Weekend Roundup #5

This week, I got a bit behind and only managed 13 episodes. Part of this is because I was doing my first ever video post which took FOREVER. Consequently, I watched absolutely zero hours of Star Trek yesterday and today was all Super-Bowley. Anyway, here's some of what I was thinking as I watched these episodes: 

68- ELAAN OF TROIUS

-Green dude. Woah, these guys have some serious outfits. It’s all shoulders and no pants.

-The Enterprise crew doesn’t bow until they see how hot this princess is. They literally bowed to her hotness.

-This is the episode wherein Kirk slaps a princess then she tries to stab him and he threatens to give her a spanking. Seriously. 

-McCoy utters the phrase, “Super love potion.”

69- WHOM GODS DESTROY

-Hey, there’s an Orion girl and she actually has a name and lines. Nicely done, Star Trek.

70- LET THAT BE YOUR BATTLEFIELD

-Woah, is that The Riddler?

-I remember this one from when I was a kid. It totally blew my eight-year-old mind. 

-It's easy to talk about how this one's kind of silly but I really like it. 

71- THE MARK OF GIDEON

-This episode has a lot of guys saying coordinates. Thrilling!

-This is a great idea, not sure about the execution.

72- THAT WHICH SURVIVES

-Oh, a crazy mystery planet. Nice. 

-I think the geologist is about to bite it.

-Yep. He bit it. 

-I really like the idea behind this episode. Interesting and different. 

73- THE LIGHTS OF ZETAR

-Scotty’s girlfriend gets possessed by an alien entity. She's ok though. 

-Notice that Scotty didn't get a girlfriend till he grew out his damn bangs. 

74- REQUIUM FOR METHUSALAH

-Who is this guy? Extreme age? 6000 years? Oh, Methusala, I get it.

-Woah! Flint has the ONLY flat screen TV I’ve ever seen in Star Trek. Awesome. This guy lives in THE FUTURE.

-This episode would be so awesome without Kirk “falling in love” with Rayna. Unnecessary. 

75- THE WAY TO EDEN

-These are some rockin’ anime cosplay wigs.

-Are these Space Hippies?

-Is a “Sit-In” happening in the transporter room.

-Yes. Awesome.

-What is Quentin Tarantino doing in this episode?

"That's now! That's real now!" 

76- THE CLOUD MINDERS

-Oh, I really like this one. 

-Poor rich girl, fawning all over Spock. Bless her heart. She needs to get in line behind me and Nurse Chapel.

77-THE SAVAGE CURTAIN

-President Lincoln shows up. Nuff said.

78-ALL OUR YESTERDAYS

-Donna Noble is in the library. Donna Noble has been saved.

79- TURNABOUT INTRUDER

-Let me just say that here is yet another example of Kirk messing up a woman's life. 

-Also, considering this episode features a woman in Kirk's body and vice versa, this one's actually better than it ought to be. 

-The series was already cancelled when they were making this episode. As they were shooting, the sets were being dismantled. Thinking about this made me really sad. I wish they'd been given a proper series finale. Given that this is the last one, though, it's really not bad. 

THE ANIMATED SERIES           

1- BEYOND THE FARTHEST STAR

-They’re all back! Hooray!

-There’s an alien working on the bridge! Awesome! 

-It’s clear that they can do things here that they couldn’t do in TOS… like land everyone on the outside of a giant insect pod spaceship. Nice. Can't wait for more.