Star Trek Experience Quarks Barimbarkus2010-03-21 | Some footage from long-gone mediatrek.com of Quark's Bar and Restaurant, at the Star Trek Experience.Star Trek: Voyager - UPN Kid-Focused :30 Adimbarkus2022-09-14 | UPN, like all licensed broadcast networks, was required to run a 3-hour weekly block of Educational/Informational programs for kids. This requirement is what destroyed the Saturday morning cartoon block many of us remember from being kids. Anyway, someone at the network must have asked for a kid-focused ad for Voyager to run during this clock and other kids programs. So, they put this together and really cranked up the pitch on that VA guy. Wildest ride in the universe!!ABC Star Trek: First Contact - 2000 Adimbarkus2022-09-14 | ABC network television ran Star Trek: First Contact in 2000, network TV debut. They made their own ad for it, and I saved a file of it for some reason. Enjoy!1up Show Open - Season 9imbarkus2021-11-24 | This is the opening credits sequence for the 1up Show, the creative sequence for season 9 with plenty of blink-and-you'll miss it jokes. The 1up Show ran from 2005-2008 on 1up.com the online portal owned by Ziff Davis and partnered with print publication Electronic Gaming Monthly.Star Trek: Voyager - Hers Adimbarkus2021-10-25 | This generic ad was created summer of 1999 and provided to primary UPN affiliates to promote the show in reruns over the summer in conjunction with its launch into syndication, as well as jazz people up for the upcoming season.PS3 Game Menu Bgs and Music Loops RAWimbarkus2021-10-25 | Raw capture video of PS3 game menu full screen backgrounds and music loopStar Trek: Voyager - Ships Adimbarkus2021-10-23 | This generic ad was created summer of 1999 and provided to primary UPN affiliates to promote the show in reruns over the summer in conjunction with its launch into syndication, as well as jazz people up for the upcoming season.Star Trek: Voyager - Are You a Voyager? Adimbarkus2021-10-22 | This ad was for the syndication package for Star Trek: Voyager, for when the program was sold to independent stations into reruns.Star Trek: Voyager - Five Flights a Week Adimbarkus2021-10-22 | This ad was for the syndication package for Star Trek: Voyager, for when the program was sold to independent stations into reruns.Star Trek Enterprise: Entertainment Tonight with Scott Bakula - July 10, 2001imbarkus2021-10-19 | In the run-up to the launch of Star Trek: Enterprise, E.T. spent a few candid on-set moments with Scott Bakula asking him some softball questions about the show. The AVI I uploaded this from was 320x240 at 14fps. Enjoy!1up Show Open - Season 7Aimbarkus2021-09-22 | This is the opening credits sequence for the 1up Show, the original sequence for season 7 before the departure of John Davison. The 1up Show ran from 2005-2008 on 1up.com the online portal owned by Ziff Davis and partnered with print publication Electronic Gaming Monthly.Star Trek TNG Ads Only - Redemption Pt. 2 Sept. 91 KWGNimbarkus2020-09-14 | Kids these days with their streaming and serial Trek really miss out on the commercial breaks. They must wonder why the show came to little mini climaxes and cliffhangers every 10 minutes. They have no idea what advertisers would support new Star Trek, given the opportunity. They don't get to see the bumpers, they don't get to hear the "Next Time"'s and see what movie or show was running before or after.
Well now I bring you all the joy of the other 17 minutes or so of your favorite hour of Star Trek, as originally aired, at least around the parts where I was, namely Denver, Colorado. If you were there at the time, well then nostalgia, y'all. Only a few eps of this, most my old tapes got trashed long ago, I got the other, main 43-46 minutes of all episodes on the blu-ray ya know. We're lucky I got these ones. Enjoy!Star Trek TOS Ads Only - Space Seed Feb 67 NBCimbarkus2020-08-27 | Kids these day miss with the streaming and serialized Trek miss out on the old days of commercial-driven TV. Do they wonder why every episode has, like, three or four little mini-cliffhangers inside them? Middle-aged dudes who watched The Next Generation on local TV stations missed out on official network sponsors for Star Trek, which were there at the start of the whole thing, until UPN came around (and subsequently went) with Voyager and Enterprise.
