Went on a bit of a mini original star trek marathon, cause I had a sudden urge to see some, it had been a awful long time. So I dug out what we had recorded off the TV, which was in this order...
The City on the Edge of Forever
Directed by Joseph Pevney and written by ?...I’ve actually not seen this as much times I thought I had, I’ve maybe only seen this about two or three times as a adult. It’s really a very lovely thing...I don’t like to use the word cute...but, well...this episode is very charming, amusing and clever. Sometimes there doesn’t seem to be much explanation as to what’s going on though...but you just go with it and enjoy yourself. Really loved McCoy in this, and Kirk turns in a big softy here, and the faithful Mr Spock reminded me of a full on geek who’s happy to spend hours / days / weeks on his own building a contraption. You cant help but get swept away also by Joan Collins shes like some sort of calm angel of guidance.
Also spotted here a bit that's identical, or nearly identical to the crossing the road scene in Star Trek: The Voyage Home...they cross a road, a car has to do a emergency stop and then some shouting happens.
The Doomsday Machine
Written by Norman Spinrad, and directed by Marc Daniels. Really loved this one, great, great music throughout...loved the music on the approach to the wrecked hulk of the USS Constellation. The scene where they discover the very frightened / shell shocked / unstable Commodore Matthew Decker is wonderful, every scene with this guy is great, and I love the fight scenes they do in classic trek.
Mirror, Mirror
Written by Jerome Bixby and directed by Marc Daniels. This ones really interesting too, very enjoyable and had a fun time here. Its really funny when Kirk isn’t getting in the transported and Scotty's getting impatient about it. You can see the characters so well in these three episodes and how they are exactly the same in the six films, which, is a real joy to see.
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