This episode is the first Star Trek story that hints at the long-extinct race of super aliens called the "Preservers" or the "Progenitors." We will learn more about them later as we proceed!
Sargon was actually portrayed by two actors. As a disembodied voice, it was James "Scotty" Doohan, with Shatner playing the embodied version. As a little kid, I though the idea of Spock being in Christine's body was kinda naughty.
When I was a kid my mother had a big glass ball with flashing Christmas lights in it that looked like those. She would put it out every holiday season. No disembodied spirits or echoing voices though.
As strange as it might be to imagine, this was 1960s television, so therefore, there was no direct evidence that James Kirk EVER had a sexual relationship, except with Miramanee & Carol Marcus.
There is also no truth to the rumor that they all had a late 20th Century common ancestor who worked for a prestigious "LA Law" firm in the 1980s and who fell to her death in an office building's elevator shaft in a freak accident. No truth to it at all--despite the uncanny family resemblance!
Kirk's monologue--at about 10:50---is widely considered one of the greatest inspirational speeches in all of Star Trek! (The future celebrated oratorial skills of Captain Jean Luc-Picard, notwithstanding!) ALEXXA: He should give inspirational talks all the time! From this point on, all captains of the Starship Enterprise will regularly give inspirational speeches. It becomes part of the job description! Future cadets at Starfleet Academy will memorize and quote from all of them. Captains Kirk and Picard are considered the grand masters of this art! Q: Jean-Luc, I sometimes think that the only reason I drop in here is to hear these marvelous speeches of yours!
@@Serai3 The MacFarlane clip with Bill Maher is actually the monologue from the episode A Taste Of Armageddon. Eric McCormack (Will from Will & Grace) did do a fine Shatner while reciting a parody of the speech from this episode in the film Free Enterprise, though
10:40, the best part of this episode and one of the best speaches ever!!!! There's another one in a The Next Generation episode with the quote, "Well, there it sits!". No spoiler, just to entice you to keep going in your Star Trek journey.
Diana Muldaur who guest starred. Was in a wonderful 70’s TV series called “Born Free.” She and her TV husband played game wardens in Africa. They adopted a female lion cub (Elsa) that had been abandoned by its Mother. Who they then raised. Elsa would always get into trouble. It was a wonderful series to watch as a child.
I watched that, too! It was based on the book and the movie, "Born Free," which was followed by two movie sequels: "Living Free" and "An Elephant Called Slowly." They were based on the real-life experiences of the Adamson couple, who were game wardens/zoologists in Africa in the 1950s/60s. The song, "Born Free" was a top-ten hit!
@@solvingpolitics3172 I found a "Born Free" TV series that I was unaware of on RUclips a few minutes ago. It doesn't feature the Adamses and it's Americanized. Diana Muldaur is nowhere to be seen. This appears to be made more recently; it's not the same as the one we recall (with Diana Muldaur.) I tried to send you the link but it might have been instantly pulled (that was fast!) If you try a search for "Born Free TV series" that one pops up. But I'm a determined fellow and I am still searching for the full 1974 TV series. There seems to be one episode that comes up, though, but I'm greedy and want more. :)
@@solvingpolitics3172 Hey, buddy! I've tried 3 times to reply this evening and for reasons beyond my understanding, they were all yanked. Try searching here for "Indoor Recess" and you'll find a few episodes. I hope they leave this alone. :(
1:20 Mark! Aha! Alexxa, despite my distraction by a bowl of soup, I finally saw you make a clothing adjustment with a metallic sound that before, I thought was a muffled sneeze that I wanted to say "Bless you!" to! 😅
I liked Kirk being brought up short when he humble brags about humans surviving our primitive nuclear period. Kudos to McCoy’s moral stand against a god that he wouldn’t peddle flesh, even to save Kirk. Lot’s of great moments in this episode.
