She was excellent in a small but important role.
She was excellent in a small but important role.
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So we just watched arguably the best TOS episode followed by arguably the only good TAS episode. Quite a night! Thanks to @tossatnight.bsky.social and everyone who participates. #TOSSatNight
Actually, the LeMatyaâs already got to I-Chayaâs remains⊠#TOSSatNight
That is an absolutely classic TAS anecdote.
I-Chaya is fighting Battlecat! #TOSSatNight
Thatâs awesome!
Young Spock sounds just like Linus from a Charlie Brown special. #TOSSatNight
If you pass the survival test, you get to wear something more than just a speedo. Itâs really important. #TOSSatNight
Itâs too big to be a space station!
I noticed that. Insult me with proper pronunciation, please. #TOSSatNight
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How did they get the worst possible imitation of the Guardianâs voice? #TOSSatNight
Youâre not supposed to goof around with the Guardian of Forever, thatâs whatâs wrong, Kirk. #TOSSatNight
I even went for a jog on Christopher Plummer Drive. Good times.
I was in Stratford, Ontario last week and paid homage to a true acting legend⊠#TOSSatNight
I jumped through that! I only ended up in Long Beach like a second later though.
Some creative battles are worth fighting.
I donât know what everyone else thinks, but I thought⊠that was quite good? #TOSSatNight
I donât think McCoy had time to get to her anyway. #TOSSatNight
TOS friends, I believe that I, too, am in love with Edith Keeler. #TOSSatNight
Well, he got the heater, but his problem was he didnât get any troops to show him how to use it. #TOSSatNight
What works about the ending is that Spock raises the possibility halfway through. Kirk has had time to think long and hard about his moral dilemma. His action at the moment of truth is not reflex, but his innermost self. #TOSSatNight
Kirk intentionally unbuttoned the top of his shirt because he thought Edith might come down looking for the tools. #TOSSatNight
So much for Miss Goody Two-Shoes. I think she might even be putting something gauzy on the camera lens. #TOSSatNight
The Guardian knows about all kinds of Star Trek Phase Two episodes. #TOSSatNight
True, but much of human history is a series of developments springing from human miscalculation of some kind or other. #TOSSatNight
Gene Coon pacing! #TOSSatNight
Spock tries to zing the Guardian, but the Guardian cannot be out-zinged. Itâs too advanced. #TOSSatNight
Mister Leslie did a terrible job trying to stop McCoy from getting into the turbolift. One clean tackle would have saved so much heartache. #TOSSatNight
Anyone know if this episode is any good? #TOSSatNight
Essentially the Torgo to Dr Addamsâ Manos.
Every detail about that movie made it the opposite of an event.
Yeah, Duncan tracks. Good call.
Love that. I wonder what character they are trying to depict there.
Nice! Congrats.
Lots of books on this list that have previously been on sale.
Yes, that seems clear.
I wonder if the giant space amoeba manifested just to refute that insult.
Heh, I thought of that too!
I miss McCoy! #TOSSatNight
Arena does the same thing much better. #TOSSatNight
Which works, thematically. But it makes the ending anti-climactic and slightly pedantic. #TOSSatNight
Three hundred Klingons here and you had to capture the one bad actor. #TOSSatNight
Right, they never try to figure out the mystery of the Organians. It gives the episode a somewhat static feel. #TOSSatNight
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For sure. In addition to the heavy threat of violence content, it smells of padding. I like this episode but donât love it. It *almost* works, and if you squint enough, it does. #TOSSatNight
Itâs a logical postulate, but the Organian Peace Treaty somewhat undermines it. Itâs one of those things that works thematically, and works well, but doesnât quite track for plot logic.
The pointiest sideburns in the whole fleet.
Ha ha. Great point.
How can I make you understand us, Captain? You could just tell me you are an advanced race with non-corporeal forms and I would immediately understand. #TOSSatNight
What a concept! Ideological humility. #TOSSatNight
Both Vulcan and Vulcanian used in the same scene. Has everyone here gone under the mind-sifter? #TOSSatNight
Personally I still wouldnât have risked it!
Hear me out: we are offering you people a bunch of PHASER RIFLES. #TOSSatNight
For an advanced race, they really like to rub it in.
Impossible. The hull is tri-titanium. #TOSSatNight
Those quick shots of the enemy ship so clearly belong in the story. A true improvement. #TOSSatNight
One of the most exciting cold opens in Trek history. #TOSSatNight
Really looking forward to both.
