• Welcome! The TrekBBS is the number one place to chat about Star Trek with like-minded fans.
    If you are not already a member then please register an account and join in the discussion!

Paul Wesley's incarnation of James T. Kirk

That episode is really odd watching it now.
Yeah, it’s unclear why Carter felt the need to keep the Salt Vampire a secret*.

Sure, it killed Nancy, but it seems like even that could have been explained away as an accident. Go with that and say they need the salt immediately and everything probably turns out for the best.

* = although, now for the first time ever I’m wondering if he was having sex with it and ooged myself out…
 
Yeah, it’s unclear why Carter felt the need to keep the Salt Vampire a secret*.

Sure, it killed Nancy, but it seems like even that could have been explained away as an accident. Go with that and say they need the salt immediately and everything probably turns out for the best.

* = although, now for the first time ever I’m wondering if he was having sex with it and ooged myself out…
Jesus, of course he was. His motivation for everything he did was explained very clearly by Kirk: he got to live in a fantasy world, because the alien would become anyone and do anything in exchange for salt.
 
Precisely. Robert Crater was in a mutually beneficial relationship with the salt vampire. She spared his life in return for access to a reliable salt supply and both had a good thing going until the Enterprise and McCoy arrived. Kirk and his crew upset that balance between Crater and the salt vampire and ended five years of what amounted to relative harmony on planet M-113.
 
Precisely. Robert Crater was in a mutually beneficial relationship with the salt vampire. She spared his life in return for access to a reliable salt supply and both had a good thing going until the Enterprise and McCoy arrived. Kirk and his crew upset that balance between Crater and the salt vampire and ended five years of what amounted to relative harmony on planet M-113.
Yeah, that aspect of the episode made logical sense. What didn't make sense to me is why an intelligent creature (which the Salt Vampire was as it spoke and asked the the question to Kirk in the guise of Dr. McCoy and effectively wanted to see if Kirk would let it live - although by that time it had killed 3 crewmen); would decide to hunt/feed on the crewmen it did instead of just going to the mess hall (hey 1st season ;)) and raiding the salt stores?
^^^
And yes, I know why as it was 'the Monster of the week' for the episode, but yeah if it was intelligent and DIDN'T want to die/be killed - its actions didn't fit.
 
Last edited:
  • Like
Reactions: drt
Jesus, of course he was. His motivation for everything he did was explained very clearly by Kirk: he got to live in a fantasy world, because the alien would become anyone and do anything in exchange for salt.
Sorry, lol, I think when you first watch something as a little kid certain things just go over your head - and since this episode was bottom of the barrel for me, I've rarely revisited or contemplated it.
 
This Kirk is some 10 years younger than Kirk of TOS. This is how Shatner looked some 10 years earlier than in TOS.
2F7uRd1.jpg
Compare to Nu Kirk...

Pretty damn close, imo.
 
This Kirk is some 10 years younger than Kirk of TOS. This is how Shatner looked some 10 years earlier than in TOS.

Compare to Nu Kirk...


Pretty damn close, imo.
Someone could do the face app thing to see how it looks. Someone did that with Pine and Shatner and it worked surprisingly well.
 
I cannot do that, sorry.

But the biggest differences to my eyes are nu-Kirks lack of Shats cheekbones and a wider nose bridge.
 
If you are not already a member then please register an account and join in the discussion!

Sign up / Register


Back
Top