To boldly uber-dork where no one has uber-dorked before.
“Get a life” doesn’t really seem to fit here, perhaps, “Get a death!”?
(I’m also curious about this whole “beyond” business? Do they expect the Thermians to show up? Or dead Trekkies in the after life to say, “Damn it! I wish I’d be buried in one of those.”)
Hey, as long as Kirstie Alley sheds a tear, my soul will be satisfied.
You could just show her pictures of a DC-9 and get the same reaction for a lot less money.
Maybe if they came with an authentic Scottish bagpiper playing “Amazing Grace”?
OK, I admit to being whooshed. What’s the connection between a DC-9 and Kirstie Alley? Besides being comparable in size, that is?
She’s a Scientologist, and if you’ve seen the Tom Cruise Won’t Come Out of the Closet episode of South Park, you’ll know why DC-9s make her cry. She has, IIRC, lost weight.
OK, I had to read the transcript to get it. I do now, although I still wouldn’t have immediately gotten the connection. Minor nitpick, the script says “DC-8’s”.
Actually, the urn looks rather classy.
They’re much nicer than those god-awful Precious Moments and MLB urns. I was most interested in the Vatican Library line, until I realized it wasn’t this library they were talking about.
The “beyond” business – the Star Trek broadcasts have been propagating into the universe for decades, so we can be sure there are many alien species who’ve become Trekkies.
Hell, the chance to buy a Star Trek Urn might finally push some of them into coming here. Or maybe they already are here. I have a hard time imagining that all those freaks who attend the conventions are really human.
I had previously wanted an ecological burial with my carbon sequestered in the deep sea. If my enemies had their way it would likely have been decapitated, staked, burned and buried at a crossroad. However, now that I know about Star Trek caskets, all bets are off. How much to shoot my body onto the Genesis planet?
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I have to agree with Bosda; while it’s too modern for my personal decor, I think the urn is quite pretty.
Am I the first one to point out that this is simply spreading something that was pioneered for sports fans?
I still think it’s silly, but if that’s the image you want with you final remains, that’s your choice.
Are you forgetting the KISS Kasket, OtakuLoki?
I’m a former Trekkie but even at the height of my obsession, I’d’ve never been purchased either of those but more power to those that do. Their money and their remains.
No, for me to have forgotten it, I’d have had to seen it in the first place. Generally I tend to tune out for any mention of Kiss. Now I’ll have to forget it. 
The urn reminds me of the killer ball thingies from Phantasm - now that would be a rather interesting funeral brand.
Branding based on Star Trek is arguably no more idiotic than branding by sports program or university affiliation.
Now, brand by Beverage - that would be funny. How about a Coca Cola Casket, or a CokeCasket for short?
I think cigarette branded caskets would be interesting. Would RJ Reynolds endorse these for the name recognition, or condemn them for the association with death?
Ages ago, Mad magazine had a phony ad for such a thing. Googling doesn’t turn up anything useful as far as that ad goes, but it looks like you could get these guys to make one for you.
No need to import. Buy American.
Unfortunately, the KISS Kasket has been discontinued.
Yes- L. Ron Hubbard believed Xenu’s airplanes looked like Douglas DC-8s.