DShomshak Posted July 11, 2020 Report Share Posted July 11, 2020 14 minutes ago, death tribble said: No, you are wrong and I know why. The crew of the USS Exeter have been turned into crystals and Spock and Kirk etc have to be beamed down to the planet where they are cured. By Any Other Name is where the aliens turn the crew into a solid and then kill them. But they turn almost the entire Enterprise crew into these solids. I should have specified that the they find a crew turned into crystals. "Rock salt" would have been more visually accurate. At first I also thought you were referring to "By Any Other Name" until I remembered the Exeter crew's fate. And while the Kelvans turned the Enterprise crew into crystalline shapes (cuboctahedra to be precise), the blocks were apparently made of Styrofoam. Dean Shomshak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted July 11, 2020 Report Share Posted July 11, 2020 19 minutes ago, death tribble said: No, you are wrong and I know why. The crew of the USS Exeter have been turned into crystals and Spock and Kirk etc have to be beamed down to the planet where they are cured. By Any Other Name is where the aliens turn the crew into a solid and then kill them. But they turn almost the entire Enterprise crew into these solids. I should have specified that the they find a crew turned into crystals. They didn't get turned into crystals. Rather spilled sugar on aisle 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted July 11, 2020 Report Share Posted July 11, 2020 22 minutes ago, death tribble said: No, you are wrong and I know why. The crew of the USS Exeter have been turned into crystals and Spock and Kirk etc have to be beamed down to the planet where they are cured. By Any Other Name is where the aliens turn the crew into a solid and then kill them. But they turn almost the entire Enterprise crew into these solids. I should have specified that the they find a crew turned into crystals. And they met rogue captain doctor van gelder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DShomshak Posted July 11, 2020 Report Share Posted July 11, 2020 The Trouble with Tribbles wasn't just good farce. It also had some of the series' best ensemble writing. Scotty, Uhura and Chekov got to do more than usual, interacting with each other and with the main characters. An excellent bar fight, too. Dean Shomshak Hermit and Matt the Bruins 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spence Posted July 11, 2020 Report Share Posted July 11, 2020 3 hours ago, Sundog said: The Omega Glory is the one with the alien American/Chinese nuclear war and the Federation official who interferes in the hopes of discovering a method of immortality - and generally considered a low point of the series. 3 hours ago, Badger said: I wouldn't consider it the low point. Just non memorable It was actually a pretty powerful statement for a 1960's scifi show and pretty memorable for people that grew up in that era. It wasn't "the one with the alien American/Chinese nuclear war". It was the cautionary tale one where an advance world had reduced itself via Nuclear/Biological/Chemical war into to a primitive agrarian society fighting an endless war with "nomad barbarians". A war where the participants no longer even remember the actual cause or even speak or read their original language. The idea of the total destruction of the world by way of Nuclear/Biological/Chemical warfare was a very very real threat in the 50's, 60's and 70's and an ever present cloud in the back of everyone's mind back then. Making an episode that highlighted what most everyday people worked hard to forget was a pretty edgy thing. Which is probably why it isn't on the "best episode" lists of the older fans who'd rather not be reminded and I guess isn't seen as much of anything by younger scifi fans that didn't experience that era's mindset. But that is a good thing, that lack of understanding. The world still has issues, but those issues are not as immediately apocalyptic as they were. Lord Liaden and massey 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted July 11, 2020 Report Share Posted July 11, 2020 Morgan Woodward was in two original series episodes. And then he turns up in the X-Files second season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted July 11, 2020 Report Share Posted July 11, 2020 Agree on the intent, but the execution wasn't memorable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted July 11, 2020 Report Share Posted July 11, 2020 3 minutes ago, death tribble said: Morgan Woodward was in two original series episodes. And then he turns up in the X-Files second season. Yeah he guest starred on a LOT of Western shows at the time. He was probably on Gunsmoke at least as 6 or 7 different characters over several years. Also th think he was on Wagon Train as oddly enough a Peter Lorre underling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted July 11, 2020 Report Share Posted July 11, 