Alexxa, the woman in the beginning with the red shirt who goes down to the planet with Kirk and Spock...in Star Trek: The Next Generation, she plays the ship's doctor for I think one or two seasons. 🙂
You'll also see her again in season 3 in another role. Diana Muldaur seems to be a favorite of Gene Roddenberry. She also appeared in his 1974 movie "Planet Earth."
the irony of this episode is when they first talk to sargon from the enterprise sargon says if u let me perish then all of man kind must perish to!!!.......to scare us. but at the end sargon and falacia perish but man kind doesn't perish
Sargon's race seeding the whole galaxy might explain why so many planets have human looking inhabitants. Many will cite the show's budget constraints for alien makeup as a true reason. It should however be pointed out that human or human-like bodies ARE efficient for most habitable worlds.
"Inspirational talks." As I have gotten older, the many speeches that Kirk has given over the 79 episodes of star trek have both inspired and brought tears to my eyes as they are so relevant to life today. As timed has passed, I have found myself disillusioned by just how distant a philosophy that star trek has painted for our future as it seems unattainable. I sincerily hope that I am wrong.
1. This week we're facing GODS. 2. Theleasa/ Diana Muldaur also played Dr. Maranda Jones in TOS "Is there in truth no beauty". Too bad Grace Lee Whitney isn't still around so she would have been a much better match 3. This episode ranks in my top 10 (but not top 5) The interest but it falls short of the Star Trek "hottie trope". (no GLW) 4. A malevolent Spock. Love it.😎
31:22 Mark! 619 Views + Mine! 🎉 Thumb Up #107! 👍 You're welcome, and thanks! 😊 Notes: One of my favorite love stories and the music encourages that feeling! ❤ With the natives extinct now, the "UFP" has inherited another planet with a hide-out in it. Another place to study. Another place to mine. 🧐 Bye-bye for now! 🙏
13:00 Mark! Thalassa: "Does the name 'Danny Crane' mean anything to you?" Sargon: "Does the name 'Rosalind Shays' mean anything to you?" Horkon: "I'm thinking of a lawyer who could break the Fourth Wall and of a lawer who got shafted."
TOS and it's cast had a charm never equaled again. Latter shows, flirted with it here and there, but alas, the era TOS was made was a special time - the golden age of television - still delivers for our entertainment media to this day.
I like TOS too, but my generation's (Generation X, my father is a baby boomer, I grew up late 80s/early 90s) Star Trek was The Next Generation, I feel the same way about TNG that you feel about TOS. 🙂
@@neutrino78x Mostly what I mean is the character of TOS the show itself, used a lot of Golden Era of TV formula. TNG is very 80s, and doesn't have that 50's/60's "stage show/play" aspect to it. Very romantic stuff - the dramatic colorful lighting, the movie-like magical scores, the grandiose dialogue and lots and lots of young beautiful women to fall for the strapping hero lead. Some see the romantic/play-like aspect of it as being dated. Well, yah, it is, of course. And that's where the "charm" aspect comes in, some might use the word "quaint". TNG, not quite so dated on this level, you would agree, yah? Some of those qualities are there in TNG, but it's, well, 80's style. 80's was a lot of things, but charming, quaint and romantic... are not words most would think to apply to it. More like, Commercialism, Materialism, Rambo, Arnold, rent-able porn on VHS, MTV, Big hair, nihilism, and Leg warmers...
@@FRACTUREDVISIONmusic "80's was a lot of things, but charming, quaint and romantic... are not words most would think to apply to it." Because you're the previous generation. The 80s is my childhood. So the nostalgia you feel for the 60s, I feel that way about the late 80s/early 90s. 🙂
"Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it."
1:36 "If you let what is left of me perish, then _all_ of you, my children, all of mankind _must_ perish, too." 😒Well, _that_ seems unflatteringly self important. "Protecting humanity from extinction depends on you helping _us."_ Talk about a _con_ job.
This episode is the first Star Trek story that hints at the long-extinct race of super aliens called the "Preservers" or the "Progenitors." We will learn more about them later as we proceed!
Sargon was actually portrayed by two actors. As a disembodied voice, it was James "Scotty" Doohan, with Shatner playing the embodied version.
As a little kid, I though the idea of Spock being in Christine's body was kinda naughty.
When I was a kid my mother had a big glass ball with flashing Christmas lights in it that looked like those. She would put it out every holiday season. No disembodied spirits or echoing voices though.
When Sargon said "As you now leave your seed on distant planets..." my first thought was "Kirk's reputation precedes him!"
