TOS (freshly steamed)
- The Changeling
(has some pluses, but there's a lot of cringe and hokum to wade through
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Watched this because you mentioned it - apparently I am impervious to cringe !
I should do a more in-depth whinypost in the TOS forum... (as usual, letting go of the usual nitpicks/conveniences allows what works in the story to help a lot more... if the story were bad then the nitpicks/conveniences would just glare at me, not unlike the cat in the hallway who hasn't had his 5th neck scritch in as many minutes...)
(surprisingly watchable, William Ware Theiss turning cheap plastic placemats into expensive-looking alien costumes shows absolute genius, but the script stumbles in spots. But, dang, the acting by everyone makes up for a lot. Jay Robinson and France Nuyen both work wonders with the material they're given. Hence 3 stars for the acting and placemats alone.)
(sometimes superficial (and a bit of a jumble) with its philosophical debate, Chekov and Landon do get a good scene later on in dealing with the Vaalians and, as always, Spock vs McCoy rules. I liked this one a lot more this time around... not sure why, but the payoff seemed worth wading through the setup.)
My latest viewing:
TOS (Streaming) "Mirror Mirror"
TOS (Streaming) "Elaan of Troyius"
TOS (Streaming) "The Apple"
