Sunday, February 3, 2013

Weekend Roundup #5


This week, I got a bit behind and only managed 13 episodes. Part of this is because I was doing my first ever video post which took FOREVER. Consequently, I watched absolutely zero hours of Star Trek yesterday and today was all Super-Bowley. Anyway, here's some of what I was thinking as I watched these episodes: 

68- ELAAN OF TROIUS
-Green dude. Woah, these guys have some serious outfits. It’s all shoulders and no pants.
-The Enterprise crew doesn’t bow until they see how hot this princess is. They literally bowed to her hotness.

-This is the episode wherein Kirk slaps a princess then she tries to stab him and he threatens to give her a spanking. Seriously. 
-McCoy utters the phrase, “Super love potion.”

69- WHOM GODS DESTROY
-Hey, there’s an Orion girl and she actually has a name and lines. Nicely done, Star Trek.

70- LET THAT BE YOUR BATTLEFIELD
-Woah, is that The Riddler?
-I remember this one from when I was a kid. It totally blew my eight-year-old mind. 
-It's easy to talk about how this one's kind of silly but I really like it. 

71- THE MARK OF GIDEON
-This episode has a lot of guys saying coordinates. Thrilling!
-This is a great idea, not sure about the execution.

72- THAT WHICH SURVIVES
-Oh, a crazy mystery planet. Nice. 
-I think the geologist is about to bite it.
-Yep. He bit it. 
-I really like the idea behind this episode. Interesting and different. 

73- THE LIGHTS OF ZETAR
-Scotty’s girlfriend gets possessed by an alien entity. She's ok though. 
-Notice that Scotty didn't get a girlfriend till he grew out his damn bangs. 



74- REQUIUM FOR METHUSALAH
-Who is this guy? Extreme age? 6000 years? Oh, Methusala, I get it.
-Woah! Flint has the ONLY flat screen TV I’ve ever seen in Star Trek. Awesome. This guy lives in THE FUTURE.
-This episode would be so awesome without Kirk “falling in love” with Rayna. Unnecessary. 

75- THE WAY TO EDEN
-These are some rockin’ anime cosplay wigs.
-Are these Space Hippies?
-Is a “Sit-In” happening in the transporter room.
-Yes. Awesome.
-What is Quentin Tarantino doing in this episode?

"That's now! That's real now!" 


76- THE CLOUD MINDERS
-Oh, I really like this one. 
-Poor rich girl, fawning all over Spock. Bless her heart. She needs to get in line behind me and Nurse Chapel.

77-THE SAVAGE CURTAIN
-President Lincoln shows up. Nuff said.



78-ALL OUR YESTERDAYS
-Donna Noble is in the library. Donna Noble has been saved.

79- TURNABOUT INTRUDER
-Let me just say that here is yet another example of Kirk messing up a woman's life. 
-Also, considering this episode features a woman in Kirk's body and vice versa, this one's actually better than it ought to be. 
-The series was already cancelled when they were making this episode. As they were shooting, the sets were being dismantled. Thinking about this made me really sad. I wish they'd been given a proper series finale. Given that this is the last one, though, it's really not bad. 

THE ANIMATED SERIES           

1- BEYOND THE FARTHEST STAR
-They’re all back! Hooray!
-There’s an alien working on the bridge! Awesome! 
-It’s clear that they can do things here that they couldn’t do in TOS… like land everyone on the outside of a giant insect pod spaceship. Nice. Can't wait for more. 

2 comments:

  1. NICE DW reference!! Also, she'll have to get behind you, Nurse Chapel and ME. Also, I always get sooooo sad watching Turnabout Intruder.

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    1. Thanks! I thought you'd appreciate that! I know. I really feel like you can see the cast reacting to the inevitable end of their show. Maybe that's just my impression but the whole episode just felt so sad.

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