I prefer the original barrier to the remastered one I have to admit! You can almost feel the Enterprise hitting that field rather than moving through a haze of purple gas!
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I'd hit it.
This week in 1966:
New on the U.S. charts that week:
"But It's Alright," J. J. Jackson
"Little Man," Sonny & Cher
"The Great Airplane Strike," Paul Revere & The Raiders
And airing Thursday night:
New on the U.S. charts that week:
"But It's Alright," J. J. Jackson
"Little Man," Sonny & Cher
"The Great Airplane Strike," Paul Revere & The Raiders
And airing Thursday night:
Thanks for the history, Old Mixer!
I'll watch The Naked Time tonight. But this weekend I read James Blish's adaptation of Where No Man Has Gone Before. There are some striking changes.
Blish tries to make this part of regular continuity. And late continuity at that. (This is in Star Trek 8.) So he makes mention that Sulu is promoted to Physicist from Helmsman. And Gary Mitchel is Sulu's replacement, although still with a long relationship with Kirk. (I guess Sulu will have to go back to his old job?) Piper is filling in for McCoy while McCoy is on extended leave.
The other biggest change is that as Gary becomes more powerful on Delta Vega he becomes ENTIRELY silver.
Another interesting direction that Blish takes is that when Dehner sees her silver eyes for the first time she screams and covers her face. She is ambivalent at best about becoming like Mitchel.
Kirk is still James R. Kirk, interestingly enough. But with a military service cross for a headstone.
Having read Charlie X and The Man Trap (both in Star Trek 1) it's interesting to jump ahead to his eighth collection, published many years after the show was produced rather than when he was writing before the show was made. Certainly before he'd seen any of it.
I'll watch The Naked Time tonight. But this weekend I read James Blish's adaptation of Where No Man Has Gone Before. There are some striking changes.
Blish tries to make this part of regular continuity. And late continuity at that. (This is in Star Trek 8.) So he makes mention that Sulu is promoted to Physicist from Helmsman. And Gary Mitchel is Sulu's replacement, although still with a long relationship with Kirk. (I guess Sulu will have to go back to his old job?) Piper is filling in for McCoy while McCoy is on extended leave.
The other biggest change is that as Gary becomes more powerful on Delta Vega he becomes ENTIRELY silver.
Another interesting direction that Blish takes is that when Dehner sees her silver eyes for the first time she screams and covers her face. She is ambivalent at best about becoming like Mitchel.
Kirk is still James R. Kirk, interestingly enough. But with a military service cross for a headstone.
Having read Charlie X and The Man Trap (both in Star Trek 1) it's interesting to jump ahead to his eighth collection, published many years after the show was produced rather than when he was writing before the show was made. Certainly before he'd seen any of it.
If Kirk hadn't buried him, he coulda had a future delivering flowery soliloquies while flying around on a surfboard....
I hadn't rewatched Naked Time for a few years - it was definitely interesting. I don't think I ever acknowledged that the Uhura/Kirk shouting match was NOT a result of the disease. Nice touch to show the stress and even nicer touch with Kirk's apology.
I had also forgotten that Kirk doesn't break down until the episode is 90%-ish over. His turmoil is so striking it leaves a bigger impression than the screen time might suggest.
Great job with the suspense too - both plots build in tandem really well. Marvelous production.
I had also forgotten that Kirk doesn't break down until the episode is 90%-ish over. His turmoil is so striking it leaves a bigger impression than the screen time might suggest.
Great job with the suspense too - both plots build in tandem really well. Marvelous production.
My thoughts on "The Naked Time" on my blog
Can't wait for next week to discuss the nuances of Shatner's method acting! :-P
Can't wait for next week to discuss the nuances of Shatner's method acting! :-P
Well it took a month but that's the funniest thing on this thread by a mile.
That was quite an episode. I realized last night that I just can't relate anymore to watching Star Trek on a little TV tube. Certainly not in black and white as I did for the first ten years or so.
I don't remember watching this episode until high school. So post Wrath of Khan. And I think I came in when Riley is talking to Chapel about Joe. Weird that I remember that.
