Season One thoughts
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jozzcooper — 9 years ago(September 30, 2016 07:56 PM)
As my Season one disc set comes to a close, I felt like scattering some thoughts around.
The Corbomite Maneuver.
It's good science fiction so it's funny to think that it can be boiled down to one quick phrase- Basically, Balok was just effing with them the whole time.
The Naked Time.
Great story with amazing lines-
"You know what Joe's mistake was? He wasn't born an Irishman"
"Take d'Artagnan here to sickbay"
The only real flaw is the idiot plot. Joe compromises his PPE to itch his nose of all things. All around him is evidence of some unknown agent that causes homicidal insanity and he does something so bone-headed as to defy belief. More than one person ignores something obviously wrong, most notably Riley, who looks at something on his skin and says nothing. This guy is the navigator. How the ship hasn't crashed yet is beyond me.
Miri.
What a coincidence that multiple kids hit the deadly age at roughly the same time.
Don't those kids ever get bored? Hundreds of years of the same moronic games. They would have to change at least a little.
Balance of Terror.
More or less perfect. City on the Edge of Forever is on that same plane. Kirk's closing line in City sticks with me- "Let's get the hell out of here."
Errand of Mercy.
Hmm. Hey guys, how about you tell Kirk and Spock why they shouldn't worry? I'm picturing Ayelborne in the "council chamber" saying "here hold my beer and watch me mess with these two dopes."
The Return of the Archons.
OH hey, it's the Purge.
Hacom was a jerk. He can't have been of the body.
It's time for Season Two -
WyldeGoose — 9 years ago(October 01, 2016 05:51 PM)
Like with any other TV series, the first season was where the show was finding its legs and developing it's own style and general setting all the while. The 60s-80s is what I call the Silver Age of Television Writing (we might be in a Golden Age, but it's tough to know if you're in such an age or not), and Star Trek benefited greatly from some very good talent in the first two seasons (thanks in no small part to producer Gene Coon).
My only defense of your critiques is during Errand of Mercy. Yes, Ayelborn could've and probably should've said something, but I'm trying to put myself in his position. We're dealing with beings as "far above us on the evolutionary scale, as we are above the amoeba," according to Spock. Imagine you see a pair of hornets duking it out. You don't care why they're having a fight, but you can surmise why, and to you it's not only petty, it's inconsequential. However, they are annoying you, but you don't feel the need to tell them what you really are and why you can destroy them. Would they understand you anyway? Perhaps the Organians have enough arrogance to believe we wouldn't consider their state of being, so they didn't feel the need to have to explain anything to the likes of us?
Besides, in entertainment, you can't reveal the goods until it's time. I realize that's a trite answer, but if Ayelborn and the other Organians had told everyone what they were too early, it would've killed the tension of the story. -
Nexus71 — 9 years ago(October 02, 2016 01:22 AM)
The Naked Time.
Great story with amazing lines-
"You know what Joe's mistake was? He wasn't born an Irishman"
"Take d'Artagnan here to sickbay"
The only real flaw is the idiot plot. Joe compromises his PPE to itch his nose of all things. All around him is evidence of some unknown agent that causes homicidal insanity and he does something so bone-headed as to defy belief. More than one person ignores something obviously wrong, most notably Riley, who looks at something on his skin and says nothing. This guy is the navigator. How the ship hasn't crashed yet is beyond me.
You forget this great line;
Sulu: I'll protect you, fair maiden.
Uhura: Sorry, neither.