Kirk DID talk Nomad into destroying itself! What Nomad meant by "sterilize imperfection" is to DESTROY the "imperfection", and because Nomad made three errors, three counts of "imperfections," it self-destructed. That was why they were beaming it off the ship.
My only very minor point of contention with this episode is l think it might have made a little more sense if the creator of Nomad had been given a name much more similar to James T. Kirk. But overall this is actually one of my favorite episodes!
These orthodox Trekers are ridiculous. As long as you don't miss episodes and don't skip to a new season in TOS, you are fine. They need to lighten up. Loving your reactions and don't let any idiots ruin your personal journey.🖖
@@kunserndsittizen2655Yup. The only one I'd switch up would maybe be at the very end of season 3. All Our Yesterdays works better as a series finale than Turnabout Intruder.
I wanted to share what was said at an interview of Nichelle Nichols (Uhura) where she talked about meeting dr. Martin Luther King Jr; he said he was a fan of the show, she expressed her interest in returning to her original love musical theater. Upon hearing this his face dropped, he expressed his understanding but stipulated that while a small part on a small television show, that a woman of color was an equal part of the bridge crew to which made leaps forward in equality for people everywhere. After that, she continued with the show into the movies with a long successful career. Truly inspiring.
A lot of people watched the show out of order and they were fine. The show has been around for so long that they are very entrenched in their opinion. At the end of the day, you’re watching them, and enjoying them, and that’s what matters. Until the day I leave this world, I will always want new fans of the original, and Berman, run.
Due to the nature of network programming in the 60's, every episode had to stand on it's own and resolve itself before it's ending. The network could easily pre-empt or interrupt an episode in progress for breaking news, or could prevent an episode from being aired at all. Don't worry too much about seeing them out of order. Even during Next Generation some episodes were 2 parters, or a muti-part story line over a few episodes. Yet the series tended to stick to stand alone stories. Things changed when Ron Moore began writing for the series.
You can really watch most of the whole series out of order, there are only a very few episodes where previous events or side characters come back for another appearance or are referenced. New crewmen tend to just show up with out an introduction episode and those that leave mostly never get any sort of farewell either.
I have to agree that Nomad's act of mass murder was kind of glossed over. Kirk joking around at the end about "my son, the doctor" seems awfully callous in that light (not to mention the members of his own crew who were killed, and unlike Scotty, not miraculously repaired). Still, it's a solid episode with a great, intriguing premise. Always a pleasure to revisit these old familiar stories through your fresh perspective, Bunny! (And anyone who gave you grief over your viewing order needs to take a good, long look at themselves in the mirror and think about their priorities in life. Yeesh.)
No one under the age of fifty five saw these in release order unless they first watched the series on DVD. I don't know why anyone would have a bug up their butt about it let alone holla at you. You are doing great
You're doing absolutely nothing wrong as far as I'm concerned and I don't mind either way, production order or air date. With air date order, once you understand the discrepancies, it's not hard, the episodes are each stand-alone stories for the most part. I just really like and enjoy your reactions in any case.
The only episodes where you see any significant differences between them and the rest of the series are in the first half of the first season (differences like uniform changes, Spock smirking, etc.). But those, aside from "Where No Man" being the third episode aired rather than the first, are easy to ignore. So, a new viewer should perhaps watch "Where No Man" first to avoid any confusion then watch the rest of the episodes in any order they want. Or they can watch "Where No Man" anytime they want.. Makes me no never mind.
No worries, Bunny. You're doing a fantastic job, not only as a reactor, but also as the navigator of Kirk's Enterprise through treacherous Star Trek Fandom.
@@photonicus Actually, I cheated. That was a quote I remembered which was frequently used back when the first Star Trek movie was released in theaters. It was a put-down used to imply that the first movie was just a rehash of the Nomad episode. I just thought it was a great line that I would use this opportunity to reintroduce. 😎👍
I'm sorry you got grief over the viewing order. Unnecessarily hostile gate keepers really grind my gears. I'm just so very grateful that you are reacting to classic _STAR TREK._ And I'm especially appreciative that you continue to share its connection to your father. It touches my heart every time. *EDIT:* Nomad is actually one of the few antagonists that I found truly threatening.
