Ah...that poster is obviously inspired by vintage
psychedelic poster art, but it doesn't take things all the way.
Did the episode have that vibe? It didn't necessarily strike me that way, other than generically perhaps, as McCoy chucks everything in his conventional existence, to experience what has been in some ways denied him for a long time. Is he supposed to represent the man in red? Looks more like a silhouette of some sort of 60's action figure (Drake, McGill) transposed to a SF realm. The photo of McCoy, besides its jarring b&w contrast with the profusion of color, strikes me oddly as almost looking more like Chad Everett than Kelly.
No, that would have been "For the World Is Hollow, and I have Kissed a Guy."
The rebooted version obviously being titled "For the World Is Hollow, and I have Kissed a Girl", featuring Katy Perry as Natira.
I like this one, but
McCoy: I'm dying! I will stay with you for the rest of my life! What? I'm cured? See ya!
I do like how the whole civilization's culture is stored on computer. Reminds me of the internet here today. You can go online and find so much about our culture.
Vulnerable much? I hope they've gone to the cloud, wait I don't remember, do they have any clouds on Yonada? Otherwise some disgruntled underlings with brains and poof, there goes your entire history into the digital ether. Don't know about that idea.
McCoy's love interest was of my favorites. One can notice Roddenberry's absence by her outfit. Gene was very "hands on".
For all his genteel Southern romantic and dashing brio, I'm sorry, I just cannot see McCoy in a romantic role. Oh, no doubt many women would find him very courtly and affirming. It's just, as idiosyncratically ridiculous as it might sound, I find him to physically slight to take seriously in that sense. There's been talk recently in another thread about the physical training that Starfleet officers are required to do. That doesn't seem to apply to McCoy, he's about the frailest, weakest looking male I can think off in the Trek ouevre, right off the top of my head. I mean, I think Balok wouldn't be too pressed to pin him, if he were of a mind to. Besides which, he doesn't strike me as the most attractive guy around the block. Maybe Kelly could have exuded a bit more appeal in his younger Western days, but in Trek, not so much. So, you may simply ask, don't the physically weak and unattractive deserve to be loved and cared for, especially in a time of existential need? Of course, but that doesn't mean that I get a damn thing out of having to watch it.
Another plus was the design of the Oracle platform, sculpted language & room--unique and innovative.
Set design was so expertly done, sumptuous, and wonderfully realized. Many kudos to that part of the appeal of the episode.
I'd still like to know why the priestess had a British accent and all of her subjects did not.
That's obvious. She's far more cultured than the common rabble. What denotes that more than blatant anglophlilia?
Oh by the way, as might be gathered, this one get a 4 in my book. Meh.
