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https://m.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?sid=tindogpodcast&_pgn=1&isRefine=true&_trksid=p4429486.m3561.l49496 Atlantis: The Lost Empire is a 2001 American animated science fiction adventure film directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, produced by Don Hahn, and written by Tab Murphy. Produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation, it stars Michael J. Fox, James Garner, Cree Summer, Don Novello, Phil Morris, Claudia Christian, Jacqueline Obradors, Florence Stanley, David Ogden Stiers, John Mahoney, Jim Varney, Corey Burton and Leonard Nimoy. Set in 1914, the film follows young linguist Milo Thatch, who gains possession of a sacred book, which he believes will guide him and a crew of mercenaries to the lost city of Atlantis. Development of the film began after production had finished on The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996). Instead of another musical, directors Trousdale and Wise, producer Hahn, and screenwriter Murphy decided to do an adventure film inspired by the works of Jules Verne. Atlantis: The Lost Empire was notable for adopting the distinctive visual style of comic book artist Mike Mignola, one of the film's production designers. The film made greater use of computer-generated imagery (CGI) than any of Disney's previous traditionally animated features and remains one of the few to have been shot in anamorphic format. Linguist Marc Okrand constructed an Atlantean language specifically for use in the film. James Newton Howard provided the film's musical score. The film was released at a time when audience interest in animated films was shifting away from traditional animation toward films with full CGI. Atlantis: The Lost Empire premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, on June 3, 2001, and went into its general release on June 15. The film received mixed reviews from critics. Budgeted at around $90–120 million, Atlantis grossed over $186 million worldwide, $84 million of which was earned in North America; its lackluster box office response was identified as a result of being released in competition with Shrek, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, The Fast and the Furious and Dr. Dolittle 2. As a result of the film's box office failure, Disney cancelled a planned spin-off animated television series, Team Atlantis; an underwater Disneyland attraction; and a volcanic Magic Kingdom attraction based on it. Atlantis was nominated for several awards, including seven Annie Awards, and won Best Sound Editing at the 2002 Golden Reel Awards. The film was released on VHS and DVD on January 29, 2002, and on Blu-ray on June 11, 2013. Despite its initial reception, reception in later years became favorable and has given Atlantis a cult following[5] and reappraisal from critics as a mistreated classic, due in part to Mignola's unique artistic influence.[6][7] A direct-to-video sequel, Atlantis: Milo's Return, was released in 2003. Plot In 1914 Washington, D.C., archaeo-linguist Milo Thatch obsesses over finding the legendary lost city of Atlantis, believed to have sunk thousands of years ago. His employers ridicule his theories, but he gains an unexpected ally in eccentric millionaire Preston B. Whitmore, a friend of Milo's deceased adventurer grandfather who also sought the city. Determined to honor his old friend's quest, Whitmore recruits Milo for an expedition to Atlantis, having recently uncovered the Shepherd's Journal, an ancient Atlantean manuscript that contains directions to the lost city. Aboard the submarine Ulysses, Milo meets his teammates: Commander Lyle Tiberius Rourke, Lieutenant Helga Sinclair, demolitions expert Vincenzo Santorini, geologist Gaetan "Mole" Molière, medical officer Joshua Sweet, mechanic Audrey Ramirez, radio operator Wilhelmina Packard, mess cook Jebidiah "Cookie" Farnsworth, and a platoon of mercenaries. Upon reaching a cave entrance leading to the lost city, the submarine is destroyed by a massive mechanical leviathan, killing most of the crew. Milo and the survivors escape in smaller craft, navigating through the cave to emerge among ancient ruins. Milo translates the journal, guiding the team through caves beneath a dormant volcano until they reach the worn remains of Atlantis. There, they are greeted by Princess Kidagakash "Kida" Nedakh, who, despite being around 8,500 years old, has the appearance of a young woman. She leads them to her father, King Kashekim, who orders them to leave. Learning that Milo can read their language—a skill lost to the Atlanteans over millennia—Kida asks for his help in uncovering their forgotten history and highly-advanced technology, without which the city has declined and resources have dwindled. Milo learns that Atlantis is powered by the Heart of Atlantis, a massive crystal that grants longevity and health to its citizens through the smaller crystals they carry. Rourke betrays Milo and the Atlanteans, revealing his true intention to steal the Heart for profit, despite knowing the Atlanteans will perish without it. He mortally wounds the King while seizing control and uncovers the crystal's hidden location beneath the city. Sensing the danger, the crystal merges with Kida, who is then captured by Rourke. He departs with the crystallized Kida and his mercenaries, except for Vincenzo, Molière, Sweet, Audrey, Packard, and Cookie, who refuse to take part in the Atlanteans' destruction. Before dying, the King reveals that Atlantis was devastated by a megatsunami after he attempted to weaponize the crystal's vast power. To protect the city, the crystal merged with a royal family member, Kida's mother. This created a protective dome over the city's inner district, shielding it from total destruction as Atlantis sank beneath the waves, but Kida's mother never returned. To prevent the crystal from ever merging with Kida, the King hid it, inadvertently accelerating Atlantis' decline. He warns Milo that Kida will be lost forever if she is not soon separated from the crystal and pleads with him to save her. Alongside his allies, Milo rallies the Atlanteans to reactivate their long-dormant flying machines. Together, they eliminate Rourke and his mercenaries in the volcano. Milo and the others fly the crystallized Kida back to Atlantis as the volcano erupts. Kida ascends into the air and awakens Stone Guardians, who erect a barrier that shields the city from the lava flow. With Atlantis saved, the crystal separates from Kida and remains suspended in the sky. Milo chooses to stay in Atlantis with Kida, having fallen in love with her. Before returning to the surface, Vincenzo, Molière, Sweet, Audrey, Packard, and Cookie each receive a small crystal and a share of treasure. The six reunite with Preston on the surface and agree to keep their adventure a secret to protect Atlantis. Preston opens a package from Milo containing his own crystal and a note thanking him. The newly crowned Queen Kida and Milo carve a stone effigy of her father to join those of past rulers floating beside the Heart of Atlantis, as the city stands restored to its former glory. Voice cast Production layout sketch of Milo and Kida. Milo's character design was based in part on sketches of the film's language consultant, Marc Okrand. Michael J. Fox as Milo James Thatch, a linguist and cartographer at the Smithsonian who was recruited to decipher The Shepherd's Journal while directing an expedition to Atlantis. James Garner as Commander Lyle Tiberius Rourke, the leader of the band of mercenaries for the Atlantean expedition. Cree Summer as Kidagakash "Kida" Nedakh, the Princess of Atlantis and Milo's love interest. Natalie Strom provided dialogue for Kida as a young child. Summer also voiced the unnamed Queen of Atlantis, Kida's mother and Kashekim's wife who was "chosen" by the Crystal during the sinking of the city. John Mahoney as Preston B. Whitmore, an eccentric millionaire who funds the expedition to Atlantis. Lloyd Bridges was originally cast and recorded as Whitmore, but he died before completing the film. Mahoney's zest and vigor led to Whitmore's personality being reworked for the film.[8] Claudia Christian as Lieutenant Helga Katrina Sinclair, Rourke's German-born second-in-command. Don Novello as Vincenzo "Vinny" Santorini, an Italian demolitions expert. Phil Morris as Dr. Joshua Strongbear Sweet, a medic of African-American and Arapaho descent. Jacqueline Obradors as Audrey Rocio Ramirez, a Puerto Rican mechanic and the youngest member of the expedition. Corey Burton as Gaetan "Mole" Molière, a French geologist who acts like a mole. Jim Varney as Jebidiah Allardyce "Cookie" Farnsworth, a Western-style chuckwagon chef. Varney died in February 2000, before the production ended, and the film was dedicated to his memory. Steven Barr recorded supplemental dialogue for Cookie. Florence Stanley as Wilhelmina Bertha Packard: an elderly, sarcastic, chain-smoking radio operator who is also the expedition's photographer. Leonard Nimoy as Kashekim Nedakh, the King of Atlantis and Kida's father. David Ogden Stiers as Fenton Q. Harcourt, a board member of the Smithsonian Institution who dismisses Milo's belief in the existence of Atlantis. Production Development The production team visited New Mexico's Carlsbad Caverns to get a sense of the underground spaces depicted in the film. The idea for Atlantis: The Lost Empire was conceived in October 1996 when Don Hahn, Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise, and Tab Murphy lunched at a Mexican restaurant in Burbank, California. Having recently completed The Hunchback of Notre Dame,[9] the producer, directors and screenwriter wanted to keep the Hunchback crew together for another film with an "Adventureland" setting rather than a "Fantasyland" setting.[10] Drawing inspiration from Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864) and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (1870), they set out to make a film which would fully explore Atlantis (compared to the brief visit depicted in Verne's novel).[11] While primarily utilizing the Internet to research the mythology of Atlantis,[12] the filmmakers became interested in the clairvoyant readings of Edgar Cayce and decided to incorporate some of his ideas—notably that of a mother-crystal which provides power, healing, and longevity to the Atlanteans—into the story.[13] They also visited museums and old army installations to study the technology of the early 20th century (the film's time period), and traveled underground in New Mexico's Carlsbad Caverns to view the subterranean trails which would serve as a model for the approach to Atlantis in the film.[14] The filmmakers wanted to avoid the common depiction of Atlantis as "crumbled Greek columns underwater", said Wise.[15] "From the get-go, we were committed to designing it top to bottom. Let's get the architectural style, clothing, heritage, customs, how they would sleep, and how they would speak. So we brought people on board who would help us develop those ideas."[16] Art director David Goetz stated, "We looked at Mayan architecture, styles of ancient, unusual architecture from around the world, and the directors really liked the look of Southeast Asian architecture."[17] The team later took ideas from other architectural forms, including Cambodian, Indian, and Tibetan works.[18] Hahn added, "If you take and deconstruct architecture from around the world into one architectural vocabulary, that's what our Atlantis looks like."[19] The overall design and circular layout of Atlantis were also based on the writings of Plato,[18] and his quote "in a single day and night of misfortune, the island of Atlantis disappeared into the depths of the sea"[20] was influential from the beginning of production.[9] The crew wore T-shirts which read "ATLANTIS—Fewer songs, more explosions" due to the film's plan as an action-adventure (unlike previous Disney animated features, which were musicals).[21] Language The Atlantean letter A, created by artist John Emerson. Kirk Wise noted that its design was a treasure map showing the path to the crystal, "The Heart of Atlantis". Main article: Atlantean language Marc Okrand, who developed the Klingon language for the Star Trek television and theatrical productions, was hired to devise the Atlantean language for Atlantis: The Lost Empire. Guided by the directors' initial concept for it to be a "mother-language", Okrand employed an Indo-European word stock with its own grammatical structure. He would change the words if they began to sound too much like an actual, spoken language.[16] John Emerson designed the written component, making hundreds of random sketches of individual letters from among which the directors chose the best to represent the Atlantean alphabet.[22][23] The written language was boustrophedon: designed to be read left-to-right on the first line, then right-to-left on the second, continuing in a zigzag pattern to simulate the flow of water.[24] The Atlantean [A] is a shape developed by John Emerson. It is a miniature map of the city of Atlantis (i.e., the outside of the swirl is the cave, the inside shape is the silhouette of the city, and the dot is the location of the crystal). It's a treasure map. — Kirk Wise, director[25] Writing Joss Whedon was the first writer to be involved with the film but soon left to work on other Disney projects. According to him, he "had not a shred" in the movie.[26] Tab Murphy completed the screenplay, stating that the time from initially discussing the story to producing a script that satisfied the film crew was "about three to four months".[27] The initial draft was 155 pages, much longer than a typical Disney film script (which usually runs 90 pages). When the first two acts were timed at 120 minutes, the directors cut characters and sequences and focused more on Milo. Murphy said that he created the centuries-old Shepherd's Journal because he needed a map for the characters to follow throughout their journey.[28] A revised version of the script eliminated the trials encountered by the explorers as they navigated the caves to Atlantis. This gave the film a faster pace because Atlantis is discovered earlier in the story.[29] The directors often described the Atlanteans using Egypt as an example. When Napoleon wandered into Egypt, the people had lost track of their once-great civilization. They were surrounded by artifacts of their former greatness but somehow unaware of what they meant. — Don Hahn, producer[30] The character of Milo J. Thatch was originally supposed to be a descendant of Edward Teach, otherwise known as Blackbeard the pirate. The directors later related him to an explorer so he would discover his inner talent for exploration.[31] The character of Molière was originally intended to be "professorial" but Chris Ure, a story artist, changed the concept to that of a "horrible little burrowing creature with a wacky coat and strange headgear with extending eyeballs", said Wise.[32][33] Don Hahn pointed out that the absence of songs presented a challenge for a team accustomed to animating musicals, as action scenes alone would have to carry the film. Kirk Wise said it gave the team an opportunity for more on-screen character development: "We had more screen time available to do a scene like where Milo and the explorers are camping out and learning about one another's histories. An entire sequence is devoted to having dinner and going to bed. That is not typically something we would have the luxury of doing."[16] Hahn stated that the first animated sequence completed during production was the film's prologue. The original version featured a Viking war party using The Shepherd's Journal to find Atlantis and being swiftly dispatched by the Leviathan. Near the end of production, story supervisor John Sanford told the directors that he felt this prologue did not give viewers enough emotional involvement with the Atlanteans. Despite knowing that the Viking prologue was finished and it would cost additional time and money to alter the scene, the directors agreed with Sanford. Trousdale went home and completed the storyboards later that evening after visiting a strip club where he boarded the new sequence on a napkin.[34] The opening was replaced by a sequence depicting the destruction of Atlantis, which introduced the film from the perspective of the Atlanteans and Princess Kida.[35] The Viking prologue is included as an extra feature on the DVD release.[36] Casting Kirk Wise, one of the directors, said that they chose Michael J. Fox for the role of Milo because they felt he gave his characters his own personality and made them more believable on screen. Fox said that voice acting was much easier than his past experience with live action because he did not have to worry about what he looked like in front of a camera while delivering his lines.[37] The directors mentioned that Fox was also offered a role for Titan A.E.; he allowed his son to choose which film he would work on, and he chose Atlantis.[38] Viewers have noted similarities between Milo and the film's language consultant, Marc Okrand, who developed the Atlantean language used in the film. Okrand stated that Milo's supervising animator, John Pomeroy, sketched him, claiming not to know how a linguist looked or acted.[24] Kida's supervising animator, Randy Haycock, stated that her actress, Cree Summer, was very "intimidating" when he first met her; this influenced how he wanted Kida to look and act on screen when she meets Milo.[39] Wise chose James Garner for the role of Commander Lyle Tiberius Rourke because of his previous experience with action films, especially war and Western films, and said the role "fits him like a glove". When asked if he would be interested in the role, Garner replied: "I'd do it in a heartbeat."[40] Producer Don Hahn was saddened that Jim Varney, the voice of Jebidiah Allardyce "Cookie" Farnsworth, never saw the finished film before he died of lung cancer in February 2000, but mentioned that he was shown clips of his character's performance during his site sessions and said, "He loved it." Shawn Keller, supervising animator for Cookie, stated, "It was kind of a sad fact that [Varney] knew that he was not going to be able to see this film before he passed away. He did a bang-up job doing the voice work, knowing the fact that he was never gonna see his last performance." Steven Barr recorded supplemental dialogue for Cookie.[41] John Mahoney, who voiced Preston Whitmore, stated that doing voice work was "freeing" and allowed him to be "big" and "outrageous" with his character.[42] Dr. Joshua Sweet's supervising animator, Ron Husband, indicated that one of the challenges was animating Sweet in sync with Phil Morris' rapid line delivery while keeping him believable. Morris stated that this character was extreme, with "no middle ground"; he mentioned, "When he was happy, he was really happy, and when he's solemn, he's real solemn."[43] Claudia Christian described her character, Lieutenant Helga Katrina Sinclair, as "sensual" and "striking", and was relieved when she finally saw what her character looked like, joking, "I'd hate to, you know, go through all this and find out my character is a toad."[44] Jacqueline Obradors said her character, Audrey Rocio Ramirez, made her "feel like a little kid again" and she always hoped her sessions would last longer.[45] Florence Stanley felt that her character, Wilhelmina Bertha Packard, was very "cynical" and "secure": "She does her job, and when she is not busy, she does anything she wants."[46] Corey Burton mentioned that finding his performance as Gaetan "Mole" Molière was by allowing the character to "leap out" of him while making funny voices. To get into character during his recording sessions, he stated that he would "throw myself into the scene and feel like I'm in this make-believe world".[47] Kirk Wise and Russ Edmonds, supervising animator for Vincenzo "Vinny" Santorini, noted Vinny's actor Don Novello's unique ability to improvise dialogue while voicing the role. Edmonds recalled, "[Novello] would look at the sheet, and he would read the line that was written once, and he would never read it again! And we never used a written line, it was improvs, the whole movie."[48] Michael Cedeno, supervising animator for King Kashekim Nedakh, was astounded at Leonard Nimoy's voice talent in the role, stating that he had "so much rich character" in his performance. As he spoke his lines, Cedeno said the crew would sit there and watch Nimoy in astonishment.[49] Animation For comparison, the top image (panoramic view of Atlantis) is cropped to Disney's standard aspect ratio (1.66:1); the bottom image was seen in the film (2.35:1). At the peak of its production, 350 animators, artists and technicians were working on Atlantis[50] at all three Disney animation studios: Walt Disney Feature Animation (Burbank, California), Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida (Orlando), and Disney Animation France (Paris).[51] The film was one of the few Disney animated features produced and shot in 35mm anamorphic format. The directors felt that a widescreen image was crucial, as a nostalgic reference to old action-adventure films presented in the CinemaScope format (2.35:1), noting Raiders of the Lost Ark as an inspiration.[52] Because switching to the format would require animation desks and equipment designed for widescreen to be purchased, Disney executives were at first reluctant about the idea.[16] The production team found a simple solution by drawing within a smaller frame on the same paper and equipment used for standard aspect ratio (1.66:1) Disney-animated films.[52] Layout supervisor Ed Ghertner wrote a guide to the widescreen format for use by the layout artists and mentioned that one advantage of widescreen was that he could keep characters in scenes longer because of additional space to walk within the frame.[53] Wise drew further inspiration for the format from filmmakers David Lean and Akira Kurosawa.[16] The film's visual style was strongly based upon that of Mike Mignola, the comic book artist behind Hellboy. Mignola was one of four production designers (along with Matt Codd, Jim Martin, and Ricardo Delgado) hired by the Disney studio for the film. Accordingly, he provided style guides, preliminary character, and background designs, and story ideas.[54] "Mignola's graphic, the angular style was a key influence on the 'look' of the characters," stated Wise.[55] Mignola was surprised when first contacted by the studio to work on Atlantis.[56] His artistic influence on the film would later contribute to a cult following.[57] I remember watching a rough cut of the film and these characters have these big, square, weird hands. I said to the guy next to me, "Those are cool hands." And he says to me, "Yeah, they're your hands. We had a whole meeting about how to do your hands." It was so weird I couldn't wrap my brain around it. — Mike Mignola[56] The final pull-out shot of the movie, immediately before the end-title card, was described by the directors as the most difficult shot in the history of Disney animation. They said that the pull-out attempt on their prior film, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, "struggled" and "lacked depth"; however, after making advances in the process of multiplaning, they tried the technique again in Atlantis. The shot begins with one 16-inch (40.6 cm) piece of paper showing a close-up of Milo and Kida. As the camera pulls away from them to reveal the newly restored Atlantis, it reaches the equivalent of an 18,000-inch (46,000 cm) piece of paper composed of many individual pieces of paper (24 inches [61 cm] or smaller). Each piece was carefully drawn and combined with animated vehicles simultaneously flying across the scene to make the viewer see a complete, integrated image.[58] Scale model of Ulysses submarine by Greg Aronowitz, used by digital animators as reference during production.[59] At the time of its release, Atlantis: The Lost Empire was notable for using more computer-generated imagery (CGI) than any other Disney traditionally animated feature. To increase productivity, the directors had the digital artists work with the traditional animators throughout the production. Several important scenes required heavy use of digital animation: the Leviathan, the Ulysses submarine and sub-pods, the Heart of Atlantis, and the Stone Giants.[60] During production, after Matt Codd and Jim Martin designed the Ulysses on paper, Greg Aronowitz was hired to build a scale model of the submarine, to be used as a reference for drawing the 3D Ulysses.[59] The final film included 362 digital-effects shots, and computer programs were used to seamlessly join the 2D and 3D artwork.[61] One scene that took advantage of this was the "sub-drop" scene, where the 3D Ulysses was dropped from its docking bay into the water. As the camera floated toward it, a 2D Milo was drawn to appear inside, tracking the camera. The crew noted that it was challenging to keep the audience from noticing the difference between the 2D and 3D drawings when they were merged.[62] The digital production also gave the directors a unique "virtual camera" for complicated shots within the film. With the ability to operate in the z-plane, this camera moved through a digital wire-frame set; the background and details were later hand-drawn over the wireframes. This was used in the opening flight scene through Atlantis and the submarine chase through the undersea cavern with the Leviathan in pursuit.[63] Music and sound Since the film would not feature any songs, the directors hired James Newton Howard to compose the score after they heard his music on Dinosaur. Approaching it as a live-action film, Howard decided to have different musical themes for the cultures of the surface world and Atlantis. In the case of Atlantis, Howard chose an Indonesian orchestral sound incorporating chimes, bells, and gongs. The directors told Howard that the film would have a number of key scenes without dialogue; the score would need to convey emotionally what the viewer was seeing on screen.[64] Gary Rydstrom and his team at Skywalker Sound were hired for the film's sound production.[65] Like Howard, Rydstrom employed different sounds for the two cultures. Focusing on the machine and mechanical sounds of the early industrial era for the explorers, he felt that the Atlanteans should have a "more organic" sound utilizing ceramics and pottery. The sound made by the Atlantean flying-fish vehicles posed a particular challenge. Rydstrom revealed that he was sitting at the side of a highway recording one day when a semi-truck drove by at high speed. When the recording was sped up on his computer, he felt it sounded very organic, and decided to use it in the film. Rydstrom created the harmonic chiming of the Heart of Atlantis by rubbing his finger along the edge of a champagne flute, the sound of sub-pods moving through the water with a water pick, while a ceramic pot from a garden store was used for the sounds of the movement of the Giant stone guardians.[66] Release Atlantis: The Lost Empire had its world premiere at Disney's El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, on June 3, 2001[67] and a limited release in New York City and Los Angeles on June 8; a wider release followed on June 15.[4][61] At the premiere, Destination: Atlantis was on display, featuring behind-the-scenes props from the film and information on the legend of Atlantis with video games, displays, laser tag, and other attractions. The Aquarium of the Pacific also loaned a variety of fish for display within the attraction.[68] Promotion Atlantis was among Disney's first major attempts to utilize internet marketing. The film was promoted through Kellogg's, which created a website with mini-games and a movie-based video game give-away for UPC labels from specially marked packages of Atlantis breakfast cereal.[50] The film was one of Disney's first marketing attempts through mobile network operators, and allowed users to download games based on the film.[69] McDonald's (which had an exclusive licensing agreement on all Disney releases) promoted the film with Happy Meal toys, food packaging and in-store decor. The McDonald's advertising campaign involved television, radio, and print advertisements beginning on the film's release date.[70] Frito-Lay offered free admission tickets for the film on specially marked snack packages.[71] Home media Atlantis: The Lost Empire was released on VHS and DVD on January 29, 2002.[72] During the first month of its home release, the film led in VHS sales and was third in VHS and DVD sales combined.[73] Sales and rentals of the VHS and DVD combined would eventually accumulate $157 million in revenue by mid-2003.[74] Both a single-disc DVD edition and a two-disc collector's edition (with bonus features) were released. The single-disc DVD gave the viewer the option of viewing the film either in its original theatrical 2.39:1 aspect ratio or a modified 1.33:1 ratio (utilizing pan and scan). Bonus features available on the DVD version included audio and visual commentary from the film team, a virtual tour of the CGI models, an Atlantean-language tutorial, an encyclopedia on the myth of Atlantis, and the deleted Viking prologue scene.[72] The two-disc collector's edition DVD contained all the single-disc features and a disc with supplemental material detailing all aspects of the film's production. The collector's-edition film could only be viewed in its original theatrical ratio, and also featured an optional DTS 5.1 track. Both DVD versions, however, contained a Dolby Digital 5.1 track and were THX certified.[72][75] Disney digitally remastered and released Atlantis on Blu-ray on June 11, 2013, bundled with its sequel Atlantis: Milo's Return.[76] Reception Box office Before the film's release, reporters speculated that it would have a difficult run due to competition from Shrek and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. Regarding the market's shift from traditional animation and competition with CG-animated films, Kirk Wise said, "Any traditional animator, including myself, can't help but feel a twinge. I think it always comes down to story and character, and one form won't replace the other. Just like photography didn't replace painting. But maybe I'm blind to it."[61] Jeff Jensen of Entertainment Weekly noted that CGI films (such as Shrek) were more likely to attract the teenage demographic typically not interested in animation, and called Atlantis a "marketing and creative gamble".[77] With a budget of $100 million,[3] the film opened at #2 on its debut weekend, behind Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, earning $20.3 million in 3,011 theaters.[78] During its second weekend, it would drop into fourth place behind the latter film, Dr. Dolittle 2 and The Fast and the Furious, making $13.2 million.[79] The film's international release began September 20 in Australia and other markets followed suit.[80] During its 25-week theatrical run, Atlantis: The Lost Empire grossed over $186 million worldwide ($84 million from the United States and Canada).[4] Responding to its disappointing box-office performance, Thomas Schumacher, then-president of Walt Disney Feature Animation, said, "It seemed like a good idea at the time to not do a sweet fairy tale, but we missed."[81] Critical response Atlantis: The Lost Empire received mixed reviews from critics,[82][83][84] many of whom criticized its story.[85] The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports that 48% of 144 professional critics have given Atlantis: The Lost Empire a positive review; the average rating is 5.5/10. The site's consensus is: "Atlantis provides a fast-paced spectacle, but stints on such things as character development and a coherent plot".[86] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 52 out of 100 based on 29 reviews from critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.[87] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.[88] While critics had mixed reactions to the film in general, some praised it for its visuals, action-adventure elements, and attempt to appeal to an older audience. Roger Ebert gave Atlantis three-and-a-half stars out of four. He praised the animation's "clean bright visual look" and the "classic energy of the comic book style", crediting this to the work of Mike Mignola. Ebert gave particular praise to the story and the final battle scene and wrote, "The story of Atlantis is rousing in an old pulp science fiction sort of way, but the climactic scene transcends the rest, and stands by itself as one of the great animated action sequences."[89] In The New York Times, Elvis Mitchell gave high praise to the film, calling it "a monumental treat", and stated, "Atlantis is also one of the most eye-catching Disney cartoons since Uncle Walt institutionalized the four-fingered glove."[90] Internet film critic James Berardinelli wrote a positive review of the film, giving it three out of four stars. He wrote, "On the whole, Atlantis offers 90 minutes of solid entertainment, once again proving that while Disney may be clueless when it comes to producing good live-action movies, they are exactly the opposite when it comes to their animated division."[91] Wesley Morris of the San Francisco Chronicle wrote positively of the film's approach for an older audience: "But just beneath the surface, Atlantis brims with adult possibility."[92] Other critics felt that the film was mediocre in regards to its story and characters, and that it failed to deliver as a non-musical to Disney's traditional audience. Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a C+ rating, writing that the film had "gee-whiz formulaic character" and was "the essence of craft without dream".[93] Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times said the storyline and characterizations were "old-fashioned" and the film had the retrograde look of a Saturday-morning cartoon, but these deficiencies were offset by its "brisk action" and frantic pace.[94] Todd McCarthy of Variety wrote, "Disney pushes into all-talking, no-singing, no-dancing and, in the end, no-fun animated territory."[95] Stephanie Zacharek of Salon wrote of Disney's attempt to make the film for an adult audience, "The big problem with Disney's latest animated feature, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, is that it doesn't seem geared to kids at all: It's so adult that it's massively boring."[96] Rita Kempley of The Washington Post panned the film, calling it a "new-fashioned but old-fangled hash" and wrote, "Ironically Disney had hoped to update its image with this mildly diverting adventure, yet the picture hasn't really broken away from the tried-and-true format spoofed in the far superior Shrek."[97] In 2015, Katharine Trendacosta at io9 reviewed the film and called it a "Beautiful Gem of a Movie That Deserved Better Than It Got" and said that the film deserves more love than it ended up getting.[6] Lindsay Teal considers "Atlantis" to be "a lost Disney classic". Describing the film as highly entertaining, she praises the writing and characterisation – in particular, Sweet, Helga and Kida.[7] In particular, much praise has been given to the character of Kida.[98] Summer has regarded the character of Kida as one of her favourite roles and even considers the character among the official Disney Princess line-up. Themes and interpretations Several critics and scholars have noted that Atlantis plays strongly on themes of anti-capitalism and anti-imperialism. M. Keith Booker, academic and author of studies about the implicit messages conveyed by media, views the character of Rourke as being motivated by "capitalist greed" when he pursues "his own financial gain" in spite of the knowledge that "his theft [of the crystal] will lead to the destruction of [Atlantis]".[99] Religion journalist Mark Pinsky, in his exploration of moral and spiritual themes in popular Disney films, says that "it is impossible to read the movie ... any other way" than as "a devastating, unrelenting attack on capitalism and American imperialism".[100] Max Messier of FilmCritic.com observes, "Disney even manages to lambast the capitalist lifestyle of the adventurers intent on uncovering the lost city. Damn the imperialists!"[101] According to Booker, the film also "delivers a rather segregationist moral" by concluding with the discovery of the Atlanteans kept secret from other surface-dwellers in order to maintain a separation between the two highly divergent cultures.[102] Others saw Atlantis as an interesting look at utopian philosophy of the sort found in classic works of science fiction by H. G. Wells and Jules Verne.[103] Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water controversy When the film was released, some viewers noticed that Atlantis: The Lost Empire was similar to the 1990-91 anime Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water, particularly in its character design, setting, and story.[104] The similarities, as noted by viewers in both Japan and America, were strong enough for its production company Gainax to be called to sue for plagiarism. According to Gainax member Yasuhiro Takeda, they only refrained from doing so because the decision belonged to parent companies NHK and Toho.[105] Another Gainax worker, Hiroyuki Yamaga, was quoted in an interview in 2000 as saying: "We actually tried to get NHK to pick a fight with Disney, but even the National Television Network of Japan didn't dare to mess with Disney and their lawyers. [...] We actually did say that but we wouldn't actually take them to court. We would be so terrified about what they would do to them in return that we wouldn't dare."[105] Although Disney never responded formally to those claims, co-director Kirk Wise posted on a Disney animation newsgroup in May 2001, "Never heard of Nadia till it was mentioned in this [newsgroup]. Long after we'd finished production, I might add." He claimed both Atlantis and Nadia were inspired, in part, by the 1870 Jules Verne novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas.[106] However, speaking about the clarification, Lee Zion from Anime News Network wrote, "There are too many similarities not connected with 20,000 Leagues for the whole thing to be coincidence."[107] As such, the whole affair ultimately entered popular culture as a convincing case of plagiarism.[108][109][110] In 2018, Reuben Baron from Comic Book Resources added to Zion's comment stating, "Verne didn't specifically imagine magic crystal-based technology, something featured in both the Disney movie and the too similar anime. The Verne inspiration also doesn't explain the designs being suspiciously similar to Nadia's."[110] Critics also saw parallels with the 1986 film Laputa: Castle in the Sky from Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli (which also featured magic crystals, and Atlantis directors Trousdale and Wise both acknowledged Miyazaki's works as a major influence on their own work)[104] and with the 1994 film Stargate as Milo's characteristics were said to resemble those of Daniel Jackson, the protagonist of Stargate and its spinoff television series Stargate SG-1 — which coincidentally launched its own spinoff, titled Stargate Atlantis; the plot of the 1994 film is also paralleled involving a group visiting an unknown world, a fictional language made for the other world's people, the main protagonist having apparent knowledge of the people's culture, falling in love with one of the female locals and electing to stay behind when the others return home.[111] Accolades Award Category Name Result 29th Annie Awards[112] Individual Achievement in Directing Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise Nominated Individual Achievement in Storyboarding Chris Ure Nominated Individual Achievement in Production Design David Goetz Nominated Individual Achievement in Effects Animation Marlon West Nominated Individual Achievement in Voice Acting – Female Florence Stanley Nominated Individual Achievement in Voice Acting – Male Leonard Nimoy Nominated Individual Achievement for Music Score James Newton Howard Nominated 2002 DVD Exclusive Awards[113] Original Retrospective Documentary Michael Pellerin Nominated 2002 Golden Reel Award[114] Best Sound Editing – Animated Feature Film Gary Rydstrom, Michael Silvers, Mary Helen Leasman, John K. Carr, Shannon Mills, Ken Fischer, David C. Hughes, and Susan Sanford Won Online Film Critics Society Awards 2001[115] Best Animated Feature Nominated 2002 Political Film Society[116] Democracy Nominated Human Rights Nominated Peace Nominated World Soundtrack Awards[117] Best Original Song for Film Diane Warren and James Newton Howard Nominated Young Artist Awards[118] Best Feature Family Film – Drama Walt Disney Feature Animation Nominated Related works Main article: Atlantis (franchise) Atlantis: The Lost Empire was meant to inspire an animated television series entitled Team Atlantis, which would have presented the further adventures of its characters. The series would have been akin to an animated steampunk version of The X-Files and feature a crossover with Gargoyles. However, because of the film's underperformance at the box office, the series was not produced.[119] On May 20, 2003, Disney released a direct-to-video sequel titled Atlantis: Milo's Return, consisting of three episodes planned for the aborted series.[120] Disneyland planned to revive its Submarine Voyage ride with an Atlantis: The Lost Empire theme with elements from the movie. These plans were canceled and the attraction was re-opened in 2007 as the Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage, its theme based on the 2003 Pixar film Finding Nemo, which was far more successful commercially and critically.[121] In addition, after the Submarine Voyage's Magic Kingdom counterpart, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Submarine Voyage, closed down in 1994, four years before Disneyland's, there were proposals of a new attraction that would take its place, with one of them a volcano attraction inspired by that film's Vulcania location, being approved for the Magic Kingdom's Adventureland area. Around 1999, during development of Atlantis: The Lost Empire, it was decided that it would be themed to the movie, with it taking place in 1916, two years after the film's events. The ride would have focused on Preston Whitmore, a character from the film, seeking to make Atlantis existence public and offer expeditions to visitors in newly developed vehicles. However, due to mishaps, the vehicles would be forced to make a detour through the lava-filled caverns of the volcano. The attraction would have used a unique hybrid ride system, in which it would start as a standard coaster before the trains hook up to a suspended track midway through to fly through the caverns. The attraction would have been accessed by a new canyon path in between Pirates of the Caribbean and a re-routed Jungle Cruise that would have led to a Whitmore Enterprises base camp at the edge of the Walt Disney World Railroad path, with the mountain itself being built outside the berm. However, like the previous Submarine Voyage retheme, the ride was cancelled due to the film's disappointment in the box office.[122]