2020 I did like Plato's Stepchildren somewhat. Though largely due to Michael Dunn. Given the ordeal of his character I really dearly wanted to nuke their planet from orbit. slikmar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spence Posted July 11, 2020 Report Share Posted July 11, 2020 6 minutes ago, Badger said: Agree on the intent, but the execution wasn't memorable. Perhaps, perhaps not. For 1968 on a shoe-string budget when the studio was adamant on each episode being popular action entertainment. Well, in my book they managed a pretty good run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spence Posted July 11, 2020 Report Share Posted July 11, 2020 2 minutes ago, Badger said: Given the ordeal of his character I really dearly wanted to nuke their planet from orbit. It is the only way to be sure.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted July 11, 2020 Report Share Posted July 11, 2020 Yeah no problem with the overall. Can't have every turn out great, especially judged a generation or 2 later. Spence 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted July 11, 2020 Report Share Posted July 11, 2020 And the Apollo episode might be my favorite to riff in a good way episode. (Friend and me, one time, every time he zapped Scotty said "you were supposed to do that to Chekov) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted July 11, 2020 Report Share Posted July 11, 2020 Oh and the Garth episode always left me conflicted: Green scantily clad Yvonne Craig=hot Green scantily clad Yvonne Craig with a knife=I am a little scared Note: And come on you blow up the only woman on the planet. Spence 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted July 11, 2020 Report Share Posted July 11, 2020 6 hours ago, Badger said: I'd definitely follow goateed Spock as my leader. A goatee lacks a mustache. What Spock was sporting is called a van dyke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted July 11, 2020 Report Share Posted July 11, 2020 On 7/10/2020 at 9:49 AM, Greywind said: Yeoman Rand tempted him, but then, she was supposed to. At least until they removed her. Too bad she did probably bring more than another character I have referred to this thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted July 11, 2020 Report Share Posted July 11, 2020 4 minutes ago, Lord Liaden said: A goatee lacks a mustache. What Spock was sporting is called a van dyke. Technically yes. But most people just say goatee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbemguy Posted July 12, 2020 Report Share Posted July 12, 2020 2 hours ago, Badger said: Oh and the Garth episode always left me conflicted: Green scantily clad Yvonne Craig=hot Green scantily clad Yvonne Craig with a knife=I am a little scared Note: And come on you blow up the only woman on the planet. OMG that was Batgirl? Why didn't I know that!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted July 12, 2020 Report Share Posted July 12, 2020 Well one role was green and the other was purple. Only the Hulk can get away with combining those. Spence 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted July 12, 2020 Report Share Posted July 12, 2020 19 minutes ago, Badger said: Technically yes. But most people just say goatee Most people write "would of" when they mean "would've." I stand in defense of all pedantry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted July 12, 2020 Report Share Posted July 12, 2020 13 minutes ago, Lord Liaden said: Most people write "would of" when they mean "would've." I stand in defense of all pedantry! Just as long as they dont say they are loosing the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmjalund Posted July 12, 2020 Report Share Posted July 12, 2020 3 minutes ago, Badger said: Just as long as they dont say they are loosing the game. Unless the game was too tight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted July 12, 2020 Report Share Posted July 12, 2020 On 7/10/2020 at 9:49 AM, Greywind said: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted July 12, 2020 Report Share Posted July 12, 2020 I want to give props to the original Star Trek pilot, "The Cage" starring Jeffrey Hunter as Captain Pike, later repackaged in the two-part episode, "The Menagerie." Mostly different cast from TOS, of course, but it was perhaps the boldest and truest science-fiction done for Star Trek. Pariah and Matt the Bruins 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted July 12, 2020 Report Share Posted July 12, 2020 Sorry messed and hit quote button. I do remember my friend did make a comment during the android Sherry Jackson episode. On Nurse Chapel's comment about mechanical geishas: "I dont care" Speaking of that I really need to make a fanfic containing a love triangle involving android Sherry Jackson and green Yvonne Craig. Nerds would worship me as a god. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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