Start Trek: Season 1 - Episode 7: 'What Are Little Girls Made Of' (1966) - TV Episode Review

Official Score = 3 Devils

Star Trek... Well so far so good, considering the cheesy as hell nature of this series, I am going to have to say that it still rocks, and maybe still near the top of the heap when it comes to the remake series and the various spin-offs that have come out since then,.. And I think that the main reason for this is the fact, that where as it is true that this series is cheesy as hell, the cast and crew made it fun by giving it an edge of reality/possibility, by not making the actual characters in the show say cheesy lines, and making them for the most part fairly believable, and fun!

And Episode 8: 'What Are Little Girls Made Of' (1966) is no different!

Written by: Robert Bloch (Psycho) & Directed by: James Goldstone (The Bride In Black), Starring: William Shatner (The Devil's Rain), Leonard Nimoy (Invasion Of The Body Snatchers), Majel Barrett (The Man In The Santa Clause Suit) & Michael Strong (Point Blank).

Captain Kirk will share a meal with his Android double in this episode!

You see, in this episode Nurse Chapel (Majel Barrett) had lost her fiancee a long time ago, and is pretty excited when he is found on a mostly frozen planet, but when the, 'Enterprise' and her crew get down there, they come to discover that not only is her fiancee there, but a small group of Androids are there with him as well! But Nurse Chapel's fiancee is not what he used to be, and if Nurse Chapel, and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise want to get out of their before it is to late, they are going to have to find out what happened to the good Nurses, 'fiancee' and what the cavern they are living in actually is, before it is to late, and they are replaced!

Kirk & crew are going to have to figure out what is going on in this frozen wasteland before it is to late and he is replaced!

 The best thing I think about this episode is the fact that it has to do with being forcibly replaced by Android doubles... This type of concept in Sci-fi horror movies (like the, 'Invasion Of The Body Snatchers' series,) rocks, and this episode is really not much different!

In the end, it is a fun & very worthy episode, check it out, you might like it!

Star Trek: Season 1 - Episode 4: 'The Naked Time' (1966) - TV Episode Review

[caption id="attachment_325" align="alignright" width="263"] Official Score = 3 Devils[/caption]

One of the signs of a truly great show is when that show entertains audiences generation-ally... A show that you could honestly say that certain episodes that you liked, your parents liked, and hell maybe even Grand Parents liked...

Star Trek is certainly one of these shows!

And you know what? There is one episode in particular that I would say, rather you are a trek fan or not, is an episode that is universally considered to be pretty damn good!

That episode of course being: 'The Naked Time'!

[caption id="attachment_2851" align="aligncenter" width="450"] An infected Hikaru Sulu living out his dream of being a, 'swashbuckler' in the Star Trek: TOS episode, 'The Naked Time'![/caption]

Why is this episode so great you ask? Well, if you can pull it off (and trust me when I say that not all shows can pull this off,) but if you are a serious show that can pull off an episode that makes fun of itself, and still draw in a major crowd and keep them entertained... Then more power to you!
And, 'The Naked Time', is both 2 parts serious, and 2 parts making fun of itself!

You see, this episode, which was written by: John D.F. Black (Shaft) & Directed by: Marc Daniels (I Love Lucy). Starring: William Shatner (Kingdom Of The Spiders), Leonard Nimoy (Fringe), Stewart Moss (Raise The Titanic), Majel Barrett (Star Trek: The Next Generation), DeForest Kelley (Night Of The Lepus), Grace Lee Whitney (Irma La Douce), George Takei (Heroes), James Doohan (Birth Of A Timeless Legacy), Bruce Hyde (That Girl) & Nichelle Nichols (Escape From Heaven).

This episode tells the story of how the Enterprise is sent in to investigate a Science Outpost that had been initially set up to research the collapse of a planet!

