Finally, after all these years having enjoyed TNG, DS9, Voyager and Enterprise, I'm giving TOS a shot.
This is the pilot, so obviously first impressions here don't count for all that much. Still, I'll write my thoughts down here, since it'll be fun going back to, once I finish the show.
It's a '60s show, so obviously I knew it was going to be a sausage fest, where every single woman secretly wants the captain. Knowing that before going in, it was of course still annoying to watch. But I'm fortunate to be watching it on Netflix, which has the speed-up feature, which I can use in those moments.
Other than that the only thing that annoyed me was the inconsistency of Vina saying that they couldn't put her properly together.
They found me in the wreckage dying, a lump of flesh. They rebuilt me. Everything works, but they had never seen a human. They had no guide for putting me back together.
We know from Number One, that Vina was already a full-grown woman, when the ship crashed.
There was a Vina listed on that expedition as an adult crewman. Now adding 18 years to your age then--
They couldn't use her memories of how humans look from her mind?? Even if Vina was so messed up from the crash, is their technology so limited, that they couldn't fix her up afterwards? I may be nitpicking, but it was a point that annoyed me. Especially since I really appreciated Pike being so rational and methodical in this approach earlier in the episode, when trying to figure out the strengths and weaknesses of the Talosians' powers. But that's just how things are with older Star Trek and their self-contained episodic format.
I look forward to starting The Man Trap, and really getting into season 1.
Review by riotaeroVIP 6BlockedParent2023-09-30T21:43:53Z
Finally, after all these years having enjoyed TNG, DS9, Voyager and Enterprise, I'm giving TOS a shot.
This is the pilot, so obviously first impressions here don't count for all that much. Still, I'll write my thoughts down here, since it'll be fun going back to, once I finish the show.
It's a '60s show, so obviously I knew it was going to be a sausage fest, where every single woman secretly wants the captain. Knowing that before going in, it was of course still annoying to watch. But I'm fortunate to be watching it on Netflix, which has the speed-up feature, which I can use in those moments.
Other than that the only thing that annoyed me was the inconsistency of Vina saying that they couldn't put her properly together.
We know from Number One, that Vina was already a full-grown woman, when the ship crashed.
They couldn't use her memories of how humans look from her mind?? Even if Vina was so messed up from the crash, is their technology so limited, that they couldn't fix her up afterwards? I may be nitpicking, but it was a point that annoyed me. Especially since I really appreciated Pike being so rational and methodical in this approach earlier in the episode, when trying to figure out the strengths and weaknesses of the Talosians' powers. But that's just how things are with older Star Trek and their self-contained episodic format.
I look forward to starting The Man Trap, and really getting into season 1.