-Removed-Yes, there were cliché moments in the original series, which even dyed in the wool trekkies mock. “He’s dead, Jim,” etc. and there were too many fistfights. And the sets wobbled when people bumped into them. But you have to take into account that they were working on a tight schedule with a budget which wouldn’t buy a 15-second commercial today.
-Removed-Oh yes, GQ is a ripping good parody. One of my favorites. And yes, Shatner was a ham much of the time, but his character was supposed to be that way. It’s part of what made the Kirk-Spock-McCoy trinity work, man of action, man of reason, and man of compassion. None of the sequels matched that chemistry.
That said, I sort of hankered after a personal Counselor Toy myself. 😆
-Removed-Star Trek certainly has some oddities, like:
1) No seat belts on the bridge.
2) No spare dilithium crystals (as you point out). It's not like they take up a lot of room.
3) No emergency spacesuits on hand anywhere in the cargo bays, bridge, or even shuttlecraft? You're surrounded by vacuum!
4) Transporter technology requires facility with manipulating matter at the subatomic level, yet there are diseases caused by viruses (planet-sized compared to atomic nuclei) that still cannot be cured.
5) Was there ever a night shift on the original series Enterprise, or did Klingons, Romulans, and giant hands in space wait until after the Captain had breakfasted out of courtesy?
@soothfast saidDo you know if there’s a way to turn all those tiny saved pieces of soap to small to use back into one bar again?
Star Trek certainly has some oddities, like:
1) No seat belts on the bridge.
2) No spare dilithium crystals (as you point out). It's not like they take up a lot of room.
3) No emergency spacesuits on hand anywhere in the cargo bays, bridge, or even shuttlecraft? You're surrounded by vacuum!
4) Transporter technology requires facility with manipulating matt ...[text shortened]... ns, Romulans, and giant hands in space wait until after the Captain had breakfasted out of courtesy?
@soothfast said6) After having sexual intercourse with female visitors to his ship, Captain Kirk only had to put his boots back on.
Star Trek certainly has some oddities, like:
1) No seat belts on the bridge.
2) No spare dilithium crystals (as you point out). It's not like they take up a lot of room.
3) No emergency spacesuits on hand anywhere in the cargo bays, bridge, or even shuttlecraft? You're surrounded by vacuum!
4) Transporter technology requires facility with manipulating matt ...[text shortened]... ns, Romulans, and giant hands in space wait until after the Captain had breakfasted out of courtesy?
@moonbus saidIt was like a poor version of Acorn antiques
Yes, there were cliché moments in the original series, which even dyed in the wool trekkies mock. “He’s dead, Jim,” etc. and there were too many fistfights. And the sets wobbled when people bumped into them. But you have to take into account that they were working on a tight schedule with a budget which wouldn’t buy a 15-second commercial today.
1 edit
@soothfast said6) There is only one toilet on board. (One found this out by taking the tour).
Star Trek certainly has some oddities, like:
1) No seat belts on the bridge.
2) No spare dilithium crystals (as you point out). It's not like they take up a lot of room.
3) No emergency spacesuits on hand anywhere in the cargo bays, bridge, or even shuttlecraft? You're surrounded by vacuum!
4) Transporter technology requires facility with manipulating matt ...[text shortened]... ns, Romulans, and giant hands in space wait until after the Captain had breakfasted out of courtesy?
7) Travelling at warp 10, pursuing a vessel travelling at warp 11, the sensors can still send out and receive signals from the alien ship at very-much-faster-than-light speed, and sensors don't travel in a sub-space-warp-bubble. A whole lot of the tech is impossible, but then again, Apple engineers were all trekkies and actually brought some of the Trek-tech to market (iPads, to name one).
8) Kirk violates the Prime-Time Directive every second episode by interfering in some planet's evolution.
....