Today we have the first episode that actually aired, back in September of 1966. Heaven only know why this was chosen for that honor, but here we go. Of course I went into detail about that five years ago during my "Underrated" article, but that doesn't mean we can't look at it again today.
Our next episode is a classic, for several reasons. This is the first official transporter mishap episode. But is it good?
In case you were wondering I am doing these in production order rather than order they were released. So it ay seem odd to do this one before some others. As I noted while there are lots of episode I practically have memorized there are plenty I've seen maybe one or two times. This is one of those. This is the 3rd episode and was also considered for the second pilot (of course Where No Man got that distinction). I have never liked this episode, one big reason being that the show was stil getting its footing in certain areas. Will a re-watch make me appreciate the show more? This is...
Episode 2 is a little better than the pilot. The ship looks like the ship, and we get all our characters. Sulu is a helmsman, Scotty is in red. It's not perfect as Uhura is in gold and Leonard Nimoy is still working out the kinks in Spock. Though we do get our first "Fascinating". And while we have McCoy his arguments with Spock haven't started yet. Let's talk about....
Back in the summer of 1991 I was bored and looking for a way to entertain myself. It was huge newd that year that it was the 25th Anniversary of Star Trek. My mother had the whole collection of VHS, and I realized there were lots of episodes I had hardly scene or never scene or only seen the syndicated version. So, I watched one episode a day until I made my way through all 79. My one regret is that I had no way to record my thoughts on those episodes.
Well 30 years have amazingly passed. And as we celebrate the 55th anniversary this year, it feels like the time to revisit this idea. Especially since there are episodes I haven't seen since that summer in 1991. Of course I will stream the episodes and I now have a forum to share my thoughts. The real question was, what format should the articles take? Course the fact I've done Underrated Trek's for these doesn't help. What if I did something less formal? Last year when I did my Batman overview I ended up summarizing the episode in my "final thought". So I will mimic that format, no "analysis" or trivia that can be looked up anywhere. Just run through the episode and see how I like it. So let's start with the pilot. No, not the Cage we'll cover that as part of "The Menagerie". This is...
When you think about it, the Batmobile is a silly idea. Maybe it made sense in the early days of comics, but why does Batman really need a car? And yet, it's a part of Batman's lore that is still around. Unlike other things that have faded away (does he even use a utility belt anymore?) the Batmobile has appeared in many incarnations each with their own unique version. Originally it began as a, well, car that Batman drove. But over the decades it has taken on a lore of its own. Others have tried to duplicate it, villains and heroes, but there is only one Batmobile!
#10.Arkham Games
This is high because it's almost cheating even being here. Since I never really played the games. But it was only fair to include a video game example and looking over the design...yeah it is pretty cool.
Welcome back to Underrated Trek, where I take a special look at Star Trek episodes that I love…which may not be the most popular or even liked by most. I've done two or three of these now on episodes I strongly disagreed with, I mean so much so I refused to watch them again, and there is another out there it's time to discuss. We're back to Voayger as we look at...