Creator of the Klingon LanguageMarc Okrand joins us for a fun conversation around how he came to work for the Star Trek franchise in creating the Klingon language! He shares some fantastic stories about how he got his first job, creating the dictionary, and even working the first closed-caption television event in TV history! Don't miss this exceptionally fascinating episode!This podcast is a proud part of the Trek Geeks Podcast Network and works hard to bring you great content from all over the science fiction universe. We would love to hear your feedback, suggestions, and ideas. Take a moment to send us an email at thebigscifipodcast@gmail.comTheme music for season 9 by Alex Guz - "Funky Ride" can be found at: https://pixabay.com/music/search/alexguz/Check our podcast out and learn more about the other great podcasts on the network by visiting trekgeeks.com.We've got the merch! If you want BIG Sci-Fi swag, check out this link and support us by wearing us everywhere you go! www.teepublic.com/thebigscifipodcastCheck out all of our social links in one place:https://linktr.ee/thebigscifipodcastCheck out Cris' amazing YouTube channel for Trek content galore:https://www.youtube.com/@yellingaboutstartrek1532Check out Brian's new book available at Amazon for Kindle and in paperback:https://www.amazon.com/stores/Brian-Donahue/author/B0C3BQ93VDSubscribe for free to Brian's Substack page where he writes original science fiction and fantasy: https://bdonahue.substack.com/Listen to Brian's music including his new brand new compilation album "My Story" at: https://www.reverbnation.com/765591/album/330256Find Adeena's books here: https://crazyrobot.myshopify.com/Follow her on Substack here: https://beyondthedroid.substack.com