Twenty years before TNG hit the first-run syndicated airwaves, The Original Series ran first-run on NBC from 1966 to 1969, with limited ads via full-on network sponsors. Like, half the number of ads you would see twenty years later. In fact when airing Star Trek reruns over the years episodes would be cut and artificially shortened to allow for the ballooning length and number of ads increasing over the years in standard television hour-long broadcasts.
I can't claim for this one to be the original recorder and preserver of the broadcast... this episode aired four years before I was born! I found this video in an online archive with the full episode spliced back in in higher quality than the ads.
Consistent with this ads-only series and copyright law, since you can buy Space Seed directly from CBS Home Video in any number of ways, you will find "Scene Missing" for the actual episode as we're focused on the ads (and the culture at the time) with this series. The "Next Voyage" teaser at the end was also in weirdly high quality compared to the ads, so I munged it up a lot to help it blend in.
So sit back, sip on some iron-rich Geritol, browse through your Polaroids, and enjoy the rich and smooth flavor of a Viceroy cigarette while you enjoy the Ads-Only version of Space Seed, originally aired February 16, 1967!Star Trek VOY Ads Only - Pathfinder Dec 99 KTVDimbarkus2020-08-10 | Kids these days with their streaming and serial Trek really miss out on the commercial breaks. They must wonder why the show came to little mini climaxes and cliffhangers every 10 minutes. They have no idea what advertisers would support new Star Trek, given the opportunity. They don't get to see the bumpers, they don't get to enjoy the ads for Moesha and Shasta McNasty and Malcolm and Eddie, they don't get to marvel at the blocky, ugly "internet computers" being pushed for the holiday, or wonder what the heck actionace.com sells...
Well now I bring you all the joy of the other 20 minutes or so of your favorite hour of Star Trek, as originally aired, at least around the parts where I was, namely Denver, Colorado. If you were there at the time, well then nostalgia, y'all. Only a few eps of this, most my old tapes got trashed long ago, I got the other, main 40 minutes of all episodes on the blu-ray ya know. We're lucky I got these ones. Enjoy!Star Trek DS9 Ads Only - You Are Cordially Invited Nov 97 KWGNimbarkus2020-08-03 | Kids these days with their streaming and serial Trek really miss out on the commercial breaks. They must wonder why the show came to little mini climaxes and cliffhangers every 10 minutes. They don't get to TV ads for 90's favorite like The Jackal, they don't buy their video games because of comedy skit ads for Crash Bandicoot, and they don't find out which advertisers supported original DS9 as it was first-run.
Anyway, now I bring you all the joy of the other 20 minutes or so of your favorite hour of Star Trek, as originally aired, at least around the parts where I was, namely Denver, Colorado. If you were there at the time, well then nostalgia, y'all. Only a few eps of this, most my old tapes got trashed long ago, I got the other, main 40 minutes of all episodes on the blu-ray ya know. We're lucky I got these ones. Enjoy!Star Trek ENT Ads Only - Bound Apr 05 KTVDimbarkus2020-08-01 | Kids these days with their streaming and serial Trek really miss out on the commercial breaks. They must wonder why the show came to little mini climaxes and cliffhangers every 10 minutes. They have no idea what advertisers supported UPN Star Trek. They don't get to see the salacious bumpers and ads from mid-2005 UPN.
Well now I bring you all the joy of the other 20 minutes or so of your favorite hour of Star Trek, as originally aired, at least around the parts where I was, namely Denver, Colorado. If you were there at the time, well then nostalgia, y'all. Only a few eps of this, most my old tapes got trashed long ago, I got the other, main 40 minutes of all episodes on the blu-ray ya know. We're lucky I got these ones. Enjoy!America Loves... Star Trek - Original Broadcast with Ads - Oct 01 TNNimbarkus2020-07-19 | So this special aired on TNN (The National Network, at the time) in fall 2001 along with a five day Star Trek marathon to celebrate TNN buying up and debuting the airing rights for Star Trek: The Next Generation.