@@christopherconard2831 Well, "purists" aren't a problem... as long as what they insist remain "pure" is what EVERYONE shared... ie, what was actually seen on-screen (or on the page, or on the radio, or...) Where "purists" become a problem is when they expand on that, inside their own minds, and then start insisting that everyone else has to submit to their own set of subjective opinions as if they're "facts." The more fully formed a fictional lore becomes, the more the divide expands. Star Wars is largely dead today for multiple reasons, with most of that being due to vastly decreased quality, granted, but much of that is nevertheless due to the erasure of the Lucasfilm-approved-as-canonical "Expanded Universe" being erased by Disney. Fams had dedicated thousands of hours to reading, watching, listening to, and playing in the " Expanded Universe" and to have all that "erased" by decree from Bob Iger and Kathleen Kennedy devastated the "hardcore Star Wars fanbase," leaving only the casual fans and the non-fans unaffected. It was a horrible error on Disney's part, and even had Disney Star Wars been top quality (which is far from the case, with only one exception, Rogue One) the fandom's passion was crushed by that single move and could never truly recover. As a result, there are two branches of Star Wars fandom... the "classic fans" and the "new Disney fans." And the two are utterly at odds... classic fans fully decrying the Disney stuff, pretending it "doesn't count," and Disney and their "new fans" fully decrying the earlier stuff and pretending IT "doesn't count." And that's how you destroy a billions-of-dollars franchise. Sadly, that's also what Bad Robot/Secret Hideout have done to Star Trek. But at least those shows are under a different IP license (and yes, despite press to the contrary, they remain separate IPs, legally!) than what Bunny is watching now. So, we can just treat them, legally and continuity-wise, as two separate shows, one merely imitating aspects of the other.
If someone gets mad at you for what/when you watch, that is their problem - just remember the words of Garden Party: "You can't please everyone, so you got to please yourself."
@@technofilejr3401 and for those of us who are old enough to have watched it when it first aired, and then watched it in syndication, we have seen them aired in various orders because back when it came out, none of the networks seemed to care about what order to air things.
As someone who was around 9yrs old when Star Trek premiered. I have been a Trekie most of my life I appreciate your critiques and find them refreshing. Keep doing what you do ignore the hater's
I had no idea of the order. I was a year old when the show premiered and grew up watching them in reruns. My local channel had them on late Sunday mornings and I was usually at church so unless I was sick or something I just watched them whenever. Eventually over the years I saw them all.
Lt. Uhuru speaks in her native Swahili language in this re-education scene when she becomes frustrated with English, which shows us that her "memory" and "personality" were not erased, just her "education." So, it's not like her mind was destroyed, it was just blocked from retrieving what she already knew. Nurse Chapel was helping her with remembering what NOMAD had forced her to forget.
In the original script, and the James Blish novelization, it's specified that Nomad didn't erase Uhura's memories. Rather, it removed her ability to express herself, either by conventional speech or the "illogic" of music. So, it was possible to re-educate her in that respect.
As for the production order / release order issue ... people shouldn't be upset. With the pilot type episodes in the first season, and early character development, I can see where it makes sense to go with production order. As for the rest of it, I would be surprised if it makes much difference to even separate the seasons, except perhaps for noting "Assignment: Earth" was the S2 finale.
First, I'd like to say I'm disappointed you caught grief over the way you watch the episodes. You give your time, and energy and I'm grateful. Speaking of this episode, it's just Kirk being Kirk talking computers into suicide. All Hail Landru haha. I love your hair, and that necklace. As a kid, I never realized how shitty it was they're laughing when 4 crew died.
What's hilarious and ironic is most of us grew up watching these in whatever random order we caught them in reruns. Almost nobody saw this show in the "right order." Do it any way that pleases you.
I completely agree. I remember having a list of episodes and trying to see them all. You'd see some episodes a half dozen times, but it literally took me a few years to finally catch that 79th episode.
@@bunnytailsREACTSactually they ran in syndication in PRODUCTION ORDER because I remember it rolling around to the 2nd pilot where Spock had a gold/green shirt and the viewscreen was rounded. Then the next episode was THE CORBOMITE MANEUVER. Then some idiot decided to do AIRDATE ORDER on the DVDs and it’s been that way since.
@@bunnytailsREACTS And not just out of order. For most who saw the show in syndication, many scenes were cut to make room for more commercials. For years, we watched the shows both truncated and with too many commercials. Youre seeing them uncut, remastered, and commercial- free. Youre ahead of the game no matter how you watch.
@@Joe-hh8gd In the 90s, not if you saw them in the 70s and 80s. I remember noticing the difference at one point, not sure exactly when, having seen all episodes several times during the 80s when they were whole.
This was a revisit of the story of Landru in "Return of the Archons" where Kirk raises a logical absurdity to an AI, and it destroys itself trying to solve it. We'll see variations of this plot device again. Scotty has a way of getting himself killed over women, doesn't he? Drives a man to drink. Most of the cool shots of Nomad were simply done: They put the prop and a camera on cart and wheeled it around. (You can tell by the vibration in the movement, and the closed ceiling.) We imagine it flying because we remember the very first shot of it in the transporter room, where it was suspended by a wire. Other shots showed it clearly sitting on something like a table. Thanks for doing two episodes this week! Your reactions are thoughtful and fun!