Creator of the Klingon LanguageMarc Okrand joins us for a fun conversation around how he came to work for the Star Trek franchise in creating the Klingon language! He shares some fantastic stories about how he got his first job, creating the dictionary, and even working the first closed-caption television event in TV history! Don't miss this exceptionally fascinating episode!This podcast is a proud part of the Trek Geeks Podcast Network and works hard to bring you great content from all over the science fiction universe. We would love to hear your feedback, suggestions, and ideas. Take a moment to send us an email at thebigscifipodcast@gmail.comTheme music for season 9 by Alex Guz - "Funky Ride" can be found at: https://pixabay.com/music/search/alexguz/Check our podcast out and learn more about the other great podcasts on the network by visiting trekgeeks.com.We've got the merch! If you want BIG Sci-Fi swag, check out this link and support us by wearing us everywhere you go! www.teepublic.com/thebigscifipodcastCheck out all of our social links in one place:https://linktr.ee/thebigscifipodcastCheck out Cris' amazing YouTube channel for Trek content galore:https://www.youtube.com/@yellingaboutstartrek1532Check out Brian's new book available at Amazon for Kindle and in paperback:https://www.amazon.com/stores/Brian-Donahue/author/B0C3BQ93VDSubscribe for free to Brian's Substack page where he writes original science fiction and fantasy: https://bdonahue.substack.com/Listen to Brian's music including his new brand new compilation album "My Story" at: https://www.reverbnation.com/765591/album/330256Find Adeena's books here: https://crazyrobot.myshopify.com/Follow her on Substack here: https://beyondthedroid.substack.com

The cast & crew of the "Atlantis: The Lost Empire" Fan Trailer join Tammy on The Tammy Tuckey Show to discuss the viral trailer!  Watch the fan trailer here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=66o3_HsjpyY Guests include: Felix Merback - Milo Thatch Jylian Noble - Princess Kida - www.instagram.com/jyl4real Pablo Milla - Mole - www.pablojmilla.com Christopher Karr - Rourke - www.instagram.com/christopherjohnkarr Andre Pelzer - Dr. Sweet December Cinturon - Audrey - www.instagram.com/waiting.for.december Perry Bruno - Vinny - www.instagram.com/perrybruno Aion Harrison-Boyd - Mr. Whitmore Bre Segars - Helga Sinclair - www.instagram.com/bresegars Isobel Roth - Mrs. Packard Jonathan Munoz - Director Ryan Silver - Producer Laura Leal - Producer - https://lauraleal.squarespace.com Tori Cerda - Casting Director/Associate Producer Will Underwood - 1st AD Brendan Boyle - Director of Photography/Producer Special guests include Marc Okrand (creator of the Atlantean language) Kirk Wise & Gary Trousdale (co-directors) and Tab Murphy (screenwriter) of the original 2001 Disney film! Follow me on:   Facebook - www.facebook.com/singertammytuckey  Twitter & Instagram - @TammyTuckey www.tammytuckey.com

