tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post6273949352472302629..comments2024-01-24T15:33:58.720-05:00Comments on A<br> Mythical<br> Monkey<br> writes<br> about<br> the<br> movies: Star Trek: The Fiftieth AnniversaryMythical Monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-57757956394385867042017-09-12T13:29:33.437-04:002017-09-12T13:29:33.437-04:00Just to drive by a year later and transcribe the b...<i>Just to drive by a year later and transcribe the bit from James Blish's adaptation of "The City on the Edge of Forever" that I think is clearly superior to what wound up on television, imagine this bit instead of Joan Collins' goofy "some day men in space ships" jabber.</i><br /><br />"Good evening," Edith's voice said, on cue. She was already striding toward the dais; now she mounted it. The meagerness of the audience did not seem to discourage her. She was both casual and cheerful. "Now, as I'm sure someone out there has said, you've got to pay for the soup."<br /><br />There was some laughter. "Not that she's a bad-lookin' broad," the rodent said, <i>sotto voce</i>. "But if she really wanted to give a guy somethin' ..."<br /><br />"Shut up," Kirk said. Then, noticing Spock's eye on him, he added, "I'd like to hear this."<br /><br />"Of course," Spock said, noncommittally.<br /><br />"Let's start as we always do -- by getting something straight," Edith said. "Why do I work, connive, and maybe even cheat a little in order to keep feeding you? I don't know. It's something that I do. But I've got no patience with parasites. If you can't break off with booze, or you've gotten out of the habit of work, or if you <i>like</i> being a bad risk, I don't want you and you're not welcome to the soup."<br /><br />Kirk listened with astonishment. He did not know what he had expected, but surely not this.<br /><br />"Of course," she went on, "I know that every day is a fight to survive. That's all you have time for. But I've no use for a man who uses free soup as an excuse to give up fighting. To survive at all, you need more than soup. You need to know that your life is worth living, no matter what.<br /><br />"Shadow and reality, my friends. That's the secret of getting through these bad times. Know what is, and what only seems to be. Hunger is real, and so is cold. But sadness is not.<br /><br />"And it is the sadness that will ruin you -- that will kill you. Sadness and hate. We all go to bed a little hungry every night, but it is possible to find peace in sleep, knowing you have lived another day, and hurt no one doing it."<br /><br />"Bonner the Stochastic," Spock whispered.<br /><br />"He won't be born for more than two hundred years. Listen."<br /><br />"It's difficult not to hate a world that treats us all like this," Edith was saying. "I know that. Difficult, but not impossible. Somebody once said that hate is only the absence of love, but that's not a message that a man can absorb on an empty stomach. But there's something else that's true: Love is only the absence of hate. Empty the hatred from your hearts and you are ready for love. If you can go to bed tonight free of hatred, you have already won a major victory.<br /><br />"And that's all of my sermon for today. Eat hearty, mates."Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-22415994358084522502016-10-08T19:11:04.022-04:002016-10-08T19:11:04.022-04:00France Nuyen
Yes, a good one! That was one was ca...<i>France Nuyen</i><br /><br />Yes, a good one! That was one was called "Elaan of Troyius" -- she plays a woman served up into a political marriage to ensure peace between two warring planets. A poignant episode, where love and personal desire take a backseat to the needs of the many.Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-79164094177438854852016-10-08T18:57:25.783-04:002016-10-08T18:57:25.783-04:00A good list. Two of my all time Star Trek faves ar...A good list. Two of my all time Star Trek faves are on it: DEVIL IN THE DARK and ERRAND OF MERCY. In fact, ERRAND OF MERCY is my very favorite Star Trek episode of all time. With DEVIL IN THE DARK, a close second. But you left out the episode with France Nuyen which I love particularly for her costume and wig. The styrofoam trimmed costumes of her hunky guards are hilarious, but I still loved this episode. Watch out for those tears, Captain!! <br /><br />I don't remember THE DOOMSDAY MACHINE at all. I would almost think I'd never seen it. The machine in the picture reminds me of one in the Star Trek movie whose title escapes me at the moment. Do you know the one I mean?<br /><br />I also loved the episode with Jeffrey Hunter and the green Orion dancing girl.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-84896151598839827682016-09-15T22:17:39.125-04:002016-09-15T22:17:39.125-04:00Truly my favorite episode!Truly my favorite episode!Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-39458394944739764322016-09-15T13:05:56.512-04:002016-09-15T13:05:56.512-04:00Charlie Parker highlights one of MY favourite epis...Charlie Parker highlights one of <a href="http://tsutpen.blogspot.com/2016/09/sex-education-200.html" rel="nofollow">MY favourite episodes</a>. . . .mister muleboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367123802128879318noreply@blogger.com