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Ahhh, I've just gotten off watching a fair chunk of Australia's TV1 "Star Trek Marathon" - 56+ hours... Seasons 1 and 2.
They had a Season 1 only marathon last year. Then I got to basically see most of the first season, now I've been able to see a lot of the second season (but not as much as I'd have liked) but I did get to see a fair few episodes I hadn't seen before. I also managed to catch Season 1 episodes again, they just get better with each viewing.
Even though everyone says this ad nauseum, the Kirk, Spock, McCoy interplay is totally fantastic. The Spock/McCoy antagonism is SO good. Season 2 brings this even further to the fore. I was just watching Bread and Circuses before. The scene after the 'Arena' match was very very good, where McCoy tries to thank Spock, and Spock goes on about logical methods, and then McCoy confronts Spock about why he REALLY carries on the way he does and does he actually care what happens? And Spock remarkably comes back - not overtly emotional, but so subtley, and they both understand what each other is thinking, whether their captain is OK. LOL! Then we pan to Kirk who is getting it on with a blonde 'slave' and he gets fed - and most definately gets some seximus ;o) One of the most overt sexual 'he just did it with the blonde chick' references in Trek!?! LOL!
I have so many things going through my mind at the moment... I taped a whole overnight chunk last night, so I'll over the next few days sit down and watch some more! I really felt like writing half of what I saw down, you have these comments you want to 'let out' on the forum here, be it about starships or nitpicking - (like every good Trek fan) but then along comes the next episode! So I hope I can gather my thoughts and remember what I wanted to get on here and say.
Just a few things about the last few episodes that have been on - the last was Assignment: Earth... I can see, of course how this was a 'pilot' for a TV show that was never made, but did anyone think that the whole Gary Seven thing would make a good TV show!?! I wonder who the aliens were who trained Gary Seven!?! I loved what's her name - the girl Roberta! Ditzy but cute! ;o) Isis was soooo cute - and he was so affectionate to it... (who knows where that might have gone in future episodes!?! ;o) )
The 'count down' voice at the launch pad - was that DeForest Kelly's voice? I also noticed that Gary Seven's computer was the exact same prop they used for the M5 computer! LOL! I wonder if that was budgetary or intended!?! They seemed to (whoever beamed Gary Seven) have a sort of Iconian-type transport system. Like Homer at that science museum I'm a bit hyper stimulated at the moment, so I want to type so much. It IS 4am so I guess I better get to bed soon. Also in Assignment: Earth, the music was nearly a COMPLETE rehash of "The Trouble With Tribbles"!!
Merchant Marines, two mentions of them within the space of a few episodes - in Bread and Circuses - Merrick had joined them after ?failing? 5th year Academy (Which I reckon is the year where you can increase your rank and is a special extra year that Kirk and Saavik probably both did - maybe that is the only year you can do the Kobayashi Maru scenario, seeing as Spock never did it.) I can't think of the earlier mention of the Merchant Marines, anyone else remember!?! It might have been in That Which Survives or The Ultimate Computer!?! Bugger. Can't... think...
I could never appreciate/visualise all the TOS starships - now I have a better understanding - after having episode after episode of no starships, BANG we get the "Constellation" in "The Doomsday Machine". the "Intrepid" in "Obsession" (was that the ep name?), The "Exeter" in That Which Survives - oooh that Ronald Tracey was a nasty piece of work! And the Excalibur, Hood, Potempkin and (mind blank) in The Ultimate computer - oh and the SS Beagle.
I'm still not sure of that "Notify the Discovery" in "The Squire of Gothos" - I was always think it was 'discovery' but when I heard it the other night I thought "Discovery" as a ship.
What was the space station in The Ultimate Computer?
Lots of other things... but brain... needs... sleep... soon.
Andrew
P.S. One thing I really took notice of watching all these episodes, was Uhura, YEAH! she was finally given a little more to do here and there - but what little she WAS given I think Nichelle Nichols did a FANTASTIC JOB with. Uhura really was an important person on that ship - I'm sick of everyone going "oh she was just a glorified secretary" - she WAS NOT! Loved her at the end of "Bread and Circuses". She was also great in "Mirror, Mirror". I'm trying to think of an episode where one female crewmember REALLY kicked arse - she was in Red - with blonde hair (a specialist of some sort) anyway they were in a fight and she had a few punches and a few really well place side kicks!!) What WAS that episode - they all become a blur!
Andrew
P.P.S. Just HOW MANY times did Kirk 'get it on' with a girl!?! LOL!
Andrew
-------------------- "Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica." - Jim Halpert. (The Office)
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Yes, all this other stuff about how good it was should be ignored because TOS had silly old-fashioned uniforms and totally useless special effects. Completely unforgivable.
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bah... i wouldnt get mad if they dropped TOS from the series. the original six movies were great work though.. well.. with the exception of 1.
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LOL! TSN... it WAS 4 am in the morning... OK thay STILL didn't sound too good ;o)
I have to add, I loved the episode "The Apple". Yeah the storyline was COMPLETE crap, but all the little things made it one hilarious episode. That Arkuta guy crying when Kirk hit him!
I soooooo want to know the end of this sentence
"Spock do you know how much Starfleet has invested in you!?!" "Yes, 210 thousand four hundred and fifty--"
LOL!
And I loved the line by Spock - in I don't know which episode reguards McCoy and saying something about his Surgeon skills as being more akin to "trial and error" when you think Spock is always being picked on he always got a few back in! LOL! "You GREEN BLOODED HOBGOBLIN!" LOL!
-------------------- "Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica." - Jim Halpert. (The Office)
Could the Exeter have been salvaged?? Maybe opened to space and then repressurised? Oh, and did Sulu and the two security officers stay on the planet long enough to become immune to the infection on the planet!?!
Also, in Assignment: Earth, Kirk mentioned in his log that they were using their 'deflectors' to obscure Earth sensors of the day... how did they beam through then without being detected?
Oh and apart from being quite clever in inventing Duotronics etc. WTF did Daystrom get an institute named after him!?! WACKO! ;o)
-------------------- "Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica." - Jim Halpert. (The Office)
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...Although "futile attempts to learn to pronounce my first name so that they could go through with the graduation ceremony" is possible as well.
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