3:39 Mark! Behind-the-scenes information explains the sets and especially the analog clock tower! 😂 But in-universe, we are meant to accept Spock's previous explanation. 😅
This episode was filmed at the "40 Acres" Desilu studio backlot in Culver City. This outdoor set is used in various Star Trek episodes: Miri, City on the Edge of Forever, etc. Most famously, this set was used for Mayberry on the Andy Griffith show. The set for Hogan's Heroes was at 40 Acres. The hill you see behind the clock tower in this episode in known as the Baldwin Scenic Overlook. 40 Acres was razed in the 1970s and is now an office park. Apple Music HQ is in this office park. Assimilated is terminology from another generation of Star Trek; in this generation, one was Absorbed.
Loved it, Alexxa! I love Star Trek. 🙂 This has always been a big theme on the show, the conflict between logic and emotion, mortality and immortality....the idea that we need that balance between all aspects of ourselves, and while making our own choices might mean we make the wrong ones, it's best to figure things out and make those mistakes, so we can learn and grow 🙂 I hope you watch all three seasons and then the six TOS movies.....then go on to Next Generation 🙂There's so much Star Trek material out there to go through! There are even some animated ones like "Lower Decks" and "Star Trek: The Animated Series" (the latter was an animated version of TOS that came out in the 70s!). 🙂
Great reaction! Being a lifelong Star Trek fan, I could tell you were paying attention. Many reactors aren't aware that to truly enjoy Star Trek: ToS, you must pay attention! With all the technobabble, you must focus carefully so you can follow along. Many reactors are seen checking their cell phones and looking around. I don't have time for their channels. This is an early example of a story that has a day to behave badly. Movies like "The Purge" emulated this story. Another version of this story would be the song 2112 by Rush. A great song/story to react to if you ever get a chance.
Glad you brought up 2112 another example, of computers governing. I like the idea of machines as tools to aid humans, but anything beyond...to dangerous for me.
0:02 Mark! Before viewing, I wanted to add that the lot was razed only after the fire, not before it or during it! 😮 "The Purge" movies and others like them were indeed inspired by this episode! Though some may be indirectly inspired by it because the movie makers saw "The Purge" movies! 😁
Kirk calls McCoy "Doc" because this episode was based on one of the first submitted, unedited Star Trek scripts, written before the show was fully greenlighted for full production. Kirk began calling McCoy "Bones" a little later, further into production, after the show began to really gel and the structure became better polished. This is a vestige of the earliest notions of what a Star Trek episode should be.
The word Archon was the title of certain Greek heads of state, most famously in the Athenian Republic. It comes from Greek root "arch", meaning "leader, highest, chief", which can also be found in the English words monarch, hierarchy, and anarchy; all of these are present in Landru's society.
This is the first of several episodes where Kirk establishes his credentials of being the greatest Insane Psycho Computer Buster in the galaxy! It's a tradition that starts here and carries straight through Star Trek: The Motion Picture! Kirk will next take on a computer in A Tas--- Uh! Uh! Spoilers!
when you think about it, in this case it wasn't even necessary, they could have simply blasted the supercomputer with their phasers. But his speech does help deliver some of message of the episode, about how you have to have freedom and creativity etc. 🙂
@@neutrino78x Kirk isn't Kirk if he doesn't deliver some sort of inspiring speech. His inspiring speeches would become standard required reading at the Academy. Captain Picard learned the art of inspiring speech-making by studying the Collected Inspiring Speeches of James T. Kirk! :)
I still wonder if the idea for the setting of "The Purge" was prompted by this ST episode's 'Festival.' Unless the concept had been utilized in other stories before ST? Many of the first season episodes are among the best.
The creator actually said he based the Purge off of this episode. He was not really a Star Trek fan, but his father was and he remembered watching it with him.
@@josephmassaro Thanks. I decided to look for my old ST Catalog. Found it in a pile of books. It's in pieces, so I better try to take better care of it. Anyway, it says Boris Sobelman wrote "Return of the Archons" from a story by Gene Roddenberry.
I don't think "absorption" could make Spock any more serene and tranquil than he already is. The only difference would be having to follow the will of Landru rather than the will of Kirk.
