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mister_borogove

To Boldy Retcon What No Fan Has Retconned Before...

May 17, 2006 22:30

The Man Trap: So a monster has taken the form of your ex-girlfriend. You know it's not really her because the guy with the ears tried to take her down and she swatted him across the room like she was Sarah Michelle Gellar. She's about to kill your Captain and your friend. And you hesitate to fire the phaser in your hand. Yeah, right. I think there ( Read more... )

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naomi_traveller May 18 2006, 15:44:42 UTC

Balance Of Terror is my all-time favourite, too. But I think I like yours even better ;)

His heart aches.

hee!

mister_borogove May 18 2006, 17:40:21 UTC

Hah -- I just realized one more part of Spock's conflict -- he's hot for Kirk, but Kirk and the Romulan clearly are soulmates -- they have such a deep understanding of one another before they even have a chance to talk! Damn you Kirk! Damn you Romulan Commander! You never understood me! me! ME! DIE! DIE!

cindy_dutra May 18 2006, 16:10:21 UTC

For a long time I considered Balance of Terror my favorite, at other times City on the Edge of Forever, or even trouble with tribbles.

But, deep in my heart, I think my true favorite is Bread and Circuses. It epitomizes the lengths star trek writers would go to toss plausability out the window in pursuit of a good story.

"Tonight, James Kirk, I am your slave."

crisper May 21 2006, 22:13:07 UTC

All this and a happy Christian moral at the end!

crisper May 21 2006, 22:12:12 UTC

My favorite thing about Balance of Terror is that the first war against the Romulans was fought in the Golden Age of Radio, before they had them new-fangled televisual devices.

mister_borogove May 21 2006, 22:45:23 UTC

The age of wooden starships and iron men!

mister_borogove May 21 2006, 22:49:08 UTC

Although it's certainly possible that, at the time, the Romulans didn't wish to give away their connection to the Vulcans, so they simply chose not to broadcast video:
"As you may recall, this conflict was fought, by standards today, with primitive atomic weapons and in primitive space vessels which allowed no quarter, no captives, nor was there even ship-to-ship visual communication. Therefore, no human, Romulan, or ally has ever seen the other."