Nomad was voiced by Vic Perrin. "There is nothing wrong with your television set. We are controlling transmission." Oh, how many times I've wished I could sound like him. I don't know if that would make me a chick magnet, but for myself, it would feel very satisfying. OBTW he was in other ST/TOL episodes, and other series.
Bunny you’re doing fine, look as long as you’re enjoying this fine show which I and multitudes of other enjoyed, whew, I’m happy. Love your reactions and analysis.
I always thought the idea of an Earth probe (Nomad) being damaged in deep space and then merging with an alien probe of unknown origin (Tan Ru) to be a really cool idea. Another one of my favorite Star Trek episodes. Great reaction Bunnytails!!
@bunnytailREACTS The Changling is probably the best of the Kirk-talks-a-computer-into-destroying-itself episdes. The voice of Nomad scared me as a child. Vic Perrin voiced Nomad, and also had appeared previously as the Metron at the end of the first season episode _Arena_ where Kirk fought the Gorn. I later learned that Vic Perrin also preformed the Control Voice on The Outer Limits and had a very long radio career. What a voice the man had. No wonder he was given the role for Nomad.
The episode featured a galactic power called The Other with an emissary that scouts planets. Kind of reminds me of Galactus and the Silver Surfer. I like the shots of Nomad moving, as you commented. The angle of the camera made it look better, given the limited options available given sixties tv special effects, than just a medium shot would. The mind meld was fun. Spock confirmed Kirk's impression that Nomad is "space happy", after Spock saw how badly damaged Nomad's circuits was. Love the lighting and how it accents the colors in your studio 0:02 . Looking forward to seeing your next reacts episode. An attractive photo of Uhura for the title. I think Nichelle Nicoles used every second of screen time to stand out and in this episode she looks fantastic.
Re-watching the series with you has really gotten into my head. I recently had a medical procedure, during which I was sedated. When finished, they woke me up from a dream. A Star Trek dream! I don't think I've ever had a Star Trek dream. I was a starship captain and we were under attack. I thanked the staff for waking me up. They may have saved my life. BTW, "Non-sequitur. Your facts are uncoordinated," is one of my favorite quotes. There are frequent opportunities to utilize it. I also like to say "Error?! Error?!" in my helium voice.
Yes, Nomad ultimately destroyed itself. I think my favorite line in this is from Spok: "Your logic is impeccable, Captain. We are in grave danger." LOL If memory serves, James Doohan ("Scott") also provided the voice for Nomad.
Your explanation of why and how you chose to view them is very rational. What I like best is that you explained your reasoning. Good for you. You are thoughtful and complete in how you reference and review these episodes. Keep it up, you are doing great!
In the episode The Devil In The Dark we observed Spock perform a Vulcan mind meld and heard the Horta (through Spock's voice) say the phrases "cry for the children" and "sorrow for the murdered children". Well, here in this episode we should cry for the red shirts and feel sorrow for the murdered red shirts. Nomad murdered four red shirts. Four men. That's one percent of Kirk's entire crew. In addition, this time Scotty himself fell victim to the red shirt curse and was killed. However, in the case of Scotty......
For frak sake people!!! With as much hassle Paramout and CBS give the reactors that watch any Trek show, be happy Bunny is doing it at all I enjoy these reactions do much I wouldn't mind if she did the backwards. IDIC 🖖
In whatever order you go in, I'm enjoying the ride to see the series through new eyes and to approach it with such well spoken analysis. Thank you for doing what you're doing!
I don't know if anyone paid attention, but Uhura is singing the same song that she sung to Lt. O'Reilly in "The Conscience of the King." Also, most shows aired on television based upon how quick the post-production of an episode was, if an episode had some controversial content for the networks to hold back until a later airing or if the networks simply decided which episode was best for airing, particularly during certain holidays or special events. When these shows entered into syndication (usually after either their network run ended or they reached the magic number of episodes to go into syndication), they were aired in production order, and Star Trek: The Original Series was no different. They were even put on VHS in production order. This changed sometime in the 1990's, and now most shows air in syndication (or basic cable stations) in airdate order, and are release on DVD/Blu-Ray and streaming services that way. Saved By The Bell is one of the few shows that still air in production order, more or less. My point is: you continue to watch Star Trek: The Original Series the order that you want to watch and show them on both Patreon and UA-cam, and if anyone has an issue with it, the tough.
