FILE: Star Trek DATE: April 2021 ARCHIVED: 2021-04-21 (c) Copyright Brett Paufler # # # # # # # # # # # # # # I watched The First Season of Star Trek with My Darling. I'd never watched the series before... not deliberately, not in full, not even as a regular viewer. But many of The Scenes and Episodes were highly familiar. I'm certain I've watched the Ad Trailers for each episode dozens if not hundreds of times. Anyhow, this file should be fairly self-contained. And eventually, the other Seasons will follow. I'm actually amazed by how much I enjoyed The Series. Sure, it's campy. But once one overlooks the program's obvious drawbacks, it does have a certain charm. # # # # # # # # # # # # # # I'm pretty sure I dropped The HTML Formatting towards the end. Certainly, I knew this would be going into The Data Dump rather than being a Rant somewhere towards the end. But for those not in the know: = italics between the marks < = < > = > → ~ -> (It's a Small Right Arrow. ↠ ~ => or =>>) {} = {Comments in Brackets} are added during the edits. It's not important. But if you are wondering, that's what's up. # # # # # # # # # # # # # # Star Trek These are the musings of an intrepid first timer. Salt Monster All Powerful Godlike Powers Contact High The above being Two-Word Title Alternatives for the first four episodes. In other words, let's do a project. And that project is watching The First Season of Star Trek... a place were this viewer has never gone (to any meaningful extent) before. Star Trek (Original) < 100. Mostly in my youth. Mostly partial. Mostly uninterested. Star Trek (Movies) < All. Interesting. Mostly solid. Never explicitly or sequentially. Star Trek (The Next Generation and/or Deep Space Nine): +/-100? Who really knows? It was an after work night-time staple for at least a few months. Ferengi's Rule! I would have split these two up. But honestly, my mind mashed them together. That bald headed guy was a great captain. Ship Right! Ship Left! Duplicate Bridge: Now we can tell them apart. Split down the middle. {This is an Alternative Title, just in case that wasn't clear. After all, I don't want to trip any Nascent AI up too much.} If it happens to the crew, it happens to us. There are a positive dearth of crewmen and extras. Bewitching Brides I like the minimal sets and am getting used to the different areas on the ship. Half boring. Half not. The plots are fairly straightforward with a simple twist. Don't expect too much from it. Robotic Replicants and/or Replacements I really had no idea how much eye-candy was on this show. I guess I was too young to notice. {Well, the other big difference is that I am sitting much closer to a much larger screen. So even with my failing eyesight (which was never so good), I see more than I did as a child.} Eternal Youth "Quick! Split Up!" Once The Bonk-Bonk Song starts, there is no stopping until someone gets Bonk-Bonked! That is some needlessly complicated hair. I am appreciating this {The Series in general} much more as an adult. Also, I'm not really expecting my mind to be fully engaged. So, it's failings aren't half as important. Ego Death Successive Development of the Plot "We have funding, gentlemen! Full Special Effects!" Tension In Real Time! Dragging it out to success! It's all vaguely familiar. I must have seen all these shows before. Bits & Pieces. In & Out. Channel Surfing. Flipping Through. Commercial Previews. Out-Takes. Satires. Even Steven Spock (the computer, all by The Manual) is Second in Command. Kirk trusts no one else's judgement. Logical Consequences Split Screen The shows are much more Fantasy (as opposed to SF) than I would have expected. The plots have a twist, like Twilight Zone. But the writing is anything but extraordinary. Shakespearean Tragedy One quickly learns not to expect too much. Romulan Attack Honey Trap Spear Chucker The lack of realism is so complete, there's a certain surrealist logic to it all. Considering The Death Count, the crew seems pretty jovial. War Games Let's end the episode with a corny joke... typically, regarding Spock. It's fun to watch the small technological advances from episode to episode. Split phasers, this time. What's next? There's more cross-chatter and background noise. Angry LeeZards For a Fighting Show, they sure do Bad Mouth Violence quite a bit. DISC SIX: END Sky Pilot Covering all the Classic Tropes! Superb! I remember those rectangular Flash Lights. When I noticed it, a surge of desire swept through me like I was a little kid. The Flash Lights were crap. But I loved them. However, I never recall having enough battery. {Ironically, I purchased a slew of Flash Lights a few days ago. I'd forgotten about this comment. But I wonder how much it played a role. Probably, not very much. My eyes are going (something I have now, most likely, mentioned to the point of tedium). And I was working on a project in which a Flash Light would have been very helpful. So, I bought one... and not one of those square-rectangular pieces of crap, but a top of the line near search light.} Yet another logical inconsistency. But then, who really cares? I'm getting into swaying Left & Right with the turbulence. {& = & in HTML Formatting. But I cannot tell if I'd given up on a Rant by this point. I mean, I probably had. But I use a Python Script to Pre-Format my Rants when going from a Text File to HTML. And in that script, I've got both versions of '&' covered.} "Yeah. We should have a button for that. Put it right here, where it'll be handy." 14 = 4. Right there. That's a great reason to love this show. {That's One to the Fourth Power, friends. is HTML Mark-Up for SuperScript, a raising of the character. Anyway, 1^4=1, so it's not as impressive as it might first sound. And since I'd use a carat instead of HTML Formatting for a Text File, I was clearly (quite clearly) still intending to Format This Page as a Rant.} Criminal Intent Western Inquisition Kirk gets into a lot of fights. It's not exactly a strategically sound thing for a Space Ship Captain to do. {This, right here, is one of my big pet peeves. I want realism... some degree of realism. Fine. Have aliens. But if you are going to call someone a Space Ship Captain, have him act like one... and not like some Role Playing Character.} The problem may be real. But the solution seldom is. And that might be part of the fun: figuring out a working solution. {I guess a classic formula might be Thesis -> Anti-Thesis -> Synthesis. But that's just me trying to show off. Um, did I succeed? Did I even get it right? Anyway, back on track. Star Trek does a fairly decent job of laying out a basic Moral Conundrum. But the specific case is always fairly stupid and hardly ever addresses the Moral Issue head on. Eh, disagree to your heart's content. But that's just because you are so used to filling in the blanks, that you don't even notice the spaces have been left empty, anymore.} DISC SEVEN: END Gorgeous Khan The first appearance of Mr Khan. It is a great moment in history. War Games Flower Power DISC EIGHT: END Silicon Sabatuer {Per following, → ~ ->} Intro → Reveal → Reveal → That Didn't Work → Cheap Resolution The Lightest Hunk Of Solid Rock Ever! Their words are always true. If someone (Spock, Kirk, McCoy, or Scotty) voices a conclusion, they are invariably correct. Those are not Klingons. Klingon Light Core Division - Time Tripping - Split Infinity DISC NINE: END They got away with a lot, cutting corners on the set, costumes, and scripts. Yeoman Janice Is Gone! Hobo Hubbies Brother Snatchers SEASON ONE: END I feel like I should make some Post Season Comments. But at the moment, I am too tired. We start The Next Season, soon enough. START: 2021-03-28 (c) Copyright Brett Paufler # # # # # # # # # # # # # # And there you go. Star Trek: The First Season As I edit, the Second Season is all loaded up and ready to go. And I guess I know what I am doing with the file, now. So, let us hope I forgo that confusing HTML Formatting Stuff.