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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:

I'm really loving watching the original series again with the new DVD set. Two episodes last night :

A Piece of the Action : They never explained how or if Kirk kept his "contract" with the street kid who helped him & Spock get into Jojo Krakow's house. He was promised a piece of the action. Since Kirk settled on a 40% cut for the Federation, I figure this kid would be owed a big chunk of the planet's loot, a thick percentage as the locals would say.

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Return To Tomorrow : ...Also, they never did elaborate on the interesting results of Spock's "essence energy" being placed inside Nurse Chapel. She said "they shared consciousness" whatever the heck that means.

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Originally posted by WASHnwear:

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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:

I'm really loving watching the original series again with the new DVD set. Two episodes last night :

A Piece of the Action : They never explained how or if Kirk kept his "contract" with the street kid who helped him & Spock get into Jojo Krakow's house. He was promised a piece of the action. Since Kirk settled on a 40% cut for the Federation, I figure this kid would be owed a big chunk of the planet's loot, a thick percentage as the locals would say.

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My recollection (by no means fresh): Once the dust settled on that ploy Kirk indicated to the kid that simply getting to participate was his "piece of the action"...which strikes me as cheap and deceptive. Kinda like when ancient Miz Grundy down the street says she'll pay you to mow her 5-acre, overgrown lawn...and her idea of "pay" is a shiny quarter.

Kid shoulda shanked Kirk right there on the stoop - only way to maintain any street cred on that rock.

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Return To Tomorrow : ...Also, they never did elaborate on the interesting results of Spock's "essence energy" being placed inside Nurse Chapel. She said "they shared consciousness" whatever the heck that means.

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I always figured that was coy '60s lingo for some kind of metaphorical booty call.

Nice to see your handle around here again, JS.


It was like that when we got here!

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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:

I'm really loving watching the original series again with the new DVD set.

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Originally posted by chrisisall:

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I'm really loving watching the original series again with the new DVD set.

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Is it the set with the remastered FX?


The curious Chrisisall

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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:

Any comments on the post questions/observations Chris?

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Return To Tomorrow : Wow, was this the FIRST example of someone "melting away" and becoming the ship (as in Objects In Space)? When Sargon flees Kirk's dying body, he transfers his mental energy into The Enterprise, and speaks from that position, much like our little River did.

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
Have you see The Doomsday Machine yet? IMO THE best of the re-mastered eps! The scope of it is perfectly magnified!

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Originally posted by Calhoun:
Heheh, they can remaster and remaster and add in all the special effects they want but can they improve the acting?

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The acting was the acting. Either you love and accept it as a 43 year iconic classic or you don't. I generally think the acting was outstanding, and the show was perfectly cast.

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Originally posted by ImNotHere:

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The acting was the acting. Either you love and accept it as a 43 year iconic classic or you don't. I generally think the acting was outstanding, and the show was perfectly cast.

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Its a different style of acting: The whole show is structured like a Shakespearean tragedy, complete with soliloquies, and the cast play it as if they were standing on stage projecting to an audience.

We're all used to the modern style of TV acting, which is more informal, intimate and naturalistic. Partly fashion, partly because of modern lightweight equipment and editing techniques. Back in 1966 this would have been a bit too Stanley Kubrick for the rather conservative TV networks.

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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
and they practically put the thing together with no money, using scraps from junkyards and second hand shops for sets and props.

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Boy that Lee Merriweather was pretty darn hot in her day

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and they practically put the thing together with no money, using scraps from junkyards and second hand shops for sets and props.

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Jong, did you know that the prop guy used to find stuff in Mission Impossibles' dumpster (filming in the next building) that he used to salvage & paint up for the show?


The laughing Chrisisall

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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
The show holds up better than ever.

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