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Show notes provided by Jack Adrien How does a rejuvenated science fiction franchise follow arguably the best installment in its long-standing television and movie series? Well, if it's the decades-long Star Trek franchise and following Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan's (Khan's) critical and commercial success, Paramount Pictures greenlit for producer Harve Bennett to write a sequel the day after Khan opened. But how would that work? We watched and mourned Mr. Spock's heroic sacrifice to save the Enterprise and her crew, marking the “death” of not only one of the franchise's most beloved and well-known characters, but also a character that embodies the science fiction genre. And Leonard Nimoy, the actor who brought Mr. Spock to life, had long expressed his frustration with the weight of playing the character, most notably in his first autobiography released in 1975, I Am Not Spock. With Khan, did Paramount grant Nimoy's wish? Whereas Star Trek: The Motion Picture rebooted the franchise for cinema audiences, Khan reintroduced a memorable antagonist from one of the series' first season episodes. Although the third film in the Star Trek film franchise,Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (Search) marked the second part of what many consider a three-film story arc – beginning with Khan released in 1982 and ending with 1986's Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (Voyage) – that shows how the original series characters accept aging in the franchise's world building. Within this loose narrative trilogy, Captain James T. Kirk met his son, David Marcus – neither of whom had met before – and Kirk witnessed the death of his best friend, Mr. Spock, in Khan. And in a startling reversal, rogue Klingons kill Kirk's son and Mr. Spock is “resurrected” in Search. Memorably, to save his life and those of his crew, Kirk must kill the franchise's most central character in Search: The USS Enterpriseitself. Nestled as the story-arc's midpoint, Search allowed the Star Trek franchise to mature and move beyond its television series roots. Released three years before the successor television series in the franchise, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Search delivers on poignant story arcs for its characters, particularly William Shatner's portrayal of Kirk. As Paramount released more films over the years, the fandom (i.e., Trekkies) settled on an “Odd-Even Rule” (i.e., the even-numbered films are often considered better than the odd-numbered ones). But that shorthand has often overlooked and underrated Search's significance to the franchise. Foremost, Search marks Leonard Nimoy's motion picture directorial debut, deftly balancing action, humor, and tension. Nimoy later garnered acclaim for his direction of Voyage and Three Men and a Baby, respectively. Further, Search formally introduced the grammar, syntax, andvocabulary for the Klingon language. The constructed language gained greater notoriety when its creator, Marc Okrand, and Pocket Books published The Klingon Dictionary in 1985. Moreover, Nimoy cast Christopher Llyod against type as the primary Klingon antagonist, Commander Kruge, and whose standout performance paved the way for his later iconic role as Dr. Emmett “Doc” Brown in the Back to the Future trilogy. Lastly, Kirk's destruction of the USS Enterprise over the Genesis planet in Search would later introduce the USS Enterprise-A in Voyage, the replacement for the destroyedstarship, creating a legacy of distinguishing successor ships of the line with the next letter in the alphabet that has endured in the franchise.  Join the Mint Condition crew of James, Joe, John, Josh, and Jack as we go behind the scenes and discus Search's history, our impressions when we saw the movie, and where the movie fits in the Star Trek film franchise today. Moreover, we discuss alternative castings and storylines, and does Search disprove the Odd-Even Rule. Because the needs of the one outweigh the needs of the many.

I invited a very special language learning and language loving friend to co-host this episode with me and chat all about the joys of language learning. This is a very familiar voice in the language learning community, and it's such a pleasure to have Kerstin Cable of Fluent Language and The Fluent Show on Love, Joy, and Languages! We had an absolute blast talking about loving languages and finding joy in learning them. This chat is extra special for me because I don't think this show would exist without Kerstin and her Podcasting 101 course (https://www.kerstincable.com/podcasting101). Big thanks to Kerstin for putting so much goodness out into the world! In today's episode, Kersin and I talk about celebrating our language achievements, the value of self-work and appreciating your own personal journey, language exams and the excitement of the process, lots of German language, the link between language and culture, Kerstin teaches me a bit Welsh (you'll see why this language can easily become an obsession!), and Kerstin shares some of her favorite language things and people. Learning a language is a long road, and there are so many challenges along the way, but something that keeps us in the language learning world is all the joy we find in the process and the community. I hope you enjoy listening in to my chat with Kerstin, and I hope it reminds you of all the exciting things you find in your own language life. The Fluent Show episodes mentioned in this episode: Words of the Year 2023 (https://www.fluent.show/243) The Farewell Episode: The Joy of Finishing Good Things (https://www.fluent.show/240) I'm Not Dead Yet, So I'd Like to Keep Learning: Interview with German Learner Randy (https://www.fluent.show/8) Reviews of the Year with Shannon Kennedy: 2021 (https://www.fluent.show/234), 2020 (https://www.fluent.show/203), 2019 (https://www.fluent.show/166), 2018 (https://www.fluent.show/118) Marc Okrand on Creating the Klingon Language (https://www.fluent.show/172) Interview with Language Creator David Peterson (Game of Thrones, Dune, The 100, Doctor Strange) (https://www.fluent.show/158) Good bye Chemistry, hello Linguistics! with Sarah F. Philips (https://www.fluent.show/209) Other content mentioned in this episode: German Uncovered (Beginner) (https://learn.storylearning.com/german-uncovered-level-11674240494503) by Olly Richards Lindsay Williams of Lindsay Does Languages (https://www.lindsaydoeslanguages.com/) Episode 59: A Joyful Chat with a Special Guest Co-Host, Love, Joy, and Languages with Lindsay Williams (http://www.lovejoyandlanguagespodcast.com/episode-59) Shannon Kennedy at Eurolinguiste (https://eurolinguiste.com/) Emily Richardson of The Langauge Confidence Project and Tea with Emily (https://www.languageconfidenceproject.com/) Yabla Language Immersion (https://www.yabla.com/?a=1568&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwoJa2BhBPEiwA0l0ImDGlNae3Gj4g5NA4ZKbfPPdyHedENu_e2DlpUXLmNFuqM-BhhiYfwBoCVZ4QAvD_BwE) Language Habit System (https://www.fluentlanguage.co.uk/lhs), by Kerstin Cable AI Language Club (https://www.ailanguageclub.com/), with Kerstin Cable & Josh Goldsmith Kerstin can be found at: For language learning: Fluent Language Blog, Podcast & Language Tuition (https://www.fluentlanguage.co.uk/) For business: Kerstin Cable (https://www.kerstincable.com/) Kerstin's Podcast: The Fluent Show (https://www.fluent.show/) Instagram: @kerstin_fluent X (Twitter): @fluentlanguage Where to find me: Love, Joy, and Languages Blog (https://lovejoyandlanguages.com/) All podcast episodes can be found at http://www.lovejoyandlanguagespodcast.com/. Instagram: @love.joyandlanguages X (Twitter): @LoveJoy_Lang

