As “The Cage” is now reaching its 40th anniversary and the entire original series is now out on DVD, I think it’s time to open some threads on the epidodes of Star Trek.
Instead of the jumble of the entire series under one thread I propose to open several threads, one a week discussing each episode in original air date order. I’d like to look at it as if the series was running today, treating it as if it was an Enterprise thread discussing the latest episode. The rules are simple
No one can user later undiscussed episodes.
The movies are a no no.
Later Star Trek series are out of bounds as well. We’ll treat this as Star Trek Year Zero.
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This isn’t the sixties, it is now. Just pretend that episode 1 just aired Yesterday as an NBC Mid season replacement.
So anyone interested?
If so Our first episode is The Man trap
If you need reference or want to know what is coming up next I’d suggest refering to this episode guide
I like the Vulcanian Spock. His alieness works pretty well and the crew not treating him as so special makes it seem like aliens are the norm.
The Salt sucker’s actual form was a surprise. You have to wonder why Proffesor Crater (sheesh I guess in the future we’ll all have spacey names) would keep it alive after it killed his wife. I mean that whole buffalo anaolgy doesn’t quite do it for me.
Gotta love the women’s uniforms, looks like Rodenberry is going for the sex appeal draw on this. mini skirts and boots, man that works for me. I gotta say that blond Yeoman is hot!
The “glove plant” was kinda goofy though.
Like the design for the interior of the USS Enterprise, Looks like a real ship with all the crew bustling about.
Not a bad story though why is it only Kirk screams when attacked, and no one else did?
I know this is just science fiction but does it seem realistic that having all of the salt drained from you would kill you instantly? Dr. McCoy looked prepared for this situation, I’d swear he was carrying a salt shaker.
Sheesh, this show’s only slightly better than a Saturday morning Flash Gordon serial. I’d be surprised if this show goes beyond one season, much less 40 years.
Seriously…
Am I the only person who was bothered by the title, “The Man Trap”? Sounds like the crew was going to visit the Planet of Captive Chippendales’ Dancers or something.
I think they should have used the title, “The Unreal McCoy” instead. And I hope they don’t make this a monster-of-the-week show, like The Outer Limits. Maybe we’ll be lucky, and it was just a dumb network exec who did the monster.
Bah. The show’s clearly a knock-off of *Farscape * and Battlestar Gallactica, and when you boil it down, it’s just a suped up Star Wars to appease all the Lucas-haters. But man, doesn’t TJ Hooker look young?!?
Yeah, but I’m sure the rest of the security guards have learned their lesson now. We probably won’t see another red-shirted character get killed for the rest of the series.
Yeah, I sort of liked George Clayton Johnson’s original title (“The Unreal McCoy”) better, but I understand why they changed it, as it gave away a key plot point. I think Johnson originally named the professors Bierce instead of Crater.
Speaking of Mr. Johnson, word around the fanzines is that he and William F. Nolan are going to hole up in a hotel here pretty soon and write a novel in three weeks. Something about a dystopia where everybody has to die at age 21. Wonder if it will be any good.
I saw little Harlan Ellison at a con the other day and he was jumping up and down and screaming about an episode he is writing. I imagine he and Mr. Robbinberry will make a good team.
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Yeah, I sort of liked George Clayton Johnson’s original title (“The Unreal McCoy”) better, but I understand why they changed it, as it gave away a key plot point. I think Johnson originally named the professors Bierce instead of Crater.
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Well, if someone ever writes a book based on the series (like Murray Leinster did for Time Tunnel) maybe they’ll use that name. If the series lasts long enough. Not that I think a book based on this series would sell, of course.
And I hope they don’t make this a monster-of-the-week show, like The Outer Limits. Maybe we’ll be lucky, and it was just a dumb network exec who did the monster.