One thing that I don't exactly hate about "Yesterday's Enterprise," but I regard as more of a missed opportunity, is that I think it would've been cool to have Michael Dorn voice the captain of one of the Klingon ships they're fighting at the end.
Great episodes with ONE moment that make you cringe
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It's hard to believe, and even a little sad, the general public might not know what a movie is by that time. McCoy knows, after all.
But if so, then Kirk should have asked, "A what?" But in either event, since McCoy knew what a movie was, Edith should not have drawn that conclusion if she determined he didn't even know what a movie was, IMO, from "What?" That would be unlike McCoy - not just like him. And since it happened when there was considerable traffic noise in that scene, "what?" just means he didn't hear her.
McCoy asked "Who?" and so should have Kirk asked "Who?" Missed it.
IIRC, they even had to change from a well known actor on the 30's (Richard Dix) to one better known in the 60's (Clark Gable), though in the 30's, Gable wasn't leading man material yet. In 1930, the only movie credit he has for that year is Du Barry, Woman of Passion, but that is a voice only part and he is uncredited. Prior to that, he had 13 movies according to IMDB, 11 of those uncredited. Maybe they were going to see one of the two he had a credit in, 1924's White Man or 1925's North Star. Or maybe the Trek universe had Clark Gable hit it big earlier than our universe, since it's clear the Trek verse and the RL one has many significant differences. Otherwise, in 1930, it is not at all surprising one doesn't know who Clark Gable is/was.
It's not that this is even a horrible problem, but it draws my attention every time and suddenly I'm thinking about that, taken out of the moment. Bah. Still, it's just a minor thing.
I just Google for them, but it does look like those are the ones that usually come up first.
Do they have shooting scripts on-line? I was wondering just today what those might have said in Court Martial when Kirk said the sound would be amplified by 1 to 4th power. I have to believe the shooting script would say 1 x 10 to the 4th power, but you never know for sure. That line makes me cringe, of course, but Court Martial is not what I'd otherwise call a "great episode."
I'm colorblind, but I never noticed the incorrect uniform at the end of Yesterday's Enterprise. That's an even smaller thing, to me. Even when told it is there and looking for it, I'd have to guess what stands out so much it would bother anyone. I do know TOS had some of the same issues using season 1 uniforms in subsequent seasons, but again, I have to be told such things happen - I never pick up on those.
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I just watched the COTEOF Clark Gable scene and Kirk's "What?" sounded like a foghorn going off. Maybe he was just thinking "WTF is a Clark Gable, a movie and an Orpheum?" He knows some 20th Century music but maybe that's about it.
I thought that it was only said he was the first Vulcan to go to and graduate from Starfleet academy.
Maybe he was going "What? It's only 1930, how could you possibly know about Clark Gable?!"
Yeah, the sleeves!
The City on the edge of forever episode
Uhura saying "Captain, I'm frightened."
Sexist and disrespectful crap (sadly one of many in the franchise)
sad
Uhura saying "Captain, I'm frightened."
Sexist and disrespectful crap (sadly one of many in the franchise)
sad
Oh, no doubt, and that (what you think it boils down to) is a good message.
But because questions are raised for which they have no answers, there is no rationale for Louvois's reversal of her earlier position that Data is a toaster.
I would have found it much more satisfactory, if the ultimate point was that it cannot be proven that any life form is "sentient." They could have even had Picard call other members of the committee that approved Data's application to Starfleet Academy as witnesses to make that very point, and to make the point that Data is being held to a higher standard than everyone else. Why weren't other members of that committee interviewed, anyway? Instead, we got blathering about souls, out of the blue with no foundation. There is such an investment in philosophizing put forward in the episode, only to chuck it all at the finish.
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Geordi's uniform from YE was just a remnant of the old timeline and would fade away once the timeline had finished buffering. Probably.
I like/dislike the idea of Worf being the Klingon voice ordering the Enterprise to surrender. They already have mostly everyone on the same ship in the alternate timeline/maybe it's a little too cute or self-aware.
I like/dislike the idea of Worf being the Klingon voice ordering the Enterprise to surrender. They already have mostly everyone on the same ship in the alternate timeline/maybe it's a little too cute or self-aware.
That's Back to the Future rules. Yesterday's Enterprise rules show that the fading aspect occurs almost instantaneously.
My fan theory (because, of course, I have a loose fan theory on everything), is that Geordi is just wearing a rare variant jumpsuit that would soon be displaced by the DS9 variants. Developed by the same Starfleet designer who, in the alternate timeline, had more influence and got this variant design to be adopted as the main uniform of Starfleet. Maybe Geordi wore it to the Holodeck during a recent target practice outing.
It's not like the Enterprise is merely not answering hails. It's gone, never to return possibly - Uhura is stranded on a barren planet with no way off, no survival gear, and this version of her is an anomaly - she may never have been born in the new history - also, who knows who patrols the stars now and what could happen? To think that everything you know is gone - maybe even your entire existence, and you have to start again - she didn't have the benefit of knowing that it could all be fixed for certain, like the audience now does. McCoy is bonkers, lost in time (and he might have been the one steadying force otherwise), and now Uhura might have to start all over again in a unknown universe. Wouldn't you be scared?
Though I'll admit, she could have shown her fear another way than saying it straight out/used different words. Or if Kirk had admitted, "so am I" but then promised her "we'll get through this. I'll find a way."
Could you imagine NuUhura saying this?
Like everything else, ST is a product of its time.
To NuSpock, confessed when they're alone. To NuCaptainKirk? Maybe with her eyes or body language.
They gave that line to the only female in the scene for a reason, based on nothing more than 'damsel in distress' syndrome. Do you believe that line would have been given to one of the male characters? No.
Yeah, the sleeves!
It's our pet peeves.
Nah, a life-threatening situation is the perfect time to nag the XO about personal feelings.
She does it again in "Plato's Stepchildren"
Isn't it just as sexist to assume the only possible reason Uhura does that is because she's a woman and not just an open, honest, individual who trusts her captain and has a real good relationship and shared confidence with him? Kirk practically lost his mind on Triskellion when Uhura was being attacked.
Though I admit she probably got those lines for sexists reasons, there is another way to interpret them.
Though I admit she probably got those lines for sexists reasons, there is another way to interpret them.
"Keptin, I'm 'feart. 'Tis a frightenin' thing wit my ship gon'."
"Damnit, Jim, I'm as frightened as a groundhog on a dark February morning. It must be a side-effect of the cordrazine. Didn't I just jump through that portal?"
"Captain, I appear to be suffering from an elevated heart rate, heightened perspiration, and an involuntary reflex toward any sudden visual stimuli. I request an immediate shore leave to my home planet of Vulcan."
Security Guard One: I'm Frightened, Captain. Security Drills Never Prepared Us For Anything Like This.
Security Guard Two: I'm Scared, Too, Captain. Does This Mean My Mommy Is Gone? I Wanna Go Home.
Scott: Aye. Without The Ship, We'll Be Lost, Forever Lost. I Dinna Thin' I Kin Bear It. Not Without A Wee Drop Of Liquid Courage, Anyway.
Uhura: You're Not Going To Leave Me With These Three Pussies, Are You Sir?
Security Guard Two: I'm Scared, Too, Captain. Does This Mean My Mommy Is Gone? I Wanna Go Home.
Scott: Aye. Without The Ship, We'll Be Lost, Forever Lost. I Dinna Thin' I Kin Bear It. Not Without A Wee Drop Of Liquid Courage, Anyway.
Uhura: You're Not Going To Leave Me With These Three Pussies, Are You Sir?
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