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A Better Shot Of That Super Cool Alien Retro-Future City From This Weekend's STAR TREK Remastered!!
Merrick here...
Yesterday, we ran an image from the remastered STAR TREK episode "Wink of an Eye". You can see it HERE.
Here's a clearer image of the city from "Wink of an Eye", which airs this weekend. Note the "V" shaped building in mid ground/screen right. It appeared in the episode's original iteration, and was actually a reused design...having originated on another planet's cityscape in an episode called "A Taste of Armageddon".
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It looks like the future, circa 1970..
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That is all.
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The grass looks amazing.
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it looks so real and awesome!
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Where is Buck Rogers when you need him? In the 25th Century, of course.
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http://tinyurl.com/ym7lr6
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All the odd number Trek movies are crap, its the law.
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I don't know. We've had a couple bad ones in a row. (movies and series) Aren't we due something good at this point? And of course, Star Trek III didn't suck.
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Cheers for the link. As for the quote... "'For people who've never seen it or know it vaguely, I think they will enjoy it equally, because the movie does not require you to know anything about Star Trek. I would actually prefer [that] people don't know the series, because I feel like they will come to it with an open mind.'" - oh REA-LLY?? And what open minded person has never seen Star Trek?? Well good luck in getting someone who has had ample opportunity to watch Star Trek at any point over the past 40 years, but chose not to, to come and watch your little flick... in PUBLIC, no less. "Yeah (cough), two tickets for.. er.. (cough) <quickwhisper> Star Trek </quickwhisper>, please." ... Geez! I hope this is a good movie, but what an idiotic soundbite. Besides, haven't they said that about the last few Next Gen films? "You don't need to have seen the TV series to watch the movie (because either way you'll still think it's shit)". Fools.
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I've been pretty impressed with the SE Star Trek. And I feel it's getting better each episode. The Khan episode was great. I'm not looking forward to the Ben Affleck Matt Damon Good Will Hunting Star Trek fiasco though.We'll see how it goes.
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http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/25835.html Go to the above link at Startrek.com. All of the episodes in that list that have been broadcast before 12.30.06 are (by all accounts) remastered episodes available on iTunes.
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I don't know how this crap keeps getting repeated. There have been only three plain awful Star Trek movies, and one of those was Nemesis, an even numbered one. The other two were Final Frontier and Insurrection. Is anyone really going to defend Nemesis as one of the better films? Does anyone think Search For Spock is unwatchable or without entertainment value? It's amazing how crap like this gets repeated again and again without anyone bothering to proclaim the sheer joy that Nemesis brought to the series. Please, back up your claim on this whole even/odd thing and explain how Nemesis is right up there with Wrath of Khan, Voyage Home, Undiscovered Country and First Contact. Then explain why First Contact is vastly better than Search For Spock. I'm willing to listen, but I've yet to see even a single person make the argument. Please, please, please back up this stupid fucking mantra with some substance. I might as well just throw my own rules into these films and hope they get repeated. The Star Trek films with Vulcan chicks are the only good ones. The Star Trek films directed by a cast member are the best ones. The ones that come out the same year as a Spielberg film are good. Yada yada yada.
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One thing they should've done, is colorized some of the actors to reflect a more diverse future. Obviously not the leads or anything, but it's a squandered opportunity not to show more black and brown people in the future. Star Trek was a product of its time, but that's the whole reason to update the effects. They could've just as easily peopled the cast with a more representative look at the same time as well.
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Evens: better, if not best movies. Odds: lesser quality, yet not without their own charm. Powers of 5: avoid like the plague. STIII should be considered an "even" movie because it is, in reality, the second act of a three part play. Does anybody know where to find these suckers in DC/Baltimore area??
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It's a great idea, and one that would give Trek longer legs. Subsequent Treks built upon the original just fine in that regard, but the original series looks dated for so many reasons that go way beyond special effects. A complete overhaul that reflected accurate race and gender numbers would be welcome to the old fans and probably introduce new fans to the series tuning in to see what all the fuss was about. I'd only disagree with you on one point Winky, I think the principals are also fair game for colorization. It would be odd to do it for the whole episode, but exclude the primary characters. Gender would be a bit more diffult to play with, but in some cases I can see it being done.
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Where Australia invaded Iran. Crikey.
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In a couple of interviews this week Captain Kirk himself says that he and Leonard Nimoy are being written into ST XI. Shatner + Nimoy are going to play the older version of Kirk + Spock. Should be cool.
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Doc Brown, Dan Fielding, almost zero Nimoy, and losing the Enterprise for 6 lousy Klingons. It's 80's bad.
