For me, the issue is not the presence of knives, but the fact that they were flying HILT first towards the ship. Who the hell hallucinates that????
What Scene Drives You Crazy
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Well, not quite. Something from the Titanic era would look more like this.
But if everything about Trek TOS that looks the least bit "dated" drives you crazy, you must be a full-blown raving psychotic by now!
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Bullshi...
I don't recall anything about it that is "clicky-clacky." Don't assume you know its limitations based on that fact it was produced in the 1960s. Maybe it IS a cgi display and it's just showing what it needs to. Panels/screens that clearly display information are WAY better than JJswoosh-JJzoom-cover-everything-with-distracting-grafix.
'MUH GRAFIX!
If it's the one I'm thinking of, the masonite board with the holes and the sliding panel behind, I don't have a hard time believing that thing clicked or clacked a little!
That display never bothered me at all. But I was not crazy about this one in TWOK, it looked like something from the local TV station:
And her amused smirk in return.
Apparently John Wayne was un-available that week.
Given what the Scalosians had already done and what they were planning to do, I think Kirk and Spock were being exceedingly and unnecessarily polite to Deela.
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That display never bothered me at all. But I was not crazy about this one in TWOK, it looked like something from the local TV station:
What I never figured out is where on the bridge this display/control panel is at. Which station? Augh!
One thing I think we can all agree is that these computers should be used in the new look of "Discovery."If it's the one I'm thinking of, the masonite board with the holes and the sliding panel behind, I don't have a hard time believing that thing clicked or clacked a little!
That display never bothered me at all. But I was not crazy about this one in TWOK, it looked like something from the local TV station:
Jason
I always thought it was simply that the Gorn and slow but are also very powerful to make up for the lack of speed. Made sense to me
I almost can't watch the rampant insubordination in that episode. I know that humans reacting poorly to Spock's lack of emotion was an intentional ongoing thing in the original series but the fact that Spock is an officer makes this conduct completely unacceptable.
They weren't on any station on the Bridge - they were extra props rented in especially for those shots
There are a lot of 60s TV shows that portray women in an unkind light. I think it's the Gorn episode where Kirk vanishes from the bridge after talking with the Metron and Uhura's reaction is to let out a shocked, hysterical scream.
Funny how none of the men react that way. 
Umm, why? It's not as if they should preemptively hold their breath or stop their hearts five seconds in advance of beaming, either.
Quite regardless of whether being turned into phased matter allows you to go on moving and pumping blood, or whether it freezes you immobile in a split second and then restores you just as rapidly at the other end, any "anticipation" is unnecessary, and any "interruption" would be invisible to the users themselves.
Never forget that the transporter from the get-go is necessarily established as a device that takes people from A in one pose and puts them to B in a different pose - the fact that the actors move from set A to set B absolutely dictates the change of pose. Ergo, moving while being transported is a characteristic of the device we must accept.
Timo Saloniemi
Quite regardless of whether being turned into phased matter allows you to go on moving and pumping blood, or whether it freezes you immobile in a split second and then restores you just as rapidly at the other end, any "anticipation" is unnecessary, and any "interruption" would be invisible to the users themselves.
Never forget that the transporter from the get-go is necessarily established as a device that takes people from A in one pose and puts them to B in a different pose - the fact that the actors move from set A to set B absolutely dictates the change of pose. Ergo, moving while being transported is a characteristic of the device we must accept.
Timo Saloniemi
Hands-down, for me it's:
Hail, hail, fire and snow.
Call the angel, we must go
Far away, for to see
Friendly angel, come to me.
A close second is:
Stiff man putting my mind in jail
And the judge bang the gavel and say no bail.
Gonna lick his hand and wa-a-a-a-a-a-a-ag my tail.
Hail, hail, fire and snow.
Call the angel, we must go
Far away, for to see
Friendly angel, come to me.
A close second is:
Stiff man putting my mind in jail
And the judge bang the gavel and say no bail.
Gonna lick his hand and wa-a-a-a-a-a-a-ag my tail.
In the episode "the Immunity Syndrome" McCoy is talking to Spock about how he knew 400 Vulcans died across all that space. McCoy seemed generally curious but then Spock says
"I've noticed that about your people, Doctor. You find it easier to understand the death of one than the death of a million. You speak about the objective hardness of the Vulcan heart, yet how little room there seems to be in yours.”
To me Spock is being a bit of a jerk and his attitude toward McCoy was unwarranted.
Also in the episode "The Which Survives" Kirk is a bit of a jerk to Sulu a couple of times that makes me cringe.
Sulu: Once in Siberia there was a meteor so great that it flattened whole forests and was felt as far...
Captain James T. Kirk: [interrupting] Mr. Sulu, if I'd wanted a Russian history lesson I'd have brought along Mr. Chekov.
"I've noticed that about your people, Doctor. You find it easier to understand the death of one than the death of a million. You speak about the objective hardness of the Vulcan heart, yet how little room there seems to be in yours.”
To me Spock is being a bit of a jerk and his attitude toward McCoy was unwarranted.
Also in the episode "The Which Survives" Kirk is a bit of a jerk to Sulu a couple of times that makes me cringe.
Sulu: Once in Siberia there was a meteor so great that it flattened whole forests and was felt as far...
Captain James T. Kirk: [interrupting] Mr. Sulu, if I'd wanted a Russian history lesson I'd have brought along Mr. Chekov.
I recall Kirk being kind of dickish to Sulu on more than one occasion.
That's one of the episodes that I don't think I'll ever watch again. What a stinker
Which is entirely redeemed by the fact that they show the Federation banner, that cool arboretum, and icecream.
It's an interesting concept nevertheless: that Vulcans would have the opposite reaction to mounting casualty numbers, due to their telepathy.
Inimitably Spockian for Spock to point out that objectively speaking, and undeniably, he is the more compassionate of the two!
That's absolutely hilarious in fourth-wall-what-fourth-wall acknowledging that much of the stuff written for Sulu ended up being Chekov's and vice versa...
Timo Saloniemi
