tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post2990092839696415577..comments2024-03-28T15:33:02.296-04:00Comments on Doux Reviews: Star Trek: Errand of MercyBillie Douxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-16507866449631994452023-07-25T08:07:10.000-04:002023-07-25T08:07:10.000-04:00Baltar! I also loved the original Battlestar Galac...Baltar! I also loved the original Battlestar Galactica as a kid and I recognized John Colicos there as Baltar as well. He's great at being the Sci-fi adversary!<br /><br />This is another fine example of the show and how fun 60s sci-fi can be. I always have liked the Klingon ships better than the Fed's as even when TNG came around to make the design looker sleeker and more modern, it never looks as cool as the Klingon design, a design that you see all over the place for good reason.<br /><br />Organians are also in Star Fleet Battles as well, they had the ISC kind of keep the other powers at bay after the general war had depleted their forces, but then the Andromedans came...<br /><br />Love this one too!Morellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08852528242739450099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-5740991286888014642015-04-28T07:40:18.044-04:002015-04-28T07:40:18.044-04:00I like the review. One of my favorite episodes. By...I like the review. One of my favorite episodes. By the way, Shatner's prison stunt wasn't dangerous--he lands on a mattress. I was thinking about the danger too, so I replayed the scene. The director, John Newland, was a badass.Hithereyallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05885598540391586608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-31374177501436645182010-08-24T13:05:22.875-04:002010-08-24T13:05:22.875-04:00Once again (and no surprise) a prescient, intellig...Once again (and no surprise) a prescient, intelligent, "I-was-just-gonna-say-that' review!<br /><br />And yeah, what a great final line, generously given to A KLINGON for gosh sakes! I know I've trod this squeaky board before: but it's not only a great line of its own self, and it not only fits thematically, being true to characters' nature (including Kirk the Warrior). It also surreptitiously encourages and provides a venue IN US for empathy with Others, our emenies (my younger brother always referred to that classic kids' book as "Let's Be Emenies"). And not empathy just in the 'we-all-everybody' kinda way, but also in the more naughty sense of ALSO feeling that all-out battle would have been glorious! That whole dulce et decorum est pro patria mori thing is so much more widespread and deeper than we may think -- and these subtle touches wink and give a quick, maybe unsettling flash of that.<br /><br />They also help build the arena (ha) of this show into an entire richly-perceived world -- not from one single scene or astounding story, but from the plethora of little touches like this, that endlessly resonate. I love that.GreenHornethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01400048484864815977noreply@blogger.com