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oy, this is getting tiring.
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It's in Montreal. http://www.digitalapoptosis.com/archives/montreal/000877.html
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While I wouldn't go as far as to make straight characters gay (it would change certqain dynamics from episode to episode), adding gay features to existing characters or extras would be as welcome to some of us as colorizing other members of the cast. For the same reasons, natch.
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http://tinyurl.com/yxrwdb It is called Habitat 67 and has been a Montreal landmark for 40 years.
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in these places http://www.renardimages.com/images/cityscapes/NY1.jpg <p>http://www.creativepd.com/milwaukeestockimages/cityscapes/msmilwaukeeatdusk2467lg.jpg <p>http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.etravelphotos.com/china/photos/1999hk-001-28s-t.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.etravelphotos.com/china.html&h=81&w=120&sz=4&hl=en&start=36&tbnid=mG1BrIIgofb5FM:&tbnh=59&tbnw=88&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dhong%2Bkong%2Bcityscapes%26start%3D18%26ndsp%3D18%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN <p>http://www.golfti.com/cityscapes/singapore/sing.jpg <p>http://www.panoramafactory.net/albums/cityscapes/PasirRisFishingPond_Panorama_IR_small.jpg <p>http://photo.net/bboard-uploads/006cB7-15454084.jpg <p>http://www.cbs.umn.edu/studentservices/photos/tokyo/Aerial%20Tokyo.jpg <p>http://www.rio.gouv.qc.ca/images/center.jpg <p>http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=unusual+buildings&btnG=Search
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http://www.mccullagh.org/db9/1ds-4/sidi-driss-tatooine.jpg <p>http://www.nachoua.com/Tatooine/tatoo12.jpg
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I've been watching these re-vamps every week on MeTV in Chicago. They're pretty fun. I'm one of those people who never watched the show regularly as a kid (or whenever) so it's neat to see these cleaned up with not cloudy effects. I loved the movies as a kid, so it's nice to see the characters again. And all of this nonsense about odds and evens. I also ask why that "Trek Rule" continues to this day. The way I see it, 1 isn't that bad (it's pretty) aside from it can be a little/lot tiresome. 2 is the best. 3 is just fine, but no match compared to 2 (which I think is what most people complain about) and a little kooky sometimes. 4 was funny the eight zillion times I watched it in the moviehouse or on Showtime back in the 80s, but now I can't really see myself sitting down to watch it. 5 is just stupid. 6 is great. And I have never been satisfied by any of the TNG movies. None of them. And I was a fan of that show (that one I watched regularly.) I'm curious about why people think that they need to CGI in some minorities. I think for the time it was produced, they did a good job with multi-culturalism. Of the main characters you have: 2 white guys from the US, an African lady, a Russian, an Asian-American, a guy from the UK, and someone who's not even a human being. (Well, half, you nitpickers). [Granted, almost all the characters we meet from Earth are white guys w/ American accents.] For an American show from the 60s, I think that's pretty progressive. Do you think we should go in and "colorize" the characters from "M*A*S*H"? Or "ALF"? Or "Bebe's Kids"? Or "Nanook of the North"? I'm surprised some of you folks aren't saying the women's skirts are too short. (And they are REALLY too short. Yikes!)
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He didn`t prance around or act like a bitch,but he was still gay yea...
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All he wanted was to be loved.
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From that article: ''For people who've never seen it or know it vaguely, I think they will enjoy it equally, because the movie does not require you to know anything about Star Trek. I would actually prefer [that] people don't know the series, because I feel like they will come to it with an open mind." Judging by his Superman script, that's probably a bad thing. He's probably making Spock a Klingon or something.
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Man in suit! Man in suit!
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looks like a turd built outa Legos.
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I could just imagine the citizens having to look at those ass-colored surroundings all day and then jumping to their deaths from their windows.
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I'm sure these will be on HD discs one day, I just hope by then there is one freaking format, and a $50 HD player to play them on. Maybe then I won't feel too bad about getting totally bent over for these on disc from Paramount charging an arm and a leg.
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Robert Anton Wilson, author of the Illuminatus trilogy, and overall great thinker - died today. o
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It's called 'Le Habitat' from the 1967 Olymics. Take a look. <p> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitat_67 <p> Also noted that most of us in Montreal think this is an eyesore :) <p> Michael Regina<br> Editor in Chief/Segment Producer <br> http://www.TheOneRing.net<br> http://www.KongisKing.net<br> http://www.TheOneLion.net<br> http://www.gallifreyone.com
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Gnar... <p> Michael Regina<br> Editor in Chief/Segment Producer<br> http://www.TheOneRing.net<br> http://www.KongisKing.net<br> http://www.TheOneLion.net<br> http://www.gallifreyone.com
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Are we doing to see some funky CGI sex scene when "Arena" airs?
