tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130024768875427937.post5087211936068142939..comments2023-05-20T11:22:27.581-03:00Comments on Some Wonderful Kind of Noise: Star Trek: S1E3 Where No Man Has Gone Before reviewUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130024768875427937.post-17933094752602131812014-06-20T19:50:53.539-03:002014-06-20T19:50:53.539-03:00I'm told the third season had most of the real...I'm told the third season had most of the real stinkers--was this the reason it was the final season instead of the five years promised in the intro? So you might find yourself jumping to the movies from there. Of course back when I watched this show, I wasn't very critically-minded and didn't have access to reviews like this, so I was sometimes shocked to learn what was considered a stinker by the Internet in this past decade. That fifth Star Trek movie? Seemed pretty cool as a kid! Spock's Brain? Such an intense brain operation!Ryan Ferneauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17955330155998980272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130024768875427937.post-30276890533288735572014-06-20T12:04:44.400-03:002014-06-20T12:04:44.400-03:00My fault for going in the order from the disc. I&#...My fault for going in the order from the disc. I'm going to switch to the list Roomie gives me as soon as I run aground of a real stinker.Wonderful Noisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01542277089898684170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130024768875427937.post-73956166985170799832014-06-20T05:56:21.322-03:002014-06-20T05:56:21.322-03:00Basically Kirk, Spock, and Dr. McCoy are the main ...Basically Kirk, Spock, and Dr. McCoy are the main characters of the show and are guaranteed to be in every episode. Other crew members like Uhura, Sulu, Scotty, the blonde Yeoman woman in the blue dress with the funny weaved updo, and (later) Chekov are side characters who never leave the show but aren't guaranteed to make an appearance. <br /><br />Mr. Spock is indeed half human and half Vulcan, though he identifies far more strongly with his Vulcan side. The 60's show focuses much more on his Vulcan side, but movies and later material tend to shift the focus to his internal struggles with just how human he is, particularly regarding whether or not he feels emotions (some episodes of the show bring up this question, but it's much less of a focus overall). <br /><br />The shirt/dress colors are loose categories of crewmember. Blue is science/medical. Red is engineering/security/communications. Yellow is command. If you look closely, the three colors also have different symbols inside the arrow insignia on their chest. The Red Shirt jokes spring from the fact that if a landing party is sent to the planet, any male character with a red shirt (except Scotty) is guaranteed to die at some point in the episode. <br /><br />I would say don't count on Star Trek to be anywhere near scientifically accurate. It's much more of a philosophical exploration show than a realistic science show.<br /><br />Also, it's an episodic series, which means that (except in the case of a couple two-part episodes) you can watch them in literally any order. None of the episodes reference each other and they don't occur in chronological order. Although release order seems like a reasonable way to go about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130024768875427937.post-39984118644860420132014-06-19T23:10:38.011-03:002014-06-19T23:10:38.011-03:00Yeah, this should have been the first one watched....Yeah, this should have been the first one watched. It was after this episode that Bones joined the crew. The uniforms and doctor in this episode were hold-overs from the original Star Trek pilot, which had a different captain as well. (This episode was basically the 2nd pilot and start of the 3 year run of the show.) There's an episode coming up that references the original pilot and uses clips from it, which you may or may not watch. (Honestly, I recommend Balance of Terror, then Space Seed, then Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan to continue your Star Trek viewing).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com