I saw Star Trek through the 70s and 80s in reruns and no station I saw ever aired them in any order at all. You'd get a first season episode followed by a third season episode, back to a first season, then a couple second season episodes, and on and on. It took forever for me to see all the episodes. The last one was a third season episode which I don't want to name because Bunny asked us not to mention any episodes she hasn't reviewed yet, but it opens with a medical log.
You're dead wrong about the syndication order, and for a reason that, once you understand it, will seem obvious to everyone, but isn't to those who grew up in the "digital age." Syndication involved shipping reels of film to the local television stations. After airing them, the film reels were repackaged and shipped back to the syndicator. And they'd then get shipped to another station. So, depending on how many total sets of the series the syndicator gad in their inventory, no two stations might be airing the same episode at the same time, and certainly, no two stations ever had the exact same viewing order. The reels making up a series were all out at different stations, all at once. Once TV stations started transitioning to video tape, the media changed but nit the process. And even then, video tape always looked worse than film did. So, until higher definition video formats hit, film remained the standard. Almost everything aired until the mid-to-late 1980s was on film. But by the mid-late 1990s, it was all being delivered digitally. First on tape, but not "video tape," and later, as streamed downloaded digital files stored on local drives. But when Trek went into syndication, it was 100% "film reels."
Hi, Bunny. I'm sorry you've been hassled about episode running orders, etc. When we first got the show here in the UK, the episodes were all over the place & nobody cared. We just enjoyed the episodes as we saw them. It wasn't until books started coming out from the 70's onwards that much more detail (such as episode production order) came out. Yes, there is an argument that viewing in production order shows you growth in characterisation, or production values or whatever - but if the season doesn't have a through-line, all that matters is that you enjoy it. And after all, that's supposed to be why we're all here - because we want you to have a good time & share your insights with us. Please don't upset yourself about it - we can never please everyone & if we try, we are the ones who end up suffering for it. Can't wait to set course for the next reaction (in whatever order) - Warp Eight! :)
Born in '70s and the order I watched them in was whatever order the guy at the station pulled them off of the shelf. Not only did I not see them in any order, some episodes were played much more often than others and some of the tapes were damaged at that station and so I didn't get to see four episodes until the '90s when everything became relayed by satellite from a central station.
I was pretty young when it first aired (though I do recall arguing with the parents about watching it or not back then), so when it went into syndication and it came on after school during the week, I watched it in whatever order it was played.
@@bunnytailsREACTS😂😂😂😂people are nuts... I'm old enough to have seen some of the show during original airing. It all depended if my parents let me watch it. And I had no idea about production date vs broadcast date. I picked up most of the rest of the series in syndication in the 70s, no order at all. With all that, I grew up to be a relatively productive and well adjusted citizen.
@@bunnytailsREACTSPeople would be shocked.. shocked I tell ya to know I started watching TNG in season 5 back when it was being originally broadcast in the '90s. And have since gone on to see all Star Trek episodes (900+). If anything, most of the Star Trek series would turn people off if they started at the first season, because first seasons of Trek series tend to be poor -- and so people would burn out of their viewing habit pretty quickly, before they got to the good stuff. So there'd actually be MORE Trek fans if they weren't chided to start on first seasons.. lol, people are funny
PFFFFT, you do what works for you BT, some folks in the online community will never be happy. Your reactions are a bonus to any trek fans life. Don't let anyone tell you differently. The order you watch them means squat. OG fans jump all over the place when we re watch the show. This is episode will be very familiar to anyone having seen STTMP, except the size of the probe was movie sized. This is also the beginning of the Kirk and crew outwit the machines. LOL, just realized Kirk got his wish, His son did end up being a Dr.
Nomad self distrusted when they beamed it out into space, they didn’t blast it. This was why Spock congratulates him on a “fantastic display of logic “ LoL .
20:47 - "oh we blew it up?" No, Nomad self destructed (sterilized) because Kirk showed it that it was in error and imperfect, and while it was on the transporter pad he reminded it one more time to carry out its primary function in response, to destroy imperfection. They just had to get it off the ship before it took itself out and the Enterprise with it. A split second later, having been beamed into space, Nomad carried out its prime function and sterilized itself. Love all these TOS reactions Bunny! Don't listen to the complainers, it's your channel and you should feel free to run it how you see fit. 🙂
You can watch them in any order you want. I love your reactions and it brings back memories of me and my father watching these together. I miss him every day. Thank you
Vic Perrin is the voice of Nomad, and Vic shows up as a different character in another episode. He was known as "The Control Voice" (or narrator) on the original Outer Limits TV show.
You would think Starfleet would add two things to a space vessel - seat belts and circuit breakers. But credit where its due, they did secure the chairs to the deck so the chairs don't get hurt.
