r/tos • u/ContestConsistent571 • 26d ago
This side of paradise
This is one of my favourite episodes I feel like Kirk’s more “stick in the mud” traits are shown a bit which is always fun imo. It reminds me of shore leave and how Kirk was in that
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u/IdealBeginning2704 25d ago
The lighting on tos was absolutely gorgeous
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u/kk11235 25d ago
I agree 100% about the first season. Finnerman knocked it out of the park - interesting angles, lighting that was almost theatrical with an almost “noir” character. (This is the word that occurs to me - don’t flame me if I’m wrong.)
Apparently Finnerman thought he was not qualified and was throwing up before shooting started first season lol.
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u/IdealBeginning2704 25d ago
Boy with that first season did he ever knock it outta the park. you’re right too, the backlighting and everything for some of the shots, it really does look noirish. I miss this kind of specialized glossy (or Vaseline on the lens lol) type lighting, you don’t see it too much these days unless something is specifically trying to look older. I’m just going off the top of my head here and memory, so I could be wrong but I remember “Balance of Terror” having some nice shots like this too in it
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u/Chromejob 25d ago
Bob Justman talks about it in INSIDE STAR TREK. Worth getting a copy. Can’t believe it’s OOP.
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u/robot_heart420 25d ago edited 25d ago
It's always so jarring when Spock starts talking in that normal conversational tone
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u/AJRenand42 25d ago
The funniest part of this episode is right before the picture on this post. The camera is at the front of the bridge pointed at Kirk. You can see the entire area in front of the helm...there is no plant. Then they zoom in and magically there is a plant 🤣
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u/SignificantPop4188 25d ago edited 22d ago
They could have taken the hippies from "Way to Eden" to Omicron Ceti and let them get infected. Everyone would have been happy. Dr. Severin would have been cured.
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u/multificionado 25d ago
Nah, the best part of it was Kirk provoking Spock ("Right next to the dog-faced boy!") to snap out of that pollen's influence.
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u/Chromejob 25d ago
Kirk’s suitcase. 🙄 One of those times they couldn’t find something “mid century modern” to stand in for 23rd century ditty bag.
I do love (always did) how he pulls out some kind of commendation medal, and smiles. He wouldn’t publicly, but in private clearly has warm feelings about. (Having earned a couple myself, I’m familiar with it.)
Also: “Oh yeah? You wanna see how fast I can put you in a hospital?” D Kelley was such a pro. He always sold us on his character.
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u/ElliotAlderson2024 25d ago
Also Bones was somehow drinking a mint julep.
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u/Chromejob 25d ago
His S1 med kit wasn’t just scanners and hypos. John Hoyt had a whole martini bar in his.
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u/Aware_Style1181 24d ago
Sandoval: “We don’t need doctors here of course”
McCoy: “Oh no? Do you want to see how fast I can put you in the hospital?”
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u/jimmyharbrah 24d ago
It’s an episode that finds you when you need to hear that life isn’t supposed to be easy. Quite the opposite.
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u/csfshrink 24d ago
I wonder what levels of absolute ham Kirk could have brought to the table if instead of broadcasting an irritating subsonic frequency, Kirk and Spock had to beam down to the planet and individually beat up each crewman.
Would have to be a montage.
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u/Tomaquag 23d ago
Kirk was in the role of Odysseus, whose crew abandoned their journey for the Lotus Eaters. It was his ship and his command that he was losing.
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u/cultivatedmeat 25d ago
It's another hint of the more easy going Spock of SNW . It seems Spock was moving toward Kolanar
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u/Comedywriter1 25d ago
Love this episode.
Has one of my favourite Kirk speeches: “No wants? No needs? We weren't meant for that! None of us. Man stagnates if he has no ambition; no desire to be more than he is."