tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post8162561869121435252..comments2024-03-29T09:13:52.064-04:00Comments on Doux Reviews: Star Trek: All Our YesterdaysBillie Douxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-31391846445095527362023-10-19T07:54:25.836-04:002023-10-19T07:54:25.836-04:00Ah time travel, Spock romance, an alluring Zarabet...Ah time travel, Spock romance, an alluring Zarabeth, and McCoy being McCoy! There's a lot to love here!<br /><br />Some very intriguing ideas here. Time travel and paradoxes tend to be very messy on TV shows, and it is true here as well, but this is better than most. My favorite is of course in the 3rd Doctor story 'Day of the Daleks', but it's great here too, even with some of the mentioned flaws, and it is indeed a solid and fun episode, making it rare in season 3!Morellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08852528242739450099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-92031434962575107342022-05-14T19:24:35.515-04:002022-05-14T19:24:35.515-04:00I agree with Billie that sending the population in...I agree with Billie that sending the population into the doomed planet's own past in order to escape a supernova would change the present! It would have made more sense to use the technology to go to another, safer planet. Otherwise, there would be constant changes to the present and all kind of quantum problems, paradoxes, causality loops, etc. Time could repeat over & over leading to disasters. I think it's doubtful that people would just try to blend into the past, knowing what was coming!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-51801142045538402772022-01-01T22:36:41.939-05:002022-01-01T22:36:41.939-05:00The idea of "the force," as a pervasive ...The idea of "the force," as a pervasive Vulcan characteristic is useful in explaining Spock's behavior in the cave, but overall, the "cell restructuring" angle seems to me a devise used by the writer to make Zarabeth's returning with Spock an impossibility. Kay Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07171151499617637458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-91227584688738933102016-07-30T02:16:37.080-04:002016-07-30T02:16:37.080-04:00I have been waiting for three whole seasons now to...I have been waiting for three whole seasons now to see this one and find out whether it is still my very favourite out of all of them. Yes, it is. In every way, a perfect episode and a perfect resolution to the series and the arc of Kirk's, Bones', and Spock's friendship.<br /><br />Poignant and lovely, it still had me seeing new things in it after all these years.tinkapusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09741716703254697998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-40301557566231440272012-12-20T00:55:03.018-05:002012-12-20T00:55:03.018-05:00Great comment, Jerry. I've enjoyed all your co...Great comment, Jerry. I've enjoyed all your comments throughout this spate of reviews. <br /><br />To be honest, I've seen every episode in all of the spinoff series -- except for the animated series. Animation really isn't my thing at all. So I guess the answer is, probably not. But Ben and I are planning to review all of the movies, probably this summer. Billie Douxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-6411572225457489402012-12-19T23:26:47.722-05:002012-12-19T23:26:47.722-05:00BTW, with only one (or zero, depending on who you ...BTW, with only one (or zero, depending on who you want to believe) episode of TOS left, is there any chance you might review the Animated episodes? Some of them (there are only 22) are quite good, especially "Yesteryear" and "The Time Trap". And leave us not forget "More Tribbles, More Troubles". ;)Jerry Modenenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-91324037835222364822012-12-19T23:24:18.888-05:002012-12-19T23:24:18.888-05:00Theory time:
It's been suggested that the rea...Theory time:<br /><br />It's been suggested that the reason Spock started acting like his ancestors is because of what, for lack of a better term, we might call "the force" - Vulcans seem to have a communal awareness that is species-wide, as well as the one that is more specific with the mind-melds reaching out over light-years (Spock and T'Pring).<br /><br />For example, Spock's sensing in "The Immunity Syndrome" when the all-Vulcan ship, USS Intrepid, was destroyed.<br /><br />No "conditioning" necessary - Spock was being influenced by millions of primitive Vulcan minds and he ultimately began to revert to that state himself.<br /><br />(Humans don't have that same sense, which is why McCoy didn't start acting like whatever humans acted like 5,000 years ago.)<br /><br />A very nice episode. Even in the original version, they spent a few extra $$$ to show the Beta Niobe nova vaporizing Sarpeidon as the Enterprise warps towards the viewer. Nice effect for 1968; I need to look at my remasters to see what they did in the new version.<br /><br />Tidbit time: The Enterprise went back to Beta Niobe in the final animated episode, "Counter-Clock Incident", although of course by that time it was the "Beta Niobe Nebula". This is the episode that featured Captain April.<br /><br />And this will sound weird, but the thing I liked best about how they presented Zarabeth was that Mariette Hartley's hair looked normal - one thing I've never liked about TOS is the ridiculous hairdos on so many of the women over the three years.Jerry Modenenoreply@blogger.com