Bunny, you are doing nothing wrong. It's your channel and any viewing order you do is just fine. You're the Boss! 👍👍 All those who keep telling you what to do should shut up. Star Trek fanatics can be real DORKS. As William Shatner once said to all the dorks, "Get a life! It's just a TV show!" (Classic SNL episode - Star Trek Convention)
Her son, Kyle Richards, was the lead in "The Learning Tree", the film adaptation of Gordon Parks Sr's novel. Parks, who wrote, produced and directed the film, was the first Black film director to work for an A-list studio (Warner Bros.).
The idea of "education tapes" for fast education was very popular in the '60s. Secretary of Defense McNamara claimed he could use educational tapes to educate the mentally deficient and with this excuse he began drafting all those rejected for service due to mental problems... and then sending them straight to the Vietnam front with no additional training where they died in horrific numbers. Yet another dark chapter of eugenics in US history.
Check out the history of McNamara's Morons. Not a nice name, but that's what they became known as. There are a few good videos on UA-cam about it. His theory was that low scores on aptitude tests could be overcome with training. Unfortunately there wasn't follow through of that training. Also, people who simply lacking in intelligence were assumed to just need experience. There tends to be a brutal learning curve in a combat zone. This isn't to excuse what the program did. Almost anyone with experience in military training would have known it would end in disaster.
Vic Perrin, the voice of NOMAD, was the voice of the Outer Limits. I remember him in an episode of Adventures of Superman. His character was demeaningly called Scurvey...!
Most people like me saw these in syndication on independent local stations at odd times and in no particular order. What you are doing is awesome! Keep up the great work! I am most enjoying seeing you have great reactions to episodes I never considered to be all that good. There are more than a few that I can’t wait to see. You bring incredible perspective. THANK YOU!
Do not let these "fans" try to control you. You can watch them in any order that you want to. This is YOUR show!!!! They have already seen all of the episodes time and time and time again, so why should they care. Here's a nice little trivia bit... when the series was FINALLY released on home video on laserdisc, Beta tape, and VHS tape, it was released and numbered in production order, so us "old guys" remember that and prefer production order. But when Paramount re-released everything on DVD (and later Blu-Ray), it was released and numbered in airdate order. These releases are remembered more by a younger crowd that never bought the tapes. But really, it is just a matter of preference. There is no right or wrong way to do this... watch them as you wish. Heck, you can watch them in reverse if you want... start with the last episode of season 3 and work your way backwards. That will make their heads explode!!!!!
I'm just excited you are going to watch them all. I've been enjoying your thoughts on the stories & characters. I grew up watching the show in the 70's in reruns. I remember it was hard to watch all the episodes, because you never knew what was going to be aired without a tv guide. Many episodes I didn't see until VHS tapes came out.
He talked it into self-destruction. You saw fine examples of two Star Trek tropes in this episode - Kirk can talk any computer into suicide, and redshirts are expendable cannon fodder, handy in any episode where someone needs to die to jack up the dramatic tension.
I'm a huge Trek fan to a fault... there is one thing I could care less is trying to satisfy how you watch these episodes. do what's easier for you don't try to make the crazies happy, in the end they will drive you crazy 😂 have fun and enjoy the series.
Considering the US is *still* working with units like feet and pounds, I give credit to the show producers that they mentioned Nomad was 500 kg in mass and 1 meter in height, and then followed up with the need for anti-grav bars to move Nomad as it was self-destructing. (Considering that Kirk is about 85 kg, and I'm not sure about the volume of the prop they used, guessing that Nomad was heavier than a solid block of lead or gold of similar size.)
I recall two TV shows had episodes that were filmed intentionally out of order. Star Trek TNG Season 1 had filmed two episodes out of order and were aired in correct order; when I found out which episodes years later, that explained a blooper/easter egg. "Arrow" also filmed two episodes out of order due to an important guest star's schedule, then aired in the intended order; those episodes were important due to establishing a new upcoming spinoff series.
Uhuras mind was temporarily wiped. She was reeducated on the ship but gradually her own memories returned as a result of being immersed in educational training. kind of like occupational therapy
The "my son, the doctor" bit is a reference to a Jewish cliche, which is funnier if you know that the actor playing Kirk (and the actor playing Spock) are Jewish
Nice necklace. Loving your reactions and the fresh perspective and thoughtful analysis you bring to each and every episode. What a fun trip to accompany you on.
I always grin that when Kirk told Nomad to drop his shields for Spock's examination, he essentially tells him to drop his pants, turn his head, and cough.
24:29 Nomad did destroy himself. He blew himself up after they beamed him into space. They did not shoot at him. Thats why they were in such hurry to get him to the Transporter Room.
