Galileo Seven

[PCz911]

This is one of my favorite episodes. I had no idea it was inspired by an earlier Lucille Ball movie "Five Came Back" ... according to Wikipedia, that is. Has anyone seen "Five Came Back"? Is this true or just a old wife's tale?

 

[Push The Button]

Throw in The Flight of the Phoenix too.

 

[One Lucky Red Shirt]

I heard that too about the background on galileo 7. Lets not forget the rare extended scene in the preview trailer f the episode.

 

[UnknownSample]

Thanks for the mention of a film I didn't know... LB of course didn't just do comedies. Since it wasn't a wildly popular film, based on just the fact that I've never heard of it, I'm going to guess that there are many more famous possible sources, since it seems like such a classic survival scenario. What makes G7 fascinating (groan? sorry, unintentional) is the dropping of a being like a Vulcan into the mix, and how that changes things.
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Which makes me think.... I've just been fine-tuning my arguments I've been making, to show Vulcans control feeling, not just behavior. I just wore self out posting elsewhere on this... this is an opportunity to add something to that... imagine Vulcans feel everything we feel, just as much, only they don't get all demonstrative. That's one side of that argument about Vulcans. In that case, why would Spock have the slightest bit of trouble understanding how humans feel in response to danger, death, etc.... as in Galileo Seven? As a Vulcan, he'd behave differently, but feel similarly... if the hot-blooded Vulcans argument made sense. So there. Galileo7 was about two very different kinds of minds confronting each other.

 

[feek61]

I saw "Five Came Back" when I was a kid and loved it. It also stars Lucile Ball who as we know green-lighted Star Trek. Not too long ago (in the last year or two) I bought "Five Came Back" and watched it again and still enjoyed it. BTW, I also love "The Galileo Seven"