TOS Rewatch

[Grendelsbayne]

Those weren't supposed to be representatives of various races – but specific skill sets. It is the way one puts together a well-balanced adventuring party, after all.

Obviously, but just like TLotR, the intercultural nature is part of the appeal. As is the coherent (in this case sci-fi/futuristic) setting, which this character really doesn't fit into very well. I just really rather would've seen a new and interesting alien instead of a horny reject from an old western.

Larry Niven's Kzinti were well established before this, so they can't count toward another person's obsession with cats.

Of course they can - the show wasn't forced to use them, after all.

Hitting on Kirk a lot might be viewed as, Ha, how do you like it, or provocation to think about role reversal, so not everything in a story has to directly comment on the main theme.

That is an interesting pov that hadn't occurred, and it does make it slightly more amusing in that light, but I still think it's just not a great character. Whether it connects to the main theme or not, it just doesn't add anything worthwhile. And, for the record, one big thing I definitely have noticed in this rewatch is that Kirk's reputation as the insatiable ladies' man really has been exaggerated over the years. This sort of how do you like it concept would've been more fitting with Riker or maybe Paris (or young Kirk in the new movies - but he probably would like it).

 

[Bry_Sinclair]

I had my first exposure to Star Trek was on BBC 2 at 6pm in the late 80s and early 90s and fell in love with the show. That love spurred me on to watch the Trek spin-offs, of which DS9 has become my absolute favourite (Niner and proud!), but always in the back of my memory was how much I'd loved TOS and the impact it had had on my childhood (and adulthood).

However, it's been over two decades since I last watched any of it, wanting to keep my initiation into Trek a fond memory from when I was young and not wanting my impressions of it clouded by the jaded adult I've become . Having been thoroughly underwhelmed and disappointed in STD, and wanting a fix of Trek I gave TAS a rewatch on Netflix (and was pleasantly surprised by a show I've not seen in just as long). With that in mind I am now planning a rewatch of Star Trek (though the remastered version) over the next few weeks and use this thread to post my thoughts and impressions as a (supposed) grownup on a show that I have such fond memories of, hopefully it won't warp perceptions too much.

Hoping to get started on two or three episodes this evening, so will see how well that goes. So if you fancy my ramblings or are/have been in the same boat as me, I'd love to see what others thought after revisiting this iconic show after not having seen it in a while.

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

"Orion's neutrality has been in dispute ever since the affair regarding the Coridan planets and the Babel Conference of stardate 3850.3. Yesterday, a Federation freighter was attacked in this quadrant, its cargo hijacked. As the first alien ship encountered, we require you to submit to search, as per Babel Resolution A12. "

We learn what came out of the Babel conference- a set of resolutions.

Orion's little game of neutrality and piracy is over.

So apparently they're not even officially neutral anymore. This could have set them up as 24th century aggressors, too, but all we get is this: http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Unnamed_Orions_(24th_century)

 

[Phaser Two]

I think Kor couldn't take the risk that Kirk would tell all his friends at Star Fleet Headquarters about the new pink Klingon uniforms and their sweetly permed hair, so he sabotaged The Enterprise so it could never get back to this reality! That's probably why the next time we see them (TMP) they've shaved their heads and are wearing combat gear resembling space conquistadors!
JB

And acting like a biker gang! But an HONORABLE one! BLARGH! KAPLAH (or whatever)