As strange as it might be to imagine, this was 1960s television, so therefore, there was no direct evidence that James Kirk EVER had a sexual relationship, except with Miramanee & Carol Marcus.
Diana Muldaur is a Star Trek VIP - played Ann Mulhall / Thalassa, Dr. Miranda Jones and Dr Pulaski in TNG!
There is also no truth to the rumor that they all had a late 20th Century common ancestor who worked for a prestigious "LA Law" firm in the 1980s and who fell to her death in an office building's elevator shaft in a freak accident. No truth to it at all--despite the uncanny family resemblance!
Kirk's monologue--at about 10:50---is widely considered one of the greatest inspirational speeches in all of Star Trek! (The future celebrated oratorial skills of Captain Jean Luc-Picard, notwithstanding!)
ALEXXA: He should give inspirational talks all the time!
From this point on, all captains of the Starship Enterprise will regularly give inspirational speeches. It becomes part of the job description! Future cadets at Starfleet Academy will memorize and quote from all of them. Captains Kirk and Picard are considered the grand masters of this art!
Q: Jean-Luc, I sometimes think that the only reason I drop in here is to hear these marvelous speeches of yours!
Recited by Seth McFarlane in the best Shatner impression I've ever heard.
@@Serai3 The MacFarlane clip with Bill Maher is actually the monologue from the episode A Taste Of Armageddon. Eric McCormack (Will from Will & Grace) did do a fine Shatner while reciting a parody of the speech from this episode in the film Free Enterprise, though
10:40, the best part of this episode and one of the best speaches ever!!!! There's another one in a The Next Generation episode with the quote, "Well, there it sits!". No spoiler, just to entice you to keep going in your Star Trek journey.
Kirk's "risk is our business" speech is one of his best monologues. It kind of sums up what Starfleet is all about.
7:08 Mark! There's a funny blooper of that moment when he says "Have no fear! Sargon is here!" 😅
I like how dramatic the teaser is.
Diana Muldaur who guest starred. Was in a wonderful 70’s TV series called “Born Free.” She and her TV husband played game wardens in Africa. They adopted a female lion cub (Elsa) that had been abandoned by its Mother. Who they then raised. Elsa would always get into trouble. It was a wonderful series to watch as a child.
I watched that, too! It was based on the book and the movie, "Born Free," which was followed by two movie sequels: "Living Free" and "An Elephant Called Slowly." They were based on the real-life experiences of the Adamson couple, who were game wardens/zoologists in Africa in the 1950s/60s. The song, "Born Free" was a top-ten hit!
@@davidgradwell8830 Yes, it was wonderful to grow up with. I can't find any of the episodes on RUclips. Have you had any luck?
@@solvingpolitics3172 I found a "Born Free" TV series that I was unaware of on RUclips a few minutes ago. It doesn't feature the Adamses and it's Americanized. Diana Muldaur is nowhere to be seen. This appears to be made more recently; it's not the same as the one we recall (with Diana Muldaur.) I tried to send you the link but it might have been instantly pulled (that was fast!) If you try a search for "Born Free TV series" that one pops up. But I'm a determined fellow and I am still searching for the full 1974 TV series. There seems to be one episode that comes up, though, but I'm greedy and want more. :)
@@solvingpolitics3172 Hey, buddy! I've tried 3 times to reply this evening and for reasons beyond my understanding, they were all yanked. Try searching here for "Indoor Recess" and you'll find a few episodes. I hope they leave this alone. :(
Love your reaction. Nice watching it again with you.
1:20 Mark! Aha! Alexxa, despite my distraction by a bowl of soup, I finally saw you make a clothing adjustment with a metallic sound that before, I thought was a muffled sneeze that I wanted to say "Bless you!" to! 😅
I liked Kirk being brought up short when he humble brags about humans surviving our primitive nuclear period. Kudos to McCoy’s moral stand against a god that he wouldn’t peddle flesh, even to save Kirk. Lot’s of great moments in this episode.
Great episode, enjoyed your reaction Alexxa!
