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Oid the talos principle image12/14/2022 ![]() ![]() Remastering: The Melkotian buoy was slightly redesigned for the remastered episode.Chekov "dies" in much the same fashion as previously McCoy in "Shore Leave".Everyone hears the voice from the buoy in his own language (Vulcan, English, Russian, Swahili), upon which Kirk concludes it must be telepathy.It is one of the visually most impressive TOS episodes anyway. Just like our heroes' unfitting Starfleet uniforms, it gives the whole episode a surreal look. The incomplete buildings under a red sky in the Melkotians' version of Tombstone, Arizona, contribute greatly to the overall bizarre situation. Remarkable set: Something I like very much about this episode is the artificial studio feel, something that usually detracts from the credibility of a set but is quite fitting here.The second impressive scene is the one in which Spock prepares his crewmates for the fight with mind-melds, with cuts to the Earps, who are.McCoy is accordingly frightened when he learns whom he has just asked for help. McCoy is looking for medical supplies in the local dentist's practice, not knowing that the dentist is Doc Holliday, one of his opponents.Where the laws do not operate, there is no reality. "Physical reality is consistent with universal laws."What can I do, Captain? You know we're always supposed to maintain good relations with the natives." (Chekov, as he kisses Sylvia).Fire away." (Scotty, who has agreed to test the tranquilizer, and Spock) "But this is painless." - "Well, you should've warned me sooner, Mr. Does the same apply to the rest of the landing party? Was the illusion so strong that they believed to have beamed down to that planet while they were still on the ship? Open question: In the end Kirk surmises that Chekov has probably been on the bridge all along. In front of and behind the camera, may have had from Western series. I think it profits from the routine that many of the staff, Overall, the episode is convincing though and well executed. Real human beings? If they were, where could they have come from? From the past? Why doesn't McCoy take into consideration that he has been fooled when he states the death of the man killed by Morgan Earp? Why does Kirk bother trying to explain to everyone that he is not the real Ike Clanton? All these figures are unreal and have too obviously been programmed to react the way they do. Still expect that history would repeat exactly? Why does everyone assume that the other participants are Why does everyone among the landing party Members of the landing party don't look like the Clantons, much less is the rudimentary Melkotian version of Tombstone authentic. The most obvious weak point of "Spectre of the Gun" is that it takes even Spock until the end of the episode to recognize that nothing about the Melkotians' scenario is real. Moreover, the power of illusions is credibly visualized for the first time since "The Cage", and not less impressively. One designed with special attention to Kirk's cultural background. It is clear from the very beginning that the Melkotians have set up the whole scenario for a test of character. It is neither yet another planet that has taken a parallel development or was contaminated by an insane Federation official, nor yet another time travel to Earth's past. No complicated explanation or lame excuse for the Western/sci-fi cross-over is necessary here. ![]() ![]() The one of Earth sceneries on remote planets. If there is one cliché that TOS is particularly fond of then it is The Melkotians, who now have proof of the Federation's peaceful intentions, agree to send a delegation. They survive, andįind Chekov alive back on the ship's bridge. With a Vulcan mind-meld he prepares his fellow crew members for the gunfight, telling them that the bullets are not real. Since the tranquilizer that Spock and McCoy have prepared for the Earps does not work, Spock concludes that the whole scenario is just an illusion. Chekov, however, is killed by Morgan Earp before the big shooting. ![]() Corral in Tombstone, Arizona, in 1881 in the roles of the Clanton Gang, who It soon becomes obvious that the five are supposed to take part in a re-enactment of the gunfight at the O.K. When Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scott and Chekov arrive on the planet, the Melkotians have set up an old Western town for them, where they areĭie. Melkotians at any rate, Kirk chooses to ignore one of their warning buoys. Stardate 4385.3: As the Enterprise's mission is to establish contact with the ![]()
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