Your growing smile at Kirk's joke at the end was priceless. Don't ever change. Regarding viewing order, TOS is not serialized, most episodes don't even refer to others, so apart from Stardate mentions, watching them in whatever order you wish won't affect anything from the experience (apart from not seeing Chekov in Season 1). TNG is much of the same except that they often refer to previous episodes so you better watch them in order just in case as well as for some character progression. DS9 is very serialized, especially in its second half and the over arching story goes from point A to B from episode 1, so if you have to watch a ST series in the right order it's this one in particular otherwise, you will be quite lost in most episodes especially in later seasons. Voyager is more like TNG although you better watch them in order regarding the over arching progression. Enterprise is more like older Trek but watching them in order is still better for character development, season 3 is completely serialized and MUST be watched in order because it's mostly a 26 episodes film... Season 4 has segments of 2, 3 or 4 episodes but the overarching character development requires them to be watched in order. As for later Trek products, there a bit of everything and watching those in order should be better I guess, if you ever watch those, that is.
Bunny. You are doing just fine; I enjoy your reactions. You can't please everyone, somebody always has a gripe about the smallest insignificant stuff. I watched these when they aired. Keep doing what you are doing. See you next video. Take care and stay confident. Bye. 😄✌🖖
"Trying to communicate with math?" What, haven't you ever seen "Contact"? If you haven't, then you should absolutely watch it. It kinda blew my mind when I was growing up.
"That unit is a woman" -- "A mass of conflicting impulses" didn't get the reaction I was expecting! Love your reactions; I wouldn't care if you did them in completely random order.
Wow, two reactions with a few days, nice Monday surprise. I prefer production order, but not upset either way, though your thinking is chaotic due to your mass of conflicting impulses. Ha, ironic that you made the switch with this episode.... Another great Kirk vs. the computer ending, always liked the "... you have made two errors line... by the way, Nomad did destroy itself. There's a lot of similarities in the first Trek movie to this episode.
you are doing a fantastic job, Star trek fans are fanatical but each is fanatical about different aspects. The silent majority are quite happy however you watch and know you will get to every episode.
I think it was important to view the first season in production order, which was done, to see how the basic premise of the show (an exploratory spacecraft with a large crew) and the main characters developed. After that, things are more stabilized, and the episodes can be taken individually. One new recurring character is introduced in Pavel Chekhov, the impulsive young Russian. The governing authorities are fixed at Starfleet Command and the United Federation of Planets. And certain recurring plot devices--the Enterprise in the clutches of a superior being, the "he's dead, but not really" convention, Kirk falling for babes, etc., are used again and again.
great,now i'm going to be saying "non sequitur" all day. it always happens after watching this episode. favorite reaction 16:31 the eyes widening,and the deadpanned "oh no. they got sterilized". replayed several times. second favorite reaction 18:32 "stop shooting at it!" this one had another of those uncomfortable "happy endings" with kirk making a joke ("my son, the doctor"). meanwhile we only lost 4 red shirts in the episode. still in my top ten favorites,though.
You know, it's possible that Spock has melded with more creatures than any other Vulcan. He read the mind of everyone he could, now that you mention it.
So when they specified the population of the planet Nomad destroyed, I got curious and looked it up. So surprisingly, the population in 1967 was around 3.4 Billion, meaning they actually didn’t just say “it killed as many people as exist today!” but actually rounded up to the next billion. Still serves the same basic idea but a bit less likely to get the audience to go “oh no that could be me”.
I wonder if they were humans, a human colony that had thrived and become a World of its own? Or, if they were non terrestrial Life? Might Nomad have not only killed off all those billions of people, but also an entire Worlds ecosystem, and all the life that had been part of it. 🌍 ➡️⚪
One odd thing was when Scotty was killed, Kirk's face was full of rage. Four red-shirts get vaporized and not so much. And knowing that a photon torpedo was completely absorbed but still using hand phasors to attack Nomad.
Kirk DID talk Nomad into destroying itself! What Nomad meant by "sterilize imperfection" is to DESTROY the "imperfection", and because Nomad made three errors, three counts of "imperfections," it self-destructed. That was why they were beaming it off the ship.
Ah! I get it now, thanks!
My only very minor point of contention with this episode is l think it might have made a little more sense if the creator of Nomad had been given a name much more similar to James T. Kirk. But overall this is actually one of my favorite episodes!
Yeah it was three strikes for Nomad and it was out!
@@bunnytailsREACTS "My son the doctor" was a nice hint at Star Trek 2 "David Marcus" since you've seen that already. 😄
@@komradewirelesscaller6716 , yeah, like "Thames Claudius Kirk"!
The great compliment / insult by Spock.
*Spock:* ".. a dazzling display of logic!"
