Star Trek

I never got why George Kirk was in the chair like that.



"Mudd's Women"

Just kinda stupid.

2/5

The White Tuxedo wrote:

"Where No Man Has Gone Before"

I love the concept. The ESP stuff is a little naff, as it apparently means you're an X-Men. I was actually thinking of the X-Men while watching this, as they call Mitchell a mutant.

It's a good episode, though. The whole absolute power idea is one that I find very interesting. Shame we only saw Mitchell once.

This is probably the most visually dull episode of TOS to me. It's a bit drab. It doesn't have the great sets that "The Cage" had, but it had those uniforms. They work in "The Cage", but I don't like them as much here. And Spock looks very wrong in gold.

Anyone know if this episode ran longer before airing? I'm sure they almost always had extra scene that were cut, but it feels like material is missing from this episode. Specifically right after Mitchell kills Kelso. I don't care for the transition to the next scene.

Thar be my scattered thoughts.

4.5/5

There are a few shots that got excised, but I'm pretty sure you can find them online. There's a line in the teaser from Kirk to Spock 'you may learn to enjoy emotions someday' or words to that effect, plus shots looking up and down at Gary as he goes through corridors (kind of like the down angle corridor shots in TUC.)

Hey, toxic trek heads. Was the fabulous Susan Denberg in the show?

ambler wrote:

Hey, toxic trek heads. Was the fabulous Susan Denberg in the show?

Yup. One of Mudd's Bitches. Crap episode.

Well, Peter Cushing appreciated her.

When it comes to 60's Trek, I'm a Marianna Hill kind of guy. She was nova, that one.

Don't look now, but Shatner's 80.

He sings as well as he ever did.

Long live the Shat.

All Hail and so forth...

KIRK HAS A LA FORGE MOMENT.


"My, you're even more handsome than I thought."


"Yes, I'm Jim Kirk."


"Not you."




"This is the prime specimen I have been looking for."


"A logical choice."


"You. FUCKING BITCH. Do you have any idea who I am?"


"I'm Captain Kirk!"


"IIIIIIIIIIIMMMMMM CAPTAIN KIIIIIIIIIIIIIRRRRRK!"

*MOMENTS LATER*


"I'm Captain Kirk!"


"I'm Captain KIIIIIIRRRRK!"






"HOLY SHIT! This guy is fucking nuts!"




"Dr. McCoy, you're urgently needed on the Romulan Ship. It's Captain Kirk."


"Look, I'm getting really tired of having to stop in the middle of an important test just so I can cure the Captain from all the diseases he keeps getting from his bitches."


"No Doctor, the Captain has been COCKBLOCKED!"


"Looks like getting cockblocked drove the man insane. There's nothing more than I can do here, I need to take him back to our sick bay."


"Spock, you traitor... I'll kill you."


"I'll kill you."


"DAAAAHHHHHHHHH!"




"Spock, what the fuck did you do to Jim."


"It was an old Vulcan reflex, self defense. I have mind melded with him and implanted photos of Janice Rand circa 2011."


"So saggy... can't take it.... can't take it!"

"The Enemy Within"

Iss a'ight. The good/bad concept is intereting enough. The execution is decent enough. A fair, pretty average-level episode to me.

3/5

Spacedog gets a 5/5.

"The Man Trap"

It's a really fun episode, and an appropriate first-aired episode. I think it does the whole imposter thing better than "The Enemy Within".

4/5

I grew up on Enemy Within syndicated reruns. It was shocking when I got the DVDs and saw how much more explicit and violent the Kirk/Rand... harassment... sequences are.

Fairbairn-Sykes wrote:

I grew up on Enemy Within syndicated reruns. It was shocking when I got the DVDs and saw how much more explicit and violent the Kirk/Rand... harassment... sequences are.

She wasn't gonna report it, but... And then Spock teases her at the end. Most unfortunate.

MEANWHILE, ON DEEP SPACE NINE...

"Bar Association"

This is a pretty low pulse episode. Nothing really makes me sit up and pay attention except maybe a couple of the Quark/Rom scenes. But it's a fun episode and it's a good episode for the development it gives Rom. I'm a sucker for stories where the shy, underappreciated, kinda incompetent guy stands up and becomes more than he was. I had hoped TWIN PEAKS would do something like that with Andy, but he only got stupider.
It's funny how even in a minor DS9 episode, there's permanent change and development -- Rom's now a station engineer, and Worf's living on the Defiant.

"Accession"

A great Sisko episode, where he basically accepts being the Emissary. Best Prophets scene in a long time, very clever. A great Kira subplot, a great Miles/Julian subplot, and I found the bit where the priest murders the guy to be really shocking. A solid episode.

"The Naked Time"

Nearly gangbusters. It's got a pretty amusing teaser in my opinion. Lieutenant Dumbshit removes his glove on an alien world where everyone is mysteriously dead. The cherry on top is when Spock comes back in and says to guard against exposure. Of course, their head things (not helmets, more like plastic bags) are not sealed anyway.

Some nice character stuff. Justman wanted this episode aired first I believe, because of the character stuff. I think "The Man Trap" was the better move, as everyone is out of character here.

4/5

LOVE MANKIND

"Charlie X"


-"I slapped Janice in the ass. She said it was wrong to do that. Why was it wrong?"
-"Because you're not me."





Another solid episode. I liked it this time a little more than usual. Walker is good as Charlie, and the whole issue of adolescence is interesting enough. But I have always seen this episode as approaching a retread of "Where No Man Has Gone Before". Or at least it strays too close to it and too soon after. And Charlie is no where near as interesting Gary Mitchell, and he's a whiny little bitch instead of Kirk's BFF. Plus, the threat of Charlie seems a little weak after Mitchell. I can't help but compare these episodes.

Oh, the ending is a little meh, when the floating green head shows up.

4/5

The White Tuxedo wrote:

Some nice character stuff. Justman wanted this episode aired first I believe, because of the character stuff. I think "The Man Trap" was the better move, as everyone is out of character here.

Agreed. I think "The Corbomite Maneuver" should've aired first, myself.

Fairbairn-Sykes wrote:

The White Tuxedo wrote:

Some nice character stuff. Justman wanted this episode aired first I believe, because of the character stuff. I think "The Man Trap" was the better move, as everyone is out of character here.

Agreed. I think "The Corbomite Maneuver" should've aired first, myself.

That I can understand. Though it's all on the ship until the end.

It was aired pretty late for how early it was made. Was that down to the special effects?

The White Tuxedo wrote:

Was that down to the special effects?

Yes. The first effects house for TOS was crap and habitually late.

As per Charlie X, I agree that Roddenberry went back to "average man cannot handle becoming a God" well way too soon.

"Balance of Terror"

Gangbusters. This episode has a singular mystique. Does any one episode so influence how we look at an entire century in the Trek timeline? I know it influences a lot of how I look at the whole setup of APOLLO, with the Earth-Romulan War being the World War II of the 22nd century, and United Earth being like America. The Federation is the real superpower to emerge from the conflict, but it's always been Earth in the driver's seat. I basically read Vulcan as Britain. Add to all of that the cool idea of the Stiles clan.

This episode works very well on a lot levels. Just so much going on.

5/5