Change an element of an episode

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

*"Spock's Brain" would have been better/more believable if his brain's contents were downloaded and stolen like a computer program, not the physical gray matter itself.

* "The Enemy Within" might have been interesting if Spock had been split into fully Vulcan and fully Human halves.

 

[Green Shirt]

If Spock would have been the one to fall for Edith Keeler, and it was up to Kirk to remind Spock about the logic in letting her die.

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

If Spock would have been the one to fall for Edith Keeler, and it was up to Kirk to remind Spock about the logic in letting her die.

That's the kind of episode that would have worked best in a series that had intentional character development.

 

[Balok's Decoy]

This is not an original idea -- I heard it on Mission Log where John and Ken had heard it from someone who wrote to the show. Anyway, here's the idea:

In "A Taste of Armageddon," what if they discovered that the civilization on Vendikar had long abandoned the planet and had automated their war games program. Which would mean that the people on Eminiar VII had been killing themselves to stop a war with an enemy that no longer existed. That idea blew my mind and has all kinds of new moral and philosophical implications.

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

That's crazy.

 

[Warped9]

This is not an original idea -- I heard it on Mission Log where John and Ken had heard it from someone who wrote to the show. Anyway, here's the idea:

In "A Taste of Armageddon," what if they discovered that the civilization on Vendikar had long abandoned the planet and had automated their war games program. Which would mean that the people on Eminiar VII had been killing themselves to stop a war with an enemy that no longer existed. That idea blew my mind and has all kinds of new moral and philosophical implications.

That would give a whole new level in of meaning to, "What??? We will hunt those bastards down if it takes forever."

 

[locutus101]

This side of Paradise: If everyone had been caught in the collective bliss and it was Spock that had managed to get out of it first, in spite of how much it cost him.

 

[Tracy Trek]

* "The Enemy Within" might have been interesting if Spock had been split into fully Vulcan and fully Human halves.

I think I read a short story where something like that happened once. It was an official publication of short stories that were for the original series.

 

[Greg Cox]

* "The Enemy Within" might have been interesting if Spock had been split into fully Vulcan and fully Human halves.

They eventually did that plot on VOYAGER, with B'Elanna getting split into her human and Klingon halves.

Meanwhile, back to TOS . . ..

"Catspaw": Ditch DeSalle and let Uhura be in command while the rest of the bridge crew is stuck on the planet.

 

[Tenacity]

"Spock's Brain" would have been better/more believable if ...

The subterranean women had average intelligence, and weren't played as "simple."

And The Children Shall Lead, have the friendly angel be a kindly old grandmother type, instead of a fat pedophile type.

 

[Pauln6]

They eventually did that plot on VOYAGER, with B'Elanna getting split into her human and Klingon halves.

Meanwhile, back to TOS . . ..

"Catspaw": Ditch DeSalle and let Uhura be in command while the rest of the bridge crew is stuck on the planet.

Having watched Balance of Terror yesterday, it looks like Uhura was in charge of the bridge as everyone else was in conference and if there had been a more senior officer of the watch, Kirk would have called them.

For me, I would just feature more women more often. I think Shore Leave was the only time we had two women chosen for a landing party (they otherwise just get kidnapped in pairs). Rand's contribution to Corbomite Manoeuvre and Balance of Terror were lamentable. Give the poor woman something worthwhile to do! In Enemy Within, I would have Rand be the one to find good Kirk unconscious in sick bay so she doesn't look so dumb. I would have liked to see Harlan Ellison's more adventurous version of Rand. Plus Rand in CotEoF, Space Seed, a Taste of Armageddon, The Galileo 7, Operation Annihilate, Return of the Archons, this Side of Paradise, I, Mudd, the Trouble with Tribbles, the Tholian Web, a Piece of the Action, Spectre of the Gun, and Turnabout Intruder.

More John Colicos for sure. He had a lot of charm and personality. I'm not sure I'd want him to replace all the other Klingons since that would have robbed us of the three amigos in DS9 but find a way to get him in somehow. Same for Miranda Jones. More Orion pirates too.

More Uhura working on cryptography instead of Spock. More Chapel taking the lead on medical research with McCoy assisting her. Helen Noel in Whom Gods Destroy. Riley in Catspaw and Piece of the Action plus a better wig for Chekov in his early episodes. Carolyn Palamis in the Apple and Friday's Child.

A line about atmospherics in the Enemy within. Photon torpedoes in the Balance of Terror plus limited warp engines for the Romulans. Say Uhura's synaptic connections have been scrambled rather than a mind wipe. It's just silly to say she could be re-educated to be a bridge officer after that.

 

[JonnyQuest037]

"Mirror, Mirror" - Show a bit more of the evil counterparts in the regular universe. How do barbarians try to act like civilized men? How long did their deception last and what tipped Spock off?

"The Trouble With Tribbles" - Edit in the DS9 crew skulking around in the background of various scenes. Just for fun.

 

[locutus101]

In Turnabout Intruder, I would have told Shatner to stop chewing the scenery.

 

[Balok's Decoy]

In Turnabout Intruder, I would have told Shatner to stop chewing the scenery.

Scene chewing is like the fourth or fifth problem with that episode.

 

[E-DUB]

JonnyQuest037 wrote ""Mirror, Mirror" - Show a bit more of the evil counterparts in the regular universe. How do barbarians try to act like civilized men? How long did their deception last and what tipped Spock off?"

The Star Trek Continues folk could at least have done this as a vignette.

 

[One Lucky Red Shirt]

Hows about replacing the hippies from way to eden with goth rockers? Have them playing n singing songs like the cure r nine inch nails instead of peace and love?

 

[locutus101]

Scene chewing is like the fourth or fifth problem with that episode.

What's the first one?

 

[Balok's Decoy]

What's the first one?

The script. It's terrible and sexist. Not one of TOS's finer moments.

 

[locutus101]

The script. It's terrible and sexist. Not one of TOS's finer moments.

I agree that the script is not good but to me Shatner's overacting was the last straw.

 

[kkt]

In Turnabout Intruder, I would have told Shatner to stop chewing the scenery.

If you didn't want the Captain chewing the scenery, why in heck would you hire Shatner?