Tag: 1967
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STAR TREK REWIND: “The City on the Edge of Forever”
“I am my own beginning. My own ending.” I dreaded writing about “The City on the Edge of Forever” not only because it is considered the greatest single episode of Star Trek, past and present, ever made but also because so much has already been written. Harlan Ellison himself wrote a book on the subject.…
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STAR TREK REWIND: “Errand of Mercy”
“Even the gods did not spring into being overnight.” I stated in a previous review that the Romulans too closely resembled humans in their desires, fears, and motivations that they could never be considered the uber-villain of the Star Trek franchise. The Klingons were designed (by writer/producer Gene L. Coon) to fit that bill. As…
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STAR TREK REWIND: “The Return of the Archons”
“You will be absorbed. Your individuality will merge into the unity of good, and in your submergence into the common being of the body, you will find contentment, fulfillment. You will experience the absolute good.”* Gene Roddenberry was a humanist. He didn’t embrace religion. In his works, he disliked religion, perhaps considering it the “opiate…
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STAR TREK REWIND: “Tomorrow is Yesterday”
“The truth is, I’m a little green man from Alpha Centauri. A beautiful place. You ought to see it.“ Time travel. We hinted around with it in “The Naked Time,” flirted with it a little, but the top-notch science fiction writers of the time knew that theme could be a crutch if over-used. The majority…
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SHIP TO SHIP: A Star Trek Podcast “Hump or Death”
SHIP TO SHIP: A Star Trek Podcast “Hump or Death” https://archive.org/download/ShipToShip208Complete/Ship%20to%20Ship%20208%20Complete.mp3 As logical, as progressive, and enlightened as Vulcans are depicted, they must surrender themselves to bizarre backward traditions and biology. Tonight, we discuss three key episodes from The Original Series and Star Trek: Voyager: “Amok Time,” “Blood Fever,” and “Body and Soul.” Our YouTube…
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SHIP TO SHIP: A Star Trek Podcast “KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!”
SHIP TO SHIP: A Star Trek Podcast “KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!” Why not shake it up a bit? We started off with a charged debate about Whoopi Goldberg’s conduct on a recent episode of The View where she shouts at Judge Jeanine Pirro insisting she’s not deranged. Next, we move into a review of “Space Seed,” the classic…
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SHIP TO SHIP: A Star Trek Podcast “Drive-In Monster Movies”
SHIP TO SHIP: A Star Trek Podcast “Drive-In Monster Movies” Kirk and company explore the mining of colony of Janus VI and meet up with the Horta, an intelligent and sensitive Hamburger Helper monster. Next, they journey to Deneva where Kirk’s family goes crazy from crazy omelet monsters. Finally, the Enterprise is attacked by a…
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SHIP TO SHIP: A Star Trek Podcast “The Guardian of Forever”
SHIP TO SHIP: A Star Trek Podcast “The Guardian of Forever” “The only thing worth writing about is people. People. Human beings. Men and women whose individuality must be created, line by line, insight by insight. If you do not do it, the story is a failure. […] There is no nobler chore in the…
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Monkees vs Macheen: “Fairy Tale”
“Once Upon a Time, In the Land of Kirshner” “Fairy Tale” was directed by James Frawley, written by Peter Meyerson, and aired on January 8, 1968. This is a memorable episode, and when you think of the series, this one’s bound to come to mind. It’s funny and unexpected. They break with the regular episode…
Misadventures in Blissville 