From: v075q5fr@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Scott J Gorcey)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.misc
Subject: Re: Star Trek's Classics - Top 10 List
Date: 13 Apr 92 16:54:00 GMT
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In article <1992Apr13.064727.5943@r-node.gts.org>, yung@r-node.gts.org (Amos Yung) writes...
>In article <1992Apr11.083743.15909@acsu.buffalo.edu> v075q5fr@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Scott J Gorcey) write 

>>     4. "The Conscience of the King."
>>        Often overlooked installment is the series (and thus, Star
>>        Trek's) first heavy reliance on Shakespeare for allegory,
>>        in this case heavily on _King Lear_.  The theme: redemption.
>>        Brilliant weaving of Lear performances and diegetic plot here. 

>Awfully pretentious, if you ask me.

     Why is anything that relies on the Classics of literature 
     "pretentious?"  And notice that it is usually pretentious
     only to the people who have not read the Classics in question
     (I'm not saying you haven't; I'm not saying if you had you
     would love this episode)?  

>>     5. _Star Trek III: The Search For Spock_.  Often unjustifiably
>>        lauded, this film overcomes a silly deues ex machina premise
>>        and plot device (bring Spock back to life) with sure-handedness
>>        and confidence by freshman director Leonard Nimoy.  ST III
>>        goes right for the heart and is the actualization of Kirk's
>>        "How we deal with death is at least as important as how we
>>        deal with life" revelation in II.  
>>        Characters were handled in the same mature, upright fashion
>>        we saw in TWOK.  Christopher Lloyd does a brilliant turn as
>>        the Klingon pirate/commander.  The destruction of the Enterprise
>>        was a deft and sombering surprise.  And Spock's return on 
>>        Vulcan never fails to bring tears.  
>>        Also notable was our first extended look at Earth and the
>>        re-emergence of several denizens of the Trek TOS universe
>>        of past; tribbles in the bar and Janice Rand on Spacedock...
>>        Brilliant, through and through.

>That's my biggest pet-peeve in the TOS movie series. There is one huge
>problem with the film: Why the hell did they return to genesis??? To
>retrieve Spock's body that they didn't know was there? And what were 
>they supposed to do with the dead body?t  

     What?  Of course they knew the body was there.  They ^found^ it
     "intact" on Genesis' surface in THE FIRST SCENE.  Remember?
     The Grissom?  Saavik, David?  Scanning?  "Photon Tube." 

     It's not precise why Spock's body must also be on Vulcan for
     the Katra ritual - not the ritual eventually performed, which
     was Fal tor Pan, the refusion - only that it must be.  As I
     said, I think the film gets past this hokey "Vulcan mysticism"
     stuff very well... and I am not one to go in for "stupid" 
     movies or stupid movie plot devices.     

>>     The rest of the list later: included are, in no particular
>>     order for the moment:
>>
>>         _Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country_
>>          "Amok Time," "I, Mudd," "Mirror, Mirror,"
>>           one other.

>STVI is good. "Mirror, Mirror" is not bad. Don't care for the other two.
> 
>My list for good TOS: Where no man has gone before
>                      Balance of Terror
>	              Galileo Seven
>                      The Nake Time
>                      Journey to Babel
>                      A private little war (well, perhaps not ....)

     Are you kidding?  "Journey" and "Balance" are both on my list
     too - but Galileo Seven?  That was on yesterday locally, as it
     happens, and I was watching for a few minutes with a friend.  
     It was at that tense moment when the creatures are attacking
     the shuttle and throwing spears.  We watched one hit a rock
     and - we watched a piece of the styrofoam break off.


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