Senensky's Opinion

[Noname Given]

Agreed, I'm fine with what was done in the episode. I always thought the light show was not what the person would see when they looked at the Medusan, but a representation of the chaos that sight could bring to their mind.

There were other things about Kolos and his container that I thought were not sufficiently explained, like why the corridors had to be cleared and why the precautions in the transporter room, but overall I like the episode and never had a problem with the light show.

Yes - and it got ridiculous right at the start when Spock took the Visor off as soon as Miranda beaming up with the 'Kolos in a Box'. Then again at the end where they Spock again isn't weaing the Viso UNTIL he goes back to the Transporter Console to beam them to the Medusan ship (yes, I realize the production reason was so they could reuse the first 'beam up' process shot) <--- But story wise that aspect was just a disjointed mess.

 

[Commishsleer]

Watched this episode on TV today.
Its better than I remember.
The light show is very good at representing madness and an incorporeal entity.

 

[TREK_GOD_1]

I like it a lot. It was another example of TOS's ability to imagine truly "alien" aliens, as opposed to forehead of the week dudes.

Agreed. That lack of imagination and originality forever marked the Berman TNG - ENT series' approach to aliens.

 

[flandry84]

It was the 60’s man.Psychadelic light shows were where it was at.
Like far out!

 

[Herbert]

It was the 60’s man.Psychadelic light shows were where it was at.
Like far out!

Right. And given the pastel and other colors lighting options they often used on the interior of the Enterprise, this doesn't seem so out of place. I was never a big fan of the episode anyway so it's hard to care one way of the other.