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Opening Arguments

Oh, captain

OK, I was one of the biggest nerd-geeks ever in high school, and I've been a fan of all the "Star Trek" TV shows, including "Voyager" (mostly for Seven of Nine, admittedly) and even the mostly forgotten "Deep Space Nine." But this is kinda creepy:

THERE is nothing particularly unusual about the living room of the two-story town house that Scott Veazie shares with his wife in Washougal, Wash., except for one piece of furniture in a corner: a full-size replica of the captain's chair from the bridge of the U.S.S. Enterprise, as seen in the original “Star Trek” television series.

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Serious Trekkies have long fashioned copies of their favorite costumes and props, and, back in the '70s and '80s, a few even put together homemade knockoffs of the captain's chair, using reference materials like the “Starfleet Technical Manual” and “U.S.S. Enterprise Bridge Blueprints.”

But lately fans like Mr. Veazie have been building or buying more sophisticated versions of the command module from which James T. Kirk, played by William Shatner, ordered “Ahead, warp factor six.” Moreover, they are making them the centerpiece of their homes, thus conquering what is for them a final frontier of domestic décor.

My brother might like one, though. Think I might give him a buzz on my communicator cell phone and tell him to look at the photos accompanying the story. If I replaced my couch or easy chair with both something comfortable and guaranteed to push my nostalgia buttons, know what it would be? An old-fashioned barber chair, I think. Bet I could find a lot of them these days, real cheap.

Comments

Bob G.
Thu, 03/19/2009 - 11:45am

If wishes were horses, Leo...
(wasn't that episode 16 of the 1st season of DS9?)

If I "had" to have that chair (and it is tempting), I'd also HAVE to have a circular living room...anything else simply would NOT be "logical".

Steven T.
Sun, 03/22/2009 - 12:55am

Not to mention the curved-screen wall-sized HDTV opposite the captain's chair....

I'm not in the market for a retro-TV "Capt. Kirk's Bridge" in my tv viewing room, but I find it very humorous that a small portion of our many childhood "appointment-TV shows" are becoming collectors' recording opportunities.

Larry Morris
Sun, 03/22/2009 - 10:21pm

No, thanks, doesn't really go with out current southwestern motif. Unless, of course, it comes in leather with barb wire trim ?? - I'm still waiting on my personal jet pack - wasn't that supposed to be here years ago ? Can't trust anything anymore, ...

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