27:56 Mark! 1,290 Views + Mine! 🎉 Thumb Up #129! 👍 You're welcome, and thanks! 😊 Notes: It is nice to see younger generations still learn positive concepts from "Star Trek" that by now I take for granted. 😊 The "Archons"?! So then, would our crew be known as "Enterprisers"? 🤔 "Enterprising"? 🤔 We never hear them refer to themselves by the ship's name! 😮 Well, we learned more about the ships, VALIANT, and finally the ANTARES, than we have about the, ASTRAL QUEEN, the ARCHON, the BEAGLE, and the HORIZON. 🤔
Well I think if it meant ( in this scenario.)getting something say like a brain chip implanted, then I’d rather not, because that leaves the AI to reprogram or ad suggestions in our minds to whatever it thinks we need. I’d prefer to make my own decisions and mistakes. But I also see some benefits, like in the Roger Korby episode erasing fear and such...it’s actually quite complexing isn’t it? Never mind LoL!
It's amazing that these poor people were so stripped of their humanity, that Kirk had to leave a social worker behind to teach them how to be human. God help us not to become like them.
3:39 Mark! Behind-the-scenes information explains the sets and especially the analog clock tower! 😂
But in-universe, we are meant to accept Spock's previous explanation. 😅
When I was a kid and watched this episode...the part where the projection of Landru appeared...that just SCARED THE $HIT out of me!
Awwww ❤️💛
This episode was filmed at the "40 Acres" Desilu studio backlot in Culver City. This outdoor set is used in various Star Trek episodes: Miri, City on the Edge of Forever, etc. Most famously, this set was used for Mayberry on the Andy Griffith show. The set for Hogan's Heroes was at 40 Acres. The hill you see behind the clock tower in this episode in known as the Baldwin Scenic Overlook. 40 Acres was razed in the 1970s and is now an office park. Apple Music HQ is in this office park. Assimilated is terminology from another generation of Star Trek; in this generation, one was Absorbed.
The producers of The Purge created a studio called "Red Hour Productions."
The way we’re playing with A.I. In this day and age, we’re not far from creating our own version of Landru.
It's a little scary how literal minded AIs are.
19:17 Mark! This society leases their dungeon out to others! 😂
(It is used in other episodes.)
6:17 Mark! Those railroad tracks! Mayberry, NC didn't have street cars! 😁
Always enjoy your _STAR TREK_ reactions. Looking forward to the next episode!
Be well!🙋🏼♂️
🖖🏾💛
5:39 Mark! That actor has made those facial expressions in many Westerns! 🤠
Loved it, Alexxa! I love Star Trek. 🙂 This has always been a big theme on the show, the conflict between logic and emotion, mortality and immortality....the idea that we need that balance between all aspects of ourselves, and while making our own choices might mean we make the wrong ones, it's best to figure things out and make those mistakes, so we can learn and grow 🙂
I hope you watch all three seasons and then the six TOS movies.....then go on to Next Generation 🙂There's so much Star Trek material out there to go through! There are even some animated ones like "Lower Decks" and "Star Trek: The Animated Series" (the latter was an animated version of TOS that came out in the 70s!). 🙂
Thank you so much for watching! I plan to go all the way with this journey! It's so much fun so far! 🖖🏾💛
Great reaction! Being a lifelong Star Trek fan, I could tell you were paying attention. Many reactors aren't aware that to truly enjoy Star Trek: ToS, you must pay attention! With all the technobabble, you must focus carefully so you can follow along. Many reactors are seen checking their cell phones and looking around. I don't have time for their channels.
This is an early example of a story that has a day to behave badly. Movies like "The Purge" emulated this story. Another version of this story would be the song 2112 by Rush. A great song/story to react to if you ever get a chance.
They should give an Academy Award to the man who at the beginning said, :Your daddy can put them up, can he?"
Glad you brought up 2112 another example, of computers governing. I like the idea of machines as tools to aid humans, but anything beyond...to dangerous for me.
@@miguelbotelho2613 Agreed, but there was also the aspect of no creativity allowed.
Does that include AI brain robots?
