Ben Cartwright had three wives, each died on the frontier from hazards that were quite common back then.
BTW: The three boys, Adam, Hoss & Joe were each born of a different mother.
There was eventually a fourth son that was adopted.
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BTW: The three boys, Adam, Hoss & Joe were each born of a different mother.
There was eventually a fourth son that was adopted.
Even David came up only once after TVH, and that was in TUC (where we also saw his framed photo).
For all we know Kirk and Spock have such a strong friendship after both being heartbroken by La'an, they form the "La'an Victims Unit" and then vow never to talk about her ever again.
They're not "recycling" their stories. They're fleshing them out by providing new information and backstory that's never been revealed onscreen before.
Heck, Uhura had no backstory to speak of prior to SNW and we knew next to nothing about Scotty's past as well, aside from him being a "an old Aberdeen pub crawler."
Likewise for Spock's history with T'Pring, which consisted of only a few lines of dialogue in "Amok Time," and pretty much everything about Chapel's past, aside from a missing fiance in one episode, which was then never mentioned again.
This is all fresh material, and arguably long overdue.
Heck, Uhura didn't even get a first name -- onscreen -- until the 2009 reboot, so I'm not going to begrudge her a moment in the sun now. And it's not as though we've already seen Nichelle Nichols (or Zoe Saldana) cope with her family's death, struggle to find her place aboard the Enterprise, find and lose an Andorian mentor, and even get her own Uhura-centric episodes, which she never got back on TOS.
In short, this is new territory, not just a rehash of what we saw back in the sixties.
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They were together at the end of Season 1
You said there were no opportunities. Clearly there were. The movies weren’t made in the Sixties.Well I don't see why it would have to be mentioned again especially in the movies... We all know that back in the 60's leading men on TV shows rarely got married or stayed married. Every Cartwright on Bonanza had at least half a dozen dead girlfriends or wives each...
Just the way it was. Shows were more self contained episodes back then. So people could just get in on any episode. So they rarely had episodes that would reference each other. There weren't many two part eps either..I think Bonanza had like two of them it's entire 14 year run.
I’m 66 years old. I’m more than familiar with the tropes of Trek, Bonanza, and any other Sixties show you might mention.
In my defense, I was posting half-asleep (not necessarily an excuse as I often trawl the BBS late at night when I'm almost asleep).
I already brought ID to the chat.
Yeah, Carol gets a mention TSFS. As the inventor of the Genesis Device.
We were talking about the TV show. Not the movies. Hence my season 3 comment.
Presumably. But only confirmed in 2x09 IIRC.
Star Trek didn't end in Season Three. And the topic was tropes and reused plots.
Shit that's what I meant, season 2 lmao
We wuz talking about TOS...Kirk and miramnee...
Yes, there was a post about that in the conversation.
His life was one of loss and never mentioning loss again, yet when a man from when he is 4 years old reappears his first thought is revenge?
How is it possible to be so separated?
Not that Trek writers so a good job but man the callousness of it is inconsistent with how Kirk is presented in other episodes.
The end scene Kirk was with miramanee when she died. It was a sad scene. Kirk was mourning in that scene. Thats all we neeeded to know. I dont think we need a whole episode showing Kirk depressed and crying on the Enterprise between missions.
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Its getting stupid in my opinion. Instead of focusing on good science fiction we get another sappy romance that of course won't go anywhere.
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