I haven[t seen any sort of release commercially of this content, and although there are a couple of other uploads on YouTube, they are busted up into multiple videos and in SD. This one is all together, includes the commercials that were a part of the original airing, and has all the crappy SLP VHS artifacts preserved in glorious 1080p! (Some restrictions apply. Content not in 1080p. Quality is actually not great due to some video noise, but audio seems better than the other upload of this show.)
America Loves was a series of documentaries TNN did for a short while. The channel was previously The Nashville Network but was rebranded by CBS/Viacom which also owned CMT, in late September, shortly before this show aired! The "National Network" stuff was all new. Two years later the network wold rebrand itself again as Spike TV, and then eventually just Spike 3 years after that.Ultimate Trek: Star Treks Greatest Moments - Original Broadcast with Ads - Dec 99 KTVDimbarkus2020-07-18 | You can find this special on VHS commercial release, which is the only release this special has received. However this version preserves the original broadcast including the 1999 ads aired.
Ultimate Trek: Star Trek's Greatest Moments is a UPN special from 1999 hosted by Jason Alexander, who plays a faux James T. Kirk. "Kirk", in this special, makes note of popular choices of long-time viewers in a number of areas such as "best episode". The winners had been previously selected by on-line voting.
The special also contained clips from other series making reference to Star Trek, including Frasier, Saturday Night Live, Suddenly Susan, and Dilbert. It also showcased never before seen bloopers from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager and had a tribute to DeForest Kelley, who had passed away earlier in the year.
Any "Scene Missing" clips are gone to prevent copyright block. Enjoy!Star Trek TNG Ads Only - Redemption June 91 KWGNimbarkus2020-07-16 | Kids these days with their streaming and serial Trek really miss out on the commercial breaks. They must wonder why the show came to little mini climaxes and cliffhangers every 10 minutes. They have no idea what advertisers would support new Star Trek, given the opportunity. They don't get to see the bumpers, they don't get to hear the "Next Time"'s and see what movie or show was running before or after.
Well now I bring you all the joy of the other 17 minutes or so of your favorite hour of Star Trek, as originally aired, at least around the parts where I was, namely Denver, Colorado. If you were there at the time, well then nostalgia, y'all. Only a few eps of this, most my old tapes got trashed long ago, I got the other, main 43-46 minutes of all episodes on the blu-ray ya know. We're lucky I got these ones. Enjoy!Star Trek TOS Ads Only - The Cage 1999 Sci-Fi Channel Special Editionimbarkus2020-07-05 | Here's where it all started, only touched up and rebroadcast by the Sci-Fi Channel, with some cool bumpers and supplemental info, plus with all the ads of the original rebroadcast. Minus, of course, the actual content, property of CBS!
Ads are funny, because they tell you the intended or expected age of the audience for the program. I suppose the Oldsmobile and Pepto Bismol sponsorships tell us this was designed for oldsters even back in 1999! Hopefully trekkers of the future will still appreciate the original vision.Science Fiction: A Journey Into The Unknown - Original Broadcast With Ads - Dec. 1994 KDVRimbarkus2020-06-29 | From December 1994, recorded from local Fox affiliate KDVR. This documentary is a history and review of science-fiction and fantasy programs on TV. Hosted by stars from "Star Trek" William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy, "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman" star Dean Cain, and "Star Wars" legend Carrie Fisher, the film illustrates the concepts of science fiction with many clips from virtually every American sci-fi television series.Star Trek 25th Anniversary Special - Original Broadcast with Ads - Sept 91 KWGNimbarkus2020-06-06 | You can find this special on YouTube already from the VHS commercial release, which is the only release this special has received. However this version preserves the original broadcast including the 1991 ads aired.
Hosted by Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner, this special now commemorates the halfway mark for Star Trek, which celebrated its 50th anniversary a couple of years ago. It features behind the scenes footage of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, cast and crew stories about the global televised science-fi phenomenon, bloopers and satire skits (Minus the originally-aired SNL skit that gets this video blocked by NBC), and Levar Burton hosting an exclusion to Space Camp.
