Exterior Star Trek shots are always amazing. Except for I, that went on for what felt like hours.

As for the National Post, if you bought it, at least you know you couldn’t make it any worse.

You beat me to it Jason, was going to point out that very same thing… I’m guessing you’re talking about Star Trek V, Warren.

There are several “candidate” scenes however that envoke a similar emotional response. It could be Star Trek 1, when we first see the ship after the re-fit, or ST II – The Wrath of Khan where he’s headed there for an inspection. (my vote is for II) Most of the ST-II’s footage is a straight rip from the first film, however.

There is no such scene in III (they beam aboard to steal the ship, no shuttle), but there is one at the very END of ST IV, when they get their first glimpse of the NCC-1701-A, after the ship was re-christened after Kirk and crew saved the earth, and the whales. (if anyone cares, the ship in question had formerly been the USS Ti-Ho, NCC-1798, prior to its rechristened launch as the USS Enterprise, NCC-1701-A)

The scene you are most likely referring to is the one near the beginning of Star Trek V, but the external shot of the ship approach was the exact same one they ripped out of the ending of Star Trek IV. All they did was swap the footage/dialogue of the crew’s ST4 approach with new footage of Kirk, Spock and Bones talking in the shuttle instead.

I’ll take your inner Trekie, and raise you five Tribbles…

No.

¤ Did my friends Tim Powers and Kory Teneycke independently – and simultaneously, and uncharacteristically – decide to beat the stuffing out of Rahim Jaffer and Helena Guergis, as they are still doing, or were they urged to do so by PMO?

Either that or they’re going rogue.

¤ Have the reporters doing the flattering profiles of the Dragon’s Den regulars – one in particular, known as “The Octopus” – talked to any, say, past female co-workers about, well, you know?

I’m more interested in knowing why the crazy right-wing guy is ruining Amanda Lang’s show.

¤ Would you, or anyone you know, actually eat seal meat?

I tried some in a sausage once and it was no different than a normal sausage. A filet? Maybe not.

¤ If you ran an organization with a high public profile, and which often calls for others to be more tolerant, fund and/or facilitate a junket for white supremacists?

No way in hell.

¤ Does anyone know how I can backup a Mac to a Time Capsule using a USB cable, without turning on the annoying and redundant Time Capsule wireless function?

Mac?

¤ Why are there any bidders interested in purchasing the National Post?

National newspaper. Control part of the debate. I’d do it if I had money to throw away.

¤ Am I ridiculous for tearing up every single time I see Captain Kirk shuttle towards the Enterprise at the start of Star Trek Four?

Yes, since it doesn’t happen. #4 starts on Vulcan with them taking the Klingon ship back to earth. Do you mean the end of the movie. BTW, I’m watching all the original series – many of the first time – and I can’t get enough.

¤ Is it accurate to describe the blogosphere demographic as mainly male, and Facebook’s as mainly female?

Yes and no.

¤ Is rock’n’roll dead again?

I hope not, but there’s too much dance music going around.

¤ Does David Miller actually believe there is a single sane person in Toronto who believes he “found” $100 million?

Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey hey…

¤ Are McDonald’s fries better than Wendy’s?

Yes! No fast-food fries beat McDonald’s. Nothing close.

¤ Are you willing to provide your answers to these questions in comments, below, so that we can all have a bit of fun on a rainy, gloomy Saturday?

Nah. It’ll take too much time.