Or, they had just recently started working together and Uhura wasn't used to how Vulcans see the world. Which was probably the original intent.
Evidence of SNW being a possible alternate timeline from TOS
Or, they had just recently started working together and Uhura wasn't used to how Vulcans see the world. Which was probably the original intent.
Which really doesn't work when more context was added to the series and franchise as a whole. Unless you're trying to say that Uhura, a Lieutenant on the flagship of the Federation, has no idea about the attitudes of Vulcans, a founding member of the Federation.
Having a "general understanding" and seeing something play out before you are two distinct things.
While it's not perfect, I think the scene actually plays better with the added context we get from SNW. It's one of the reasons why I like the show so much, It adds context and improves TOS, at least in my opinion.
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Just a way of showing Spock's "alieness" They drop lines about him not "feeling" all of the time. Of course half the time he winds up "feeling" after all.
Just something I've never really been interested in. TOS stands fine on its own, for me.
Kirk: Does the new sickbay meet your expectations?
McCoy: It does not! It's like working on a computer!
Kirk: You do remember what the sickbay, and literally the entire ship, looked like when you first came aboard like a decade ago right?
McCoy: How could I forget? I demanded that Starfleet turn the freaking Apple iPADD store into something more appropriate for an old country doctor, and Starfleet was so impressed with my suggestions that they refit the entire fleet accordingly for the rest of the 2260s! (winks at camera)
McCoy: It does not! It's like working on a computer!
Kirk: You do remember what the sickbay, and literally the entire ship, looked like when you first came aboard like a decade ago right?
McCoy: How could I forget? I demanded that Starfleet turn the freaking Apple iPADD store into something more appropriate for an old country doctor, and Starfleet was so impressed with my suggestions that they refit the entire fleet accordingly for the rest of the 2260s! (winks at camera)
Spock: I've reviewed the historical records and no iPad store appears like Sickbay did, Doctor.
To be fair, as late as Season 3 of TOS Kirk didn't recognize the name of Surak.
At that point humans had known about and intermingled with Vulcans for over 200 years. You'd think the name Surak would at bare minimum be recognizable as the Vulcan George Washington or Buddha. Either Kirk sucked at Federation history in his Academy classes or, you know, episodic television writing.
At that point humans had known about and intermingled with Vulcans for over 200 years. You'd think the name Surak would at bare minimum be recognizable as the Vulcan George Washington or Buddha. Either Kirk sucked at Federation history in his Academy classes or, you know, episodic television writing.
I thought they laid it out quite plainly
Considering all the drama around Surak's "actual" teachings in Enterprise, I wouldn't be surprised if Vulcans did a soft-lock on sharing Surak's name with outsiders between Enterprise and TOS, while they tried to figure out his actual teachings themselves. Once the Romulans were revealed to be Vulcan offshoots, Surak's name gradually was allowed to be advertised around outsiders instead. It's as good an explanation as any.To be fair, as late as Season 3 of TOS Kirk didn't recognize the name of Surak.
At that point humans had known about and intermingled with Vulcans for over 200 years. You'd think the name Surak would at bare minimum be recognizable as the Vulcan George Washington or Buddha. Either Kirk sucked at Federation history in his Academy classes or, you know, episodic television writing.
It would also explain why Kirk only knows of T'Pau as the only person ever to turn down a seat on the Federation Council without mention of her adventures with Archer
Why would or should have Kirk have mentioned T'Pau's adventures with Captain Archer on that occasion?
Don't worry, that'll be in the eventual mind chip Remastering of the episode.
Makes much more sense.
If it was a Discovery episode they'd have found a way
Anyone else remember how the first aired Trek episode said “Vulcan has no moon,” but then The Motion Picture contradicted it?
And before anyone says it’s technically her sister planet, that’s never actually been canonized to my knowledge. It’s always been fanon to paper over Yet Another Trek Inconsistency.
And before anyone says it’s technically her sister planet, that’s never actually been canonized to my knowledge. It’s always been fanon to paper over Yet Another Trek Inconsistency.
Maybe it was a space station?
Humans IRL keep changing the definition of a moon and updating the number of moons the Earth has, which was why they had to keep correcting the number on QI a few years back. Maybe the Vulcans do the same thing. Now I'm imagining a Vulcan version of QI. I feel like there's comedy gold there.
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