I don't own this and I don't monetize anything, and once any rare media I upload gets a commercial release either streaming or on disc I take it down. And if you're looking for the cleaner VHS release upload you can find that here at /watch?v=lLtyi5r7vp0
Enjoy!Star Trek DS9 Ads Only - Resurrection Nov 97 KWGNimbarkus2020-05-29 | Kids these days with their streaming and serial Trek really miss out on the commercial breaks. They must wonder why the show came to little mini climaxes and cliffhangers every 10 minutes. They don't get to see the quick start right after the lead-in TNG rerun, the varied bumpers including the one directing you to the Star Trek MSN sub site (because Paramount was slow with the whole internet thing), or find out which advertisers supported original DS9 as it was first-run.
Anyway, now I bring you all the joy of the other 20 minutes or so of your favorite hour of Star Trek, as originally aired, at least around the parts where I was, namely Denver, Colorado. If you were there at the time, well then nostalgia, y'all. Only a few eps of this, most my old tapes got trashed long ago, I got the other, main 40 minutes of all episodes on the blu-ray ya know. We're lucky I got these ones. Enjoy!Star Trek VOY Ads Only - The Void Feb 01 KTVDimbarkus2020-05-29 | Kids these days with their streaming and serial Trek really miss out on the commercial breaks. They must wonder why the show came to little mini climaxes and cliffhangers every 10 minutes. They have no idea what advertisers would support new Star Trek, given the opportunity. They don't get to see the bumpers, the joy of the Goddesses of Love, the UPN contest for the trip to Space Camp, etc.
Well now I bring you all the joy of the other 20 minutes or so of your favorite hour of Star Trek, as originally aired, at least around the parts where I was, namely Denver, Colorado. If you were there at the time, well then nostalgia, y'all. Only a few eps of this, most my old tapes got trashed long ago, I got the other, main 40 minutes of all episodes on the blu-ray ya know. We're lucky I got these ones. Enjoy!Star Trek ENT Ads Only - Divergence Feb 05 KTVDimbarkus2020-05-19 | Kids these days with their streaming and serial Trek really miss out on the commercial breaks. They must wonder why the show came to little mini climaxes and cliffhangers every 10 minutes. They have no idea what advertisers supported UPN Star Trek. They don't get to see the salacious bumpers, they don't get to see the special version of the mooted-up-on-the-side credits which allow you to see teasers for the special to find out what the Top Model Divas are doing now.
Well now I bring you all the joy of the other 20 minutes or so of your favorite hour of Star Trek, as originally aired, at least around the parts where I was, namely Denver, Colorado. If you were there at the time, well then nostalgia, y'all. Only a few eps of this, most my old tapes got trashed long ago, I got the other, main 40 minutes of all episodes on the blu-ray ya know. We're lucky I got these ones. Enjoy!Star Trek TNG Ads Only - In Theory June 91 KWGNimbarkus2020-05-19 | Kids these days with their streaming and serial Trek really miss out on the commercial breaks. They must wonder why the show came to little mini climaxes and cliffhangers every 10 minutes. They have no idea what advertisers would support new Star Trek, given the opportunity. They don't get to see the bumpers, they don't get to hear the "Next Time"'s and see what movie or show was running before or after.
Well now I bring you all the joy of the other 17 minutes or so of your favorite hour of Star Trek, as originally aired, at least around the parts where I was, namely Denver, Colorado. If you were there at the time, well then nostalgia, y'all. Only a few eps of this, most my old tapes got trashed long ago, I got the other, main 43-46 minutes of all episodes on the blu-ray ya know. We're lucky I got these ones. Enjoy!Bring Back Kirk - Original Trailerimbarkus2018-02-09 | So Star Trek: Generations killed Kirk in a way a lot of his fans didn't like, and some of them went so crazy they started by making this trailer where they phasered his death scene, and then blew up the little pieces of the death scene with photo torpedoes. Go ahead and search google for where this rabbit hole ended up...