[caption id="attachment_2853" align="aligncenter" width="450"] Spock and his team investigating the dead science outpost.[/caption]

Well when Spock (Leonard Nimoy) and his assistant arrive there, the whole base is pretty much dead... With everyone frozen, but having died in strange ways... What I mean is that for example, one person seemed to have frozen to death while in the shower and with all of their clothes on...
After Spock's assistant gets infected, (He takes off his mask to itch his nose and decides not to put it back on)... The Enterprise crew is about to get a new form of drunk... One where they don't have to drink!

The problem is, is that this new type of drunk is killing them, and if they don't figure out how to resolve this, and resolve this quick, well... At least they'll die happy!

The last thing that I thought that I would mention here is that there are two hilarious scene's in this episode that you should look out for involving, 'Sulu' (Takei) in one scene and, 'Kevin Riley' (Bruce Hyde) in a separate one!

Check this one out... You might really enjoy it... I did!

http://youtu.be/-3OsxVGOtdM

Star Trek Episode: The Cage (1988) - TV Episode Review

[caption id="attachment_385" align="alignright" width="300"] Official Score = 2 Devils[/caption]

Lets be honest here, Star Trek maybe one of the greatest entertainment franchises of all time! And all of this started off with a little campy TV series that aired from 1966 - 1969 with the crew of the Enterprise that most people would recognize from the original series, the original movies as well as the re-boot movie series, but did you know that Captain Kirk (WIlliam Shatner in the original series, and Chris Pine in the re-boot movie series) and the crew of the Starship Enterprise that everyone has grown to love was not actually the first crew of the Starship Enterprise?

That's right folks! As a matter of fact out of the first crew, the only person that would go on to be in the original series for the entire series, is Leonard Nimoy (as Spock), but even he was a different kind of Vulcan! No in this the first Captain was Captain Christopher Pike (Played by: Jeffrey Hunter in the original series first pilot and Bruce Greenwood in the reboot series.)

Now before Pike was brought back in the remake series, Jeffrey Hunter was brought in to play, 'Captain Christopher Pike' of the U.S.S. Enterprise for a pilot that ultimately was denied by NBC due to it not having enough action... Although ultimately this episode would be cut up and utilized as a special 2 part episode for the original series called, 'The Menagerie'!

Written by: Gene Roddenberry (Planet Earth) and Directed by: Robert Butler (Turbulence). Starring: Jeffery Hunter (King Of Kings), Susan Oliver (The Disorderly Orderly), Leonard Nimoy (Invasion Of The Body Snatchers), Majel Barrett (Spectre), John Hoyt (Spartacus), Laurel Goodwin (Stage To Thunder Rock), Bob Johnson (Mission Impossible), Serena Sande (Ghost Town), Georgia Schmidt (House Of The Damned).

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Captain Pike & his crew on the bridge of the U.S.S. Enterprise[/caption]

The Cage told the story of how while heading for some much needed R & R, the Starship Enterprise ended up diverting to the Talos star group when an Earth Ship distress signal is found, and when they get there they find what at first they think are a group of survivors that are just excited to finally be going home!

The only problem is that with in a few moments of being down on the planets surface, all but the one of the survivors end up disappearing and 3 Talosians end up appearing  and kidnapping Captain Pike and housing both the survivor and Captain Pike in their underground zoo!

Now these Talosians have an especially adept talent at making illusions, but not just illusions but illusions that appear to be totally real! So during his incarceration Captain Pike ends up going through various illusions in an effort for the Talosians to try  and persuade Pike to stay with them!

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Number One (Majel Barrett), Captain Christopher Pike (Jeffery Hunter), Yeoman J.M. Colt (Laurel Goodwin)[/caption]

During this time, the Enterprise will do what ever it takes to try and get their Captain back!

It turns out that in 1988, this episode did finally appear in it's entirety, and you know what? I have to admit that I did prefer this episode over the first episode that had William Shatner as Captain Kirk, but the truth is, is that this episode compared to the rest of the series was not as good, but if you are a trekkie and haven't seen this episode yet, then I highly recommend it, it is a decent one!

http://youtu.be/6F5pAFhByU8