Star Trek: Remastered episodes for March 2008
posted by Tygrrius @ 5:52 PM
This month, on Star Trek: Remastered. . . .
Weekend of March 1: "The Apple"
Kirk and crew beam down to a planet of seeming paradise, until people start dying. "The Apple," which won't make anyone's top ten list of best Star Trek episodes, features a pre-Starsky and Hutch David Soul.
Weekend of March 8: "By Any Other Name"
A group of beings hijacks the Enterprise and transforms most of the crew into tetrahedral blocks. Though the Kelvans are supposedly super-intelligent, they make a major mistake by sparing Kirk this same fate. "By Any Other Name" is notable to me, only because it is the first specific episode of Star Trek I can remember watching. This was in the late 1970s and I was two or three years old. The only reason I remember the exact episode is because the scene where the Kelvans reduce a couple of minor characters into blocks and crush one of them into dust, killing her, really scared me!
Weekend of March 15: "That Which Survives"
As Kirk and crew members are in the process of beaming down, a beautiful woman appears in the transporter room and kills an ensign while they watch helplessly. Don't you hate when that happens?
Weekend of March 22: "Is There In Truth No Beauty?"
The Enterprise plays host to a Medusan, a being who causes insanity if viewed by a human. Not only does this episode feature a young Diana Muldaur (later of Star Trek: The Next Generation), but also the IDIC medallion - Gene Roddenberry's marketing trinket that Leonard Nimoy nearly refused to wear. What some Star Trek fans almost consider a relic started out as nothing more than a merchandising opportunity. That's why we all need to remind ourselves from time-to-time that Star Trek is in the entertainment business. When people forget that, when they try to make too much of it, try to make it more than it is, then they end up with Star Trek: The Motion Picture and similar disasters. Star Trek is an entertainment and money-making venture, not a bible for the future.
Weekend of March 29: "Elaan of Troyius"
The face that launched a thousand starships? Not quite, but Kirk falls for her anyway - sort of.
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Star Trek: Remastered airs each weekend in syndication and features updated special effects and other enhancements to the original Star Trek series. Check your local listings for time and station.
Primary Information Source
startrek.com (Schedule information as published in August 2007; subject to change.)
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Weekend of March 1: "The Apple"
Kirk and crew beam down to a planet of seeming paradise, until people start dying. "The Apple," which won't make anyone's top ten list of best Star Trek episodes, features a pre-Starsky and Hutch David Soul.
Weekend of March 8: "By Any Other Name"
A group of beings hijacks the Enterprise and transforms most of the crew into tetrahedral blocks. Though the Kelvans are supposedly super-intelligent, they make a major mistake by sparing Kirk this same fate. "By Any Other Name" is notable to me, only because it is the first specific episode of Star Trek I can remember watching. This was in the late 1970s and I was two or three years old. The only reason I remember the exact episode is because the scene where the Kelvans reduce a couple of minor characters into blocks and crush one of them into dust, killing her, really scared me!
Weekend of March 15: "That Which Survives"
As Kirk and crew members are in the process of beaming down, a beautiful woman appears in the transporter room and kills an ensign while they watch helplessly. Don't you hate when that happens?
Weekend of March 22: "Is There In Truth No Beauty?"
The Enterprise plays host to a Medusan, a being who causes insanity if viewed by a human. Not only does this episode feature a young Diana Muldaur (later of Star Trek: The Next Generation), but also the IDIC medallion - Gene Roddenberry's marketing trinket that Leonard Nimoy nearly refused to wear. What some Star Trek fans almost consider a relic started out as nothing more than a merchandising opportunity. That's why we all need to remind ourselves from time-to-time that Star Trek is in the entertainment business. When people forget that, when they try to make too much of it, try to make it more than it is, then they end up with Star Trek: The Motion Picture and similar disasters. Star Trek is an entertainment and money-making venture, not a bible for the future.
Weekend of March 29: "Elaan of Troyius"
The face that launched a thousand starships? Not quite, but Kirk falls for her anyway - sort of.
* * *
Star Trek: Remastered airs each weekend in syndication and features updated special effects and other enhancements to the original Star Trek series. Check your local listings for time and station.
Primary Information Source
startrek.com (Schedule information as published in August 2007; subject to change.)
The Film Frontier's Related Articles
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