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from: Amy Guskin
date: 2013-12-04 15:20:52
subject: Re: Star Wreck

>> On Sun, 24 Nov 2013 03:43:54 -0500, Henrik Herranen wrote
(in article ):

> Blair Leatherwood  writes:
>> Poor Finland.  I think the only reason it exists is to have a language
>> in which to dump all the consonants no one else uses.
> 
> Finnish is the language with perhaps the largest percentage of vowels
> of any written language, so I don't understand what you are trying to
> say. It's the completely unrelated Slavic languages that can have up
> to 5-6 consonants in a row.
> 
> 
> But yes, "Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning" is very funny and highly
> recommended material for Star Trek and/or Babylon 5 fans. It's funny
> and entertaining.
> 
> (One of the little tidbits of how well though-out the film is:
> both Mr. Fukov (parody of Mr. Chekov from Star Trek) and Fester-Bester
> (Bester from B5) are portrayed by the same guy, Janos Honkanen. As we
> all know, ST's Chekov and B5's Bester are portrayed by the same guy,
> Walter Koenig. Got a big chuckle when I realized why Janos had a
> double role. <<

That's a great tip. I haven't watched this in years, but this is a reason to 
go back and revisit it. Cute!


Amy

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