Tin Man is one of my favorite episodes of TNG. Even if it has one of the dumbest reactions ever by a Starfleet officer when discovering an enemy threat to their ship. Does Picard order shields up? Evasive maneuvers? Red alert? Arm weapons? No, we get the classic response..."What?". And the...
I used to watch Star Trek on a 13" B&W set in our house on Sunday afternoons in the early 80's. It was our only TV set that could pick up the signal from Dayton, OH. (I lived in Northern Kentucky.) They would show about 4 or 5 episodes. Nirvana before the series was released on home video.
I believe the changes made to remove several of the covert Starfleet Ops from the plot were made on his behalf. The Special Edition restored those for home video.
Worf and Geordi were introduced in Season 1 as junior officers. Casting changes with the loss of Crosby and the revolving Chief Engineers of Season 1 prompted the writers to want to fill the void. But both becoming department heads overnight was a big stretch of in universe credibility to say...
Spock was a Lt. Commander/ Commander, (He was called both First Season) and the First Officer. He would be running the ship more than Kirk in most fleets. The very first words spoken during the first episode aired from The Man Trap are Kirk's first Captain's Log. " Our position, orbiting planet...
The writers of Star Trek have always had a problem with command structure "in universe". Going back to TOS and The Galileo Seven. Saying that was Spock's first command was preposterous. It's a cheap way to create tension.
My least favorite type of storytelling. Connecting the dots. Same thing happened to the Pocket Books TOS line in the 90's when the movies were winding down for the first crew. They stating telling stories in "The Lost Years" between the end of the series and TMP . Really mundane.
I took a vacation this past summer to the west coast. When I was in Vegas, I rented a car a drove to Burbank for an autograph show. Rather than be excited to see old actors I admired as a kid, I was kinda depressed by what many were forced to do to make an income late in their lives. The room...
When I did attend conventions, and we are going back to the early 90s, I always sought out the rooms where the writers were more than the actors. They are the ones that have a personal attachment to the work. It was their words we remember.
I like The Apple a lot. I love episodes when Scotty is in command of the ship. I feel he was a better commander than Spock in that regard. And The Apple shows the crew is full of capable people beyond our lead characters. I like seeing Kyle on the bridge. The Apple also best demonstrates Kirk's...
This is a pretty male centric board. So I'll relate the experience of a female Star Trek fan I once dated. Her favorite episode were the ones that had the romance kicked up to the foreground. Or more emotional shows. Mostly from the third season. Is There No Truth.., Metamorphosis, All Our...
Yes, Gene Coon was not afraid to repeat an idea or two over his career. He was the producer of that Wild, Wild West episode and the story writer of Wink. He also was the originator of the story for the Battlefield episode. I believe his concept had an angel and was more of a good vs. evil...
Getting back to Battlefield, I'm surprised no one mentioned the doors being opened so Spock could overhear Lokai's conversation with the crew. This is ten times worse than Wink Of An Eye.
"Whom Gods Destroy" always seemed to be a victim of editing to me. I think the show must have run long. We always seem to come into a scene late. Case in point, after the main title sequence, Spock is being carried off screen unconscious. What happened there?
I'll add more fuel to the fire. When Gold Key started publishing their comic book when the show began, the artist responsible for the art was in Europe. Italy if I remember correctly. Having no access to the show at the time, he was provided on set photos to use for reference. The colors for the...
I think the command uniforms really depend on the lighting and the fabric used. I have most of the cards from Rittenhouse Archives in 2001 that had material from the uniforms. Some have more of a green tint than others.
I always wondered if the command uniforms from TOS were really supposed to be gold. The dress uniform is green. And so is both versions of Kirk's "wrap around" tunic from the first and second seasons. If the standard uniforms were meant to be gold, why were the others so green?
Below is a blog...
A neat, if a little old, blog about the early James Blish Star Trek covers from novel writer Dayton Ward.
https://daytonward.wordpress.com/2021/08/24/tuesday-trekkin-old-school-star-trek-book-covers/
There was a lot of story potential in having someone from the 20th century thrust into the 23rd. Shades of Buck Rodgers. Surprised no one every followed up on that character in film or print. I liked the character myself.
I had the pleasure of meeting Miss Snodgrass at a convention in Columbus, OH while she was still a part of the TNG writing staff. A very intelligent and thoughtful person. I wish she had stayed with the show longer than she did.