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.
Requiem for Methuselah Review
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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?
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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.
As the aphorisms go:
- Suck until you succeed?
- Fake it until you make it?
- etc
OMG, that's Stella Mudd!!
* Now imagine if Flynt wrote the lyrics to this song:
If we're nitpicking my favourite episode, then I always had issue with this line, since Spock is the science officer:
"KIRK: I think I will go to the laboratory. There may be a way of reversing the irillium's effect and saving the existing antitoxin. Stay here. Let me know when Flint and McCoy return."
Of course, it was to serve the story - Kirk meeting Rayna in the lab, and questioning her presence at the inner lab entrance.
I suppose in an alternate timeline with bigger budget, more care for our characters etc, we could have had a vast giant lab in which Spock did indeed accompany Kirk, but then disappeared from view before Rayna's entrance.
"KIRK: I think I will go to the laboratory. There may be a way of reversing the irillium's effect and saving the existing antitoxin. Stay here. Let me know when Flint and McCoy return."
Of course, it was to serve the story - Kirk meeting Rayna in the lab, and questioning her presence at the inner lab entrance.
I suppose in an alternate timeline with bigger budget, more care for our characters etc, we could have had a vast giant lab in which Spock did indeed accompany Kirk, but then disappeared from view before Rayna's entrance.
Easy fix - he goes to find something else, gets turned around, and runs into her, asks directions - the rest is history.
What else?
A drink of water, perhaps. If he's sick he's probably thirsty.
The bathroom. Kirk's been holding it for three years!
It maybe could have been as simple as "Something's not sitting right with me about that laboratory..." and then just casually heading that way. We would get a little mysterious parallelism of Kirk and Rayna both being drawn there without knowing why. In Kirk's case, was the back of his mind pondering the closed door? Did he see some other detail that seemed off? Did Flint do something subtle to draw them both together, and alone? We won't know, but it doesn't matter. Just another tablespoon of mystery/suspense, which probably would have been forgotten once M4 attacked.
I think something like that also could have supported Spock's surprise entrance. Naturally he would finish what he was doing and then follow his captain's (non-urgent) exploration. No need for Kirk to order him to stay behind.
A line that always stuck out for me was Spock's awkward "Fortunately, the robot did not detect my presence and deactivate my phaser." This is the kind of information that goes in a novel, without quotation marks around it. It reminds me of the relentless lines in comic books that made them so hard for me to read, like a hero smashing through a brick wall as he says to himself out loud, "I HAVE TO BREAK THROUGH THIS WALL WITH MY SUPER-STRENGTH!" Thanks for explaining to us your confusing image of the hero breaking bricks with his fists.
Granted, exposition is one of Spock's gigs, but it's usually smoother than this. I would have preferred something along the lines of "We are fortunate that the robot was apparently unable to detect multiple simultaneous threats," or even "I trust, captain, that you will overlook my insubordination in not remaining behind as ordered" followed by a classic Shatnerian facial reaction from Kirk.
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What was the body count?
Kirk had more loves die than Michael Corleone, so there's that.
Sybok can mind meld and do something to reduce emotional pain, so can Spock.
Bortus has joined the chat.The bathroom. Kirk's been holding it for three years!
Ja'loja!
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