PS: "Star Trek" taught me that people should say what they mean and mean what they say rather than be poetic and vague, et cetera! 🧐
0:02 Mark! Before viewing, I wanted to add that the lot was razed only after the fire, not before it or during it! 😮
"The Purge" movies and others like them were indeed inspired by this episode! Though some may be indirectly inspired by it because the movie makers saw "The Purge" movies! 😁
25:53 Mark! Akin to the safety valves aboard steam boats and ships and in ateam locomotives and other steam-powered machines. 🧐
"It is clear that you simply did not understand" 😆😆
That line took me out!! 😂
Kirk calls McCoy "Doc" because this episode was based on one of the first submitted, unedited Star Trek scripts, written before the show was fully greenlighted for full production. Kirk began calling McCoy "Bones" a little later, further into production, after the show began to really gel and the structure became better polished. This is a vestige of the earliest notions of what a Star Trek episode should be.
The word Archon was the title of certain Greek heads of state, most famously in the Athenian Republic. It comes from Greek root "arch", meaning "leader, highest, chief", which can also be found in the English words monarch, hierarchy, and anarchy; all of these are present in Landru's society.
Thank you for this information! 🖖🏾
This is the first of several episodes where Kirk establishes his credentials of being the greatest Insane Psycho Computer Buster in the galaxy! It's a tradition that starts here and carries straight through Star Trek: The Motion Picture! Kirk will next take on a computer in A Tas--- Uh! Uh! Spoilers!
taste of armegaddon is long after taking on Nomad and M5 - lol. but ya Kirk kicks computer's arse all times. ;-).
when you think about it, in this case it wasn't even necessary, they could have simply blasted the supercomputer with their phasers. But his speech does help deliver some of message of the episode, about how you have to have freedom and creativity etc. 🙂
@@neutrino78x Kirk isn't Kirk if he doesn't deliver some sort of inspiring speech. His inspiring speeches would become standard required reading at the Academy. Captain Picard learned the art of inspiring speech-making by studying the Collected Inspiring Speeches of James T. Kirk! :)
Festival is basically The Purge
Great reaction. The trope that star trek fans lovingly refer to as "Captain Kirk computer killer" will reappear in future episodes. You'll see. Enjoy.
I still wonder if the idea for the setting of "The Purge" was prompted by this ST episode's 'Festival.'
Unless the concept had been utilized in other stories before ST?
Many of the first season episodes are among the best.
The creator actually said he based the Purge off of this episode. He was not really a Star Trek fan, but his father was and he remembered watching it with him.
@@josephmassaro Thanks. I decided to look for my old ST Catalog. Found it in a pile of books. It's in pieces, so I better try to take better care of it. Anyway, it says Boris Sobelman wrote "Return of the Archons" from a story by Gene Roddenberry.
I don't think "absorption" could make Spock any more serene and tranquil than he already is. The only difference would be having to follow the will of Landru rather than the will of Kirk.
Jim Kirk almost never met a computer he couldn't talk to death if he tried.
😂
27:56 Mark! 1,290 Views + Mine! 🎉 Thumb Up #129! 👍 You're welcome, and thanks! 😊
Notes: It is nice to see younger generations still learn positive concepts from "Star Trek" that by now I take for granted. 😊
The "Archons"?! So then, would our crew be known as "Enterprisers"? 🤔 "Enterprising"? 🤔 We never hear them refer to themselves by the ship's name! 😮
Well, we learned more about the ships, VALIANT, and finally the ANTARES, than we have about the, ASTRAL QUEEN, the ARCHON, the BEAGLE, and the HORIZON. 🤔
The really weird part of this episode is that no one reacts to Spock's ears
Well I think if it meant ( in this scenario.)getting something say like a brain chip implanted, then I’d rather not, because that leaves the AI to reprogram or ad suggestions in our minds to whatever it thinks we need. I’d prefer to make my own decisions and mistakes. But I also see some benefits, like in the Roger Korby episode erasing fear and such...it’s actually quite complexing isn’t it? Never mind LoL!
It's amazing that these poor people were so stripped of their humanity, that Kirk had to leave a social worker behind to teach them how to be human. God help us not to become like them.