Join Charlie, a non-binary sci-fi fantasy writer and practicing druid, along with their husband Brian, as they celebrate the third quarter moon and discuss the importance of savoring life's first fruits in this season of Lúnasa. Explore themes of hospitality, humility, and connectedness through meditative exercises and personal anecdotes. Learn how savoring can foster deep, meaningful relationships and bring more joy and mindfulness into your daily life. Don't miss the tips on savoring rituals that can transform your interactions with food, nature, and loved ones.Tips or Donations here: https://ko-fi.com/cedorsett patreon.com/cedorsett Substack: https://www.creationspaths.com/ For Educational Resource: https://wisdomscry.com For all of the things we are doing at The Seraphic Grove go to Creation's Paths https://www.creationspaths.com/ Social Connections: BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/creationspaths.com Threads https://www.threads.net/@creationspaths Instagram https://www.instagram.com/creationspaths/Transcript:[00:00:00] Charlie- New: Today as we celebrate the third quarter moon and remember the via positiva in this season of Lúnasa. Let us take a look at. Savoring the first fruits of life. On today's. Creations Paths. Intro. Hello everyone. My name is Charlie. I am a non-binary scifi fantasy writer also a practicing druid. I'm joined by my wonderful husband. [00:00:35] Brian - New: Hello. Savoring. Ah, [00:00:39] Charlie- New: his name is Brian and he didn't say it. I thought he might actually say it, but he didn't. [00:00:44] Brian - New: This one has no name . [00:00:45] Charlie- New: So today as we are celebrating the third quarter moon. Which we like to associate each of the quarters of the moon with one of the paths of creation spirituality and the third quarter movie. Is. The via positive, the first path. when I was looking at the themes and everything associated with the four pass. The first path is the season of harvest. You're gathering. sharing. Learning hospitality and. Humility and earthiness and all of those things that to me are more associated with fall. And with the third. Quarter. We've talked a lot about bringing in the first fruits. We've talked about where to find the first fruits. How to go about actually bringing them in. I love that we get to end our lunar cycle on this. Of the series of meditations on savoring, because one of the great themes. Of the via positive it is. Recovering the lost art of saver. To learn to actually just truly savor what we have in front of us, not just eating because we're eating, not just drinking so that we can drink getting past this? Utilitarianism that has infected the world with the advent of capitalism. And industrialism. Learning once again to just have those moments of pure saver. Just to take it in to experience it. I almost feel like people don't understand what it means to savor anymore. [00:02:16] Brian - New: When we first got together. I disturbed you greatly because I didn't exactly know how to savor. I knew how to celebrate in and how to. Recognize the enjoy things. But savoring. No. I grew up in a somewhat military household. At least in the sense that when it came to eating.. you. Put the food in your mouth, you chew it later. That's the old army joke. Chew your food later when you're marching it was very much part of the culture of the household.So when we sat down and ate. We shoveled all the food in our mouth. We chewed as we were leaving the room. There was no savoring. And I remember. That you to help you teach me this. You had me sit down and have me get a pomegranate. And sit down and eat this pomegranate and I remembered it. At first being really, really frustrated because I spent like two hours eating one stupid pomegranate. But the lesson I learned of how to saver. Not only recognize the good qualities in the pomegranate. It was juicy. It was flavorful. I could understand all that, but to actually sit there. In the moment mindfully. Just. Appreciating the awe and wonder. Of this fruit . And it was very profound. It helped me to gain that appreciation. Being in moments of joy, being, celebrating moments, that kind of stuff. It's not quite the same because savoring is. Actually allowing yourself to just exist in that moment of. [00:03:50] Charlie- New: Savoring is relational. See joy is something that you can just find in something. Like I can have joy in a sunset. And the sun doesn't need to know. The sun's only tangentially a part of it naturally. If we want to be technical. The sun's already gone away. It took the light of the sun eight minutes to reach me. So where am I where I'm seeing it? It's actually not where the sun is. The sun's already gone. I'm still having this moment here and I can have that joy and I can, you can save her the sunset. But you have to actually be in relationship . Part of savoring is that understanding of once it's gone, it's gone. It's seeing that via negativa moment. That's coming. Eventually you're going to have to swallow. And the flavor is going to wash away. Eventually the sun's going to go down. And that beautifully painted sky and horizon. It's going to fade to there's this delicate understanding. That this moment is special. For that moment to truly be special, you have to walk. Into relationship with it. And that's something you can't do just by going. Hmm. Tastes good. [00:04:57] Brian - New: Yeah, you have to be present. You can't be thinking about. Laundry and tissues and kids and work and everything else in that same moment, because then you're not there. Your, with the dishes you're with. the , kids, you're not in that moment. Savoring, whatever it is in the moment you're savoring. [00:05:16] Charlie- New: You can appreciate the center. And appreciate the look of the rose. To save for the rose is to sit. With the rose. And you really have to sit with it. For a moment. You can stand too, but you have to be with it. Look at the delicacy of each peddle. The scent, the aroma. The appearance. How it's moving in the breeze. If you're outside. It's taking into effect. All of the little bits and pieces. Take that hon. Has a ritual that he asks people to do. Related to this, that. Either involves a tea ceremony. Or the eating of an orange. It takes you half an hour to an hour to eat an orange. Because you were sitting there mindfully. With each moment. With the smell. Just the sense, the beauty. Of the orange itself. And then as it's breaking open and those oils are being released. And that scent is coming out. And then slowly. Peeling it apart and take separating the segments. One from another. And then one by one slowly, putting them into your mouth and. Squeezing the juice. Into your mouth and just letting it sit there and just experiencing that juiciness. And all of the flavor. And a Roma. And texture. And feel that. Just being there with the full experience of it. And if you've never actually done a ritual like that, I highly highly recommend it. And if oranges, aren't your favorite thing? Pick your favorite fruit. I think you can do this also with candy. But yeah, I think that whatever you pick needs to be a full experience, so it should have a scent. A texture and a flavor. [00:07:04] Brian - New: It helps especially to pick something that. is personal to you. Because then you already have. The start of that relationship. Or if you're extra, extra stubborn, like me a pomegranate and have it be guided. And have somebody sit over there. Early with a stick. I'm just kidding. There was no stick involved. I I, I was extra. Yeah, I needed that level. Um, Yeah. [00:07:26] Charlie- New: I originally learned this with a, with the pomegranate. The teacher who is teaching me. I was only allowed to eat one of those jewels at a time. We are taught to have this utilitarian relationship. With everything, including pleasure, including joy, including happiness, including the relationships that we have in our life. And to sit back and like with a pomegranate or like with tech, not Han and the. And the orange segment by segment and just really, truly experiencing all of that, that segment of the orange has to offer. I like to do this every fall and winter when the tangerines come in, because that's one of my favorite fruits of all time. It can take me. 30 minutes to an hour to eat a team one. The little Tangerine. [00:08:08] Brian - New: Yeah. It's also how, how you appeal it. As you peel it, it's savoring the act pealing it. Recognizing how much pithy that you would like to have in that bite. Because just because appeals in the way appeals, you may want appeal it more. You may wanna peel it less, that savoring just, yeah, it's a relationship. It's a relationship with it. Its relationship with yourself. With that moment. [00:08:34] Charlie- New: This to me is why a lot of. Friendships. Feel hollow to me nowadays. ' I know. Aye. Have a good friendship. When we can sit silently in a room together. And we're both perfectly alright with that. It's not that I don't enjoy the talking or the games or whatever else. You might be dealing with your friends. But there's something special about having a friend that. Just being together. Just sharing space with each other. Is enough and that you can save her that. Just being there. With each other. There's a certain. Closeness that you realize that you have with people. That you don't have to always be talking. You don't always have to be telling a joke or. Doing an activity together, all of our relationships. Benefit. From taking this time. To savour our time together. It's one of the things that when I've talked to younger people that are looking for a relationship and they're not sure what am I doing wrong? Duh. And the question that I almost always ask is, do you hug. Do you cuddle? Yeah, it's possible to have a relationship without hugs and cuddles. But it's difficult to have a close. Relationship. If your time together is just utilitarian. Like I remember the first. Really really close friendship group that I had. We spent most of our time in puppy pilots. We would be reading for example. And we would all get on the floor. And we would each be the back of the other person's chair. And there'd be, you know, five, 10. 15 of us. On the floor. And this one friend's living room. Just clustered up together. Propping up. Using each other's legs as pillows and just reading. Books. That closeness. Having the trust. To allow people to be that close with you. . Knowing that there are no ulterior motives in this closeness. That it's just, we're here. We're together. It really cemented those relationships and that they've lasted so long. And my life that all of that group of people, there's still one person from that group that. All these decades later. I still talk to occasionally. Even though we've moved to different states and had very different lives. And everything. I'm not friends with a lot of people that I knew in high school. But every person that I am still talking to. That I knew in high school. That's the kind of relationship I had with them. That closeness where we just savored being together. We weren't always together just to go out and do things or to. Set up, get together and talk or to share or to, we would just. be together. Just savoring those relationships. And those are the ones that lasted. You know, all of the other ones were. I have many friends from that period of time that I can think of that I had crazy fun with. We ran around, we got into adventures. We did all manner of things, but. If we weren't in the middle of an adventure. I didn't really spend time together. Like as soon as the adventure was over. There was no question that we were going home. Right because we didn't have that kind of relationship. We didn't have that closeness. I think about this a lot, especially in this day and age where we're talking about this. Epidemic of loneliness. And that people have. And I'm one of the worst people to talk to about that because I am. Introverted as they come. I like being alone in my cave. away. The world and, I need that alone time. But I do feel. Lonely. When I don't have any. human interactions. Any reactions with other people. It's about that quality of those relationships though. Yeah, the answer to this is not just be around other people. That helps. That's step one. If we're not being around other people, we're not going to develop deep, meaningful relationships. But you have to find things that you can either save for the relationship between you and the other person. Or that you can get together and relish in the savoring of something else. I'm not one who typically joins groups and. Runs around with other people. And. The way that I had so many friends when I was growing up. Were, these were my star Trek fans. These were my vampire, the masquerade friends. These were my goth friends and those friendship groups. Initially gathered around. Our shared love for an interest in. Uh, thing. My star Trek friends, if you will. So while my mom always called them, my star Trek friends. Because every time we were together, we were talking about star Trek. That was the natural thing for her to group us together as, and it's what we were. But we loved star Trek. We would get together and we would talk about the latest episode and what happened in the series and what we thought was going to happen next. Did. Oh, did you see the comic? Did you read the book? Did. whatever. We spent that time. And I think this is important, especially with the internet and the way the internet works now. Not necessarily theory crafting. But we did. Some of that. Not necessarily digging down and doing deep dives into, did you notice all the little things in the episode? Though we did do some of that. But just celebrating what we loved about it. I had a friend who we were very into the Klingons. And we decided together. To buy Marc Okrand's book and learn to speak cling on. The two of us were studying this book and learning this. I made up language. It was originally out of love for this franchise. These characters that we loved in that show. But I still talk to her today. She's still one of my dearest friends, because we. Savored this thing together. It got to the point where we were writing poetry in, klingon and sharing it with each other because who else could read it? We were. It was that savory. That brought us together that cemented us together. This is what. Our society is missing right now. It's the one thing that's been drowned out. I remember when I was a kid. And we'd go to a 4th of July. Celebration and bacon park and Frederick, Maryland. And everybody was there. I just. In anticipation. Of the fireworks. Often we get a spot down by the band shell. To hear whatever random. Certain meant of. Sure fine. We'll call most of the musicians. That we're performing on the stage. We were all there for not just for a nationalistic reason. We were there. In a community way. We had people that were from our neighborhood that would come out. Eventually we stopped going downtown and went to a friend of ours house who lived up on a mountain. And from that mountain, we could not only see the local fireworks in Frederick, but we could see the fireworks in neighboring towns. From his house. It wasn't just our families that got together. It was this. He has nice large property up on the side of them. Mountain. And every. All these people from our church and community and friends. So we'd all gather up at his house. And yes, we'd have these one, this wonderful food that would be cooked in the. Just innumerable amount of grills. Like every dad that was there had a grill and was grilling something. And sitting there talking and doing their thing and all the kids from all these families. We were together and we were just enjoying the moment because this was a beautiful farm. To be on. It was beautiful hill looking out over the valley. Beautiful place to be. And then the night would come. And then we'd watch the fireworks start here. Cause the fireworks times were always scattered. I don't know if the town's actually worked that out amongst themselves, or it just happened to be that way. But. Somebody would shout off there's one over there and such and such town. And we'd all turn to that part of the yard and look out off the mountain and watch the fireworks over there. And people would be hooting and hollering and clapping their hands and celebrating savoring. He's beautiful. Dancing flames in the sky. And then somebody else would shout. Oh, look, they're starting over there. Everybody turned. And just move our attention one by one, through all the fireworks displays. In that unity. In that savoring together. We all became really close. My parents are still friends with them. All these many, many, many years later. And that's because we had something to savor together. Because you're savoring, Can and should happen alone. Savor your morning coffee or beverage or whatever. Get off work and make that tea that just gives you life. Take that one favorite candy and just hold it in your mouth and just enjoy. This sheer joy. The of it. But when you find people that you can savor things together with. That's how real communities form. That's where real joy. Comes into our lives. And we're like, we've been talking about unity and competition and all of these things throughout this month where we're focused on the gatherings of Lúnasa that's where you really find those deep connections. And build these relationships that will be with you forever. And some people. Do you find that in their religious communities? Yeah. And when I find another person who is a devotee. Of Brigid. It's like being a kid again. Did you like Bridget too? Yes. We're friends now. You know, and it's not that simple, but we have something to talk about. And we're going to talk about. This and that. And, oh, have you read this story? Did you see this poem? Have you ever had this happen to in your prayers and your devotions and your meditation? have you ever felt the call to work on things like this? Those conversations just happen. And. We're savoring our relationship with Bridget together. [00:18:27] Brian - New: That's the thing. Savoring is connectedness. Yes. It's celebrating and connecting. Connecting yourself into that moment in time when time becomes timeless. Because you're just in the moment, there was no past, there is no future. It is just you in that moment, savoring it. It connects you in with whatever you're savoring, like you said, there could be others that could be a shared activity. You could savor. Your creative acts. I often will savor when cooking time falls away. Appreciating. The sacrifice of the plants and animals that went into making the food. And respecting the ingredients I'm appreciating and connecting in with each ingredient. And. Observing. All the senses, smell, taste, sound. Oftentimes, they get teased for listening to and speaking with the food. And I mean, there's moments of savoring, but there is a communication that's going on there. It does talk. It talks to me, at least I listen. It tells me when it's done, when it's ready, how much longer it needs to go. That's how you do your chef. Yeah. Yeah. But it's in everything. That connectedness and connection. That comes back in. [00:19:37] Charlie- New: As somebody who grew up on a farm. I remember we'd go out and it's time to bring the tomatoes because we're going to make tomato sauce. That's that time. For our frost is getting near or the heat. Brain's Rover. Everything's going to start drying out in the heat. As you know, Mid-west and August. September times and half, then it gets very hot and dry. So we'd be pulling in all these tomatoes. I mean, bushels and bushels and bushels of tomatoes. And big ones got cut up to go into the pot. And the little ones just kept disappearing. Who knows where they were going. I kid. Everybody knew where they were going. You'd be going through your pot and, oh, there's just a little one there. Yup. And that pop. That fresh tomato right off the vine, just popping. And your mouth and just the joy of it. And just with everything that we were harvesting, harvesting the green beans. A couple of, for the canning one for me. A couple for the canteen one from. Right. There was a. Savoring that came in when we were bringing that in. It was a celebration because once one we knew we were going to have all this food for the winter. For the fall in the winter. But also just this joy of here, it was. I remember we'd bring in the corn. It was a race to get the first. It depend on how many people were there to help us shuck the corn. So you get the corn process. If there are four of us there, the first four years. We've got to hurry up and get them shucked and cleaned and get all the silk silk out. Cause they needed to go right into the pot. As we were going to, we were going to eat those first four. Write that in there. Has that beautiful golden corn had been out there growing and growing and growing and out with it was ready. It was time. Hurry up and weed. Peel back the outer layers. You get the brushes out and start getting the silk out from between the kernels. You get them into that salted pot water. Just when that smell. That's how you knew they were done. Never set a timer. You're suddenly smell this wonderful corn smell coming out of that water. And then the tongues would go. And out they came and on the butter went. And suddenly they were all gone. Because that was the joy in it. We had worked so hard. Keep the bugs off the plants to keep. Rabbits out of the field. If the animals out to get those plants to grow. And we had the harvest. And my happiest memories as a kid, I actually heard some of those harvest that we had. Sitting in with my great-grandmother and my grandmother and my mom. Sometimes some other folk that would come to join us. It's all the conversations around the tech table. As everything was getting processed so that it could get into the jar. So you get canned. So we'd have it for the rest of the year. Magical times. I wonder if your. Looking for more of that magic in your life. I think you can save her. Either alone or with others. Yeah. Were you able to find them? I hope this episode has helped you out. I hope you found something to savor, remembered something used to love to savor that maybe you. Stop letting yourself have access to. We'll find something. To just bring into your life to just enjoy it. I really love mint and I keep minutes by my desk. And anytime I'm feeling a little low or depressed or sad I'll just pop a mint in. And just close my eyes for a minute and just. Or smell it. Taste it and just bring it in. Maybe a little thing. [00:23:00] Brian - New: Could be meta and savor the episode on savoring. [00:23:03] Charlie- New: Hopefully this has helped you out. If you know, somebody that needs to help rediscover the lost art of savoring. Send this to them. Hopefully it'll help them out. That's what we're here for. Try to bring more light and life into people's lives. And if you haven't already, depending on where you're listening to us. Hit the like button. Subscribe follow. Any of those things that you can do if you're on a place like apple podcasts and you can leave a review. Please leave a review that really helps us out a lot. More than, you know, If you have someone in your life that you know is bad at savoring, it needs to savor share it. Send it to him. And if you haven't already head over to wisdoms cry. Oh, yeah. You can head over to https://wisdomscry.com . That's where I put all of my journaling and thoughts on various. Spiritual matters over there. There's a lot over there. A whole bunch of stuff. Being written up about Bridget right now. That's going to be showing up there soon. You can head over to https://www.creationspaths.com/ . To get our regular newsletter. I have to say we're about to launch another podcast over there. Don't worry, this one's going to be weekly. It's going to be bringing regular meditations every week. Little guided meditations, guided prayers. Okay. Guided rituals, things of that nature into your life. To help you really connect with. All of the things that we've been talking about. We're also going to be doing some classes over there. So if you have a few dollars, you can. Pass our way. It really does help us out pay the bills. Make sure that we have food on our table. Those of you who share with us will be getting those classes before. They go out to everyone else. As a little bit of a thank you. And also make sure that we can give you a little bit special attention. And the comments and stuff for them. Thank you all so much for that. You do. And until next time. Find something to savor and just bask and it's light. Amen. Amen. Get full access to Creation's Paths at www.creationspaths.com/subscribe

Back in 2018, I interviewed language creator David J. Peterson about how he invented Dothraki for Game of Thrones and other fictional languages in fantasy worlds. David and his wife Jessie just finished a huge project – developing the Fremen language for Dune: Part Two. I talk with the couple about their creative process and the challenge of imagining simple English phrases in the Chakobsa language that Frank Herbert imagined in his Dune novels. We also hear my 2018 episode, “Do You Speak Conlang?” where I also talked with Marc Okrand, inventor of the Klingon language, and Robyn Stewart, a language consultant for Star Trek: Discovery. Plus, Jen Usellis -- a.k.a. Klingon Pop Warrior -- will give you a serious case of earworms (not the kind from Wrath of Khan.) For more episodes about Dune, check out my 2017 episode The Book of Dune, where I talked with Muslim fans of the series about the way Frank Herbert incorporated aspects of Islam into the books. And in 2021, I did an episode called The Ecology of Dune where I looked at the environmental messages in the books and whether Frank Herbert's environmental sensibilities still hold up today. This episode is sponsored by Surfshark and Magic Spoon. Get Surfshark VPN at Surfshark.deals/imaginary and enter the promo code IMAGINARY for three extra months for free. Get a custom bundle of Magic Spoon cereal at magicspoon.com/imaginary. Enter the promo code IMAGINARY at checkout to save five dollars off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

George interviews Marc Okrand on his work on Klingon and Atlantean and his experiences with both the Klingon speaker community and the greater conlanging community.

