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Number / Name
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Why I liked it
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1 / 0:0
The cage
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An alternative Enterprise and
crew.
A female no. 1.
Living in dreams is bad. But it is okay to
choose it?
You either live life and accept the bruises, or you start
dying.
Death before slavery.
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2 / 1:3
Where no man has gone before
|
Is more power better? A
super-human?
Should a friend turned dangerous be left behind?
Killed?
We need to learn compassion and wisdom as well as new
powers.
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3 / 1:10
The corbomite maneuver
|
Obeying the captain.
Reacting under
pressure.
Intelligent = peaceful.
Bluffing beats
logic.
Compassion.
Treating a xenophobe, by confrontation.
Image
- can a dwarf be frightening? Powerful?
But a powerful person can be
lonely.
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4 / 1:6
Mudd's women
|
Slavery? Recruiting wives for
settlers.
Men behaving foolishly in the presence of magnetically
beautiful women.
Beauty comes from within.
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5 / 1:5
The enemy within
|
100% good = weak, loss of will power,
intelligence, logic.
100% evil = driven by needs, animal-like, a
leader, a decisionmaker, fearful.
A captain has to be perfect.
An
actor successfully playing 3 versions of the same character.
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6 / 1:1
The man trap
|
Introducing all the
characters.
Killing someone looking like a loved one - hard.
|
7 / 1:4
The naked time
|
Man should be in
space.
Humor.
Nurse Chapel, and her love for Spock.
Spock's
emotions. Excellent acting!
Kirk loves Enterprise.
Scotty: "I cannot
change the lawas of physics."
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8 / 1:2
Charlie X
|
Raising a 17 year old boy, all
powerful, insecure, doesn't know the rules. Almost like "It's a wonderful
life" and "Om Om".
Spock plays, Uhura sings.
Kirk giving advice
about love!
Giving people a 2nd chance.
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9 / 1:14
Balance of terror
|
Deciding to risk starting a war.
We
are all unique. Every life if prescious.
A fight between 2 starship captains.
Uhura at
navigation.
A sole war monger, and witch hunter. Changing his mind.
Under orders, but not liking it.
The enemy - not monsters.
Our ship as submarine.
Fighting means risking our lives.
Yes - very good.
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10 / 1:7
What are little girls made of
|
Androids are superior to humans,
perfect? No feelings. No! Androids turn on their masters.
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11 / 1:9
Dagger of the mind
|
Criminals should be treated in a humane
way.
The ability to change other people. Through pain, if it's big
changes. Bad.
A rather powerful woman.
A person, hurting.
|
12 / 1:8
Miri
|
Life prolongation. Bad.
A brave
doctor.
A society of children. Lord of the flies?
|
13 / 1:13
The conscience of the king
|
When should no. 1 stop the
captain?
Something - I think it's the style of the episode.
|
14 / 1:16
The Galileo seven
|
Chain of command. How to be a good
leader.
Logic or feelings?
There are always alternatives.
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15 / 1:20
Court martial
|
Honesty above all.
Starship captains
are not ordinary human beings.
A good surprise.
|
16 / 1:11+12
The menagerie
|
Loyalty above honesty, obediance...?
But not above lives.
Rank Has Its Privileges.
Bones never had to
arrest anybody before!
The start of the 2nd part begins with a surreal
picture.
And oh, how the breaks in the trial coincide with the
commercial breaks :-)
Treachery by the impeccably loyal. Because of split loyalty.
A vital mind in a dead body.
Identity crisis.
Addiction.
Illusion.
Brain washing.
Getting out of prison through intelligence, not force.
Freedom more important than life.
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17 / 1:15
Shore leave
|
Running people actually breathing
hard.
A place, where dreams come true.
Bones dies, Kirks
reaction.
Intelligence demands play.
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18 / 1:17
The squire of Gothos
|
Manners are for everybody, except
me.
Not good: intelligence without discipline, power without
constructive purpose.
A holodeck!
An immature, powerful person
versus Kirk.
Victory.
|
19 / 1:18
Arena
|
Deciding a war through
champions.
Acceptance is logical.
Mercy.
The value of
communication.
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20 / 1:27
The alternative factor
|
Split personality!
Parallel
universe.
The thought that an alternative me
exists.
Self-sacrifice.
|
21 / 1:19
Tomorrow is yesterday
|
Our crew meets us - and we meet them!
An
affectionate computer! :-)
The danger of changes in the past affecting
the present.
Humor.
A surprise beam by Spock.
Time travel.
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22 / 1:21
The return of the Archons
|
The impossibility of being happy and
serene all the time.
Individuality suppressed.
Prime
directive.
Souls are necessary, machines have no souls.
Freedom of
choice, creativity, life.
|
23 / 1:23
A taste of Armageddon
|
Chain of command.
A war conducted
by computers, askin people please to die - and they obey. So the culture,
the buildings and so on survive. But. War without horrors is wrong. War is
wrong.
"There is a multi-legged creature on your shoulder."
Diplomat
- or stupid?
The human nature is closer to the killer than to the
builder.
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24 / 1:22
Space seed
|
A historian meets history.
A brave
doctor.
Superman. But not in every way. And he will lose.
A powerful
man, a weak woman.
Non-coorperation.
Superman. Genetically manipulated.
Apart from a
fistfight, an excellent episode!
|
25 / 1:24
This side of paradise
|
Originally sent on my
birthday!
Harmony, peace. By "drugs". No need or want - that's not
right.
Spock fighting feeligns, losing. Belonging. Happy. Angry. And
then cured: "I don't belong anymore".
Subtle humor.
The empty
bridge.
Spocks
lover losing him. Heartbreaking.
The unemotional one appreciating beauty.
One fine episode.
|
26 / 1:25
The devil in the dark
|
A monster, a protective mother - or
both?
When is it okay to experminate?
The doctor heals, the telepath
empathizes, and the captain comes up with creative
solutions!
Understanding. Talking.
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27 / 1:26
Errand of mercy
|
Peaceful - but not weak. Stopping
violence through non-violent means.
War versus pacifism and
non-interference.
2 enemy captains have similarities.
Beings of pure
energy.
The Klingons.
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28 / 1:28
The city on the edge of forever
|
Time-travel, changing the present
through the past.
Our crew meets the 1930s.
Humor.
A
visionary.
Restoring history through letting a loved one die.
A
believable love story.
Peace can come at the wrong time.
The captain
keeping the doctor from saving a life.
Very good!
|
29 / 1:29
Operation -- annihilate!
|
The captains brother dies. And then
his science officer and friend is in danger of dying as well. Or of being
blind.
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Anne McCaffrey
