You know what REALLY SUCKS about TOS???

[Chrisisall]

The walls on the Enterprise corridors never seemed to be flush with the floor. I always imagined a mouse being able to traverse the entire ship that way.

And... lots of English-speaking alien races.

And... Spock's Brain- it was really gross.

Other than that, I got nuthin'.

What do YOU think sucks?

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

There's about a one, one-and-half-inch inset at the bottom of the partitions that make up most walls in the ship. That doesn't mean that they "aren't flush" with the floors.

It really kind of looks like most rooms and corridors on the ship are constructed from light partitions that could be easily reconfigured.

 

[Dukhat]

The walls on the Enterprise corridors never seemed to be flush with the floor. I always imagined a mouse being able to traverse the entire ship that way.

Honestly, I never really noticed. But now that you brought it up, I feel that this is totally foolproof evidence that TOS takes place in an alternate universe.

And... lots of English-speaking alien races.

Yeah, everyone should have been speaking in French instead, like the Coneheads.

And... Spock's Brain- it was really gross.

I must have been in the bathroom or something when they showed the scene where you actually saw Spock's brain.

 

[BillJ]

That there were only seventy-nine episodes.

 

[T'Girl]

And... Spock's Brain- it was really gross.

when they showed the scene where you actually saw Spock's brain.

I wonder if this episode makes Mr. Spock a honorary member of the United States Marine Corp, you know the whole "jarhead" thing.

 

[Warped9]

That there were only seventy-nine episodes.

Yeah. That sucks HUGE.

 

[scotpens]

There's about a one, one-and-half-inch inset at the bottom of the partitions that make up most walls in the ship. That doesn't mean that they “aren't flush” with the floors.

It really kind of looks like most rooms and corridors on the ship are constructed from light partitions that could be easily reconfigured.

Yes, they're called “wild” walls in the movie and TV industry.

And... Spock's Brain- it was really gross.

when they showed the scene where you actually saw Spock's brain.

I wonder if this episode makes Mr. Spock a honorary member of the United States Marine Corps, you know the whole “jarhead” thing.

Would that make Sissy Spacek an honorary member of the Marine Corps as well?

 

[caisson2delta]

That there were only seventy-nine episodes.

Yeah> That sucks HUGE.

My sentiments as well.

 

[CommanderRaytas]

And... Spock's Brain- it was really gross.

when they showed the scene where you actually saw Spock's brain.

I wonder if this episode makes Mr. Spock a honorary member of the United States Marine Corp, you know the whole "jarhead" thing.

mmmm.....Jarhead....

 

[I-Am-Zim]

That there were only seventy-nine episodes.

Yeah> That sucks HUGE.

I so agree!

 

[Chrisisall]

And... Spock's Brain- it was really gross.

I must have been in the bathroom or something when they showed the scene where you actually saw Spock's brain.

Sorry, I meant the episode itself, not his actual gray matter.

 

[Dukhat]

And... Spock's Brain- it was really gross.

I must have been in the bathroom or something when they showed the scene where you actually saw Spock's brain.

Sorry, I meant the episode itself, not his actual gray matter.

OK...so what was "gross" about the episode?

 

[Shatnertage]

And... Spock's Brain- it was really gross.

I must have been in the bathroom or something when they showed the scene where you actually saw Spock's brain.

Sorry, I meant the episode itself, not his actual gray matter.

I actually like the episode. Just look at it as a comedy, and it's brilliant. I much prefer it to the deadly earnest but boring episodes like The Empath or The Alternative Factor.

 

[Chrisisall]

OK...so what was "gross" about the episode?

Have you seen it?

Just, UGHHH, terrible.

Pain & not too much delight.

 

[scotpens]

OK...so what was "gross" about the episode?

Have you seen it?

Just, UGHHH, terrible.

Pain & not too much delight.

In informal usage, gross is generally taken to mean "disgusting, revolting, nauseating."

"Spock's Brain" wasn't gross. It was just STUPID.

I actually like the episode. Just look at it as a comedy, and it's brilliant. I much prefer it to the deadly earnest but boring episodes like The Empath or The Alternative Factor.

At least "The Empath" had nice music and a chained-up, sweaty, bare-chested Kirk.

 

[Chrisisall]

n informal usage, gross is generally taken to mean "disgusting, revolting, nauseating."

I suppose revolting would cover it.
The ONLY reason I watched it recently was to see the new FX.

I admit to liking the ep when I was in my pre-teens. Creepy then...

 

[kitsune]

I'd say the nacelles on the Constitution class were too high. They should've been in-line with the ship's center of mass. As a result, Kirk's ship looks absolutely ridiculous. My dad and I always imagined the ship being incapable of flying straight because of that--it would be in a permanent nosedive.

 

[Warped9]

I'd say the nacelles on the Constitution class were too high. They should've been in-line with the ship's center of mass. As a result, Kirk's ship looks absolutely ridiculous. My dad and I always imagined the ship being incapable of flying straight because of that--it would be in a permanent nosedive.

Only if you assume the nacelles operate on the principle of reaction thrust which they don't.

 

[Hofner]

Personally, I felt the nacelles should've been flapping like bird wings.

Robert

 

[scotpens]

I'd say the nacelles on the Constitution class were too high. They should've been in-line with the ship's center of mass. As a result, Kirk's ship looks absolutely ridiculous. My dad and I always imagined the ship being incapable of flying straight because of that--it would be in a permanent nosedive.

The Enterprise was designed for its beauty. The nacelles atop those tall pylons suggest a majestic clipper ship under full sail. Besides, a ship that generates a warp bubble for faster-than-light travel and has inertial damping fields can thumb its nose at Newtonian physics.

Or do you prefer this version?