File creation date tells me I downloaded this mpg in Dec of 200. I cleaned up some of the video and audio, but its low res and fugly by nature. Enjoy!Call of Duty 45 Video Game-Box (Ghosts of Trump)imbarkus2017-02-16 | So... just another Republican Warhawk, then. Only more unstable. How did Infinity Ward know, all those years ago? How does it feel to vote for a war on slanted media, and just end up with regular old war, which never changes?
Clickbait and sensationalism and partisan media are real problems. But when a private citizen (me) first made and posted this GIF before the election, the paranoiacs labeled him as CTR. Pfft. :D
Don't accept the state-released facts and media as gospel truth from administration 45 anymore than you would from administration 44. Sometimes the enemy of your enemy is not your friend. It is your American duty to always judge for yourself.
I judge this president as a foreign policy nightmare, personally. One citizen's opinion, graphically expressed.Too Human Video Game-Box (featuring Giant Bombcast)imbarkus2017-02-14 | Leading up to the launch of the XBox 360, three games from three developers were launching new IPs published through Microsoft, each hoping to become the favored bald-space-marine trilogy.
Two of these developers initially depended on an (at the time) incomplete game engine offered by the third. One of these relationships got ugly when Silicon Knights sued Epic Games and accused epic of poor support and selling them an incomplete engine. Epic counter-sued and Silicon Knights lost.
Then the judge headquartered in Epic's home state (despite SK's request for a neutral arena)--and whom had already limited the scope of one of their sets of damages to exactly $1--ruled against Silicon Knights and in favor of Epic on all claims, issued a scathing press release (likely penned by Epic lawyers), and banned Too Human and X-Men: Destiny ordering a recall and destruction of unsold copies, which no one was actually required to complete.
The details of this multi-year suit and its outcome weren't directly investigated or reported, even after all the appeals were done. The trial's location was as expensive and inconvenient for press as it was for SK from Canada. Given the outcome, it's clear the suit was a mistake for SK. But that doesn't mean the parroted press releases that were reported give the layman an understanding of the actual details of the conflict. History, however, is written by the victors.
Or, in this case, Patrick Klepek of the Giant Bombast from November 2012. *sniff* Silicon Knights. You flew too close to the sun.God of War 3 Video Game-Box (Wad of Gor3)imbarkus2017-02-10 | I made this GIF like five years ago, but only now, with the audio, does it feel complete. God of War 3 was one game that really puzzled me when it got remastered, because I really felt I'd seen what it had to show in high enough fidelity as it was.
Thanks to Family Guy, also!uDraw Video Game-Boximbarkus2017-02-10 | uDraw pretty much killed original THQ by the time Jason Rubin got in there. Red Faction: Armageddon was also really a letdown, honestly.
Thanks to GameGrin trailers for the interview footage (youtube.com/watch?v=7IMUFPUDoj4), all of 14 views when I found it! No offense intended to J Goldberg or Joe Madureira, they are not really yellow like The Simpsons people. Happy to see Volition survive, most folks still working, etc.Resident Evil 6 Video Game-Boximbarkus2017-02-09 | Now that we're all very happy and impressed not only with Resident Evil 7 compared to 6, but the design treatment for the number/logo of 7. Remember that awkward RE6 logo?
And of course you ought to know the giraffe thing is a tribute to the original Colin's Bear: youtube.com/watch?v=FiARsQSlzDcF.T.L. Video Game-Boximbarkus2017-02-09 | Imagine Next Generation box covers, animated box covers, that desbribe your experience of playing the game inside!
FTL is a hard, unforgiving bastard that pushes back against your progress the whole way. I LOVED IT! The song is from the soundtrack of this awesome game. Not sure who the artist is for the animation, but here's where someone posted it: (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APOk7phgafE).
