Fix an episode---Requiem for Methuselah

[Marsden]

I think today's feminists are too quick to interpret things through the lens of gender. Men famously let their romantic feelings get the better of them, and always have.

Goethe's novel The Sorrows of Young Werther set off a wave of romantic suicides by love-sick young men. Their systems crashed, you might say, when the agonies of love destroyed them. There's nothing specifically feminine about it, and no need for feminists to feel insulted by a story like "Requiem for Methuselah."

I agree, you could also say Romeo Montague suffered it as well.

 

[johnnybear]

Apart from the fact that the sick bay was under the watchful eye of Dr.M'Benga and others that we didn't know of we mustn't forget that McCoy stayed down on the planet to check the Rytalin and found it wasn't pure enough! They had to go find some better quality stuff with McCoy aiding the M4 robot!
JB

 

[johnnybear]

Flint was the last immortal on earth and after killing Duncan McLeod in a final battle in Los Angeles claimed the prize! Which was a one way ticket to planet Holberg and a bit of peace and quiet!
JB

 

[Kor]

Not having listened to much of Brahms or being very knowledgeable about classical music, I've always wondered... How did the "lost Brahms" compositions in this episode compare to his real music? Was there similar structure, cadence, melodies, etc.?

I do like how the "forget" mind meld kind of loosely ties to the much later and famous "remember" mind meld. What other simple commands can be transmitted with a brief mind meld? Perhaps "act like a chicken." Or better yet, "make me dinner" or "clean my house."

Kor

 

[Poltargyst]

Flint was the last immortal on earth and after killing Duncan McLeod in a final battle in Los Angeles claimed the prize! Which was a one way ticket to planet Holberg and a bit of peace and quiet!
JB

I like it.

 

[ZapBrannigan]

Not having listened to much of Brahms or being very knowledgeable about classical music, I've always wondered... How did the "lost Brahms" compositions in this episode compare to his real music? Was there similar structure, cadence, melodies, etc.?

The waltz is just something that keyboardist Ivan Ditmars composed on short notice, in a "period" style. I'm given to understand that it does not resemble Brahms' actual style at all. But still, it turned out pretty good.

 

[plynch]

Flint/Brahms would surely change over time. But no, it doesn't sound much like Brahms' piano works to my ears.

Kinda funny, Spock just sits down and sight reads it perfectly. Anything Spocko CAN'T do? There's a moment in Taxi where Rev Jim sits down at a piano and is a virtuoso. Stops and says in that voice, "Whoa, I musta had lessons sometime."

 

[Kor]

Well, we had already seen that he was proficient with the Vulcan harp/lute.
So maybe when he was younger his human mother also made sure that he was familiar with Earth music too?

Kor