncan McNeill, who was Joey Martin on AMC, and
is now Tom Paris on "Voyager." patt.
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Laura Schneider
Patt B. <pa...@ix.netcom.com> wrote in article
<328F5A...@ix.netcom.com>...
> > Here's one that connects another now-defunct ABC soap with Star
> > Trek: Kate Mulgrew, who plays Capt. Janeway on ST: Voyager,
> > used to play Maire/Mary/? Ryan on Ryan's Hope.
>
> And don't forget Robert Duncan McNeill, who was Joey Martin on AMC, and
> is now Tom Paris on "Voyager." patt.
Good memory for faces, but wrong character. McNeill played Charlie Brent
to Lauren Holly's Julie Chandler, remember?
Laura Schneider
Patt B.
> > And don't forget Robert Duncan McNeill, who was Joey Martin on AMC, and
> > is now Tom Paris on "Voyager." patt.
>
> Good memory for faces, but wrong character. McNeill played Charlie Brent
> to Lauren Holly's Julie Chandler, remember?
Laura,
Wah! I am so busted. In my mind I saw Julie & Mr. X, and just got Mr. X's
name wrong. Do I get bonus points for getting the family right? :) patt.
Kerryn
Meredyth Purdy <map...@mail.utexas.edu> fell on *the key* and this is
what came out...
>Isi <moms...@cp.duluth.mn.us> wrote:
>>Tribbles, the Prime Directive, "...resistance is futile..." - is it my
>>imagination, or are a lot of GH fans/RATSA readers also pretty serious Star Trek
>>fans?
>>
>>And if so, why are we "addicted" to two shows that are soooo different? (Of
>>course, a case could be made for the fact that Star Trek - in all its forms - is
>>just a soap on an intergalactic stage...)
>
>Sure, sure, but I think, really, it's some sort of alternate universe
>thing. In fact, I've been working on this theory about wormholes I think
>you might be interested in.... ;)
>
>Mer
>
Mer! That's it! *That's* where Sigmund went! He is visiting with the
Kai in the wormhole!
Another mystery solved.
Kerryn
Flame protected by Adrian till he can't stand it any more
Michelle Gilmore (UND)
Saul n Jane Blum (s...@pipeline.com) wrote:
: shec...@dolphin.upenn.edu (Katherine A Shecora-Mayer) wrote:
: >Now, for other linkages:
: >Felicia Bell plays the Wesley Wannabe Jake Sisco's mother (primarily
: >through flashbacks)
: >The Guy who plays Reginald starred in a primetime series on UPN, the name of
: >which I forget, which had special guest appearances by both Leonard
: >Nimoy and LeVar Burton. Stevan Kay (is that his name?) had the good sense
: >to keep his day job, and remains on GH.
: >There are a million other linkages---I should know, I am married to a
: >trekkie who watches GH!
: Now just connect them all to Kevin Bacon. :)
Hrm....
Levar Burton -- Stevan Kay -- Genie Francis -- Patrick Swayze (North and
South) -- Tom Cruise (The Outsiders) -- Kevin Bacon (A Few Good Men) :)
Therefore all old and new (that is original cast and TNG cast) casts
(Star Trek that is) can be connected to Kevin Bacon through Levar Burton
or Leonard Nimoy in 6 steps :) maybe less but this is the closest I could
think of off the top of my head :)
Michelle :)