I read Arthur Maachenâs The Shining Pyramid because of you. Liked it very much! Keep up the great work!
I should have known from the castle wall â there are no parapets at the Last Homely House â but goodness that woman looks like an elf.
Is that Arwen in the background weaving the banner of the king for Aragorn?
Iâm a fan too. Itâs not just the sequence itself, but the impact on our overall suspension of disbelief. Time travel has to feel extraordinary in some way or we would just make it a pedestrian technology like the transporter. It is â and should beâ as close as Trek comes to magic.
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Thanks Peter! Thanks James, great job on the book! #TrekBookClub
Woo hoo! S.C.E.! Good choice! #TrekBookClub
Now thatâs what I call research. đ«Ą
Me too.
Sure about that last one?
I think the s is more British than American. It must kill Swallow to see his book titled with an Americanized spelling. #TrekBookClub
I had the same thought! Canât think of a title⊠maybe something with bugs of yesterday⊠just finishing the book now⊠toward the night⊠Toward the Night, thatâs it! Whew! #TrekBookClub
How about more alternate titles? I thought Toward the Night was a bit lackluster. Maybe⊠The Bugs of Yesterday! Sand Blaster! Solar Betrayal! Something with a little verve, ya know? #TrekBookClub
Which is fine for them but pretty negatively impactful on every other series.
Luciana joined Starfleet as a way of running away from an unhappy home. Well, she is now as far away from that home as she can get. Maybe she can turn her attention to actually becoming the kind of officer who inspired Erica to join the service herself. #TrekBookClub
I wonder a lot about the 32nd century thing. The nature of Star Trek is meant to be open-ended, with a future of limitless possibilities. It was probably a mistake to fix a future where the Federation will be wiped out and have to rebuild. Feels deterministic now. #TrekBookClub
Me too. Surprised and somewhat appalled. Iâm a big Verhoeven guy, love Robocop and can appreciate the insanity of Total Recall, but Troopers is not a good adaptation of the fine source material.
I think he did that last night on the TOS Saturday night episode! But I always get inverse phasing confused with cross circuiting to B, so I could be mistaken.
To boldly stay home and chill⊠#TrekBookClub
âSpock, look! Itâs a sehlat! Well, a sekhari, but theyâre quite similar.â #TrekBookClub
âEven I thought that was a long shot and it was my idea!â #TrekBookClub
Dâoh! #TrekBookClub
The MâBenga factor. Which would have served as a good alternate title for the book. #TrekBookClub
I thought at first she was going to use the Scotty solution and electrify the hull. This was, shall we say, more ambitious? #TrekBookClub
Thatâs probably the best analogy weâve come up with.
I guess what I meant was that they felt Pike and his crew were bad liars. Not exactly the same thing, I admit! đ #TrekBookClub
It was clear to the Baldwin survivors that Pike and crew were honest people who were hiding something. The truth fractured their relationship, but also set the stage for rebuilding it on a solid base. I enjoyed the arc of the two groups. #TrekBookClub
I would have been through there in a heartbeat. It was certain death to stay. What was everyone waiting for? đ€Ł #TrekBookClub
I kind of think they must be based on royal marines used on British ships in the age of sail for the moments when boarding actions became possible.
Use what you have around you! Good job, Una. #TrekBookClub
P.S. I know about the Department of Temporal Investigations but thatâs almost comically conceived. I mean for realsies it would Not Be Okay. 3/2
âŠfor bringing the Baldwin survivors back even if it seemed unlikely to change the future in any way. 2/2 #aTrekBookClub
The Prime Directive is, I think, interpreted too strictly by some fans. Any technological civilization is exempt from it even if they donât have all our same technology. But if time travel were real, the temporal prime directive would probably be super strict and Pike would be court-martialed 1/2
âHow do we know he didnât invent the thing?â
I really appreciated that Swallow didnât belabor the point about Christine and Spockâs relationship making her the first to identify his image. #TrekBookClub
Very much a âthereâs too many of them!â moment.
Devil in the Dark is such a good oneâŠ
Certainly the odds are stacked against humanityâs long-term survival. And yet, our heroes give us hope⊠#TOSSatNight
The episode moves along pretty well and the snark has the effect of adding color to the dialogue. I like this one, too, even if there isnât much to it. #TOSSatNight
