Requiem for Methuselah Review

[scotpens]

I was unaware of that story, so I looked it up and am reading it now. Thanks.

Going off-topic for a bit, but if you're unfamiliar with the author, I recommend you check out some of Kersh's other stories. He wrote interesting, offbeat fiction.

 

[Qonundrum]

I think it is. He falls hard and fast for a number of women,

How many alien women has Capt/Admiral Kirk slept with?

It's an ongoing punchline that Kirk has slept with many women across the galaxy. Is it actually based in fact though? In the TV series and movies, how many actual women did Kirk boldly go into with...

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A person replying also copy'n'pasted an article (sans original URL, sadly, as I remember it but couldn't find it either). Somewhere between raw numbers and pop culture perception reveals the closer reality. Kirk's surprisingly average, maybe a tad above average, yet kissing almost as often as your typical '70s game show host but that's about it?

Bonus fun:

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[Poltargyst]

I remember doing the 50th anniversary rewatch with the board, and I made a point of keeping track how many women it could be said Kirk had sex with, and it really wasn't as many as you'd think considering his reputation.

 

[Methuselah Flint]

I remember doing the 50th anniversary rewatch with the board, and I made a point of keeping track how many women it could be said Kirk had sex with, and it really wasn't as many as you'd think considering his reputation.

Yes a lot of non-fan average viewers do tend to have this misconception.

 

[Qonundrum]

There is also all those other Rayna bodies laying around. Spare parts or previous models (or both). Implies mechanical. If they were all dead or in a coma that would be creepy. And need life support equipment.

https://tos.trekcore.com/gallery/albums/screencaps/season3/321-requiem-for-methuselah/requiem-for-methuselah-br-566.jpg

As the aphorisms go:

• Suck until you succeed?
• Fake it until you make it?
• etc

The scene was rightly shocking/jarring and an explanation would be given, which helps set up how the latest incarnation of Rayna would eventually and inevitably fail (unexpected and excessive stimulus causing catastrophic failure. But, of course, how long the current Rayna might have lasted otherwise is still speculative, likely a lot longer though. But it definitely has a subconscious point that there's no substitute for the real thing*?)

https://tos.trekcore.com/gallery/albums/screencaps/season3/321-requiem-for-methuselah/requiem-for-methuselah-br-574.jpg

OMG, that's Stella Mudd!!






* Now imagine if Flynt wrote the lyrics to this song:

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