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Where do fictional languages come from? How are they devised? Hear from the creator of the Klingon language, Marc Okrand, on his process of designing the famous conlang (constructed language) and his first few Star Trek gigs. You'd be surprised by the amount of vocabulary, syntax, and grammar that go into inventing the conlang. Host David Pogue also interviews language creator David Peterson on his conlangs, including Dothraki and High Valyrian from Game of Thrones, and Angela Carpenter, a linguistics professor at Wellesley College on the history of constructed languages. We'll be back with a new episode of the Pod Directive soon! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Si le retour aux classiques compte parmi vos rituels de fin d'année, mais que l'idée de regarder un énième film de Noël vous donne des sueurs froides, Les Mots des Autres vous proposent une virée linguistique… au pays de l'imaginaire. Pour ce deuxième épisode, décollage imminent du vaisseau Enterprise de Star Trek.Alors que le klingon n'est à l'origine qu'un élément secondaire de l'univers Star Trek, le succès de la série incite ses créateurs à l'étoffer. C'est le linguiste Marc Okrand qui met au point le vocabulaire et la grammaire de cette langue dont les fans ne tardent pas à s'emparer. Aujourd'hui doté d'un institut - le Klingon Language Institute -, le klingon est parlé par près de 2500 personnes dans le monde. Qui peuvent également jouer au scrabble ou lire Hamlet dans leur langue imaginaire favorite. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

A look at this prominent race in Star Trek with comments from Michael Dorn, JG Hertzler, Robert O'Rielly and Dr Marc Okrand,

Complete interview with the inventor of the Klingon language shares his Star Trek memories and his continued work on Star Trek Discovery.

Comments from Tom Hardy, Jeri Taylor,James Doohan, Dr Marc Okrand, JG Hertzler, and Robert O'Reilly,

Comments from Tom Hardy, Jeri Taylor,James Doohan, Dr Marc Okrand, JG Hertzler, and Robert O'Reilly,

Comments from Tom Hardy, Jeri Taylor,James Doohan, Dr Marc Okrand, JG Hertzler, and Robert O'Reilly,

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The Scifi Diner Podcast Ep. 421 – Return to Farpoint with Marc Okrand and Steve Wilson; Bobalorian Awesomesauce. Farpoint is an American science-fiction convention held since 1993 in Maryland. The convention is sponsored by the nonprofit Farpoint Foundation, and is fan-run, giving every attendee a VIP experience without the VIP-size price tag. Typical programming includes […]

The Scifi Diner Podcast Ep. 421 – Return to Farpoint with Marc Okrand and Steve Wilson; Bobalorian Awesomesauce. Farpoint is an American science-fiction convention held since 1993 in Maryland. The convention is sponsored by the nonprofit Farpoint Foundation, and is fan-run, giving every attendee a VIP experience without the VIP-size price tag. Typical programming includes […]

In this episode, you'll learn about the constructed language called Klingon. Why did André learn the language and where shall we start learning the Klingon language? This and many more... Please give your Feedback Share your opinion with us by sending a video, voice recording or text message! https://www.videoask.com/fr5wdrqki  For example, you could tell us if it is likely that one day you will learn Klingon.  Show notes are also available here: https://www.myfluentpodcast.com/103-klingon/ Time stamps: 2:49 What is Klingon? 3:37 Who invented the Klingon language? 4:15 Whas it Scotty who invented Klingon? 5:54 What inspired you to learn Klingon? 9:22 How do people react when they learn that you are fluent in Klingon? 11:05 Is Klingon based on an existing language? 11:06 Is Klingon a constructed language? 11:35 The features of the Klingon languages. 15:33 How many people speak Klingon? 16:34 Is Klingon a difficult language? 18:32 Some weird features of the Klingon language. 21:42 Where to start learning Klingon? 23:57 What sort of people were attending your Klingon classes? 26:26 The Klingon community 29:56: About Klingons  (and humans) eating worms, bugs and the like 33:35 Creating a language on your own 39:08 Klingon sayings 41:08 Other constructed languages 47:30 Linguistic mission in Myanmar Vocabulary:  Pick up: Here: in the sense that you can pick up a language, to pick up an accent etc. Right away: immediately PhD: PhD is short for Doctor of Philosophy. This is an academic or professional degree that, in most countries, qualifies the degree holder to teach their chosen subject at university level or to work in a specialized position in their chosen field. Let's get off the ground: to begin to operate or proceed in a successful way. (I did a mistake there and said "to" instead of "off"  The Klingons: The Klingons are a fictional species in the science fiction franchise Star Trek. A Linguist: has two meaning: a person skilled in foreign languages. a person who studies linguistics. For brevity. "I left it out for brevity": because of shortness of time. A phoneme: a speech sound in a language Pocket money: a small amount of money given to a child by their parents, typically on a regular basis. If I hadn't met Klingon, I wouldn't have studies: If I hadn't passed the test, I wouldn't have had/wouldn't have the opportunity to... | WordReference Forums  An agglutinative language: you have a root of a word, and then you add suffixes little endings one after another, like for example in Turkish, in Hungarian and Finnish. The causative: to cause someone to do something (a suffix or a function that you can apply to a verb)  A geek: an unfashionable or socially inept person. A nerd: a foolish or contemptible person who lacks social skills or is boringly studious. To derive words from other languages: have (a specified word, usually of another language) as a root or origin. "the word ‘punch' derives from the Hindustani ‘pancha'"   Names and other stuff: Scotty: James Doohan  Marc Okrand: the linguist who constructed the language Klingon:   Leipzig: a city in E central Germany, in Saxony Zürich: is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zürich. It is located in north-central Switzerland B'Elanna Torres:  B'Elanna Torres /bɪˈlɑːnə/ is a main character in Star Trek: Voyager played by Roxann Dawson. She is portrayed as a half-human half-Klingon.  L'Rell: Mary Chieffo. Mary Elizabeth Chieffo is an American actress who played the Klingon L'Rell on the series Star Trek: Discovery. Voq: Voq was a 23rd century Klingon warrior who fought in the Federation-Klingon War in the 2250s. Played by Shazad Latif. Links: Language crash course: Klingon - André Müller | PGO 2020 - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i79zoCzvYFg  André speaking 18 languages, watch the video here: https://youtu.be/H6tSJkR5B1w  (1) Learn Klingon | Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/groups/LearnKlingon    It takes a lot of time (actually, it cost money) to produce My Fluent Podcast. If you want to help, please share this episode with your friends. Of course, you may also just buy me a coffee. or send me an e-mail: myfluentpodcast@gmail.com https://www.buymeacoffee.com/1zXPwJl Attribution: Klingon flag. Oren neu dag Below I show you some t-shirts I really like (I am not an affiliate): https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/87774-worf-watercolor-painting https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/4370342-report-to-engineeringfor-a-beating  

On this episode of Bound by Honor, Jorn and Ja'Jim explore a valuable resource for those considering traveling in the Klingon Empire. Marc Okrand's Klingon for the Galactic Traveler is loaded with essential information and failing to heed the advice provided in that volume could be hazardous to one's health! Join our intrepid hosts, neither of whom are fluent in Klingon Hol as they stumble and fumble their way through pronunciations of the language and just have fun in general. Qapla!

J.R.R. Tolkien did it in THE LORD OF THE RINGS. Marc Okrand did it for STAR TREK. From Elvish to Klingon to Vulcan to Esperanto and all points in between, there are times when it's necessary to craft a language from scratch. Tip Jar: https://www.paypal.me/scifi4me SubscribeStar: http://www.subscribestar.com/scifi4me Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/gboU11 http://www.twitch.tv/scifi4me Odysee: https://odysee.com/@SciFi4Me http://www.facebook.com/scifi4me http://www.instagram.com/scifi4me http://www.twitter.com/scifi4me http://www.pinterest.com/scifi4me http://www.gab.com/scifi4me http://www.minds.com/scifi4me http://www.mewe.com/i/scifi4me https://parler.com/profile/SciFi4Me https://scifi4me.locals.com Music and select stock footage licensed through Storyblocks. #SciFi4MeTV #H2Opodcast #language

On this episode of Bound By Honor, Jorn and Ja'Jim visit with Dr. Marc Okrand, the creator of the Klingon Language, to discuss his book The Klingon Way. After a discussion of Marc's accomplishment, the hosts present their top ten quotes from the book and they and Marc discuss the meanings of the quotes. This is a fun episode with some good banter and is not to be missed. Qapla!

A boat pulls you while you wear shoes that resemble massive bananas. PetaQ! chatlh joins 'a'lly and ngayghel to discuss all things Klingon: we discuss the difficulties of learning a fictional language, Klingon grammar and puns, what pieces of media have been translated into Klingon, and who Dr. Marc Okrand has locked in his basement. Qapla'! If you liked the episode, please feel free to tell us about it! You can send your comments and suggestions to our podcast Twitter (@HyperfixationsP), or our Instagram (@Hyperfixationspod), and join our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/NQJFFHgpgf Our guest Finn can be found on Twitter: @RossYastland And your hosts can be reached individually here: Ally - Twitter: @alleykat_, Instagram: @ally_k_keegan Nigel - Twitter: @spicynigel If you would like to come onto the show to discuss one of your Hyperfixations, please feel free to reach out at any of the aforementioned social media. Thank you so much for listening, you rock! Intro/Outro Song: Strollin Along by David Renda, find it here - https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/strollin-along/339 Background Music: Commercial Bliss by David Renda, find it here - https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/commercial-bliss/345

Full radio program from 1996 which features Ernest Lilley's book review, The Sparrow, A look at Klingons with Dr Marc Okrand and Roxanne Dawson and also Bryce Zabel on his series, Dark Skies.

Without today's guest, the universe of Star Trek would sound very different. Marc Okrand is the man behind Klingon, Vulcan, Kelpien, and languages for other shows & films.    Before his time on Trek, Marc earned a Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of California, Berkeley, specializing in indigenous languages of the west coast of America, and was a post-doctoral fellow in the Anthropology Department of the Smithsonian Institute.   We learn about how Marc became connected to the Star Trek universe thanks to his work on TV during the early days of closed captioning, and what he contributed to the Vulcan language in "Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan" and the creation of the Klingon language in "Star Trek 3: The Search for Spock". There, Marc worked directly with star & director Leonard Nimoy and Christopher Lloyd on-set to make sure the lines were correct.   Marc continued to expand on the Klingon language through the years, contributing to other Star Trek films & TV shows, and later created the Kelpien language for "Star Trek: Discovery." His work also includes the Atlantean language for the Disney animated film "Atlantis" and discusses the rumor that he was the inspiration for the main character Milo's look. He's also written a few books on speaking Klingon and is always figuring out new words and phrases for fans and shows alike!   We have an in-depth discussion on how a language is created and how to make a fictional one sound real. No stone is left unturned on this episode of "Trek Untold," so get ready for a lesson on linguistics and Star Trek like you've never heard before! Check out some of Marc's books, our Amazon Affiliate links, which help us out at no extra cost to you!   The Klingon Dictionary - https://amzn.to/33DLwh0 Klingon for the Galactic Traveler - https://amzn.to/3oleQkn   Check out Lycia Naff's charity, Drive-By Do-Gooders, at this link here - https://www.drivebydogooders.org/ Don't forget to subscribe to the show and leave a rating if you like us! Support Trek Untold by checking out our merchandise at https://teespring.com/stores/trekuntold or become a Patreon at Patreon.com/TrekUntold. Trek Untold is sponsored by Triple-Fiction Productions, a US-based company that 3-D prints Trek-inspired prop replicas for fan films and cosplayers, as well as accessories and playsets for all iterations of Trek figures through the years. Visit them at Triple-Fictionproductions.net.   The views expressed on air during Trek Untold do not represent the views of the RAGE Works staff, partners, or affiliates.   Follow Trek Untold on Social Media Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/trekuntoldTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/trekuntoldFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/trekuntold Check Out Some of the Other Shows on the RAGE Works Network Call Me When It's Over: https://www.rageworksnetwork.com/show/cmwio/Cheese! A Photography Podcast: https://www.rageworksnetwork.com/show/capp/Black is the New Black: https://www.rageworksnetwork.com/show/bitnb/The Variant Issue: https://www.rageworksnetwork.com/show/tvi/Turnbuckle Tabloid: https://www.rageworksnetwork.com/show/tbt/Toys & Tech of the Trade: https://www.rageworksnetwork.com/show/ttott/The Eat 4 Life Podcast: https://www.rageworksnetwork.com/show/eat4life/The Funkohub POPcast: https://www.rageworksnetwork.com/show/funkohub-popcast/

