Posted on 09/16/2018 9:58:26 AM PDT by ETL
I first watched Star Trek in 1967, shortly after I was introduced to marijuana - I never laughed so hard in my life!
Even today, watching the original videos, I consider it to be the greatest (unintentional) comedy ever broadcast!
Kirk’s overacting, Bones, Scottie, Checkov, Sulu, Uhura, and especially Spok, still make me laugh.
Captain Kirk making out with green aliens, or Spok, the emotionless Vulcan, doing “the gay eyebrow lift”, the Golden age of comedy!
R.I.P. to my best friend Jimmy - he introduced me to ‘getting high’ in the vernacular of those ancient times, and also to Star Trek & Monty Python...
Wow, I didn’t know Valerie Jarrett was on Star Trek.
Gorgon, right?
5.56mm
WHAT? You didn’t like the fact of an obvious American commercial enterprise being helmed by a French named guy with a British accent who biggest delemas were whether or not to listen to Whoopi Goldbergs half assed advice?
Ted Cassidy = Lurch
Last week I watched a Shatner movie called “White Comanche” in which he ends up playing twin half-breed brothers. The good brother ends up killing the bad brother.
I should have watched it with a friend. We could have pulled the “Mystery Science Theater” thing. It probably was one of shatner’s best performances (not).
Oops
I think he was no stranger back then to HEARING yes, either.
"Gorn. Gorn -- it's got a sort of *woody* quality about it. Gorn. Go-o-orn. Much better than 'newspaper' or 'litter bin'."
Good stuff, but who’s going to believe a communicator that you just flip open and start talking to people on?
You haven’t see bad acting & a bad story line until you see the TV pilot for “Alexander the Great (1963)”. Shatner as Alexander & Adam West as Cleander, a very feeble attempt to have TV cash in on the early 1960s “sword & sandal” movies. (I think it ended up being a “Made-for-TV Movie”!) Both those two should thank God for Star Trek:TOS & Batman:TOS!
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Later, Captain Kirk transports back to the ship. The transporter apparently works correctly, but Kirk experiences some disorientation, and Scott escorts Kirk out of the transporter room.
They are unaware when the transporter activates a second time, materializing a second version of Kirk which behaves more maliciously than his counterpart. This “evil” Kirk begins to wander the ship, and those he encounters are confused by his behavior but assume he is the real captain.
Scott assists in beaming a dog-like animal specimen from the planet, but he and the others are surprised when two identical creatures materialize - one completely docile and the other vicious.
Scott surmises that the ore dust has caused the transporter to split the personalities of those they beamed up, creating a good and evil counterpair. Scott reports this to Mr Spock and then orders the transporters taken out of service to investigate, stranding the landing party on the planet as the bitterly cold night sets in.
Elsewhere on the ship, the “good” Kirk begins to feel uncertain, and is unable to make decisions that could affect the safety of the ship and crew. Meanwhile, the “evil” Kirk, in a drunken state, attempts to assault Yeoman Janice Rand in her quarters, but she manages to scratch his face with her fingernails. When she tries to escape and gain help from Fisher, the “evil” Kirk attacks and knocks him out. Rand is able to report the incident to the bridge, and the “good” Kirk, with Spock’s help, orders security to try to capture the “evil” Kirk, recognizable due to the scratches on his cheek, but not to harm him.
The “evil” Kirk hears this announcement and finds makeup to mask his injury, while securing a phaser from another security officer, before going into hiding in Engineering. The “good” Kirk considers what his evil self would do, and correctly locates the other Kirk. Though there is a brief scuffle, Spock is able to disable the “evil” Kirk with a Vulcan nerve pinch. Spock recognizes both Kirks are suffering fatigue, and they must find a way to reverse the transporter accident, not only to save Kirk but also the landing party stranded on the planet.
Spock and Scott attempt to use power from the ship’s impulse drive to reverse the transporter on the dog-like specimen, and while the two beings are rejoined as one, the creature dies from the stress. The two continue to work on making sure Kirk will not suffer the same fate.
In Sickbay, where both Kirks wait, the “evil” Kirk appeals to the “good” Kirk’s compassion, to release his bonds, allowing him to overpower his other self and escape to the bridge. There, he orders the crew to leave orbit, telling the navigator that the landing party cannot be saved. The “good” Kirk and McCoy race to the bridge (before the “evil” Kirk’s order is carried out), where the two Kirks face off. The “evil” Kirk falters from weakness and the “good” Kirk uses the opportunity to rush him to the transporter room and orders Scott to attempt the reversal process again despite not having tested their improvements fully. Distressed, the “evil” Kirk begs for mercy, claiming he only wants to live, to which the “good” Kirk reassuringly replies they will both live on as parts of each other.
The process is completed successfully, with Kirk rejoined as one being. With his sense of command and good will restored, Kirk quickly orders the landing party beamed up, where they are found to be safe despite the cold. Kirk gives Spock his thanks - “from both of us”.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Enemy_Within_(Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series)
I believe it was Frank Gorshin who starred in dual roles, Half-White vs. Half-Black or some equally lame title. Classic!
What? No “Incubus” in Esperanto?
I sent the story link to my youngest son. He and his girlfriend are going to the Louisville (Kentucky) Super Con in November. Shatner’s going to be there, and they’ve got VIP tickets to meet him. Should be fun!
#2 Watching “Next Generation” was like watching a university faculty meeting. Romulans attack? Attend a meeting.
Borg attack? Attend a meeting.
Only time Capt Picard got upset and did anything immediately was when the ship ran out of Earl Grey tea.
The Enterprise headed back to a Star base right away for more provisions.
Plus Wesley Crusher was onboard.
The only good thing about that was when they stranded him on the planet full of hostile indians....
ST:TOS is cool to watch. Dad said that it wasn’t popular, but Roddenberry made it libertarian...
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