tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130024768875427937.post4348102835541943541..comments2023-05-20T11:22:27.581-03:00Comments on Some Wonderful Kind of Noise: Star Trek: S1E16 The Galileo Seven reviewUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130024768875427937.post-90544076699784886012014-07-30T17:15:46.250-03:002014-07-30T17:15:46.250-03:00Oh, "Shore Leave," which you've alre...Oh, "Shore Leave," which you've already passed, has a McCoy subplot.Tribble314http://intensedebate.com/people/Tribble314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130024768875427937.post-72473771171182159952014-07-13T19:18:10.645-03:002014-07-13T19:18:10.645-03:00It might be better to wait until finishing TOS to ...It might be better to wait until finishing TOS to read Redshirts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130024768875427937.post-8338877223849904682014-07-13T18:22:10.659-03:002014-07-13T18:22:10.659-03:00Don't know if you're a reader, but if so, ...Don't know if you're a reader, but if so, try "Red Shirts" by John Scalzi.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130024768875427937.post-88816617079289566712014-07-13T14:15:09.489-03:002014-07-13T14:15:09.489-03:00Also, your joke was made on a recent Game of Thron...Also, your joke was made on a recent Game of Thrones episode, which is why it has resurfaced on the net recently.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130024768875427937.post-75219004950993025952014-07-13T10:30:48.223-03:002014-07-13T10:30:48.223-03:00The notion of "redshirts" being disposab...The notion of "redshirts" being disposable characters who die in order to raise the stakes of a situation definitely originated from Star Trek. Think about every mission where the three main characters would beam down along with "Ensign Smith" who was just so happy to be finally out in the field, before being eaten by a crystal plant alien or something. It's a very pervasive pop culture concept, so odds are your tabletop companions were aware of that, even if you weren't.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130024768875427937.post-5989195364169765632014-07-13T01:47:11.058-03:002014-07-13T01:47:11.058-03:00It's harder to pinpoint a "McCoy episode&...It's harder to pinpoint a "McCoy episode" than it is for most of the cast. "Friday's Child" and "For the World is Hollow and I have Touched the Sky" probably aren't on your watchlist already, but they both give McCoy more to do. "The Tholian Web" explores Spock and McCoy's relationship like this episode does, and should probably be on your list already.Trible314http://intensedebate.com/people/Tribble314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130024768875427937.post-62436548066322801452014-07-12T22:14:25.533-03:002014-07-12T22:14:25.533-03:00According to Wikipedia, Grace Lee Whitney (Janice ...According to Wikipedia, Grace Lee Whitney (Janice Rand) was fired from the show because they did not want her character to become a long-term love interest for Kirk and they already had another blonde (Nurse Chapel) played by Roddenberry's fiance.<br />On the other hand, it sounded like she did not have a particularly good experience while on the show (amphetamine use due to pressure to stay thin, an alleged sexual assault by a producer, the politics leading to her firing, etc).<br />She does make appearances in several of the movies, but I think the only one where she is identified by name is the first one when she is the tranporter chief.<br />PhilipAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130024768875427937.post-54142252039813852662014-07-12T21:32:47.406-03:002014-07-12T21:32:47.406-03:00Spock = brain, McCoy = heart, Scotty = hands? I li...Spock = brain, McCoy = heart, Scotty = hands? I like it. Scotty never becomes as pivotal a character as the other two though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130024768875427937.post-4621789030310235332014-07-12T21:00:45.825-03:002014-07-12T21:00:45.825-03:00I think your group probably did get the term "...I think your group probably did get the term "red shirt" from this show, even if somewhat indirectly. as it goes on I think it starts to skew towards them.<br /><br />The Enterprise isn't an Earth ship, exactly, they work for the Federation, an alliance of many planets, of which Earth and Vulcan are two of the founders and most prominent members. This is all sort of nebulous at the moment because they hadn't quite hashed out the wider universe yet, but as time goes on it'll be fleshed out a little more so once in a while you get a reference to something like the "United Earth Space Probe Agency" or some such thing. Most people in Starfleet are humans because humans have a greater cultural interest in exploration and discovery (and because it's cheaper than having to put everyone in alien makeup.)<br /><br />This is around the time that Janice's actress got fed up and left the show, so that's why you haven't seen as much of her lately, I think.<br /><br />That's really insightful about Scotty, I never thought of him that way.Rachel Ghoulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04765944479141792643noreply@blogger.com