Because with singing, you can at least tell some kind of story. (Even though it's repetitive... breaking into a 5 minute song that says the same thing over and over again instead of a 1 or 2 minute conversation that isn't reptitive.) With dance routines, what the hell story is even being told?
Is this a serious question?
Yes, actually. I'm not trying to watch some interpretive dance thing. I've never been one for that stuff.
Well that's fine. But are you seriously questioning the use of dance as a means of storytelling? Dance is pretty old, perhaps even predating verbal storytelling.
Okay, so all that means is that the episode didn’t work for you. It doesn’t mean it’s any less valid of a vehicle for the franchise to tell stories with.
Who said anything has to be "highbrow" in order to be written where the story doesn't come off as dumb or detaches a portion of its audience from the reality of its setting?
I forget ... Which show had to redo their original pilot because the network thought it was "too cerebral" and not what they ordered? Because when I watch "The Cage" the first thing that comes to mind is Wagon Train, right?Well, not a wagon train, literally the show Wagon Train, only in SPAAAAACE! Neither it nor Star Trek was highbrow. No one is gonna mistake it for Opera or Ballet.
The whole "not for the masses" argument.
Because it's used as a catch all against Kurtzman as a person, justifying hatred and declaring it "not Trek."
Are you serious right now? I can easily point out two dozen episodes from the Berman era I've done that with, but you know how many times I've done that during SNW? Absolutely none at all.
I'm quite serious. But as I have already pointed out, I don't like musicals at all, so I'm obviously going to be counting down the time until it's over. Musicals are just tedious and do nothing for me.
I did not enjoy it either. But there are many episodes I do this with.
It's more the claim of "one of the only episodes" where you watch the timer to see how much is left, which implies there's very few episodes you've done that with. I mean, come on, Star Trek is a franchise with close to a thousand episodes, there's got to be plenty of episodes you've done that with. I mean, some of TOS's biggest fans will admit there's only about 37% that's good, and I'm reasonably certain that ratio is accurate to the Berman era shows as well. Hell, I maybe even so bold as to claim only 37% of the entire Trek franchise is any good. I've watched the timer countdown on a good many Trek episodes in my day, let's not act like this is a rare thing at all.
It's not a claim, it's a fucking fact. Do you know why? Because just looking at the timer of something I am watching is NOT typical of what I do, even with episodes I don't like. Because I can usually find something positive or that I like about them. As proof, look at how often I've defended aspects of episodes that are NOT good.
Doesn't mean what people think this means.
Oof, no. Dialog is fine but forcing Kirk to kill his friend? Fucking bullshit that is.
Nope. Gene spin. The action in WNMHGB is about the same as The Cage.