Without today's guest, the universe of Star Trek would sound very different. Marc Okrand is the man behind Klingon, Vulcan, Kelpien, and languages for other shows & films.    Before his time on Trek, Marc earned a Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of California, Berkeley, specializing in indigenous languages of the west coast of America, and was a post-doctoral fellow in the Anthropology Department of the Smithsonian Institute.   We learn about how Marc became connected to the Star Trek universe thanks to his work on TV during the early days of closed captioning, and what he contributed to the Vulcan language in "Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan" and the creation of the Klingon language in "Star Trek 3: The Search for Spock". There, Marc worked directly with star & director Leonard Nimoy and Christopher Lloyd on-set to make sure the lines were correct.   Marc continued to expand on the Klingon language through the years, contributing to other Star Trek films & TV shows, and later created the Kelpien language for "Star Trek: Discovery." His work also includes the Atlantean language for the Disney animated film "Atlantis" and discusses the rumor that he was the inspiration for the main character Milo's look. He's also written a few books on speaking Klingon and is always figuring out new words and phrases for fans and shows alike!   We have an in-depth discussion on how a language is created and how to make a fictional one sound real. No stone is left unturned on this episode of "Trek Untold," so get ready for a lesson on linguistics and Star Trek like you've never heard before! Check out some of Marc's books, our Amazon Affiliate links, which help us out at no extra cost to you!   The Klingon Dictionary - https://amzn.to/33DLwh0 Klingon for the Galactic Traveler - https://amzn.to/3oleQkn   Check out Lycia Naff's charity, Drive-By Do-Gooders, at this link here - https://www.drivebydogooders.org/ Don't forget to subscribe to the show and leave a rating if you like us! Support Trek Untold by checking out our merchandise at https://teespring.com/stores/trekuntold or become a Patreon at Patreon.com/TrekUntold. Trek Untold is sponsored by Triple-Fiction Productions, a US-based company that 3-D prints Trek-inspired prop replicas for fan films and cosplayers, as well as accessories and playsets for all iterations of Trek figures through the years. Visit them at Triple-Fictionproductions.net.   The views expressed on air during Trek Untold do not represent the views of the RAGE Works staff, partners, or affiliates.   Follow Trek Untold on Social Media Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/trekuntoldTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/trekuntoldFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/trekuntold Check Out Some of the Other Shows on the RAGE Works Network Call Me When It's Over: https://www.rageworksnetwork.com/show/cmwio/Cheese! A Photography Podcast: https://www.rageworksnetwork.com/show/capp/Black is the New Black: https://www.rageworksnetwork.com/show/bitnb/The Variant Issue: https://www.rageworksnetwork.com/show/tvi/Turnbuckle Tabloid: https://www.rageworksnetwork.com/show/tbt/Toys & Tech of the Trade: https://www.rageworksnetwork.com/show/ttott/The Eat 4 Life Podcast: https://www.rageworksnetwork.com/show/eat4life/The Funkohub POPcast: https://www.rageworksnetwork.com/show/funkohub-popcast/

Today on The Caregiver Dave Celebrity Segment, Dave and Haley Haley will interview Klingon Language Creator Marc Okrand. Actors Robert O'Reilly (Gowron) from Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space 9 and J.G. Hertzler (Martok) from Star Trek: Deep Space 9, will commandeer the spotlight Wednesday evening, September 23, when Escape Velocity Extra (EVX) takes a comprehensive look at Klingon culture. The online program – entitled Communicating with Klingons – Interpreting Alien Language and Culture – will air at 7:00 p.m. ET. The cost is a $5 donation to the not-for-profit Museum of Science Fiction. As the most recognizable and extensively developed alien race in all of science fiction, Klingons bring the greatest level of depth and development to not only the Star Trek universe but really the entire world of popular culture. After all, who among us hasn't called a child strapped to one's leg a “Cling-On?” Or equated the concept of honor to the legacy of Kahless the Unforgettable? The September 23 program will consist of a single 90-minute session. For additional information, or to register, please visit escapevelocity.events/evx/.

Complete interview with the inventor of the Klingon language shares his Star Trek memories and his continued work on Star Trek Discovery.

Za Tolkiena stvaranje jezika je „osnova – a priča je ovdje samo da pruži okvir u kojem se ti jezici mogu koristiti“. Marc Okrand je pak razvio Klingonski kako bi zvučao „izvanzemaljski“ i nepovezan s bilo kojim jezikom na Zemlji. Za oba danas postoje tečajevi, rječnici te najveći autoriteti – govornici. ---- Kako se pretplatiti? Google: bit.ly/2UFZZ6C Apple: apple.co/2UivogF Spotify: spoti.fi/2DzXmyn Deezer: bit.ly/2CCtxwA Stitcher: bit.ly/3btbKEa TuneIn: bit.ly/3dqpz8m Pratite nas i javite nam dojmove: www.facebook.com/bliskisusreti www.instagram.com/bliskisusreti_podcast www.twitter.com/bliskisusreti

A look at this prominent race in Star Trek with comments from Michael Dorn, JG Hertzler, Robert O'Rielly and Dr Marc Okrand,

Today on The Caregiver Dave Celebrity Segment, Dave and Haley Haley will interview Klingon Language Creator Marc Okrand. Actors Robert O'Reilly (Gowron) from Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space 9 and J.G. Hertzler (Martok) from Star Trek: Deep Space 9, will commandeer the spotlight Wednesday evening, September 23, when Escape Velocity Extra (EVX) takes a comprehensive look at Klingon culture. The online program – entitled Communicating with Klingons – Interpreting Alien Language and Culture – will air at 7:00 p.m. ET. The cost is a $5 donation to the not-for-profit Museum of Science Fiction. As the most recognizable and extensively developed alien race in all of science fiction, Klingons bring the greatest level of depth and development to not only the Star Trek universe but really the entire world of popular culture. After all, who among us hasn't called a child strapped to one's leg a “Cling-On?” Or equated the concept of honor to the legacy of Kahless the Unforgettable? The September 23 program will consist of a single 90-minute session. For additional information, or to register, please visit escapevelocity.events/evx/.

The inventor of the Klingon language shares his Star Trek memories and his continued work on Star Trek Discovery.

Show Notes:  In this episode of The Tiara Talk Show, linguist Marc Okrand chats with host Tammy Tuckey to celebrate the upcoming 20th anniversary of "Atlantis: The Lost Empire"! Want to give us your thoughts on this episode? Call us at 1-407-413-9390 and leave us a voicemail! Thanks for listening! “The Tiara Talk Show” is edited, created and hosted by Tammy Tuckey. The Tiara Talk Show is Copyright © 2013-2020 by Tammy Tuckey. All rights reserved.

Star Trek: Picard showrunner Michael Chabon responds to a fan’s critique of violence in the latest episode, Sir Patrick Stewart answers Playboy’s 20 questions, and Marc Okrand tells the story of how a chance encounter on the Paramount lot led to his creating the whole Klingon language. All that, plus this week in Trek history! Support Daily Star Trek News on Patreon: https://patreon.com/dailystartreknews Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts For more great Star Trek podcasts: https://podcasts.roddenberry.com Website: https://www.dailystartreknews.com Email: info@dailystartreknews.com Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @dailytreknews

Star Trek: Picard showrunner Michael Chabon responds to a fan's critique of violence in the latest episode, Sir Patrick Stewart answers Playboy's 20 questions, and Marc Okrand tells the story of how a chance encounter on the Paramount lot led to his creating the whole Klingon language. All that, plus this week in Trek history! Support Daily Star Trek News on Patreon: https://patreon.com/dailystartreknews Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts For more great Star Trek podcasts: https://podcasts.roddenberry.com Website: https://www.dailystartreknews.com Email: info@dailystartreknews.com Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @dailytreknews

NEW PATREON LEVEL!! I've just set up a brand new supporter tier at the $2/month level - join us here. (http://www.patreon.com/fluentshow) The patron benefits for the $2 level are access to the patron-exclusive feed with added posts, early access, and bonus clips. You can ALWAYS upgrade or downgrade your tier and you'll never lose access to the patron-only messages. The show is free for all, and your support is valued no matter what. "There's a kinda type of person out there who I hadn't had a lot of interaction with … called a Star Trek fan" This week I am excited to bring you an interview with a brilliant linguist: Marc Okrand! Marc Okrand created the dialogue and coached the actors speaking the Klingon language heard in many episodes and movies in the Star Trek franchise. In addition, he devised dialogue in Vulcan, Romulan, Kelpien, and other languages for several Star Trek films and TV series. In this interview, we discussed the language itself and how it was created what it felt like for Marc to attend the first ever meet-up of Klingon speakers which good learning mindsets actors bring to learning a new language ‘These people have become family. These people have become friends' I met Marc Okrand at Langfest in Montreal https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/9/9103f3da-a263-4bfe-b5a3-58649ff9b5f7/TIo6_9NH.jpg Thank you to Marc for this episode introduction. Thank you for listening to the Fluent Show! If you enjoyed this episode, please consider supporting the show by leaving a review in your podcast app or becoming a member of our Patreon community from just $1 a month. Special Guest: Marc Okrand.

That's right, 4th Friday means a pop culture episode. Francis leads the guys with enthusiasm for a fun and insightful look at Star Trek's complex bad guys, the Klingons. Bad guys? Well, OK, to quote Trevor Slattery, "hey, it's complicated". There are so many Star Trek moments that the guys recommend in this episode, but if you're looking for a really cool resource in print-kindle format, try The Klingon Dictionary by linguist Marc Okrand from 1992 where the entire Klingon Language is laid out, complete with grammar, syntax, pronunciation and much more.

Bonjour à tou·te·s et bienvenue dans ce nouveau format de P1P2R !Après ne pas avoir présenté la bière du moment nous parlons de nos lectures du moment ! C'est donc à partir de 00:05:59 que Thierry commence à nous présenter 5 livres !-Robur-le-conquérant et Maître du monde de Jules Verne à 00:06:29 (Aventure)-Sorcières, la puissance invaincue des femmes de Mona Chollet à 00:11:33 (Sociologie)-La très joyeuse plaisante et récréative histoire du bon chevalier sans peur et sans reproche, le gentil seigneur de Bayart de Jacques De Mailles 00:15:11 (Histoire et Aventure)-Star Trek : Klingon for the Galactic Traveler de Marc Okrand 00:21:33 (Apprentissage du Klingon et de ses variantes) A partir de 00:33:38 je vous présente les livres suivants :-La ferme des animaux de Georges Orwell 00:34:05 (Fantastique)-Des souris et des hommes de John Stenbeck 00:37:01 (Drame) A partir de 00:50:30 Pauline nous présente sa sélection :-La main gauche de la nuit de Ursula K. Le Guin (Cycle de Hain) (Science-Fiction/Fantastique)-Une culture du viol à la française, Du « troussage de domestique » à la « liberté d'importuner » de Valérie Rey-Robert 00:52:22 (Sociologie) A partir de 01:16:51 Matou nous présente son livre :-Les Transformations culturelles ou comment les valeurs des individus bouleversent le monde de Pierre Bréchon et Ronald Inglehart (Sociologie) En fin d'émission Matou rappelle le décès de Pierre Péan et conseille vivement la lecture de ses ouvrages. Musique d'intro : Lizzo - JuiceMusique de fin : Remix de Superstition par Opolopo

Y llegamos a la emisión número 15 de este programa que festeja el amor por #StarTrek desde la Argentina, pero que transmite hacia toda la galaxia. Esta vez, y porque tuvimos unos temitas técnicos, empezamos directamente con nuestra sección "Trekkiepedia" donde hablamos de Reginald Endicott Barclay III. El Teniente que sirvió en la #Enterprise, pero que tuvo mucho que ver con la vuelta de la #Voyager a casa. Luego, y terminando la saga de "Virus Locos" comentamos "Macrovirus", el Capítulo de la Semana de Voyager donde Janeway hace de Rambo (o de Ripley) y salva a su nave como McClane salva al Nakatomi Plaza. Para nuestra sección "Creadores de Universos" repasamos el trabajo de Marc Okrand, el lingüista creador del idioma Klingon, el Vulcano y el Kelpiano. Una verdadera bestia de las palabras inventadas. Para cerrar, recordamos nacimientos, muertes y estrenos en nuestras efemérides trekkies que dimos en llamar "Esta Semana en Star Trek". Y como siempre, mucho humor, datos ñoños y amor por esta franquicia que tanto nos gusta. ------------------------------------------------- Buscanos en nuestras redes: Facebook: www.facebook.com/remerasrojas Twitter: www.twitter.com/remerasrojas Instragram: @remerasrojas Ivoox: remerasrojas.ivoox.com Youtube: RemerasRojas -------------------------------------------------

Sci-fi fantasy worlds often use constructed languages (or conlangs for short) as a worldbuilding tool that can make us believe the characters come from an ancient or alien culture. But art can take on a life of its own once it's released into the world -- and so do languages. Marc Okrand, inventor of the Klingon language, and David J. Peterson, inventor of the Dothraki language and The 100's Trigedasleng, talk about the surprises they encountered. I also talk with Lawrence M. Schoen of the Klingon Language Institute and Robyn Stewart, the language consultant for Star Trek: Discovery, about why the Klingon culture spilled over into the real world. And Jen Usellis -- a.k.a. Klingon Pop Warrior -- will give you a serious case of earworms, and we're not talking about the mind-controlling earworms from Star Trek II. To hear Matt Fiddler's episode from Very Bad Words on cursing in conlangs:http://www.verybadwords.com/shows/constructed-curses-in-sci-fi-fantasy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alan and Shawn finally draw swords together in person for a live recording from Mythmoot V in Leesburg, Virginia! We interview this year’s special guests, including Signum University president Corey Olsen, Tolkien and the Great War author John Garth, The Annotated Hobbit editor Douglas A. Anderson, and Klingon conlanger Marc Okrand. We look back at the history of the podcast, answer questions from the audience (many of whom have never had to suffer through our jokes for an entire podcast before), and finally revisit pantsless bears, Schrödinger’s Dwarf, and “when to swipe left” in our first-ever live trivia competition.

