tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post5872352372324752604..comments2024-03-29T09:13:52.064-04:00Comments on Doux Reviews: Star Trek: Patterns of ForceBillie Douxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-47888342510680608702023-09-05T07:49:19.808-04:002023-09-05T07:49:19.808-04:00I find reading this one a bit jarring considering ...I find reading this one a bit jarring considering what's happening in the world today. Just reading Musk's comment about the ADL 'ruining' the ad revenue of 'X' (gawd, Musk is an idiot), last night on people I follow, including the ADL, makes me concerned for things right now.<br /><br />But let's focus on this episode. I liked it quite a bit, although I wouldn't rank it too highly compared to better, perhaps less obvious, classics that we've already discussed a few times now. The moral here is as obvious as it can get, but it's also an important one for all that. It could of course been made a bit less on the nose, but Genesis of the Daleks is my all time number 1 Who story (classic or new), and it isn't exactly subtle with its take on how Nazis are bad either. Of course, one should not need to be told that Nazis are bad in the 1st place, since it's pretty darn obvious!Morellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08852528242739450099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-86834446451866773322023-02-17T13:00:58.422-05:002023-02-17T13:00:58.422-05:00Jews dressing as Nazis as a send-up was EXTREMELY ...Jews dressing as Nazis as a send-up was EXTREMELY "in" in 1967.<br /><br />Martin Landau as Martin Bormann in Mission: Impossible.<br />The Producers<br />Hogan's Heroes<br /><br />By the way, count me in the "Yay for Spock's chest hair" camp.Gideon Marcushttps://galacticjourney.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-38219468460976053442021-11-15T12:03:55.295-05:002021-11-15T12:03:55.295-05:00Roddenberry wanted both actors to be clean-shaven....Roddenberry wanted both actors to be clean-shaven. Nimoy refused. Shatner agreed, but he really didn't like having his shirt off. Roddenberry's concept was that the bare chest made him look more like a strong leader. Shatner didn't agree and then there was the problem of his weight, which did suffer when he had no time to exercise. <br /><br />I wondered too how difficult it must have been for either man to appear in a Nazi uniform when they were both Jewish. robynzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10471659950946816539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-57835243578093201642021-02-25T23:19:55.296-05:002021-02-25T23:19:55.296-05:00I'll eagerly anticipate that one :)I'll eagerly anticipate that one :)Mikey Heinrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053287699381988084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-91274455758854294662021-02-25T22:59:34.014-05:002021-02-25T22:59:34.014-05:00Mikey, my theory is that the slash fic got its rea...Mikey, my theory is that the slash fic got its real start in "Requiem for Methuselah," but it was probably accumulative.Billie Douxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-70675991873477955972021-02-25T22:51:13.612-05:002021-02-25T22:51:13.612-05:00Oh, THAT'S why there was all the slash fic.Oh, THAT'S why there was all the slash fic. Mikey Heinrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053287699381988084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-57776595280509400022016-09-19T20:26:12.337-04:002016-09-19T20:26:12.337-04:00Hairy Spock is pure Squick. Sorry, probably not a ...Hairy Spock is pure Squick. Sorry, probably not a popular opinion, but I had to say it. Shatner was so kind to viewers by staying clean-shaven. Too bad Nimoy didn't take after him in that regard. I don't want to see people's body hair. I guess because it's a tertiary sex trait, it's gross and embarrassing to see. I wonder if in the future we'll extend this to include beards as well. Someone probably studies trends like this.Outsider65noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-59201492354307911112016-07-18T09:04:50.328-04:002016-07-18T09:04:50.328-04:00I know this episode seems rather simplistic but, a...I know this episode seems rather simplistic but, as a teenager learning history, I found it did augment some of my understandings at the time about the motivations of Nazi ideology. And it also showed me what 'resistance' was. Plus it gave me a bit of an embarrassing-to-admit crush on anyone in a Nazi uniform... The Shat would have made a great goose-stepping white supremacist - that hair; those eyes ;)<br /><br />The real epiphany for me was (not that I am superficial or anything, and not that I didn't get the importance of the message) Leonard Nimoy had an awesome bod! Hairy or not, he actually succeeded in making Kirk look a bit tubby.tinkapusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09741716703254697998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-31910963487340119562011-07-03T17:51:31.008-04:002011-07-03T17:51:31.008-04:00I love the Space Nazis episode! I haven't seen...I love the Space Nazis episode! I haven't seen it in a long time, but I'm looking forward to rewatching it. I like the sheer, simple daftness of these episodes (I love the Space Romans one as well) and they make for a nice change of pace, and I grew up on 50s British war movies and stories about the Resistance, so it's nice seeing Star Trek revisit those themes. Having said that, maybe when I do re-watch it I'll feel differently!Juliettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00203399623895589924noreply@blogger.com