Music is from Track 2 of the F.T.L. soundtrack, by Ben Prunty Music.1up Show Open - Season 7Bimbarkus2016-09-09 | This is the opening credits sequence for the 1up Show, the second sequence for season 7 after the departure of John Davison. The 1up Show ran from 2005-2008 on 1up.com the online portal owned by Ziff Davis and partnered with print publication Electronic Gaming Monthly.MAME Jump HDimbarkus2015-08-11 | ala Grand Master at powerstrike.net
http://www.powerstrike.net/Tehkan/mamejump.htmlEnterprise UPN Sales Presentation (Early)imbarkus2014-08-13 | Shortly before the premiere of Enterprise UPN affiliates received the following teaser to help sell advertising time for the program. Produced before any principal photography, the bulk of the presentation is clips from other Star Trek shows and interviews with production members. Retained due to pack-rat geekosity, uploaded for fan-love posterity.Star Trek: Deep Space Nine The Fallen Trailer (2000)imbarkus2014-08-13 | Here's a gameplay-only trailer from May 2000 for that fall's release of DS9: The Fallen.Star Trek: Voyager Endgame Trailerimbarkus2014-08-13 | The trailer for the original broadcast run of the final episode of Star Trek: Voyager.
Will they make it home?????Simon & Schuster 2001 Star Trek Game Previewimbarkus2014-08-13 | Thrill to this five minute trailer for Starship Creator: Warp 2, Deep Space Nine: Dominion Wars, and Deep Space Nine: The Fallen!
I wonder how this 15fps, postage-stamp sized original will translate these days...Compilation of Random GIF Imagesimbarkus2014-08-13 | The Internets from like a decade or two ago. I gotta have some more of these around here somewhere... Kittens, My HAX, Dat Ass...
PS Someone tell me where the music came form OK?National Lampoons Class of 86imbarkus2014-06-30 | This was a favorite of a friend of mine's back in college so I made a dub. Apparently it's pretty hard to find now, out-of-print on VHS and never released on DVD.
From the NY Times description: "Directed by: Jerry Adler Review Summary
This musical comedy review began life off-Broadway, another brainchild of National Lampoon, the same folks who brought audiences Animal House. The video satirizes the me-generation of yuppies, American politics of the 1980s, and other social foibles through the eyes of two hippies. The Rip Van Winkle-like pair, have been in a drug-induced coma since the end of the '60s. Now they find themselves in a social milieu completely unlike what they left behind. The cast includes Rodger Bumpass, who has done voice work in The Iron Giant, The Emperor's New Groove, and Toy Story 2. ~ Leslie Birdwell, Rovi"
Please forgive the :45 lost during the fantastic STD-celebrating musical piece "I've Got It and Now You've Got It Too," somehow overlaid with 20 seconds of an Underdog episode and some blank tape. I'm not quite sure what happened 27 years ago. Sorry!
I will remove this upload if this piece of content gets reissued in a commercially available form. Until then, enjoy!Star Trek: Voyager Dark Seduction Week TV Ad :30imbarkus2010-03-21 | Star Trek: Voyager syndicated theme week ad for "Dark Seduction" week.Star Trek: Voyager Final Season TV Ad :30imbarkus2010-03-21 | Star Trek: Voyager firt-run on UPN's "Final Season, Last Episodes" :30 TV AdStar Trek: Voyager Alien Paradox Week TV Ad :30imbarkus2010-03-21 | A syndicated Star Trek: Voyager :30 TV spot for "Alien Paradox" theme week.Star Trek: Voyager UPN Wednesday Intro Bumperimbarkus2010-03-21 | An intro Bumper for UPN Wednesday with plenty of Star Trek: Voyager clips.Star Trek Experience Tv Ad :30imbarkus2010-03-21 | From defunct mediatrek.com, a :30 TV ad for Star Trek: The ExperienceStar Trek: Voyager Finale on Entertainment Tonightimbarkus2010-03-21 | From defunct mediatrek.com, an Entertainment Tonight report from the set on the filming of the Series Finale of Star Trek: Voyager.Star Trek Experience Museum Displaysimbarkus2010-03-21 | Some footage from long-gone mediatrek.com of the museum displays you'll see waiting to get in to the Star Trek Experience.Star Trek Experience Unveilingimbarkus2010-03-21 | Some footage from long-gone mediatrek.com of the unveiling ceremony for Star Trek: The Experience.Star Trek Experience: The Bridgeimbarkus2010-03-21 | Some footage from long-gone mediatrek.com of the bridge scenes from the Star Trek Experience.