And we love you for it.
[Whispers to somebody else] Contact the proper authorities. I'll keep him distracted.
What are your controversial Star Trek opinions?
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And we love you for it.
[Whispers to somebody else] Contact the proper authorities. I'll keep him distracted.
They subjugated the reemans and built a vast star empire.
There has to be billions of them, especially if they are still observing some version of pon far.
I was referring to the 400,000 light year distance.
But now that you mention it... yes, the population won't start that high, especially after comimg from a war torn world like Vulcan at that time.
And one day I'll remember to use smileys to make clear when I'm on the wind up/purposefully misunderstandingI was referring to the 400,000 light year distance.
I never said Harry was loveable. Just that he was "mostly harmless" (and the Douglas Adams allusion is intended).
I was referring to the 400,000 light year distance.
But now that you mention it... yes, the population won't start that high, especially after comimg from a war torn world like Vulcan at that time.
In the beginning, all Vulcans were Romulans, and the planet Vulcan used to be called Romulus.
Then a cabal of theological insurgent terrorists, started prothletizing with such zeal, that nuking them was the only solution.
There's an 80s joke about how straight white Christian Americans need to be very concerned because the Hari Krishnas had taken their airports.
At what point was Reagan supposed to nuke them? After they took the ports authorities or after they took the train stations?
It's far more likely the tiny group of political terrorist extremists took over a few silos and unseated a world that was 90 percent Romulan.
Or the Vulcans were not participants in the war, they were just watching, and then chose to stay behind on a radioactive waste land when the actual nations with money and resources left their dead planet for greener pastures.
"Amok Time" came after "Operation -- Annihilate!" The knowledge regarding Vulcan was as yet unknown, and there was no clue regarding it up until then.
you’re right but the question still remains. If we don’t know much about the Vulcans at the time, why is it considered Deux ex Machina. I just say it’s development of a little known alien race. Did it solve the problem pretty easily? Yeah but then anything in the first season could be considered Deux Ex Machina.
Or they genetically engineered the race, after that pesky atomtic war dissolved their ozone layer.
That's over five times farther than Voyager was flung.
It's also a quarter of the distance to the Andromeda Galaxy, deep into intergalactic space. There's literally nothing there.
The "inner eyelid" out of nowhere fits the definition to a tee [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deus ex machina]:
deus ex machina
2 : a person or thing (as in fiction or drama) that appears or is introduced suddenly and unexpectedly and provides a contrived solution to an apparently insoluble difficulty
2 : a person or thing (as in fiction or drama) that appears or is introduced suddenly and unexpectedly and provides a contrived solution to an apparently insoluble difficulty
What he said. Count me as another who likes Rascals.
Yeah, I think Harry seems lovable because Carmel played him as charming. Now we know that sociopaths are often charming.
An interesting take!
Good thing that trait from his Vulcanian ancestry was passed.
That's over five times farther than Voyager was flung.
Or I underestimated their trip?
Spock in TOS: All Our Yesterdays...
Well, remember it’s not a ‘dislike’ list… it’s just a list of things that I think are worse than Spock’s Brain.
It’s good, I agree and also concur it’s worth another look. As Star Trek is still on Netflix in Vietnam it might be tomorrow in fact.
Broadly speaking I’d say there aren’t many ‘bad’ TOS episodes… 95% of it is always fun to put on. There’s just some I prefer to others.
Ironically, the thing about "Spock's Brain" that bothers me the most is that he sends a bunch of women who have lived their lives with modern technology up top to live like cavemen... and he actually expects them to survive.
Ditto with Vaal's followers, who probably had the survival skills of eggplants.
Unless the Enterprise had the 23rd century version of the Cerritos, flying around behind it and patiently cleaning up its messes like an exhausted mom walking along in the wake of her hyperactive two-year-old son, I see both those races taking a quick and horrific journey to oblivion.
Ditto with Vaal's followers, who probably had the survival skills of eggplants.
Unless the Enterprise had the 23rd century version of the Cerritos, flying around behind it and patiently cleaning up its messes like an exhausted mom walking along in the wake of her hyperactive two-year-old son, I see both those races taking a quick and horrific journey to oblivion.
"We'll send a team of advisors."
We all know how well that works in real life.
He did that to the Vaal worshipers too.
"You'll be fine." Cue chuckle scene on the bridge. Cut to Big E flying off to another adventure next week, same bat channel.
OTOH, let me point out Kirk really only f'd with the PD when his ship (or Spock in this case) was in danger or a culture was stagnant (his call). Some ppl here write as if he were cowboy-Kirk (movie era) and went around just to mess with planets on purpose.
We all know how well that works in real life.
He did that to the Vaal worshipers too.
"You'll be fine." Cue chuckle scene on the bridge. Cut to Big E flying off to another adventure next week, same bat channel.
OTOH, let me point out Kirk really only f'd with the PD when his ship (or Spock in this case) was in danger or a culture was stagnant (his call). Some ppl here write as if he were cowboy-Kirk (movie era) and went around just to mess with planets on purpose.
They did, sort of, at least early in Season 1. From The Return of the Archons:
"Captain's log, stardate 3158.7 The Enterprise is preparing to leave Beta Three in Star system C One Eleven. Sociologist Lindstrom is remaining behind with a party of experts who will help restore the planet's culture to a human form."
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