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isn't available in the UK. bah!
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It still looks like a turd
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SOMEONE DID SOMETHING TO MY CHILDHOOD!!!
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Yeah STAR TREK only had Minorities in EVERY EPISODE and the first interracial kiss on TV. Blacks are about 13% of the US population so any TV show that had a cast of 10 leads only needed ONE Black person to be fair and balanced. TREK did wonders for race relations in the 60's
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aintitcool scooped by iesb again : http://tinyurl.com/yf79rp
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Another AICN catchphrase is born.
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So,Chris Pike and Scotty will be in Trek 11. I imagine Pike would have to be there as Spock's Captain because Kirk would be in his early twenties when Spock served under Pike. The exact timeframe Trek 11 is targeted. I have a suggestion for casting Pike- Ray Liotta; he's a dead ringer for Jeffrey Hunter, and is the right age.
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What the "flat" images don't show you doubters is the rotoscoping that the CBS crew is implementing into the shots. When the camera pans around, the 3D starbase cityscapes seen in the background also rotate. That's a LOT of work for a few seconds of airtime, at least give them the props for going the extra mile. They are doing a bang-up job.
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I paid to get the 'Balance of Terror' ep .. the first they aired .. and I know the changes are supposed to be subtle ... but I cannot really see any difference !!!!
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I guess that's Montreal, in the 23d (24th?) century....
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That's great, but how many Talkbackers are, realistically, going to have access to an Xbox 360?
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...then that would make Talos IV Pikes's Witness Protection Program. ;-)
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It really was all about the writing, but still, I can't wait to see what they do with the CGI for Tholian Web. I love how the CGI is there, but doesn't have to take over the scene. Damn.
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Ray Liotta will be the new Christopher Pike.<br>Also Selma Blair will take over Majel Barrett-Roddenberry's role of Number 1.
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Not that anybody asked (or cares) but, hey, I'm bored at work - so here are the Trek flicks listed in order of quality (in my not so humble opinion): 1. Wrath of Khan. Well, what else, eh? There's nothing left to say about this one that fans don't already know and appreciate. It's Das Boot in Space. 2. The Undiscovered Country. Murder in Zero G! Rura Pente (sic?)! Kirk and Bones on trial! Christopher Plummer! Political Intrigue! Kirk and Imposter Kirk's classic exchange: 'I can't believe I kissed you!' 'Must have been your life long ambition!' The list goes on. A tense, contemporary, funny and fitting send-off for the Classic Crew. 3. The Voyage Home. Yeah, yeah - the one that 'non-fans' enjoy. Seeing the saviours of the universe bumbling around like a school of fish outta water was a stroke of genius and it's a light, frothy flick that you can just relax and enjoy again and again. 4. First Contact. Or Star Trek does Die Hard. Great visuals, top-notch action and Picard getting to flex his muscles for a change. The most 'pure popcorn' of the Treks since Voyage Home and unashamedly fun. As Worf so succinctly put it 'Assimilate this!' Quite. 5. Search For Spock. Someone already mentioned above that this is, ostensibly (look it up), the second part of a three act play and, as such, to some carries that kind of 'middle part of a trilogy' stigma. But I really dig it and David's brutal murder and Kirk's subsequent reaction is an emotionally charged highpoint for Shatner's characterization of Kirk. But, yeah, Doc Brown sticks out like a sore thumb... 6. Generations. Not bad in places with a strong cautionary point for us all - NEVER let a woman drive. The opening on the Enterprise B is fantastic, but they didn't so much drop the ball on Kirk's death as throw it down a hole, bury it and concrete it over. Still, at the very least it provides a good 'Bridge on the Captain' joke... But a terrible send-off for one of the most iconic SF characters of all time. 7. The Motion Picture. Solid SF premise but 95% of the humour and warm character interplay, hell, even the campiness, from the show was conspicuous by its absence. 'Sterile' is the word for this one. 8. Insurrection. Glorified two-part Next Gen TV episode? You betcha. 9. Final Frontier. Hey, guess what fans? Spock has a half-brother! Yes, one that HAS NEVER EVER BEEN MENTIONED BEFORE! Oh, and you know they went to find God at the center of the universe? Well (SPOILER) it turns out it wasn't God at all! NO WAY!!!!! Talk about yer left-field twists... Pants. (I did like the scene where Sybok shows Spock and Bones their respective 'pain'. Great work from DeForrest.) 10. Nemesis. Seriously - WTF?? Totally ripped off beats from Wrath of Khan - much, MUCH less successfully. The goofy Picard Clone storyline? Troi 'mind raped'? Romulus and fucking Remus? For fucks sake. And don't even get me started on Data's prototype retard... This flick, on every level, sucks harder than a Taiwanese whore when the Army rolls in to town. Phew! Glad I got that of my chest. Ahem...
