Subj : Re: Star Trek Continues - new episode
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From : Rhino
Date : Mon Jun 16 2014 16:33:39

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Subject: Re: Star Trek Continues - new episode

On 2014-06-16 12:45 AM, anim8rFSK wrote:
> Star Trek Continues, um, continues!
> BarBara Luna look alike!
> Andrea Dromm look alike!
> Bare belly Chapel!
> Disposable Chekov!
> Restored Galileo Seven!
> Saurian Brandy (throw more brandy!)
> Fred-Bob sez "check it out"
> http://youtu.be/dJf2ovQtI6w
>

I was very pleasantly surprised to find another episode so soon after 
the last one. It was still a few months and I'd be delirious with joy if 
they were coming out a lot more frequently but I'll take what they can 
give. I'd expected it to be several more months before we saw another 
episode.

I really liked the script this time and thought it was a worthy 
successor to Mirror, Mirror. Unfortunately, Jerome Bixby, who wrote that 
episode, is gone but I'd like to think his spirit has seen it and is 
pleased somehow....

One major nit: they made a major error in having Chekhov go back to the 
agony booth then put him in the group that was trying to capture Spock 
and Scotty. That was completely illogical. They should have sent a 
different character OR explained that Chekhov was going to get the 
chance of earning evil Kirk's trust again by helping arrest the mutineers.

It was an interesting turnaround to show the ship's councillor as the 
floozie this time around and have Lt. Moreau be (apparently) monogamous.

I loved the way the scene on the shuttle deck ended with Spock throwing 
good Kirk's words back in evil Kirk's face :-)

I give the writers full credit for trying something very ambitious and 
difficult: trying to show how a tyranny might fall apart rather quickly 
once the first visible crack appears. Very few writers would have dared 
do anything quite that big and almost none in a mere 42 minutes. Very 
well done, all things considered!

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Rhino
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