General Trek Questions and Observations

[Shawnster]

One of the worst episodes of TOS (and the franchise). In this case, it was future slang from those hippies that REALLY dated the episode even more.

No. That's "The Alternative Factor." Way to Eden is a guilty pleasure episode for me.

"SPOCK'S BRAIN" at least had the bridge scene with everyone giving valuable input, and a cool idea with the Teacher. And a lot of it may be bad, but you can actually have fun with that kind of bad.

Agreed. I also like the graphics of the star system and Kirk's walking around the bridge in that scene.

Of course, in TAF I like the scenes with Charlene Masters and the unique Engineering set.

 

[Farscape One]

No. That's "The Alternative Factor." Way to Eden is a guilty pleasure episode for me.




Agreed. I also like the graphics of the star system and Kirk's walking around the bridge in that scene.

Of course, in TAF I like the scenes with Charlene Masters and the unique Engineering set.

I put "THE ALTERNATIVE FACTOR" as the second worst of TOS. "THE WAY TO EDEN", third.

Worst one? "AND THE CHILDREN SHALL LEAD".

 

[Candleicious Ghost]

I put "THE ALTERNATIVE FACTOR" as the second worst of TOS. "THE WAY TO EDEN", third.

Worst one? "AND THE CHILDREN SHALL LEAD".

Bonk! Bonk!

 

[cooleddie74]

Worst one? "AND THE CHILDREN SHALL LEAD".

Every. Word. Of. This.

 

[Farscape One]

Bonk! Bonk!

My wife hates "MIRI". I think its biggest crime is completely sidelining the fact it is a duplicate Earth. Definitely could have gotten more mileage out of that idea than what was shown.

 

[Candleicious Ghost]

My wife hates "MIRI". I think its biggest crime is completely sidelining the fact it is a duplicate Earth. Definitely could have gotten more mileage out of that idea than what was shown.

I'm glad you got the reference...... TOS was great but it had clunkers

 

[Kraig]

One of the worst episodes of TOS (and the franchise). In this case, it was future slang from those hippies that REALLY dated the episode even more.

I'd have to say the Voyager warp 10 newt episode was worse.

 

[Farscape One]

I'd have to say the Voyager warp 10 newt episode was worse.

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Absolutely not.

"THRESHOLD" at least had some good character scenes with Tom and good body horror. (Which that episode nabbed them an Emmy for makeup, too.)

 

[Candleicious Ghost]

Did the salamanders still have a comm badge?

 

[fireproof78]

No way Spock's Brain was worse

Agreed. Way to Eden gave some much needed sense of culture to the Federation. Episodes like Spock's Brain, And the Children Shall Lead, Miri, Spectre of the Gun, and Catspaw all rank lower for me for TOS.

WAY TO EDEN can't rank lower so long as those, and several other Trek episodes and films hang around.

 

[Candleicious Ghost]

Agreed. Way to Eden gave some much needed sense of culture to the Federation. Episodes like Spock's Brain, And the Children Shall Lead, Miri, Spectre of the Gun, and Catspaw all rank lower for me for TOS.

WAY TO EDEN can't rank lower so long as those, and several other Trek episodes and films hang around.

Way To Eden also had that cool song. Was that also the episode where we had "Spock and roll" and Spock on drums?

 

[cooleddie74]

Spock is on the Vulcan harp with one of Sevrin's followers in "The Way to Eden." Don't remember a drum.

 

[fireproof78]

Spock is on the Vulcan harp with one of Sevrin's followers in "The Way to Eden." Don't remember a drum.

The drum was when the space beatniks invaded.

 

[cooleddie74]

I do remember when he sang, and no, not under the influence of a weird spatial phenomenon that also made Klingons sing.

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[Candleicious Ghost]

The drum was when the space beatniks invaded.

Wait what? TOS also had space beatniks? Wild

 

[Set Harth]

Did the salamanders still have a comm badge?

ya eat em!

 

[The Salt Umpire]

must be self adjusting

Apparently you now just walk into a force field and emerge with perfect hair and uniform.

 

[The Salt Umpire]

Wait what? TOS also had space beatniks? Wild

They were the ones in the back wearing turtleneck sweaters and snapping their fingers for applause.

 

[Kraig]

Apparently you now just walk into a force field and emerge with perfect hair and uniform.

Spoiler

I thought it was more like a transporter beam with replicator combination, that changed clothing and excess hair, then rearranged it into a uniform, in other words, 3rd millennia magic. It's easier than the way we did it in 20th century recruit training.

 

[The Salt Umpire]

Every. Word. Of. This.

True dat.

"Worst Episode Ever" -- Comic Book Guy