Singly most hated & despised ep of the whole 79
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I actually can watch Spock's Brain but Way to Eden has only one scene that makes me laugh and that's when Nurse Chapel falls to the deck like a sack of flour. The Spock grooves with the hippies scene even makes me cringe.
I rewatched Wolf in the Fold yesterday while cooking dinner. I like this ep even though it is pretty goofy once the entity starts jumping around and getting into the computer.....my question is, what did Dr McCoy give the crew to make them so damn happy and where do i get me some?
Well, it's funny you should mention "Chapel-hitting-the-deck"; because the identical scene appears in both of the episodes you mentioned! They just re-used footage from "Spock's Brain" for "The Way to Eden".
If nothing else, "Brain" and "Eden" are so cheesy and hilarious(if unintentionally at times)that they're fun if you're in the right mood. "Alternative"? That thing is just a gigantic logical mess and even the stuff that's EXPLAINED makes no sense.
Slightly off-topic, did Spock kiss Zarabeth in All Our Yesterdays and if so, was that the first intra-glacial kiss on broadcast TV? 
I liked this episode too (especially the stuff on the planet at the beginning
), but I just couldn't buy the voice of freaking Piglet of "Winnie the Pooh" as Jack the Ripper. 
Hey, I didn't *make* the rules back then! Blame Suzie Wong.Asians are exempt due to their potential "Geisha" status (Females only).
I thought so as well, back when I was 14. Since then, I've embraced literalistic metaphores.I watched "The Omega Glory" this morning. What a great episode until the last few minutes...then it self-destructs completely. I honestly had to force myself not to hit the "stop" button on my remote.
First 46 minutes =
Last 6 minutes =
It's C2-(F06-O2-H2)0...a highly concentrated version of chocolate & alchohol, in layman's terms.
Silly silly British man.Slightly off-topic, did Spock kiss Zarabeth in All Our Yesterdays and if so, was that the first intra-glacial kiss on broadcast TV?
Props to everyone on the thread who stuck up for "The Omega Glory". It's always been one of my favorite TOS episodes, and I've never understood why it is so maligned. At the very least, how is it any worse than "Bread and Circuses", which has a similar plotline?
Several years back I had a friend who was a huge TNG fan but wasn't really familiar with TOS at all (outside of the feature films and maybe a couple of episodes). I got him to watch a couple of TOS episodes with me one night. The one I picked was "The Empath", which I considered one of TOS' best offerings and since it was paced more like a TNG episode I figured would win him over. Well, he was completely unimpressed by "The Empath". He even turned to me and said, "Well, that sucked" after the episode was over.
We decided we had time for one more show, and the next episode which happened to be on the VHS tape (remember those?) was "The Omega Glory". Surely if "The Empath" couldn't win him over, "Glory" didn't stand a chance, right?
Well, from the opening moments when the Enterprise men beamed over to a ship full of bodiless uniforms, he seemed to be captivated. He later told me afterwards that the episode blew him away and that it convinced him to want to see more TOS. So, "Glory" won at least one TOS convert.
Several years back I had a friend who was a huge TNG fan but wasn't really familiar with TOS at all (outside of the feature films and maybe a couple of episodes). I got him to watch a couple of TOS episodes with me one night. The one I picked was "The Empath", which I considered one of TOS' best offerings and since it was paced more like a TNG episode I figured would win him over. Well, he was completely unimpressed by "The Empath". He even turned to me and said, "Well, that sucked" after the episode was over.
We decided we had time for one more show, and the next episode which happened to be on the VHS tape (remember those?) was "The Omega Glory". Surely if "The Empath" couldn't win him over, "Glory" didn't stand a chance, right?
Well, from the opening moments when the Enterprise men beamed over to a ship full of bodiless uniforms, he seemed to be captivated. He later told me afterwards that the episode blew him away and that it convinced him to want to see more TOS. So, "Glory" won at least one TOS convert.
I KNEW I'd heard that somewhere before!
I liked this episode too (especially the stuff on the planet at the beginning
I think it makes it that much creepier.
Nope, just rewatched "The Omega Glory" and my urge to nitpick goes into overdrive. The more I nitpick, the more I must hate an episode.
I'd also have to list "The Apple" as an incredibly awful, never want to see it again episode. Nitpicker went into overdrive on that one, too!
I'd also have to list "The Apple" as an incredibly awful, never want to see it again episode. Nitpicker went into overdrive on that one, too!
Paralell Earths were an integral part of Trek's storytelling- I'm not saying that you must accept it as LITERAL truth in Trek lore, just that the *what if* quotient is incredibly crutial to the message. It's a great story, but admittedly, not a "realistic" one. Wanna talk the relative "realism" of time travel stories, like in City On The Edge Of Forever??? What counts IMO is the thought & love put into the ideas...
Well, okay, that just sucked like a black hole.
I KNEW I'd heard that somewhere before!the voice of freaking Piglet of "Winnie the Pooh" as Jack the Ripper.
I think it makes it that much creepier.[/QUOTE]
Agreed!
That is an AMAZING testimonial. Thanks so much for sharing!!
Dusty Ayres
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But I love it when Nimoy sings 'Maiden Wine'-it's such a great song about abstinence!
I liked this episode too (especially the stuff on the planet at the beginning
And you know what? That it IS Piglet's voice makes it creepier for me!! (as opposed to goofy)...
Goofy's voice would have just been wrong on all counts.
One thing even the worst episodes have is cool titles.
"And the Children Shall Lead". Ominous and scary.
"Plato's Stepchildren." Really highbrow.
"Spock's Brain." Almost too awesome in its simplicity and directness.
"The Alternative Factor." Somewhat nebulous, but makes you want to find out more.
"And the Children Shall Lead". Ominous and scary.
"Plato's Stepchildren." Really highbrow.
"Spock's Brain." Almost too awesome in its simplicity and directness.
"The Alternative Factor." Somewhat nebulous, but makes you want to find out more.
As I've already stated I think "And The Children Shall Lead" is the bottom of the barrel. But (dis)honourable mentions for questionable story ideas and sloppy execution in general have to go to "Wink Of An Eye," The Lights Of Zetar," "Whom Gods Destroy" and "The Mark Of Gideon."
In "Wink Of An Eye" there are a number of things, but for me the worst is that Deela is such a freaking airhead in behaviour. It isn't that she was stupid, but she came across as mildly stoned or something.
In "The Lights Of Zetar" I felt Scotty was badly written and rather out of character. It's also the episode where Shatner can actually be seen speaking in the caricatured manner that everyone now lampoons.
"Whom Gods Destroy" and "The Mark Of Gideon" are total bullshit in my eyes. The execution of each story idea was ridden with logic flaws that make the situations in each so fucking impausible to be believed.
In "Wink Of An Eye" there are a number of things, but for me the worst is that Deela is such a freaking airhead in behaviour. It isn't that she was stupid, but she came across as mildly stoned or something.
In "The Lights Of Zetar" I felt Scotty was badly written and rather out of character. It's also the episode where Shatner can actually be seen speaking in the caricatured manner that everyone now lampoons.
"Whom Gods Destroy" and "The Mark Of Gideon" are total bullshit in my eyes. The execution of each story idea was ridden with logic flaws that make the situations in each so fucking impausible to be believed.
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