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When Fandoms Collide: Mythbusters and Star Trek! [Jul. 10th, 2009|04:19 pm]
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Grant Imahara announced on his Twitter feed that next season Mythbusters will test the feasibility of the cannon that Captain James T. Kirk built to defeat the Gorn in the original series Star Trek episode "Arena"!

If you don't know what I'm talking about, watch this:



Grant says that he's going to dress up in the blue "science" Trek shirts, and "Buster" (the Mythbusters crash test dummy) will be in a red shirt. :-)

Here's hoping they can convince Kari Byron to wear the mini-skirt with the go-go boots. *Yum*

Of course, now we're going to have a bunch of old-school Trekkies complaining that this isn't "cannon".

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(Sorry... I'll go now...)
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[User Picture]From: [info]greene_man
2009-07-10 08:48 pm (UTC)

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I know! You construct a weapon. Look around, can you form some sort of rudimentary lathe?

[User Picture]From: [info]dubael
2009-07-10 09:27 pm (UTC)

LOL

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*Uber GEEK Voice* Gosh gee willikers... do you remember when GalaxyQuest was in syndication too?
[User Picture]From: [info]briansiano
2009-07-10 08:49 pm (UTC)

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I made gunpowder once, using the recipe from the show-- saltpeter, sulfur, and some crushed charcoal briquettes. Didn't know the proportions, however.

It burned, but very fitfully, since it was loose dust. Maybe if it was tightly packed, or formulated for a serious immediate BANG...

Thing is, I always expected that bamboo tube to blow up in kirk's armpit.
[User Picture]From: [info]dubael
2009-07-10 09:29 pm (UTC)

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and Bamboo, across the galaxy on a planet far far away... the stuffs insidious *tongue firmly planted in cheek*
[User Picture]From: [info]asimaiyat
2009-07-10 09:12 pm (UTC)

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OMG. The crash dummy being a redshirt is my favorite part. :)
[User Picture]From: [info]dubael
2009-07-10 09:31 pm (UTC)

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Ah yes... Rear Admiral Buster Expendable
C'mon, after all Buster's been through, you'd think he'd manage to climb up the Fleet command heirarchy to the admiralty by now.
[User Picture]From: [info]dubael
2009-07-10 09:28 pm (UTC)

Thank you Hugh

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I really needed that laugh
and yes, Kari in any Star Drek ensemble is an automatic YUM in my deviant little mind
[User Picture]From: [info]ladyfox7oaks
2009-07-10 11:38 pm (UTC)

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You *WILL* let us know when this is actually airing, - right? so I can find a torrent of it someplace?

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PLEASE!?!?!?!?
[User Picture]From: [info]wookiemonster
2009-07-11 02:16 am (UTC)

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That is why Mythbusters is made of Awesome with Awesome sauce on top...

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