"Poor photography." is one of my favorite lines in this episode and I use it often. Of course nobody but me gets the reference but it still sets people off like it did to Dr. McCoy. Another great show guys. This is one of those fun episodes that doesn't bear intense scrutiny. Enjoy it for what it is. I'm looking forward to your next review.
For the longest time, I thought the base they beam down to was actually the I Dream of Jeannie set. I Dream of Jeannie premiered in 1965, a year before Star Trek, so the dates work. Also, both shows were on NBC. Every time I watched this episode, I expected Dr. Bellows to walk down the hall or the Air Police Colonel to report Kirk's arrest to General Peterson. However, Star Trek was filmed on the Paramount lot, while I Dream of Jeannie was filmed at the WB ranch in Burbank. But at the very least, the set designers for both shows must have used the same shade of green paint for both sets. Did anyone else ever connect the sets from this episode with I Dream of Jeannie?
This episode was originally the second part of a two-parter that followed The Naked Time...the result of Spock's computations of mixing matter and anti-matter cold to prevent the Enterprise spiralling down into Psi 2000. I'm guessing D C Fontana did a rewrite of John D F Black's script. Btw It was Ed Peck who played the Air Force Colonel Fellini (interestingly, he played Officer Kirk in Happy Days) 😏
@@andrewhelm2813 That’s right! I think we may have mentioned it in our Naked Time episode. We wondered why they never re-used that formula!!! Love seeing StarTrek actors on different contemporary (now classic) shows !!!!
@@GizmoFromPizmo …Oh Gizmo From Pizmo (beach), you do know how to pick apart an episode at its most fundamental elements… aside from when the crew actually ducks down slightly for transport, I am not sure how they address subject positions in cannon. If I guess I would say beam up has a default setting for humanoid subjects to be rematerialized in the upright position. But nobody ever asked me or even talks about!!! Good point though. Keep it up! 👍
@ - The transporter is such a convenient device of the film makers. It's clever as hell but it's totally bogus. Honestly, the teleporter is able to disable a weapon, fix genetic problems, cure disease and reverse aging. It's such a great sci-fi device.
USAF Air Police Colonel Fellini was played by Ed Peck. He may seem familiar to you guys because he was in a recurring role on Happy Days known as Officer "Kirk". Was his character's name on Happy Days a nod to Captain Kirk on Star Trek? Who knows.
This episode was from season 1, but Chekov didn't join the cast until Season 2. However, if Chekov had been around when this episode was filmed, I have to believe Kirk would have sent Chekov to the transporter room first just so Roger Perry could have been horrified that the Soviets had a flying ship the size of the Enterprise.
The shot of the Enterprise going around the sun and the chronometer were not part of the original. Those were added as part of the enhanced updating of Star Trek. The original chronometer, for example, was a mechanical clock looking thing where the numbers rolled up or down, depending on which direction in time they were moving. It's all bogus, tho.
@@GizmoFromPizmo that’s right! We talked about that but it was cut for time. Much prefer the renovated version of a chromemetric readout. Which part of using the sun to go back in time is NOT bogus tho…. ? lol 😂
While the updated special effects on the TOS were much less obnoxious than the other sci-fi franchise's Special Editions, I do sometimes like to watch an episode with the original special effects. That was the Star Trek I grew up with. Unfortunately, the original Original Series can't be streamed anywhere. However, the complete Original Series on Blu-ray offers a choice of watching each episode with the original special effects or the new version. It really is a shame the creator of that other sci-fi franchise refuses to allow fans a legal way to watch the original version of his first trilogy.
@@michaelmcchesney6645 I agree with you but related to that is the PBS series from 1981, COSMOS, where they deleted the parts that were later proven wrong. The Atheists tell us that science is supposed to be tested and tried and that it's going to be wrong at times. The persecution by the establishment reptiles in Rome of the likes of Copernicus and other men of science is witness to this. But to just take a pair of scissors to episodes of COSMOS because that great high priest of Atheism, Carl Sagan, was wrong about something makes what Rome did to heliocentricism acceptable in comparison. It's all about "how it looks" and not about "how it is". The original Star Trek was a creature of its time and it should be allowed to be that, blemishes and all.
Good episode. Chip in a jacket to boot!
My favorite episode of the TV series.
"Poor photography." is one of my favorite lines in this episode and I use it often. Of course nobody but me gets the reference but it still sets people off like it did to Dr. McCoy. Another great show guys. This is one of those fun episodes that doesn't bear intense scrutiny. Enjoy it for what it is. I'm looking forward to your next review.
