This Makes Up for a Lot of Sins [Google Star Trek Doodle]

NRO ^ | September 7, 2012 | Mark Krikorian

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Here at NRO, we’ve rightly criticized Google in the past for its doodles — promoting gay marriage and featuring loathsome Communist Frida Kahlo, for instance, while ignoring Reagan’s 100th birthday and even Easter. But today’s doodle makes up for at least some of that:

There’s even a little interactive story, if you pass the cursor over certain parts of the image. Though, contrary to this report, the story is not from “The Man Trap,” the first episode to air, 46 years ago tomorrow, but from “Arena.” (If this makes it past the censors, you’ll know Kathryn’s gone soft!)

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

It is kinda cute. Play with it. Go to the original for links.

[Thorliveshere]

It’s going to get some Trekkie criticism. For one, Kirk doesn’t pilot the ship. Sulu and Chekov should be sitting at the nav station.

[DManA]

The red letter should have been killed.

[cuban leaf]

—The red letter should have been killed.—

Zactly!

[catfish1957]

Dang... Where’s T’Pol in her cat suit starship uniform?

[cuban leaf]

Famous Spock line from that episode: “If he has the time, Dr. If he has the time.”

[KosmicKitty]

It’s even better on Google + where they added animation

[Bryanw92]

I know. I kept expecting the red letter to die in a spectacular way and NOTHING!

Curse you Google and your liberal attitudes.

[erkyl]

I thought the red e was Scotty.

[Bryanw92]

It probably is, but then it beams down to the planet with Kirk to face the Gorn. Once they deviated from the original storyline, I knew a Redshirt had to die soon.

[jaz.357]

Are you out of your Vulcan mind?

[BenLurkin]

“A spoon full of sugar makes the {Bolsehvik} medicine go down.”

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Your question is not logical.

[Gay State Conservative]

Not too long ago I bought the complete set of TOS on bluray but I haven't gotten around to watching it yet.It features all the episodes as they were originally aired *and* the episodes with “improved” special effects spliced in.I wonder which type I'll watch...or will I watch both?

I must say I'm looking forward to see the Yeoman (can't recall her name) in "kinda" hi-def.

[2sheds]

Yeoman Rand (*sigh*)

[central_va]

Orion Slave girls rule.

[bigbob]

There you go!

I never watched Star Trek for social commentary, and I carry that same approach to my present day use of Google.

Always used to bug me that Kirk paid more attention to aliens than to Yeoman Rand. The academy obviously included training on sexual harassment ;-)

[left that other site]

He slapped her Butt in “Miri”.

Does that count? LOL!

[tophat9000]

Dam 46 years ago?...and i watched that first episode first run 46 years ago...