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...so, Star Trek. O_o
Four episodes in! And dear God how are you not all dead.
I mean, part of it is definitely the 1960s vs. 2020 culture clash? But part of it is also, during the coronavirus pandemic, watching, as someone in a protective suit, who's dealing with dead bodies! From unexplained causes! just casually takes off his glove, braces himself against a table for a while with that bare hand, then rubs his nose with that same hand before putting his glove back on. AND YOU CALL YOURSELF A SCIENTIST, MR. BLUE SHIRT.
But seriously. In four episodes, they've dealt with a murderous shapeshifter, not one! but three! god-like beings! although granted, one of them was more of a threat to the ship than the other two (and wow, they are remarkably chill about the Thasians - no wonder Next Gen doesn't worry about Q), and the aforementioned itty bitty epidemic. I was expecting cheesy sci-fi, not border-line horror. WTF.
...that said, Sulu looks better shirtless than Kirk, Uhura is clearly The Best, and Wife has decided she's Team Scotty. Also, the show apparently ships Kirk/Enterprise harder than anything.
I mean, part of it is definitely the 1960s vs. 2020 culture clash? But part of it is also, during the coronavirus pandemic, watching, as someone in a protective suit, who's dealing with dead bodies! From unexplained causes! just casually takes off his glove, braces himself against a table for a while with that bare hand, then rubs his nose with that same hand before putting his glove back on. AND YOU CALL YOURSELF A SCIENTIST, MR. BLUE SHIRT.
But seriously. In four episodes, they've dealt with a murderous shapeshifter, not one! but three! god-like beings! although granted, one of them was more of a threat to the ship than the other two (and wow, they are remarkably chill about the Thasians - no wonder Next Gen doesn't worry about Q), and the aforementioned itty bitty epidemic. I was expecting cheesy sci-fi, not border-line horror. WTF.
...that said, Sulu looks better shirtless than Kirk, Uhura is clearly The Best, and Wife has decided she's Team Scotty. Also, the show apparently ships Kirk/Enterprise harder than anything.
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This is why G L Whitney as "Yeoman Rand" quickly became irrelevant, despite being the origin of the tricorder. (True! They wanted her to be able to do something besides be eye candy. That's why it was strap-slung like a purse - how else would she carry it?)
(The character was obscure anyway, a carryover from the original pilot, where she was an awkward ad hoc replacement for the Captain's original yeo man, killed in action.)
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Lord save us all from gratuitous Proof of Heterosexuality. :sigh:
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The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.
- L P Hartley