50th anniversary of the original series Star Trek

[Rhodes]

Originally Posted by STEED

How many time did Kirk battle a computer and win?

I recall the "Not of the body" one and the M5 computer and one in a dragon's head cave. Must be one or two more.

Return of the Archons, I think.

[STEED]

Originally Posted by Rhodes

Return of the Archons, I think.

Yea that's the not of the body one.

[Onkel Neal]

How many times did Capt. Kirk get the woman?

How many times did McCoy say, "He's dead, Jim" or some variation.(It was said by others as well, including Kirk)?

How many times were the crew subjected to a. mysterious sickness b. hallucinations c. evil twins

How many times did Scotty object to the demands placed on his beloved beasties?

How many times did poor Uhura say, "Hailing frequency open" ?

[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by Onkel Neal

How many times did Scotty object to the demands placed on his beloved beasties?

HA HA! how many Dilitium crystals (Li2) got cracked?... in retrospect the only serious problem aboard the Enterprise...still the only bible under my pillow: I'm watching the TV marathon as I post...with a Loowitt Brewing's Dilithium Crystal Fresh Hop pale ale of course!.

[Gray Lensman]

The Trouble with Tribbles...

[Commander Wallace]

Originally Posted by STEED

How many time did Kirk battle a computer and win?

I recall the "Not of the body" one and the M5 computer and one in a dragon's head cave. Must be one or two more.

Steed, you're not of the " body " either
The M5 computer was from the Episode " the ultimate Computer "

Originally Posted by mako88sb

I still remember watching this for the first time when I was only about 8 or 9. As you mentioned, some iffy episodes but for the most part, a great show. I think "The Doomsday Machine" is probably my favorite for the action/tension episodes with "The City on the Edge of Forever" being my favorite for the drama/thought provoking episodes. I think that episode name is gotta be the best one ever used for any TV series episode ever made.

It's pretty amazing how well it holds up after all these years. Much better than the first couple seasons of TNG. Thankfully, TNG eventually found it's way and came up with some great seasons. It will be interesting to see how the new series does.

The doomsday machine was another cool episode. The only question was the original version or the remade one with more special effects. Another great episode was the " Ultimate Computer " which pitted the Enterprise against 4 other identical starships in a war games scenario gone wrong .

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Not just "reminiscent of", but taken directly from the movie. I noticed this when the episode aired for the first time. I was sixteen, and the movie was one of my favorites.
http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/B...error_(episode)

And that's not a complaint. It's also one of my favorite episodes. I rewatched the series four years ago, and found it just as fascinating as it was in 1966.

I'm not sure if it was a direct take off or not Steve. I first saw Star trek, the original episodes from reruns that were old then. By then, I had already seen " the enemy below " with Kurt Jurgens and Robert Mitchum. It remains a classic. One can't argue the cat and mouse game played by Mitchum and Jurgens is the same as the one played by Kirk and the Romulan Commander in Star Trek. As you said, it was a great episode.

I however always wondered if the writer of this epidode or Gene Roddenbury himself was a fan of that Submarine movie. It's a safe bet they probably were.


Everyone had their favorites like Bilge Rat. I think He liked " Mirror Mirror " cause he got to see some skin. It was an interesting episode to see what the counterparts of the Enterprise would be like.

The Enterprise name itself was taken from the most decorated ship of WW2. It was none other than the " Big E " or the Carrier Enterprise CV 6 of the Yorktown Class.

[razark]

Originally Posted by Commander Wallace

I'm not sure if it was a direct take off or not Steve. I first saw Star trek, the original episodes from reruns that were old then. By then, I had already seen " the enemy below " with Kurt Jurgens and Robert Mitchum.

I confess that I have not seen the movie, but I read the book. The captain notices the u-boat keeps returning to a certain course to make a rendezvous.
In the Star Trek episode, the Romulan ship keeps returning to a certain course to return home.

Take that for what it's worth.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Commander Wallace

I'm not sure if it was a direct take off or not Steve.

Down near the bottom of the site I linked are a couple of statements to that effect, which was the reason for the link in the first place.

The plot of this episode is based on the 1957 movie The Enemy Below, with the Enterprise taking the part of the American destroyer and the Bird-of-Prey with its cloaking device taking the part of the submarine. (The Star Trek Compendium 4th ed., p. 40) Director Vincent McEveety had seen the film but only noticed the similarity later, when this was pointed out to him. He commented, "Obviously, it's the same story." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages, p. 34)

They also give links saying that Run Silent, Run deep may have been an inspiration as well.

One quote that I find fascinating:

Although phasers are used throughout the episode, the visual effect seen is that which later became used for photon torpedo launches, probably because the term "photon torpedo" was not invented until later in the season, in "Arena". Kirk orders the phasers to be "set for proximity blast"; each phaser blast acts like a Navy depth charge.

[Rhodes]

Originally Posted by STEED

Yea that's the not of the body one.

Landru loves you, Steed!