On Sun, 6 May 2001, Jim Sharkey wrote:
> On Sun, 06 May 2001 09:32:07 -0500, Ronn wrote:
>
> >How about the last 10 minutes of "The Omega Glory" for another
> >example? Up 'til then, it's not a bad episode, but the ending kinda
> >colors most people's opinions of the whole episode. I, too, still
> >think TOS was better than any of the sequelae. Whenever it got
> >preachy, though, look out: it was about as subtle as the proverbial
> >800-pound (362.9 kg) gorilla. Some other examples that come
> >quickly to mind include "Bread & Circuses" and "Let That Be Your
> >Last Battlefield." (Perhaps someone has some other "favorites" to
> >add to those.)
>
> I'm afraid that I don't get the Sci-Fi channel with my cable where I
> am, and none of the local station carry TOS, so my memory of the shows
> *by name* is very fuzzy at best. Are any of those the one where
> Shatner starts reciting the Declaration of Independence in that
> amazing Shatner style? That's a good preachy one.
One, it was the Constitution of the United States that he really overdid,
and two, yes, that was "The Omega Glory".
I will have a very difficult time forgetting Shatner's rendition of "WE!
the PEOPLE!" :) (The Declaration of Independence doesn't have quite as
stirring a beginning.)
I don't know the names of a lot of the episodes (there are exceptions, of
course, such as "Spock's Brain" in TOS and "Darmok" in TNG), but I have a
copy of _The Star Trek Encyclopedia_, which goes through season 6 of TNG
and season 1 of DS9, to refer to. I'd *really* like to have a copy of
_The Star Trek Compendium_ which came out before any TNG episodes,
consisting of only TOS material, and listing the episodes in order with
their descriptions, but I'm not sure where to find it now, and I've got
slightly more important things to spend my money on (such as baby stuff
and the novels that were nominated for the Hugo, of which I only have 2 so
far).
Julia
