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Ancient Star Trek: Space Seed
Oct. 19th, 2007 08:31 pmRemember Kahn? The sleeper ship with the leader who tries to steal the Enterprise? This is that episode. Just got around to playing the recording we made recently (hum, I haven't put the schedule up for a while - looks like it was on 10/6 and 10/18, I'd guess this was the 10/18 copy, so just yesterday. Of course, I have older ones that I haven't seen yet :-). Anyway, some points that caught my attention.
First was the dating. The 1990s was referred to several times, as the time when we had Eugenic Wars, interplanetary shipping, and such. Of course, there's a small timing issue with those Eugenic Wars - they are supposed to be the result of selective breeding, and people are relatively slow for breeding purposes. To get a "new breed" such as is posited, I'd guess several generations, at about 20 to 25 years each? Oh, well.
I did appreciate the Morse code signal, and the gentle hint of having Ohura translate it for us. CQ, CQ.
Interesting that the circuits shorting out on Kahn's lifesupport system was blamed on dust. Especially since the ship apparently was airless or inert gases up to that point - remember Scotty observing that someone was preparing, warming up and introducing atmosphere? So where did the dust come from?
Colony size? 12 failed units, leaving 72 with 30 women? That's an awfully tiny genetic pool. It's also going to be difficult with 42 men and 30 women.
I think Kirk told them to rig for towing early on, after they had sat by the ship for an hour. Then they go over, find Kahn, bring him back, go through his medical emergency, study the ship for 10 hours - and Kirk tells them to rig for towing again? I guess it didn't stick the first time around?
There's something sad about Kahn's little dominance games, and the sudden switch to trying to blow up the Enterprise, and then fisticuffs with Kirk. It just seems as if the supermen are pretty stupid.
Interesting question. If someone grows up faster, stronger, and otherwise outperforming everyone around them, are they going to bother learning to think, or just try to bull their way through most things?
Ah, well, a bit creaky around the edges, but still fun. What do you do with leaders after they have burnt their bridges?
First was the dating. The 1990s was referred to several times, as the time when we had Eugenic Wars, interplanetary shipping, and such. Of course, there's a small timing issue with those Eugenic Wars - they are supposed to be the result of selective breeding, and people are relatively slow for breeding purposes. To get a "new breed" such as is posited, I'd guess several generations, at about 20 to 25 years each? Oh, well.
I did appreciate the Morse code signal, and the gentle hint of having Ohura translate it for us. CQ, CQ.
Interesting that the circuits shorting out on Kahn's lifesupport system was blamed on dust. Especially since the ship apparently was airless or inert gases up to that point - remember Scotty observing that someone was preparing, warming up and introducing atmosphere? So where did the dust come from?
Colony size? 12 failed units, leaving 72 with 30 women? That's an awfully tiny genetic pool. It's also going to be difficult with 42 men and 30 women.
I think Kirk told them to rig for towing early on, after they had sat by the ship for an hour. Then they go over, find Kahn, bring him back, go through his medical emergency, study the ship for 10 hours - and Kirk tells them to rig for towing again? I guess it didn't stick the first time around?
There's something sad about Kahn's little dominance games, and the sudden switch to trying to blow up the Enterprise, and then fisticuffs with Kirk. It just seems as if the supermen are pretty stupid.
Interesting question. If someone grows up faster, stronger, and otherwise outperforming everyone around them, are they going to bother learning to think, or just try to bull their way through most things?
Ah, well, a bit creaky around the edges, but still fun. What do you do with leaders after they have burnt their bridges?
