Subj : Re: Star Trek Continues - new episode To : All From : anim8rFSK Date : Mon Jun 16 2014 14:20:42 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos From Address: anim8rfsk@cox.net Subject: Re: Star Trek Continues - new episode In article , Rhino wrote: > 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. But the totally redeemed that by Kirk saying to put Chekov in front as cannon fodder. :D > > It was an interesting turnaround to show the ship's councillor as the > floozie this time around and have Lt. Moreau be (apparently) monogamous. As long as you've got the rank. > > I loved the way the scene on the shuttle deck ended with Spock throwing > good Kirk's words back in evil Kirk's face :-) Yep > > 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! +1 -- Wait - are you saying that ClodReamer was wrong, or lying? --- Synchronet 3.15a-Linux NewsLink 1.92-mlp * Origin: Easynews - www.easynews.com (1:2320/105.97) --- SBBSecho 2.12-Linux * Origin: telnet & http://cco.ath.cx - Dial-Up: 502-875-8938 (1:2320/105.1) .