Nerf-herder? Frack? Farking Zarquon? Guest producers Forrest Phillips and Emily Block guide us through cursing in fictional Worlds. Special guests include Marc Okrand - creator of Star Trek’s Klingon language, David J. Peterson - creator of Game of Thrones Dothraki language, and host of the Imaginary Worlds podcast, Eric Molinsky. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Matt talks to Marc Okrand about cursing in Klingon. The fictional Star Trek language that has become nearly as popular as the franchise itself. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Klingons. Many things from Star Trek have become familiar even to those with little or no knowledge of the show. The Enterprise, Spock, and the Vulcan hand salute are a few examples. When it comes to aliens, the Klingons are one of the most recognized. A staple of the franchise since the first season of The Original Series, these natives of Qo'noS have seen their culture, history, and politics revealed through half a century of stories. The Klingon language, developed by linguist Marc Okrand, has even gained an academic following and can be learned and used just like any earthly one. In this episode of The Edge, hosts Brandon-Shea Mutala and Aaron Harvey are joined by Richard Marquez and Tim Robertson for a general discussion of the Klingons, including how their design has changed over the past 50 years, how their culture has evolved, why they are a favorite of cosplayers, and what we think we can expect from them in Star Trek: Discovery. Chapters Intro (00:00:00) Klingon Controversy (00:03:16) TOS and TAS (00:04:35) Films and TNG (00:11:57) Discovery (00:21:30) Comments (00:29:00) Final Thoughts (00:38:19) Closing (00:43:54) Hosts Brandon-Shea Mutala and Aaron Harvey Guests Richard Marquez and Tim Robertson Production Brandon-Shea Mutala (Editor) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer) Tony Robinson (Associate Producer) Lisa Slack (Associate Producer) Tom Puleo (Associate Producer) Shoaib Mirza (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Patreon Manager)

Greetings, Captains! You’re listening to EPISODE 271 OF PRIORITY ONE PODCAST, your weekly report on all things Star Trek! Available for download or streaming on Monday, May 23rd, 2016 at PriorityOnePodcast.com! This week we’re Trekking Out the origin of the Klingon language, and we’re also looking at a new device that promises to be a real-life universal translator. In Star Trek Online news, we’re getting you caught up on the latest events, and Executive Producer Steve Ricossa, aka Salami Inferno, joins us to talk about the console launch, Agents of Yesterday and MORE. Later, our Science Advisor, Dr Robert Hurt, brings us the latest report from the Astrometrics Lab. As usual, before we wrap up the show, we'll open hailing frequencies for your incoming messages. TOPICS DISCUSSED Trek It Out The BBC interviews Marc Okrand, the developer of the Klingon language Waverly Labs Pilot smart earpiece - a real-life universal translator? New Star Trek TV series teaser trailer (see embedded video below) Bryan Fuller's tweet about "Easter eggs" re the new TV teaser Star Trek Online News Crystalline Cataclysm Event Agents of Yesterday tutorial mission: The Taurean Affair Agents of Yesterday mission: Shadow of Cestus Star Trek Online Release Notes: May 19th, 2016 Astrometrics Report Light Echoes Give Clues to Protoplanetary Disk (via spitzer.caltech.edu) This week’s Community Questions: Should CBS and Paramount be able to claim a copyright for the Klingon language? What did you think about the new Star Trek TV series teaser? Let us know YOUR thoughts on this week's episode by commenting below! BE SURE TO VISIT OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL AND SUBSCRIBE TO THE PREMIER STAR TREK ONLINE PODCAST! Priority One Productions is always looking for new team members that have a passion for Star Trek. Please know that all of our positions are volunteer, but we do offer a well-known outlet for your work. If you have a skill that you believe could enhance our content, then send your contact information and experience along with a few writing samples to INCOMING@PRIORITYONEPODCAST.COM Did you miss any of our great Blogs last week? Stop by THIS LINK and see for yourself! How about our latest Video Release? You can also follow us on the social media sites! We’re on Facebook! Head over to WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/PRIORITYONEPODCAST and say, “Hi!” Or, Check us out on Twitter via @PRIORITYONEPOD for show times and other cool stuff. Liked this episode? Totally hated it? Leave a comment below or CONTACT US via our handy web form! Enjoy the show!

Greetings, Captains! You're listening to EPISODE 271 OF PRIORITY ONE PODCAST, your weekly report on all things Star Trek! Available for download or streaming on Monday, May 23rd, 2016 at PriorityOnePodcast.com! This week we're Trekking Out the origin of the Klingon language, and we're also looking at a new device that promises to be a real-life universal translator. In Star Trek Online news, we're getting you caught up on the latest events, and Executive Producer Steve Ricossa, aka Salami Inferno, joins us to talk about the console launch, Agents of Yesterday and MORE. Later, our Science Advisor, Dr Robert Hurt, brings us the latest report from the Astrometrics Lab. As usual, before we wrap up the show, we'll open hailing frequencies for your incoming messages. TOPICS DISCUSSED Trek It Out The BBC interviews Marc Okrand, the developer of the Klingon language Waverly Labs Pilot smart earpiece - a real-life universal translator? New Star Trek TV series teaser trailer (see embedded video below) Bryan Fuller's tweet about "Easter eggs" re the new TV teaser Star Trek Online News Crystalline Cataclysm Event Agents of Yesterday tutorial mission: The Taurean Affair Agents of Yesterday mission: Shadow of Cestus Star Trek Online Release Notes: May 19th, 2016 Astrometrics Report Light Echoes Give Clues to Protoplanetary Disk (via spitzer.caltech.edu) This week's Community Questions: Should CBS and Paramount be able to claim a copyright for the Klingon language? What did you think about the new Star Trek TV series teaser? Let us know YOUR thoughts on this week's episode by commenting below! BE SURE TO VISIT OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL AND SUBSCRIBE TO THE PREMIER STAR TREK ONLINE PODCAST! Priority One Productions is always looking for new team members that have a passion for Star Trek. Please know that all of our positions are volunteer, but we do offer a well-known outlet for your work. If you have a skill that you believe could enhance our content, then send your contact information and experience along with a few writing samples to INCOMING@PRIORITYONEPODCAST.COM Did you miss any of our great Blogs last week? Stop by THIS LINK and see for yourself! How about our latest Video Release? You can also follow us on the social media sites! We're on Facebook! Head over to WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/PRIORITYONEPODCAST and say, “Hi!” Or, Check us out on Twitter via @PRIORITYONEPOD for show times and other cool stuff. Liked this episode? Totally hated it? Leave a comment below or CONTACT US via our handy web form! Enjoy the show!

In Brazil, the new president is putting together a very different-looking cabinet to his predecessor - a much more market friendly one. His new finance minister is Henriques Meirelles, former head of the central bank. So what is the likely effect going to be on Brazil's wobbly finances? "Fantastically corrupt". That's how British prime minister David Cameron described Nigeria and Afghanistan earlier in the week. On Thursday he was hosting a global anti-corruption conference in London. Fifty states were represented at the summit, alongside banks, civil society organisations and the International Monetary Fund. Though delegates promised to make tackling corruption a top priority, the meeting led to few firm commitments. Just six countries agreed to publish registers of who really owns companies in their territories, a key goal of anti-corruption campaigners. So - just how much was achieved? St Louis, in Missouri, made international news two years ago because of race riots in the suburb of Ferguson. But it would rather be known for something else. It's become the unlikely capital of chess - in America if not - here's a boast - the world. David Edmonds has just returned from St Louis, which was hosting the US National Championship. Can you copyright a language? Obviously you can't claim the rights to Russian, or Spanish or Swahili, but what about a made-up language? That is an issue that an American court will look at later this year when Paramount Pictures and CBS sue the makers of a Star Trek fan movie. One part of that case is the use of the invented language for the warlike alien race, the Klingons. Klingon is a BIG deal. It was invented in the early 1980s by the linguist Marc Okrand for the Star Trek movies. And Roger Hearing is joined by two guests for the hour on opposite sides of the Pacific - David Kuo of the Motley Fool in Singapore and Ralph Silva of the Silva Network in Toronto.

Our interview with Marc Okrand!

In this episode we were overjoyed to have Marc Okrand, the creator of the Klingon Language, come on the show. The interview was insightful as Marc talked about how he got started in linguistics, how he was tapped to create the Vulcan language before he created the Klingon language, and how 'Conlanging' or Constructed Languages has become a big thing. Marc even has a documentary coming out on the subject. And He told some stories about Star Trek from a behind-the-scenes view. Enjoy.

A rollicking interview with Marc Okrand, a University trained linguist who produced the Vulcan and Klingon languages heard in the Star Trek movies. You may think Marc is suffering from a bad case of post nasal drip, but seriously, he’s produced a legitimate language that introduces us to the Klingon death culture and that’s even been used in Shakespeare. Marc and I do some role paying and trade off speaking Klingon death proverbs. It's a good day to die!

In this listener feedback show, listeners chat Blaticon, Marc Okrand, the Sherlock Finale, Person of Interest, Game of Thrones, and more. The song at the end of the episode is The Final Rewind by Tyrad

In this listener feedback show, listeners chat Blaticon, Marc Okrand, the Sherlock Finale, Person of Interest, Game of Thrones, and more. The song at the end of the episode is The Final Rewind by Tyrad

About Marc Okrand Marc Okrand is an American linguist and is most notable as the creator of the Klingon language, which he speaks. Okrand worked with Native American languages. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1972. His 1977 doctoral dissertation from the University of California, Berkeley, was on the grammar of Mutsun, a dialect of Ohlone (a.k.a. Southern Costanoan), which is an extinct Utian language formerly spoken in the north central Californian coastal areas from Northern Costanoan down to 30 miles south of Salinas (his dissertation was supervised by pioneering linguist Mary Haas). He taught linguistics at the University of California, Santa Barbara before taking a post doctoral fellowship at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C., in 1978. Okrand took a job at the National Captioning Institute, where he worked on the first closed-captioning system for hearing impaired television viewers. While coordinating closed captioning for the Oscars award show in 1982, Dr. Okrand met the producer for the movie Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.[1] He was hired by Paramount Pictures to develop the Klingon language and coach the actors using it in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country and Star Trek: The Next Generation. His first work was dubbing in Vulcan language dialogue for Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, since the actors had already been filmed talking in English. He has since consulted for the 2009 Star Trek film in their use of the Romulan and Vulcan languages. Okrand is the author of two books about Klingon – The Klingon Dictionary (first published 1985) and Klingon for the Galactic Traveler (1997). He has also co-authored the libretto of an opera in the Klingon language: 'u', debuting at The Hague in September 2010. The tlh sound that he incorporated into Klingon, unusual to speakers of North American English, is common in other English accents, and in North and Central American indigenous languages, in which it is usually transcribed as tl, tł or ƛ(a voiceless alveolar affricate with lateral release); this is the sound at the end of the word "Nahuatl". He speaks Klingon, but notes that others have attained greater fluency. Okrand taught undergraduate linguistics courses at the University of California, Santa Barbara, from 1975 to 1978. More recently, Okrand created the Atlantean language for the Disney film Atlantis: The Lost Empire. Okrand currently serves as one of the directors for Live Captioning at the National Captioning Institute and as President of the board of directors of the Washington Shakespeare Company in Arlington, Virginia. The WSC planned to stage "an evening of Shakespeare in Klingon" in 2010.

About Marc Okrand Marc Okrand is an American linguist and is most notable as the creator of the Klingon language, which he speaks. Okrand worked with Native American languages. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1972. His 1977 doctoral dissertation from the University of California, Berkeley, was on the grammar of Mutsun, a dialect of Ohlone (a.k.a. Southern Costanoan), which is an extinct Utian language formerly spoken in the north central Californian coastal areas from Northern Costanoan down to 30 miles south of Salinas (his dissertation was supervised by pioneering linguist Mary Haas). He taught linguistics at the University of California, Santa Barbara before taking a post doctoral fellowship at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C., in 1978. Okrand took a job at the National Captioning Institute, where he worked on the first closed-captioning system for hearing impaired television viewers. While coordinating closed captioning for the Oscars award show in 1982, Dr. Okrand met the producer for the movie Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.[1] He was hired by Paramount Pictures to develop the Klingon language and coach the actors using it in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country and Star Trek: The Next Generation. His first work was dubbing in Vulcan language dialogue for Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, since the actors had already been filmed talking in English. He has since consulted for the 2009 Star Trek film in their use of the Romulan and Vulcan languages. Okrand is the author of two books about Klingon – The Klingon Dictionary (first published 1985) and Klingon for the Galactic Traveler (1997). He has also co-authored the libretto of an opera in the Klingon language: 'u', debuting at The Hague in September 2010. The tlh sound that he incorporated into Klingon, unusual to speakers of North American English, is common in other English accents, and in North and Central American indigenous languages, in which it is usually transcribed as tl, tł or ƛ(a voiceless alveolar affricate with lateral release); this is the sound at the end of the word "Nahuatl". He speaks Klingon, but notes that others have attained greater fluency. Okrand taught undergraduate linguistics courses at the University of California, Santa Barbara, from 1975 to 1978. More recently, Okrand created the Atlantean language for the Disney film Atlantis: The Lost Empire. Okrand currently serves as one of the directors for Live Captioning at the National Captioning Institute and as President of the board of directors of the Washington Shakespeare Company in Arlington, Virginia. The WSC planned to stage "an evening of Shakespeare in Klingon" in 2010.

Jim Kirk (Bob Hope) and Spock (Bing Crosby) meet up with the lovely Princess Shalmar (Lucille Ball) and the evil Klingon Qasim (we don't know who he is, but he's certainly unexpected!) in this parody of the classic Lux Radio Theatre and the equally classic "Road to..." films.  Recorded live at Farpoint 2008 with special guests Peter David and Marc Okrand.  This mp3 file is licensed under a Creative Commons License and is copyrighted 2008 by Steven H. Wilson.