[MAGA2017]

This guy does some amusing reviews of the original Star Trek series.

[Bruce Campbells Chin]

"I"m a doctor, not a bricklayer!"

A pretty good episode, as I remember.

[GaltAdonis]

Take good care of those silicon nodules - if you know what’s good for you.
They're more than they appear to be…

[fidelis]

[HighSierra5]

I think the original Star Trek TV show was the best.Shatner/Kirk was iconic. Sort of like Superman, Marshall Dillon and other heroes.

[Kleon]

This is such a classic. New trek is just woke bullshit

[plain talk]

In that episode Spock has an utterly ridiculous scene where he is mind-melding with the creature. Cracks me up every time.

[grey_whiskers]

Ah yes, the Horta. Didn’t it have hydrogen fluoride for blood?

[Bullish]

As I recall... It kills to save it’s babies. Wouldn’t you?

[know.your.why]

Gene Roddenberry and Rod Serling I bet could have really fed off each others imagination. I wonder if they ever looked to the other guys work for ideas?

[Mozzafiato]

I’ve never seen a single episode of Star Trek, and I grew up in the 70s and 80s. I remember my cousins watching it, but I just never got into it. I feel nostalgic for the old days and aim to watch the series. I’m not a big SciFi guy (Planet of the Apes was more my thing) but I’m going to give Star Trek a go.

[Nachoman]

Did the new crewman in the red tunic get killed?

[mairdie]

Some of my happiest memories are from a decade of absolute obsession with Star Trek. And some of my best friends. Anywhere you went on a business trip, all you needed was the phone number of another Trekker and you had a lovely evening planned.

Star Trek - Bones - Julia Ecklar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1XML22lx1M

Star Trek - Space Hero - Leslie Fish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L840SmOjZc

Star Trek - Born Again Trek - Julia Ecklar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vARV4JXK3R0

Star Trek - Engineers Hymn - Leslie Fish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwfl9TMelZE

Star Trek - He’s Dead Jim - Julia Ecklar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8l09-LDtOFA

[GreenLanternCorps]

Hortas wound up in Starfleet...

[real saxophonist]

If y'all haven't seen Star Trek Continues, you're missing out.

[mewzilla]

My title for it has always been...

A Horta Hears a Who...

Don’t ask me why. 🤗

[mewzilla]

This is a hoot! Thanks for the thread!

I 💓 Possum Rob!

[exPBRrat]

A favorite episode of nine.

[P.O.E.]

Simplifying here, but:

Silicon is right below Carbon on the periodic table, and so has similar properties (e.g., # of empty slots in the valence shell (subshells notwithstanding).

Not out of the question to have a silicon-based (rather than carbon-based) life form, given different energy environs. (At least in sci-fi)