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We did discuss the effects - but only that they were cool (watch an old Twilight Zone, Lost in Space, or The Invaders episode for comparison).
Our discussion groups (which evolved into the old Star Trek clubs - one of which, here in Vancouver, is still going strong after 30+ years), centered around the stories, what had happened, what it said about the characters, what we could infer about the Federation, Starfleet, and alien races, etc. This kept us actively meeting (no internet) every week - still does.
The allure it still holds can't be nostalgia - I also watched the other shows I've mentioned, and except for a few Twilight Zone eps ('To Serve Man') - I have no interest in seeing any of them. Nor did we gather to discuss them at length.
But we did gather in droves for TOS - so much so that TPTB saw fit to reanimate the show in the form of movies and sequel series. We were there, and Thoughtchopper's analysis is flawed: Nostalgia isn't it. Nor is it great writing. It was that so-far indefinable 'sense of wonder'.
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Incidently, I watched reruns of Star Trek (on in the afternoons coupled with Buck Rogers!) when I was a very young boy, before TNG started. We even had The Wrath of Khan recorded. On Beta. Mmm...
Anyway, just sayin' is all.
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I have also never heard the word before now. Explain it to my satifaction, scum.
-------------------- Yes, you're despicable, and... and picable... and... and you're definitely, definitely despicable. How a person can get so despicable in one lifetime is beyond me. It isn't as though I haven't met a lot of people. Goodness knows it isn't that. It isn't just that... it isn't... it's... it's despicable.
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According to the �Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang, Volume 1, A-G� by J.E. Lighter, Random House, New York, 1994:
GINCH, n. (origin unkn.) 1. A young woman or women, esp. considered as sources of sexual gratification; copulation with a woman. 1936 �American Speech� (Oct.) 280 Ginch Any girl� 2. the vulva or vagina��
GINCHY adj. Student., Esp. West Coast. 1. Wonderfully good or attractive. 1959 I. Taylor �Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb� (pop. song): You�re the ginchiest!�1990 �Mystery Science Theatre� (Comedy Central TV): Aw, she�s the ginchiest�2. (perhaps of independent origin) anxious; jumpy; Antsy. 1970 C. Harrison �No Score� 53 I got very ginchy about being left alone with Aileen, very hopeful and very anxious both at once.�
If that helps.
-------------------- "Well, I mean, it's generally understood that, of all of the people in the world, Mike Nelson is the best." -- ULTRA MAGNUS, steadfast in curmudgeon
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-------------------- Yes, you're despicable, and... and picable... and... and you're definitely, definitely despicable. How a person can get so despicable in one lifetime is beyond me. It isn't as though I haven't met a lot of people. Goodness knows it isn't that. It isn't just that... it isn't... it's... it's despicable.
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