Alexxa, the woman in the beginning with the red shirt who goes down to the planet with Kirk and Spock...in Star Trek: The Next Generation, she plays the ship's doctor for I think one or two seasons. 🙂
You'll also see her again in season 3 in another role. Diana Muldaur seems to be a favorite of Gene Roddenberry. She also appeared in his 1974 movie "Planet Earth."
the irony of this episode is when they first talk to sargon from the enterprise sargon says if u let me perish then all of man kind must perish to!!!.......to scare us. but at the end sargon and falacia perish but man kind doesn't perish
Sargon's race seeding the whole galaxy might explain why so many planets have human looking inhabitants. Many will cite the show's budget constraints for alien makeup as a true reason. It should however be pointed out that human or human-like bodies ARE efficient for most habitable worlds.
"Inspirational talks." As I have gotten older, the many speeches that Kirk has given over the 79 episodes of star trek have both inspired and brought tears to my eyes as they are so relevant to life today. As timed has passed, I have found myself disillusioned by just how distant a philosophy that star trek has painted for our future as it seems unattainable. I sincerily hope that I am wrong.
it feels really close now with Kamala Harris! Feels like 2008 again. 🙂
If you are wrong, be reassured that you have plenty of company. So much company that together we all might defy the odds and make it happen!
1. This week we're facing GODS.
2. Theleasa/ Diana Muldaur also played Dr. Maranda Jones in TOS "Is there in truth no beauty". Too bad Grace Lee Whitney isn't still around so she would have been a much better match
3. This episode ranks in my top 10 (but not top 5) The interest but it falls short of the Star Trek "hottie trope". (no GLW)
4. A malevolent Spock. Love it.😎
31:22 Mark! 619 Views + Mine! 🎉 Thumb Up #107! 👍 You're welcome, and thanks! 😊
Notes: One of my favorite love stories and the music encourages that feeling! ❤
With the natives extinct now, the "UFP" has inherited another planet with a hide-out in it. Another place to study. Another place to mine. 🧐
Bye-bye for now! 🙏
13:00 Mark!
Thalassa: "Does the name 'Danny Crane' mean anything to you?"
Sargon: "Does the name 'Rosalind Shays' mean anything to you?"
Horkon: "I'm thinking of a lawyer who could break the Fourth Wall and of a lawer who got shafted."
TOS and it's cast had a charm never equaled again. Latter shows, flirted with it here and there, but alas, the era TOS was made was a special time - the golden age of television - still delivers for our entertainment media to this day.
I like TOS too, but my generation's (Generation X, my father is a baby boomer, I grew up late 80s/early 90s) Star Trek was The Next Generation, I feel the same way about TNG that you feel about TOS. 🙂
@@neutrino78x Mostly what I mean is the character of TOS the show itself, used a lot of Golden Era of TV formula.
TNG is very 80s, and doesn't have that 50's/60's "stage show/play" aspect to it. Very romantic stuff - the dramatic colorful lighting, the movie-like magical scores, the grandiose dialogue and lots and lots of young beautiful women to fall for the strapping hero lead.
Some see the romantic/play-like aspect of it as being dated. Well, yah, it is, of course. And that's where the "charm" aspect comes in, some might use the word "quaint".
TNG, not quite so dated on this level, you would agree, yah? Some of those qualities are there in TNG, but it's, well, 80's style. 80's was a lot of things, but charming, quaint and romantic... are not words most would think to apply to it.
More like, Commercialism, Materialism, Rambo, Arnold, rent-able porn on VHS, MTV, Big hair, nihilism, and Leg warmers...
@@FRACTUREDVISIONmusic
"80's was a lot of things, but charming, quaint and romantic... are not words most would think to apply to it."
Because you're the previous generation.
The 80s is my childhood. So the nostalgia you feel for the 60s, I feel that way about the late 80s/early 90s. 🙂
Risk...risk is our business.
"Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it."
13:54 Mark! Have you been keeping track of how many characters each has played? 🤔
I hate mutinies. I much rather have regular knees.
Excellent comparison to the stirybof Genesis' Garden of Eden.
1:36 "If you let what is left of me perish, then _all_ of you, my children, all of mankind _must_ perish, too."
😒Well, _that_ seems unflatteringly self important.
"Protecting humanity from extinction depends on you helping _us."_
Talk about a _con_ job.