Breaking the First Directive by interfering with the natural development of a civilization is never a good idea. And if you violate it to develop a culture inspired by the National Socialist movement of Adolf Hitler, it’s even worse! This is exactly what happens in Patterns of Force, in which the USS Enterprise reaches the … More Star Trek: TOS – S02E21, Patterns of Force
If you accept its ridicolous premise, A Piece of the Action is not only fun to watch, but it also contains a certain amount of satire that I appreciated a lot (also, it came out exactly 14 years before I was born). And what about the premise? The USS Enterprise arrives on Sigma Iotia II, … More Star Trek: TOS – S02E17, A Piece of the Action
A Taste Of Armageddon is a very strange episode: it’s based on a funny basic idea, it carries a beautiful pacifist message, it’s beautifully realized, but it left me with some doubts. The Enterprise is headed to the planet Eminiar in the NGC321 star system for a diplomatic mission: it must establish relations with the … More Star Trek: TOS – S01E23, A Taste Of Armageddon
Episode number 21, The Return Of The Archons. It explores a theme that was already discussed in The Galileo Seven (the roles of logic and of emotions) and there’s a problem already noted in Miri, namely that of shooting every scene in a pre-existing set, in this case reminding the early twentieth century with semi-medieval … More Star Trek: TOS – S01E21, The Return Of The Archons
I’ll tell you right away: I really enjoyed Miri, the eighth episode of the first season of TOS. It has glimpses of The Last Man on Earth with Vincent Price (released in 1964, two years before Star Trek began), of George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead (that would be released two years after Miri came … More Star Trek: TOS – S01E08, Miri (English)
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