The New, Improved Alternative Factor
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Not even this:
No. Not even that. It is just goofy 60's fun. Could probably use more of it, in the here-and-now.
Hmm. While I recently re-read SNW 1 and 2 in their entirety (and marveled at the early works of some current ST novelists), I didn't continue, and probably haven't read "Reborn" since SNW 10 came out.
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However, the two Lazaruses' torment would not last forever. Benjamin Sisko, who had joined the Prophets, used his abilities to free both Lazaruses from their confinement and return them to their home universes. Each Lazarus was deposited onto his universe's version of Bajor, where both were able to lead normal lives. (TOS - Strange New Worlds 10 short story: "Reborn")
I assume there was a reason for this to happen, because seriously, I can't think of a more unlikely scenario. Why do they have to connect....
Every.
Freaking.
Dot.
However, the two Lazaruses' torment would not last forever. Benjamin Sisko, who had joined the Prophets, used his abilities to free both Lazaruses from their confinement and return them to their home universes. Each Lazarus was deposited onto his universe's version of Bajor, where both were able to lead normal lives. (TOS - Strange New Worlds 10 short story: "Reborn")
I assume there was a reason for this to happen, because seriously, I can't think of a more unlikely scenario. Why do they have to connect....
Every.
Freaking.
Dot.
It had the potential to be a good TOS episode. I don’t hate it, nor do I love it. I’m just not a big fan of how the director and editor put the finished product together.
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Well the Strange New Worlds books were a different beast from the regular novels. The short stories included in these volumes were selected from contest entries by new writers trying to break into the field. More unusual stuff might happen in these stories as they didn't have the same creative constraints as the overall novelverse.
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So that you'll trip over the yarn.
Exactly! So the antimatter version of you is some tough criminal jailbird snarling out “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot”, even if you’re a robot.
Because nitpicky little details is the foundation for a better Trek.
Maybe in the anti-matter universe.
This episode gave me the same kind of confused-but-intrigued what-did-that-mean what-just-happened feeling that very few things at that point in childhood did - the 1986-aired cartoon Ulysses 31 is the only other thing that gave me that feeling besides Trek. (i was 8, 8-10 max) ... lol. (in particular, the episode Before the Flood.) I had seen alternate universes slightly earlier on Super Friends (Universe of Evil.) lol.
I guess I always figured the corridor was one of those out-of-time, timeless types of in-between-places where things wouldn't function normally and they would be trapped there for eternity.
This is one of those just-go-with-it episodes that I don't try to figure out. I just enjoy what's there, even if it's a confusing mess. What I do like about it:
* Janet MacLachlan as Charlene Masters
* Music from "The Man Trap" used throughout the episode, and it works well
* The fire in Engineering and the way Uhura tells Kirk about it ("Fire, captain! Engineering. Situation critical!!")
* The extensive location shooting at Vasquez Rocks
* Lazarus' nifty little spaceship
* The first-season ambience of the episode
* Janet MacLachlan as Charlene Masters
* Music from "The Man Trap" used throughout the episode, and it works well
* The fire in Engineering and the way Uhura tells Kirk about it ("Fire, captain! Engineering. Situation critical!!")
* The extensive location shooting at Vasquez Rocks
* Lazarus' nifty little spaceship
* The first-season ambience of the episode
Aren't they all.
When I was a kid of 9 to 11 years old and my childhood buddy Kyle and I acted out Trek scenarios as one might play "cops and robbers", we'd repeatedly act out and flat out spoof the opening moments of this episode. At least twice while Spock is checking his scanning equipment, he calls out , "Captain!" and the ship rocks violently as the universe "winks out" momentarily. We'd go on for 3 or 4 iterations until Kyle in character as Kirk ordered me, playing Spock to stop directly addressing him as it seemed there was possibly a causation. Basically, he'd say, "Spock! Shut up! You're rocking the ship!" Yeah, we were silly kids. 
When I was a kid of 9 to 11 years old and my childhood buddy Kyle and I acted out Trek scenarios as one might play "cops and robbers", we'd repeatedly act out and flat out spoof the opening moments of this episode. At least twice while Spock is checking his scanning equipment, he calls out , "Captain!" and the ship rocks violently as the universe "winks out" momentarily. We'd go on for 3 or 4 iterations until Kyle in character as Kirk ordered me, playing Spock to stop directly addressing him as it seemed there was possibly a causation. Basically, he'd say, "Spock! Shut up! You're rocking the ship!" Yeah, we were silly kids.
I’m relieved to know that I wasn’t the only young kid who acted out Trek episode scenarios.
I’m relieved to know that I wasn’t the only young kid who acted out Trek episode scenarios.
Did you guys grow up in the 70s? I grew up in the 80s/90s, and was mocked mercilessly for my love of Star Trek.
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