The network would get so worried about not antagonizing the white South that the obvious didn't occur to them, that Star Trek had no hope with a narrow-minded, racist audience to begin with.
I like Scotty in command, though.
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I like Scotty in command, though.
It only goes to show that they were not as advanced as they wanted the audience to believe they were. Their tolerance of people of different ethnic backgrounds only went so far.
I don't think I ever watched that show.
All in the family was the US version of Till Death Us Do Part! The show that introduced us all to Alf Garnett, the bespectacled bigot who hated everyone and they loathed him too!
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I love this idea. And as long as we're making wishful changes, I'd have this happen, along with actually finding out what the people of Vendikar looked like and what kind of world they had. Of course it would have to be a 2-part episode.
It probably happened about 20 seconds after they finished beaming, when Evil Kirk bellowed for someone to hand him an agonizer so he could torture the transporter operator.
I blame the director for some of that.
You think the director told him to overdo it?
I think the director didn't tell him firmly enough to tone it down. And WTF was that ridiculous nail-filing BS when Janice Lester (in Kirk's body) was sitting in the Captain's chair? Did they think the audience was too stupid to remember that this wasn't actually Kirk, so they added some "stereotypical" female mannerisms?
Taste of Armageddon is a strong enough concept for a two parter. I would love to see that.
Could be. I find it more interesting if the Mirror Kirk is at least as smart and crafty as "our" Kirk is, though.
As Nicholas Meyer discovered during the movies, Shatner is at his hammiest on the first few takes. The more takes you have him do, the more naturalistic he gets. Compare his more subdued performances in STII and STVI with Shatner directing himself in STV.
STV is the only Star Trek movie I nearly walked out of. It was that bad.
Still, it did inspire a silly "Captain Kirk is Climbing a Mountain" video, which Star Trek Continues spoofed. I guess that's a plus.
At least ST V had a bit of distracting wackiness. ST IV just had light unfunny banter that was supposed to be funny.
I found most of the humor in ST IV to be funny.
Of course. Everyone else agrees with you. I'm the odd man out. It's all painfully forced to me. And the opportunity for a good Trek science fiction film was wasted in favor of light entertainment.
That's what happens on this forum. I happen to be part of the minority on this site who have that view of the nuTrek movies.
We've all got our preferences.
What view of the nu trek movies is in a minority, more than the others? I've heard lots of things about these movies, none of which happened to be in any majority.
Getting into that here would derail this thread. If you really want to know my opinions of nuTrek, feel free to send a PM.
Or maybe you could post them on a thread more suited for them or if none exist then start one with them, so that next time someone asks you that question you could refer them to that thread.
Or you could search the Kelvin Forum. Or you could review her posts through her profile. Or you could stop spamming up the place and do what she asked.
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