Official Score = 1 1/2 Devils[/caption]Since I was a kid I have always strongly gravitated to the Science Fiction genre... Rather it be with the, 'Alien' movie series, or even, 'Futurama' on TV... Science Fiction often times gives the viewer an awesome opportunity to glimpse in the many different awesome or scary futures... And none does both better, and really gives a potential look at mankind in a few hundred years than it does in, 'Star Trek'!
Rather it be the original crew of the, 'U.S.S. Enterprise' as they boldly go where no man has gone before, or on, 'Deep Space Nine' as humanity tries to help out many races on many war torn planets to finally resolve the issue facing them and get their worlds so that they can become sustainable again, all of these shows truly give a great example of what mankind could be doing in a few hundred years from now, but in a way that most of the time is pretty fun an entertaining sort of way!
I just wish Star Trek Season 1, Episode 3 (rather known as the second pilot), 'Where No Man Has Gone Before' still held that kind of sway... But we will get in to that in a moment!
Written by: Samuel A. Peeples (A Real American Hero), Gene Roddenberry (Star Trek: The Next Generation) & Directed by: James Goldstone (Earth Star Voyage). Starring: William Shatner (Disaster On The Coastliner), Leonard Nimoy (Invasion Of The Body Snatchers), Gary Lockwood (2001: A Space Odyssey), Sally Kellerman (MASH), George Takei (Heroes), James Doohan (Through Dead Eyes), Paul Carr (Raise The Titanic) & Paul Fix (El Dorado)
In this latest episode, the Star Ship Enterprise is attempting to go outside the Galaxy, and also while doing so, end up coming to discover an ancient human distress beacon from a human ship by the name of, 'Intrepid'...
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The crew of the, 'U.S.S. Enterprise' as they are about to head out of the Galaxy![/caption]Well when they bring it on, obviously their is a lot of damage to it, but it is weird, you see this recorder talks about how after the, 'Intrepid' was sucked out of the galaxy and managed to make it back in, and how after that, everything fell apart and eventually the Captain of that ship had to blow it up...
Well the Enterprise is about to find out the truth about the Intrepid... You see, they did end up going outside of the Galaxy, and while there, a strange energy entered the ship almost everybody it attacked, with the exceptions of: Lieutenant Commander Gary Mitchell (Gary Lockwood) and Doctor Elizabeth Dehner (Sally Kellerman)... But it is changing them slowly!
You see, it turns out that both Dehner and Mitchell have high esper ratings, and the energy that went after them seems to be giving them powers... Well as Mitchell seems to be getting more and more powerful, and more and more crazy with the power he is getting, and with Captain Kirk and Gary Mitchell being friends, it looks like Kirk may end up having to sacrifice his friend to save his ship!
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Kirk as he is trying to destroy the far to powerful, 'Gary Mitchell'![/caption]In the end, I know that a lot of people like this episode, and to be fair I did when I first watched it as well... But the truth is, is that this episode still has it's moments, but at this point at least for me, I have found that this episode is stale, dull and old and out of date... frankly boring!
Besides that though, if you are just getting started with the series, stick with it, if you like what you have seen so far, then trust me when I say it is definitely worth continuing on!
http://youtu.be/kdrQmE7KhdM