Happy Birthday John! Excellent episode as always!
@@teresak1177 thank you!
love it guys
@@wesleyhealy3616 thanks! 😊 This was a fun one to do too!
For the longest time, I thought the base they beam down to was actually the I Dream of Jeannie set. I Dream of Jeannie premiered in 1965, a year before Star Trek, so the dates work. Also, both shows were on NBC. Every time I watched this episode, I expected Dr. Bellows to walk down the hall or the Air Police Colonel to report Kirk's arrest to General Peterson. However, Star Trek was filmed on the Paramount lot, while I Dream of Jeannie was filmed at the WB ranch in Burbank. But at the very least, the set designers for both shows must have used the same shade of green paint for both sets. Did anyone else ever connect the sets from this episode with I Dream of Jeannie?
Speaking about the pilot's package, Uhura is sure checking it out @9:30, so the question begs...did they BANG?
This episode was originally the second part of a two-parter that followed The Naked Time...the result of Spock's computations of mixing matter and anti-matter cold to prevent the Enterprise spiralling down into Psi 2000. I'm guessing D C Fontana did a rewrite of John D F Black's script.
Btw It was Ed Peck who played the Air Force Colonel Fellini (interestingly, he played Officer Kirk in Happy Days) 😏
@@andrewhelm2813 That’s right! I think we may have mentioned it in our Naked Time episode. We wondered why they never re-used that formula!!!
Love seeing StarTrek actors on different contemporary (now classic) shows !!!!
Well, here's my problem. The pilot is SEATED in his cockpit but when he materializes, he's standing up.
@@GizmoFromPizmo …Oh Gizmo From Pizmo (beach), you do know how to pick apart an episode at its most fundamental elements… aside from when the crew actually ducks down slightly for transport, I am not sure how they address subject positions in cannon.
If I guess I would say beam up has a default setting for humanoid subjects to be rematerialized in the upright position. But nobody ever asked me or even talks about!!!
Good point though. Keep it up! 👍
@ - The transporter is such a convenient device of the film makers. It's clever as hell but it's totally bogus.
Honestly, the teleporter is able to disable a weapon, fix genetic problems, cure disease and reverse aging. It's such a great sci-fi device.
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USAF Air Police Colonel Fellini was played by Ed Peck. He may seem familiar to you guys because he was in a recurring role on Happy Days known as Officer "Kirk". Was his character's name on Happy Days a nod to Captain Kirk on Star Trek? Who knows.
"Where are the nuclear wessels?" - Chekov
"Well, there's an object that's closing on us fast..." Spock
This episode was from season 1, but Chekov didn't join the cast until Season 2. However, if Chekov had been around when this episode was filmed, I have to believe Kirk would have sent Chekov to the transporter room first just so Roger Perry could have been horrified that the Soviets had a flying ship the size of the Enterprise.
I know Chekov's from season 2... but, gosh darn, I *couldn't* resist the quote from The Voyage Home. 🙂
The shot of the Enterprise going around the sun and the chronometer were not part of the original. Those were added as part of the enhanced updating of Star Trek. The original chronometer, for example, was a mechanical clock looking thing where the numbers rolled up or down, depending on which direction in time they were moving. It's all bogus, tho.
@@GizmoFromPizmo that’s right! We talked about that but it was cut for time. Much prefer the renovated version of a chromemetric readout.
Which part of using the sun to go back in time is NOT bogus tho…. ? lol 😂
While the updated special effects on the TOS were much less obnoxious than the other sci-fi franchise's Special Editions, I do sometimes like to watch an episode with the original special effects. That was the Star Trek I grew up with. Unfortunately, the original Original Series can't be streamed anywhere. However, the complete Original Series on Blu-ray offers a choice of watching each episode with the original special effects or the new version. It really is a shame the creator of that other sci-fi franchise refuses to allow fans a legal way to watch the original version of his first trilogy.
@@michaelmcchesney6645 I agree with you but related to that is the PBS series from 1981, COSMOS, where they deleted the parts that were later proven wrong.
The Atheists tell us that science is supposed to be tested and tried and that it's going to be wrong at times. The persecution by the establishment reptiles in Rome of the likes of Copernicus and other men of science is witness to this. But to just take a pair of scissors to episodes of COSMOS because that great high priest of Atheism, Carl Sagan, was wrong about something makes what Rome did to heliocentricism acceptable in comparison. It's all about "how it looks" and not about "how it is".
The original Star Trek was a creature of its time and it should be allowed to be that, blemishes and all.