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thefourthvine) wrote2009-12-20 06:44 pm
thefourthvine) wrote2009-12-20 06:44 pm
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The Search for Spock
Okay. This is going to be pathetic. I know that. I can't help it.
A little less than two weeks ago, I watched Star Trek XI, a departure from my normal non-canonical reading policy occasioned entirely by my love of Spock. We will not speak of the 94 pages and counting of STR drawerfic I have written in the last ten days (while having my Yuletide story beta-read and beta-reading another, and of course taking care of the earthling, and celebrating Hanukkah). What we will speak of, in sad, sad tones, is the lack of Spock in my life.
This is causing me to contemplate something entirely unprecedented: watching original Star Trek. For more Spock. (Actually seeing the movie gave me an unholy love not just of Reboot Spock but of Nimoy Spock, too. He is so awesome! He loves Jim so much! I want to squeeze his pointy ears OMG!)
But watching the whole series is entirely out of the question. I don't have the time, and I really really don't have the tolerance for television. So, dear people who have already seen the original series - if I'm only going to watch eight episodes, which is generally my max for any series, what should they be? (I am willing to watch both Spock-intensive and just generally awesome episodes. Also anything really slashy, of course. And if you want to include notes about why I should watch them, my love for you will be that much greater.)
Also helpful: any episodes that I should definitely avoid, for reasons of animal harm, child harm, or massive suckiness.
I thank you in advance. And so does Best Beloved, who will have to watch all these episodes at least twice - once without me, once with, so that she can explain what the hell is going on - and who is, frankly, just not that into Spock. If you want, I can even post episode reviews of the ones I end up watching, as an expression of my gratitude (and total Spock-driven insanity).
A little less than two weeks ago, I watched Star Trek XI, a departure from my normal non-canonical reading policy occasioned entirely by my love of Spock. We will not speak of the 94 pages and counting of STR drawerfic I have written in the last ten days (while having my Yuletide story beta-read and beta-reading another, and of course taking care of the earthling, and celebrating Hanukkah). What we will speak of, in sad, sad tones, is the lack of Spock in my life.
This is causing me to contemplate something entirely unprecedented: watching original Star Trek. For more Spock. (Actually seeing the movie gave me an unholy love not just of Reboot Spock but of Nimoy Spock, too. He is so awesome! He loves Jim so much! I want to squeeze his pointy ears OMG!)
But watching the whole series is entirely out of the question. I don't have the time, and I really really don't have the tolerance for television. So, dear people who have already seen the original series - if I'm only going to watch eight episodes, which is generally my max for any series, what should they be? (I am willing to watch both Spock-intensive and just generally awesome episodes. Also anything really slashy, of course. And if you want to include notes about why I should watch them, my love for you will be that much greater.)
Also helpful: any episodes that I should definitely avoid, for reasons of animal harm, child harm, or massive suckiness.
I thank you in advance. And so does Best Beloved, who will have to watch all these episodes at least twice - once without me, once with, so that she can explain what the hell is going on - and who is, frankly, just not that into Spock. If you want, I can even post episode reviews of the ones I end up watching, as an expression of my gratitude (and total Spock-driven insanity).
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Was that called Bread and Circuses? I think that was the first episode I ever saw at age nine. I changed the channel away from Daniel Boone and saw three men in uniforms walking along a road. One of them said, "Once, just once, I'd like to land on a planet and say, 'Behold, I am the Archangel Gabriel'" and then made some crack about the other guy's pointed ears.
I never went back to Daniel Boone.
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That's the one.
I think that was the first episode I ever saw at age nine. I changed the channel away from Daniel Boone and saw three men in uniforms walking along a road. One of them said, "Once, just once, I'd like to land on a planet and say, 'Behold, I am the Archangel Gabriel'" and then made some crack about the other guy's pointed ears.
Ha. That sounds so familiar. For me it was "The World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky". I was eleven, we were switching channels away from Nils Holgerson, and there were these three guys in uniform walking around on some planet, having a conversation about something, I had no idea what was going on... less than five minutes later I was *hooked*. And continued to be hooked for the next decade, even though German tv showed only half the episodes (badly dubbed) and I had to wait until I was 19 until I could watch the show again, when I was in Canada for a summer.
Fortunately the tie-in novels were decent to excellent, and there were a lot of them; I hadn't even heard of fanfic back then.
Oh, @thefourthvine: Here's a tie-in novel rec, my favorite of the bunch: How Much For Just The Planet, by John Ford. It's a team story with lots of OCs, and it's hilarious. Great (if somewhat absurd) plot. I also adored Uhura's Song, including the OCs.
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I remember that as a good episode, and I always thought it had the most awesome title.
The reason I didn't see TOS until it was in reruns is because I was in Germany when it was airing live in the U.S. and yeah, it was well before the days of the internet when we can exchange media at the drop of a torrent. *g*
I second the rec of How Much For Just the Planet, but only for enjoyment, not so much for, uh, typicalness, if you know what I mean.
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I sure know what you mean. :D
Yeah, might be a good idea not to start with that one, it could give a distorted impression of Star Trek.
yeah, it was well before the days of the internet when we can exchange media at the drop of a torrent.
I do not miss those days.
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if you want to read some TOS novels i recomend;
sarek by A.C. Crispin
spock's world by Diane Duane
the vulcan academy murders by Jean Lorrah
doctor's orders by Diane Duane
the idic epidemic by Jean Lorrah
although many trek novels were numbered, you don't have to read them in order. there's a few that have "book 1" on them so you'll know which are marti-part. none of the above though.