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I thought that was what Kirk used to do.
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so there I am bored at work too and you write a list of your fave trek movies and I agree completely and utterly. SO much I had to check I didn't write the mail. Never thought I'd lose my love for Next Gen and then got ambushed by Nemesis on a plane. Ouch. (OH, but the second best Trek movie is obviously Galaxy Quest...)
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Generations sucked for the most part. They basically used it as a pilot for future Next Generation flicks but also threw in the Kirk element. I hope Abrams just pretends his death in Generations didn't happen and that he doesn't try and make us believe the old Kirk stuff in this new movie is set before Generations. Also, I don't want this movie ending with Kirk saying to Spock 'we made a difference'.
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When they're casting Trek XI then look no further than TOBIAS MENZIES for Mr Spock. Brilliant young Brit actor who's played Hamlet on stage and is back as Brutus in HBO's ROME next week. As for the young CK - Matt Damon looks like the Shat reflected in a spoon...so, no.
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Seriously who would?
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Ha! That's cool!
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People sometimes tend to forget that TMP is the movie that BROUGHT BACK STAR TREK! :) Doesn't anyone remember the way it was back in the Seventies when we were all told that was impossible? It upholds the Trek ethos with aplomb, and the miniatures and score are interesting; it's a voyage of *intellectual curiosity*, and it IS a Robert Wise Film, for heavens sake! Doesn't THAT count for something? :)
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The Motion Picture is a terrific film, it's like Lawrence of Arabia compared to today's blockbusters. It's also very cinematic, unlike the TVM fodder of Trek III.
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after the sixth season of TNG. It just became so DULL.
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... "It'll give it longer legs?" Well, maybe it'll just look that way because of all the extra miniskirts!
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...HE GETS WHACKED!!!<P>"Hey, here's a leg. Here's a wing."
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V - music was great! VI - not too bad. More in the spirit of the tv shows. The Next Generation movies all.Fucking. Blew. N'uff said. And you know it.
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second to TWOK probably only because the pace was much better in TWOK. But TMP was on a level above the usual Star Trek fare. That 2001 Space Odyssey feel doesn't appeal to the majority, but I loved it, still to this day think it's the most underrated of the series. I began hating Star Trek movies beginning with TSFS. Nothing against Nimoys Directing, but the stupid ass forced humor that was deemed necessary for every freaking Star Trek film since has in my opinion really made them less than what they could have been. With this new film, God Help Me there better not be any Marshmallow cookouts, or Klingon Warts, and any thus such crap.
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I do have to say that if you consider the Director's Cut of TMP, it moves MUCH further up the list. For me, it's actually second on the list, behind TWOK.<br><br>For the record, my list would be Wrath of Khan, Motion Picture, Undiscovered Country, First Contact, Voyage Home, Search for Spock, Generations, Final Frontier, Insucktion, and finally, Numbesis (hur hur, see what I did there?). Undiscovered Country, First Contact, and Voyage Home are all right about on par with each other. I may be a bit hard on Search for Spock...I haven't seen it in a while.<br><br>Oh, I was looking at IMDB earlier today for something, and saw the Studio Briefing page linked above. "Berman Toppled at Paramount." I started thanking God, and I don't even believe in God! ...and then I noticed it's Gail, not Rick. Fuck.
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Husband and wife? Brother and sister? Anybody know? Because it would make since if they were, since she brought Rick's Star Dreck sensibilities to the entire Paramount studio.
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I'm hunting down some Remastered Trek.
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Is there anyone on the Earth who doesn`t know about Trek even if they aint watched it?, maybe make a film for the fans for a change and it may be a hit.
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This loser has whored Trek so he could fill his coffers. But like a silly pimp, he worked his lady to death.... Paramount should ban Berman from the studio!
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oh no, it worked...
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Decided not to show it because of a basket ball game. Last week they didn't show it at the usual time 10:00 pm. They ran it at 11:00pm so I wasted a DVD-R! UPN channels are usually brain dead and this one is really bad! They did show stargate atlantis later ( I guess they thought that rerun was important enough ( jesus! ). I'd be willing to bet most of the people who work for this station don't even know the Star Trek they are showing is remastered! It's not listed that way at their website. No indication at all! With channels like these no wonder UPN failed!
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