Help Me Watch for the First Time!
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Sorry for the double post but I had to comment on something. I'm watching The Naked Time right now and I think I just heard the best single line of character developement ever uttered by any character in the history of television or film.
Spock to Kirk: "When I feel friendship for you, I feel ashamed."
That's so damn subtle and yet blunt at the same time. I'm....in awe.
Spock to Kirk: "When I feel friendship for you, I feel ashamed."
That's so damn subtle and yet blunt at the same time. I'm....in awe.
Casi, one of the things I think you'll come to respect is just how many amazing and critically acclaimed authors worked on Trek scripts. These guys all won awards.
Ted Sturgeon, Robert Bloch, Harlan Ellison...these guys were pioneers of the sci-fi medium and it shows in the dialogue and some of the way-out-there concepts.
That's one thing which kind of worked against the newer series' favor. There are TONS of serious sci-fi shows out now and Trek never really reached out beyond the group of writers who always wrote for them and checked into the literary world of sci-fi and tried to get them to write good TV sci-fi. That's why largely it became somewhat stale and predictable by the time of Voyager and Enterprise.
TOS fortunately had NO competition for talent in the serious sci-fi realm.
Ted Sturgeon, Robert Bloch, Harlan Ellison...these guys were pioneers of the sci-fi medium and it shows in the dialogue and some of the way-out-there concepts.
That's one thing which kind of worked against the newer series' favor. There are TONS of serious sci-fi shows out now and Trek never really reached out beyond the group of writers who always wrote for them and checked into the literary world of sci-fi and tried to get them to write good TV sci-fi. That's why largely it became somewhat stale and predictable by the time of Voyager and Enterprise.
TOS fortunately had NO competition for talent in the serious sci-fi realm.
To be honest, I'm surprised the show made it as long as it did with how out of order the first season was. I'm looking at the original air date and I'm noticing that there is no way you can get the full power of that line after only four episodes. Particularly since the Man Trap is the first episode you see...which was really not the best. It reminds me of what they did to Firefly.
That one was good. Shatner's Kirk in this one is pretty much pitch-perfect. The kid's done untold damage to not only his ship but also the Antares and who knows who else...yet at the end, he still tries to intervene on Charlie's behalf because he recognizes that Charlie's still a child.
It's an excellent episode for the good captain.
It's an excellent episode for the good captain.
Thanks! I asked my boyfriend about his VCR and he says it's mostly for show. He keeps meaning to get it fixed, but never has, so I think it's a no go for The Cage. I'll have to wait until Netflix finally gets season three I suppose and get it on DVD.
Guess I don't get to be a "real" fan till then.
Been a bit busy so I still haven't watched Charlie X, but I hope to this weekend.
Guess I don't get to be a "real" fan till then.
Been a bit busy so I still haven't watched Charlie X, but I hope to this weekend.
I think that's how it's going to be for me with Star Trek too. Though I doubt I'll ever really get into Voyager and Deep Space Nine and all that. It's just too much and I've already got so much Whedon to keep up with.
If you appreciate well written shows (and as Whedon fan you obviously do) when you have the time you should really give DS9 a go and see what you think. I used DS9 to get my big Buffy fan of a wife into Star Trek and now she likes them all. Glad your liking TOS. When I was a kid TNG was the new show on but I still loved and still do love the originals. enjoy.
Also have you seen the movies with the original crew. Just wondering what you thought of them.
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