tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post2664566294176963221..comments2024-03-18T15:17:26.003-05:00Comments on l'astronave: Pain! Pain!Frescahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15323129046492056942noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-15430817763671907032008-01-28T13:16:00.000-06:002008-01-28T13:16:00.000-06:00Thanks for the star, that's one of my favorite epi...Thanks for the star, that's one of my favorite episodes, especially the scene where Spock mind-melds with the rock beast. I must confess to having read the Wikipedia plot summary. <BR/><BR/>Yes, the pain, the pain. All teachers know that the ignorance of the students is eternal and without bound. Education is a Sisyphean task, best done with a smile. Teach the young, honor the old.Matt_Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00139378448055540977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-31109026693460678632008-01-27T14:41:00.000-06:002008-01-27T14:41:00.000-06:00I'm more interested in the "Pain"!How...can this p...I'm more interested in the "Pain"!<BR/>How...can this problem be rectified? I know this is not the first time errors of this magnitude have slipped into print. The pain is so great I want to moan and fall on my knees.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-1239063562846937982008-01-27T09:54:00.000-06:002008-01-27T09:54:00.000-06:00I have been surprised at how many of my friends kn...I have been surprised at how many of my friends know and like S-T, but you win the gold star, Matt, for remembering the 50,000-year reproductive cycle of the Horta!<BR/><BR/>Yes, it is one of the best Star Trek episodes--it has all the ingredients--the crew actually carries out its mission to "discover new life and new civilizations" without <B/>killing</B> said new life.<BR/><BR/>There's some good character and relationship development, <BR/>and coherent psychology (not to be taken for granted in this show)--Kirk convinces the murderous miners at the end not to kill the creature by appealing to their sense of greed--the Horta will help them mine valuable minerals.<BR/>No women, but that's par for the course, alas, though why they bother with hefty security personnel when they can't even fire their phasers is a bit of a mystery...<BR/><BR/>I bet the Horta liked Spock's ears because she sensed they were made of silicon!Frescahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323129046492056942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-42000784709086689312008-01-27T02:05:00.000-06:002008-01-27T02:05:00.000-06:00Classic episode. Now there's some good writing. ...Classic episode. Now there's some good writing. Kirk wounds the rock beast with his phaser. After Spock learns the Horta was just guarding the eggs (it has a 50,000 year reproductive cycle) they ask Bones to patch him up. 'I'm a doctor, not a bricklayer!' he replies but eventually patches the Horta using quick setting concrete beamed down from the Enterprise. At the end of the show we learn that the Horta found human appeareance disgusting but liked Spock's pointy ears.Matt_Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00139378448055540977noreply@blogger.com