The weakest part of this episode is Kirk's meltdown. The idea is fine. It's just that it comes out of nowhere and ratchets up to eleven right away. They ran out of time. And Shatner goes right over the top. But this introduces Kirk's love affair with the Enterprise. "Never lose you" is amazing. The rest of the episode Shatner is terrific.
OK, those environmental suits are preposterous.
The best thing in the episode is the tension. The stakes get higher and higher. You almost think they're all going to die.
Nimoy is, well, Nimoy. Five star. I can save my opinion of Vulcan emotion for another thread.
Scotty! Welcome to the show! With your own engineering set!
I wish this had led right into Tomorrow is Yesterday as planned.
No women in pants. But Uhura seems pretty intentionally, um, positioned in some scenes. "Lieutenant, why do you keep standing in profile?"
My blu ray has a dedication to Majel at the end of it. Nice.
It's a little bit of culture shock to watch this on Thursday and then flip over to Arrow. It's been a long fifty years.
What's next? Mudd?
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50 years ago this week:
New on the U.S. charts:
"Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?," The Rolling Stones
"Lady Godiva," Peter & Gordon
"Devil with the Blue Dress On/Good Golly Miss Molly," Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels
And airing Thursday night:
New on the U.S. charts:
"Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?," The Rolling Stones
"Lady Godiva," Peter & Gordon
"Devil with the Blue Dress On/Good Golly Miss Molly," Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels
And airing Thursday night:
I read the Blish Naked Time. Um... Well... That was... Something.
Imagine The Naked time only without any of the Kirk or Spock story. Joe, Sulu, and Riley's stories are pretty much unchanged. Uhura has to crawl through the "between decks" to get a message to McCoy because the ship is sealed off. The cure is dispensed through the air ducts. There is a fear that McCoy is also under the disease and might gas them all. The ship is recovered from Riley and put back into orbit with no further fuss. There are several paragraphs of medical explanation from McCoy at the end.
Spock does get the disease at the end but he goes quietly to his quarters to sit it out before they get into engineering. The comedy beat at the end of the story is that they realize that they've forgotten about Spock so they tune into the intercom for his quarters to hear him rocking out on his lyre and howling unlistenable Vulcanian lyrics. They watch the planet disintegrate. The End.
Wild stuff, man.
Imagine The Naked time only without any of the Kirk or Spock story. Joe, Sulu, and Riley's stories are pretty much unchanged. Uhura has to crawl through the "between decks" to get a message to McCoy because the ship is sealed off. The cure is dispensed through the air ducts. There is a fear that McCoy is also under the disease and might gas them all. The ship is recovered from Riley and put back into orbit with no further fuss. There are several paragraphs of medical explanation from McCoy at the end.
Spock does get the disease at the end but he goes quietly to his quarters to sit it out before they get into engineering. The comedy beat at the end of the story is that they realize that they've forgotten about Spock so they tune into the intercom for his quarters to hear him rocking out on his lyre and howling unlistenable Vulcanian lyrics. They watch the planet disintegrate. The End.
Wild stuff, man.
Sounds like my situation with my older sister, only it was the late '70s / early '80s.
Funny you should mention "Lady Godiva" specifically as that was the odd man out for me among these songs--It's one of those songs I'd never heard once in decades of listening to oldies radio, but became familiar with more recently when working on my '60s playlists...despite the fact that, in this case, it got to a respectable #6 back in the day.
You were 8 in '66...maybe I shouldn't have skipped this one last week....
Had "Lady Godiva" stuck in my head for a day myself. Don't find "Dandy" quite as catchy, fortunately.
Not that I could tell.
Here is my blog post, in which I debate could the story have held up if the shuttlecraft had been a thing (which it wasn't, I know.)
Not that I could tell.
Here is my blog post, in which I debate could the story have held up if the shuttlecraft had been a thing (which it wasn't, I know.)
Sure - "Atmospheric conditions prevent safe shuttlecraft navigation. We'll have to beam them up."
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