*Kirk:* "You didn't think I had it in me?"
*Spock:* "No sir".
These orthodox Trekers are ridiculous. As long as you don't miss episodes and don't skip to a new season in TOS, you are fine. They need to lighten up.
Loving your reactions and don't let any idiots ruin your personal journey.🖖
Thank you ♥
Here, here. I think she needs to gently remind them her phaser is set to "kill".
@@bunnytailsREACTSonly the first pilot, 2nd pilot and CORBOMITE MANEUVER needed to be watched in PRODUCTION ORDER
Some Star Trek fans can be a cranky bunch. Until you get to Deep Space Nine the order doesn't really matter that much. Love your videos!
@@kunserndsittizen2655Yup. The only one I'd switch up would maybe be at the very end of season 3. All Our Yesterdays works better as a series finale than Turnabout Intruder.
This episode has my favorite quote from TOS. Spock: "Your logic was impeccable, Captain. We are in grave danger."
Fun little factoid. The picture of Jackson Roykirk they use in this episode is Marc Daniels, the director.
I wanted to share what was said at an interview of Nichelle Nichols (Uhura) where she talked about meeting dr. Martin Luther King Jr; he said he was a fan of the show, she expressed her interest in returning to her original love musical theater. Upon hearing this his face dropped, he expressed his understanding but stipulated that while a small part on a small television show, that a woman of color was an equal part of the bridge crew to which made leaps forward in equality for people everywhere. After that, she continued with the show into the movies with a long successful career. Truly inspiring.
And yet here we are now with woke ideology
She also went to work with NASA recruiting women and people of other ethnicities into the astronaut corps
Yes... isn't it simply awful that people bother to get educated...
A lot of people watched the show out of order and they were fine. The show has been around for so long that they are very entrenched in their opinion.
At the end of the day, you’re watching them, and enjoying them, and that’s what matters. Until the day I leave this world, I will always want new fans of the original, and Berman, run.
Thanks :)
Due to the nature of network programming in the 60's, every episode had to stand on it's own and resolve itself before it's ending. The network could easily pre-empt or interrupt an episode in progress for breaking news, or could prevent an episode from being aired at all. Don't worry too much about seeing them out of order. Even during Next Generation some episodes were 2 parters, or a muti-part story line over a few episodes. Yet the series tended to stick to stand alone stories. Things changed when Ron Moore began writing for the series.
Berman... 🙄
@@bunnytailsREACTSI would have liked to have seen a story arch that showed Uhura's recovery, but unfortunately story's back then were "One and Done".
You can really watch most of the whole series out of order, there are only a very few episodes where previous events or side characters come back for another appearance or are referenced. New crewmen tend to just show up with out an introduction episode and those that leave mostly never get any sort of farewell either.
I have to agree that Nomad's act of mass murder was kind of glossed over. Kirk joking around at the end about "my son, the doctor" seems awfully callous in that light (not to mention the members of his own crew who were killed, and unlike Scotty, not miraculously repaired). Still, it's a solid episode with a great, intriguing premise. Always a pleasure to revisit these old familiar stories through your fresh perspective, Bunny!
(And anyone who gave you grief over your viewing order needs to take a good, long look at themselves in the mirror and think about their priorities in life. Yeesh.)
No one under the age of fifty five saw these in release order unless they first watched the series on DVD. I don't know why anyone would have a bug up their butt about it let alone holla at you. You are doing great
Correct. Even on a few channels that I catch this series on does NOT play everything in order, though 1 channel actually tries.
They started that AIRDATE ORDER crap with the DVDs. It only matters in the first 3 episodes.
I never knew what episode belonged to what season.
You're doing absolutely nothing wrong as far as I'm concerned and I don't mind either way, production order or air date. With air date order, once you understand the discrepancies, it's not hard, the episodes are each stand-alone stories for the most part. I just really like and enjoy your reactions in any case.
The only episodes where you see any significant differences between them and the rest of the series are in the first half of the first season (differences like uniform changes, Spock smirking, etc.). But those, aside from "Where No Man" being the third episode aired rather than the first, are easy to ignore. So, a new viewer should perhaps watch "Where No Man" first to avoid any confusion then watch the rest of the episodes in any order they want. Or they can watch "Where No Man" anytime they want.. Makes me no never mind.
@@kwebb121765 There are some differences in quality between the seasons.
You're safely at the point where production order no longer really matters.
No worries, Bunny. You're doing a fantastic job, not only as a reactor, but also as the navigator of Kirk's Enterprise through treacherous Star Trek Fandom.
@@s.patrickmarino7289 There are bad episodes and good episodes no matter what order you watch them in.
