I finally remembered the title- Vendetta.I'll have to find that book, it sounds interesting.
I finally remembered the title- Vendetta.I'll have to find that book, it sounds interesting.
I remember watching “The Man Trap” when it originally aired in 1966. Years later in high school I caught TOS whenever my local station scheduled it. I met DeForest Kelly in 1978. A very nice man.
My favorite ST series is Deep Space Nine, and I also love “Picard” as well as “Discovery.”
Oddly, I never was one to watch a TV series faithfully. Shatner's performances ranged from pretty good to painful ham.
I was around for the original series. There was a birth control episode and an anti-gun episode. It seemed like more of the same from network TV....just sci-fi settings. The sci-fi stuff is what worked.
TOYS: All I want is a tricorder. Think how easily you could do oil analyses with one! "I'm sorry sir, it can't assess air filter condition".
WORST EPISODE to WATCH: When Spock gets married with all the Vulcans ringing those darn bells. It's one of two episodes where Spock smiled.
The other was when he was partying on that planet....frolicking upside down from the tree.
Touch screen computers, voice recognition, and plasma weapons were all common technologies on the show.... visionary IMHO.
So in defense of the show, episodes were written by a variety of sci fi writers. You could get humorous ones (trouble with tribbles) or very introspective shows. You could never tell what you were going to get. I am a fan of the show and "City on the Edge of Forever" is a favorite as is the one with Mariette Hartley.
Lots of "soon to be famous people" showed up on the show, Teri Garr for example.
The bridge had an Asian, Russian and black female all in senior positions in the height of geopolitical and racial tensions, (1960s) and people forget this vision of space travel was realized all before man had stepped on the moon. Touch screen computers, voice recognition, and plasma weapons were all common technologies on the show.... visionary IMHO.
You are correct. That episode was the pilot for a series where Gary Seven would be a time traveling troubleshooter. An American Doctor Who…Teri Garr was always great on Letterman. That show I think was supposed to lead to a spin off but it never happened.
How... Dare... ...You!Shatner often doesn't appear in the same critique as the phrase "good acting" but I'm glad you enjoyed it just the same.
Are you referring to the next generation or the new Picard series where season 2 just started? Can't believe he's still acting at 82.i am a bit of a treckie + thought the Kirk episodes were best UNTIL the Picard ones, amazing how great the plots were as ONLY imagination limited them
I flip through but never watched a whole episode. Galaxy Quest on the other hand is THE BOMB. It was awesome.Wow! I don't know anyone who hasn't watched Star Trek.
Check outLast night I watched a Star Trek episode for the first time. I am in my late 50's. I am not interested in sci fi, so never watched a Star Trek before.
My Wife is in Denver with the Grankids (I am on my way right now). My Wife controls the remote. That is her subliminal passive aggressive way of me being regularly away from home for the past few decades. We no longer have cable, so I was surfing free TV. Saw a Star Trek on and decided to watch it.
The episode was super good. Some robot made it on the space ship, and was taking the space ship over. The robot thought CPT Kirk was his leader, but was still going to sabotage the space ship. The dialog was refreshing, the story line was good, the acting was excellent. I will be looking to watch more episodes of Star Trek. BTW, I saw one Star Wars movie. The first one. Yawn. My youngest Son loves all things Star Wars......
Love next generation. You have to check out the documentary "From the Bridge". It's interesting to see the actors talk about how they weren't sure if it would do well. Plus the fact that Patrick Stewart hated jokes and comedic banter as he was a serious actor.I'm a Next generation and Deep Space Nine fan.