Star Trek: Classic or Dud?

s2 e21: "patterns of force" -- the one where there's basically nazis -- is a bit silly tbh

the most efficient society in history

it's gonna get ugly when mark s hits s3

think the frst ep is spock's brain

spock: "we find it more restful for the body than your so-called [unimpressed pause] vacation"

this one is pleasingly strange so far (s2 e22: "by any other name")

the male aliens favour very obvious dye-jobs

s2 e24: the ultimate computer

AI and self-drive in one go! mr spock is nerding out! the crew can all go home, ppl are no longer needed (or will there be a twist)

i don't remember half of these from mark's descriptions.

currently in the uk
Legend is showing TOS on weekdays (17:00, ~S02E15))
and TNG (18:00) with an omnibus on weekends (~S07E05)
Pick is also showing TNG (17:00 weekdays)
and ENT (18:00 weekdays, ~S03E08)
and VOY (19:00 weekdays, ~S04E14)

(and, for completeness, the 2009 film is on Film4 on monday, and Into Darkness is on wednesday)

i do remember when new episodes would be on bbc2 2 or 3 times a week and i'd rush home to watch it, but even that was nothing like this

i think all the films have just been shown on Film4 in order

i'm picking the things that amuse me hence the descriptions not always being pinpoint iconic

the new ones have someone from gloucestershire playing an engineer called 'scotty'...

yeah, mark, but i did a watch-through of my TOS dvds during lockdown and i just figured i'd know them better than i do.

(Dr Pulaski from TNG is in a couple of TOS episodes as different characters, end of S02, start of S03 iirc)

the musky timeliness of this ep is something: ultimate genius builds ultimate computer in his own image = it is insecure and belligerent

and tbf spock was actually the first to clamber off the bandwagon ("not to be disrespectful but m5 is behaving in a most human way")

teri garr superb as always

"Star Trek was the first job where I had a fairly big (for me) speaking part… I played Roberta Lincoln, a dippy secretary in a pink and orange costume with a very short skirt. Had the spin-off succeeded, I would have continued on as an earthling agent, working to preserve humanity. In a very short skirt."

Love Teri Garr.

^^^

Isis the Cat casting:
The uncredited human form of Isis was portrayed by actress, dancer and contortionist April Tatro. Her identity was unknown until 2019 when The Trek Files podcast cited a production call sheet for extras dated 5 January 1968. Host Larry Nemecek interviewed her for confirmation.[7]

https://trekmovie.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/tos-assignmentearth-isis.jpg

Whenever anyone mentions Pulaski all I can think of is this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGkKhGMDUVI

Incredible.

never picked riker as a guy who would undercook eggs

s3e1 stoked for the brain-ness!

that was a p silly ep tbh: this one s3e2 ("the enterprise incident") is funny

"i instinctively used… the vulcan deathgrip"

"the vulcan hornygrip"

i like the romulan commander's frock ("attire")

cancelled for problematic vulcanface

79 years ago today, June 6, 1944, James M. Doohan of Vancouver, led D Company of Royal Winnipeg Rifles ashore at Juno beach. He would be shot 6 times, survive and go on to become Scotty on Star Trek. pic.twitter.com/22lgXsNbxu

— Morgan Cameron Ross (@Morgan_C_Ross) June 7, 2023

"well i doubt that mr spock would don the most revered of all vulcan symbols [amused pause] merely to annoy you, do jones"

s3 e6: time for the OK corrall

the bartender's delighted laugh when kirk tells him who he (kirk) really is is the highlight of this (so far good) episode

That was one of the first episodes I remember watching as a small kid on my parent's bed. It seemed really scary then.

it's tense and strange!

i like that wyatt earp is one of the bad guys and the bar-maid who canoodles with chekov married famous hippie wavy gravy!

oddly, My Darling Clementine was on yesterday (which is the same story, despite sounding like a musical). it was one of two John Ford films on at that time (against How The West Was Won on bbc2)

Before I ever saw that movie myself I had already seen an episode of M*A*S*H wherein they watched it.

Lol at Wavy Gravy factoid.

https://www.startrek.com/news/the-surprising-connections-between-star-trek-and-bob-dylan

https://www.polygon.com/23744560/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-stream-free-youtube-season-one

FOR THE WORLD IS HOLLOW AND I CAN TOUCH THE SKY

same tbf

an ep with HATS (black swimming caps with a dinnerplate inelegantly inserted)

plus the priestesses have pretty frocks

Counterpoint to not paying for the new series: Paramount just canceled Prodigy (which it originally renewed) and is pulling it from streaming altogether.

ALL the film's are on this week on UK tv, often at stupid o'clock.

DS9 started a run on Legend in Friday i think, i missed the first 45 minutes. I've only seen it the once, the first time it aired. it's started on the religion nonsense already though. and something about pickard and the borg.

i am stuck on plato's stepchildren (*the kiss* still to come)

seems a bad episode to have such a historic TV moment jammed into it tbh

Yes there's been a fair bit of backlash against that milestone always getting mentioned w/o explaining how unpleasant the context for it is.

also so far it's the most boring episode i've watched!

or unengaging is maybe a better word

I love that episode. It's so bizarre and Shatner and Nimoy's acting is so ott. When I saw it as a very small kid, I immediately identified with Alexander. His decision not to get even seemed really profound to me.

The only good thing about that episode is that it allowed someone to make this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qSVb9bQeqM