tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post8170355452123039334..comments2024-03-19T10:41:35.976-05:00Comments on Bronze Age Babies: Star Trek at 50: This Side of ParadiseDoughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04248324005584963229noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-88945616928441211402016-08-03T23:12:18.279-05:002016-08-03T23:12:18.279-05:00I really liked this episode. I thought that the ac...I really liked this episode. I thought that the acting was top notch and that the characters' dichotomy and ultimate inner turmoil was well displayed. <br /><br />Richard I think you make a great point about the cultural commentary. The show did a good job of subtly arguing the pros and cons of the positions while still being incredibly entertaining. <br /><br />I have a question...I couldn't get a good look at what Kirk looked at that finally triggered his recovery. It looked like a competitive medal of some kind...what was it? Martinex1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-12104531509309465352016-08-03T21:42:49.768-05:002016-08-03T21:42:49.768-05:00Great point Mike! Yeah, Nimoy and Shatner took tur...Great point Mike! Yeah, Nimoy and Shatner took turns hosting a Trek rerun marathon on the now Syfy channel back in the 90s IIRC, and they said that the atmosphere on this particular episode was really tense because of Charles Bronson being on set keeping a watchful eye on his wife Jill Ireland!<br /><br />Colin, I stand corrected, but I do believe that those issues (Spock's half human heritage and emotional self control) were still being worked out as the show went along.<br /><br /><br />- Mike 'lemme guess, they're gonna remake the Death Wish movies too' from Trinidad & Tobago. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-37290791089116973762016-08-03T17:49:14.492-05:002016-08-03T17:49:14.492-05:00Spock mentions his mother was a teacher - was it e...Spock mentions his mother was a teacher - was it established yet that Spock was half human on his mother's side ? Or that the Vulcans chose to keep their emotions in check rather than being naturally emotionless ? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-61749195137810954202016-08-03T13:31:14.603-05:002016-08-03T13:31:14.603-05:00Yeah, this is another classic. I always like episo...Yeah, this is another classic. I always like episodes where Spock gets to show some genuine feeling. Jill Ireland was great as Leila (although I read that her husband, Charles Bronson, was hanging around the set to make sure she didn't get TOO into character!)<br /><br />Mike WilsonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-42175364133392604842016-08-03T12:40:49.921-05:002016-08-03T12:40:49.921-05:00Good episode, and great one for Spock's charac...Good episode, and great one for Spock's character. Is this one of the first episodes where we see Spock's Vulcan strength, in the battle with Kirk?Garettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-57812755271232324242016-08-03T11:47:28.112-05:002016-08-03T11:47:28.112-05:00Yep, great episode, with some truly great characte...Yep, great episode, with some truly great character moments. Don't really have much to add to the conversation beyond that.<br />I just wanted to add that I always liked that little quip at the end of that last quip, about Spock having another name that unpronounceable. I found that and his little smile amusing. And that was never really revisited again, was it? (I mean Vulcans have names in their own language which are unpronounceable to us - stands to reason though...)Edo Bosnarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-70333531989875633522016-08-03T11:24:37.181-05:002016-08-03T11:24:37.181-05:00Hi Karen,
There’s a saying that sci fi is never ...Hi Karen, <br /><br />There’s a saying that sci fi is never about the future or about far flung worlds but about whatever is going on in the culture that makes it at the time, so SF is not a spyglass to the future but a filter on the present. 1984, Fahrenheit 451, Clockwork Orange, all the 50’s sci fi movies from the McCarthy era, Silent Running, etc etc are all of their era. Even the Matrix seems curiously last century with its preoccupation that hidden government is controlling everything that is going on (rather than completely unable control even the stuff it’s supposed to). In some cases it becomes hilariously clear with hindsight, when some long-forgotten issue of the day has been expanded to cosmic proportions. <br /><br />I always think of this episode of ST as the poster child of this concept. It’s not just about the drug culture, but also raises the question of achievement itself. Is flying through the universe in a horribly be-weaponed battle ship actually more of an achievement than living in peace and harmony with those you love? Apparently so. It’s also obviously about flower power, but is there an undercurrent that the flower children are being manipulated? <br /><br />A great episode. One of the ones we used to look forward to coming around again. <br /><br />Richard<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-90033248608486200642016-08-03T11:20:55.011-05:002016-08-03T11:20:55.011-05:00A great episode, probably remarkably cost-effectiv...A great episode, probably remarkably cost-effective to produce with the planet scenes on the back lot of some Western series. The ending is notably melancholy for all its irony—"for the first time in my life, I was happy"—a downbeat we don't often see in the original Trek.Pat Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787799814630339641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-1516737434159997682016-08-03T09:07:27.571-05:002016-08-03T09:07:27.571-05:00Great review as always. This particular episode al...Great review as always. This particular episode also allowed us some more of Leonard McCoy's 'southern gentlemen' personality to shine through, very entertaining. Again, a nice character study, doubling with both a topical-cultural message and moral argument on man and what happens when his ambition is taken away.<br /><br />As a kid I had trouble watching the creepy way in which Spock is lured in and ultimately assaulted, but all in all as Karen mentioned, the entire 'half-breed' fight scene was very well done. The scene ends with one of the series' best lines..:<br /><br />Kirk: "Well, if we're both in the brig, who's going to build the subsonic transmitter?"david_bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00218727673816200051noreply@blogger.com