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hmm I'm not sure why my point is getting lost here...yes TOS had humor, even in the most serious episodes, BUT..it was never gratuitous or interjected during a particularly serious moment...when Kirk holds back Bones from saving Edith Keeler...nobody made any funny comments...
When Spock has to...
I had read spoilers before seeing movie I expected his Kryptonian parents to be “EVIL”. But most are just parroting Lex’s framing of it. Also I expect part of it is a complete denial of our own problems and history of colonialism.
In Superman 2 Zod and Ursa compared his saving of humans to...
I'd say Strange New Worlds is doing terrific with the amount of humor they've injected into the series.
But that's just me.
I love that these characters feel like actual people and not like some of the soulless automatons from the Berman Era.
But the problem with S31 wasn’t the visuals, it was the writing. And besides, the DIS style fits there, since it a continuation of Georgiou’s story.
Next, it’s on Paramount to tell those in charge of the visual design of these shows and movies to knock off the videogame style CGI and aim for...
See now that was my problem with Vic: he was Kirk on helium. Also ten years too old, but for the most part his performance was good. He just lacked the one thing that Shatner had buckets of: charisma.
I preferred Huber, but honestly the only one of the fan actors to get it close was John...
I don't think anyone is disputing that TOS had humor, it clearly did, but as with all good writing/writers they understood when to use it and when not to.
It was a term that popped up back then. (wiki dates it to 1902) I recall it being used in some SF novels and apparently was uses in anthropological and linguistic circles, but not without controversy,
I've watched The Original Series countless times and I can say with absolute certainty that the show is filled with little moments of comedy, even in the most serious episodes.