Last year when the Star Trek film came out Nokia were heavily involved. There was the blatant in-film product placement and also the Nokia 5800 Star Trek edition phone. Now
If you’re a proper Trekkie, and a fan of the former Kirk over any other, this is what by rights should be gracing your living room right now- a full scale replica of Captain James T Kirk’s command chair from the original series. Based on the chair originally designed by set designer Matt Jefferies, 1701 of these babies are being reproduced for geeks across the globe.
Back in the days before reality TV seemed to dominate every second of every day, TV showed some fantastic programmes: proper comedy, interesting documentaries, and more sci-fi than you could shake a stick at. By the year 2000 we were meant to be living on the Moon, walking our dogs in zero gravity and shooting aliens left right and centre. Well, a quick look outside shows that while the ground is white, it’s because we’re having the heaviest snow fall in six years, and the only aliens in my house are whats growing on my pots and pans. I don’t even have a dog, space helmeted or not.
If you too hoped things would be different in the millennium, then join me in admiring the Ray Gun Channel Changer.