"Where NOMAD has gone before! " 😂
Good one! 👏🤣😂
Ok that's new!😄😄
@@photonicus Actually, I cheated. That was a quote I remembered which was frequently used back when the first Star Trek movie was released in theaters. It was a put-down used to imply that the first movie was just a rehash of the Nomad episode. I just thought it was a great line that I would use this opportunity to reintroduce. 😎👍
@@JasonRule-1 Still, thanks for bringing it to our attention🖖
You’re not doing it wrong. You’re the captain of this ship and I’m just happy to be along for the ride.
I'm sorry you got grief over the viewing order. Unnecessarily hostile gate keepers really grind my gears. I'm just so very grateful that you are reacting to classic _STAR TREK._ And I'm especially appreciative that you continue to share its connection to your father. It touches my heart every time.
*EDIT:* Nomad is actually one of the few antagonists that I found truly threatening.
Purists are the bane of any fan base. Doubly so with sci-fi/fantasy worlds.
Who else do you find truly threatening?
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Well, "purists" aren't a problem... as long as what they insist remain "pure" is what EVERYONE shared... ie, what was actually seen on-screen (or on the page, or on the radio, or...)
Where "purists" become a problem is when they expand on that, inside their own minds, and then start insisting that everyone else has to submit to their own set of subjective opinions as if they're "facts."
The more fully formed a fictional lore becomes, the more the divide expands.
Star Wars is largely dead today for multiple reasons, with most of that being due to vastly decreased quality, granted, but much of that is nevertheless due to the erasure of the Lucasfilm-approved-as-canonical "Expanded Universe" being erased by Disney. Fams had dedicated thousands of hours to reading, watching, listening to, and playing in the " Expanded Universe" and to have all that "erased" by decree from Bob Iger and Kathleen Kennedy devastated the "hardcore Star Wars fanbase," leaving only the casual fans and the non-fans unaffected.
It was a horrible error on Disney's part, and even had Disney Star Wars been top quality (which is far from the case, with only one exception, Rogue One) the fandom's passion was crushed by that single move and could never truly recover.
As a result, there are two branches of Star Wars fandom... the "classic fans" and the "new Disney fans." And the two are utterly at odds... classic fans fully decrying the Disney stuff, pretending it "doesn't count," and Disney and their "new fans" fully decrying the earlier stuff and pretending IT "doesn't count."
And that's how you destroy a billions-of-dollars franchise.
Sadly, that's also what Bad Robot/Secret Hideout have done to Star Trek. But at least those shows are under a different IP license (and yes, despite press to the contrary, they remain separate IPs, legally!) than what Bunny is watching now. So, we can just treat them, legally and continuity-wise, as two separate shows, one merely imitating aspects of the other.
Another example of Kirk talking a machine to death. It’s not the first we’ve seen and it won’t be the last. 😄
Listen Norman, I am lying.
@@light9999And EVERY THING I say is a lie!
20th century Earth has to quit sending out probes, seems to be a problem in the 24th century.
If someone gets mad at you for what/when you watch, that is their problem - just remember the words of Garden Party: "You can't please everyone, so you got to please yourself."
We’ve all watched these episodes so often for the last 55+ years does it really matter?
@@technofilejr3401 and for those of us who are old enough to have watched it when it first aired, and then watched it in syndication, we have seen them aired in various orders because back when it came out, none of the networks seemed to care about what order to air things.
As someone who was around 9yrs old when Star Trek premiered. I have been a Trekie most of my life I appreciate your critiques and find them refreshing. Keep doing what you do ignore the hater's
I had no idea of the order. I was a year old when the show premiered and grew up watching them in reruns. My local channel had them on late Sunday mornings and I was usually at church so unless I was sick or something I just watched them whenever. Eventually over the years I saw them all.
Lt. Uhuru speaks in her native Swahili language in this re-education scene when she becomes frustrated with English, which shows us that her "memory" and "personality" were not erased, just her "education." So, it's not like her mind was destroyed, it was just blocked from retrieving what she already knew. Nurse Chapel was helping her with remembering what NOMAD had forced her to forget.
In the original script, and the James Blish novelization, it's specified that Nomad didn't erase Uhura's memories. Rather, it removed her ability to express herself, either by conventional speech or the "illogic" of music. So, it was possible to re-educate her in that respect.
As for the production order / release order issue ... people shouldn't be upset. With the pilot type episodes in the first season, and early character development, I can see where it makes sense to go with production order. As for the rest of it, I would be surprised if it makes much difference to even separate the seasons, except perhaps for noting "Assignment: Earth" was the S2 finale.
First, I'd like to say I'm disappointed you caught grief over the way you watch the episodes. You give your time, and energy and I'm grateful.
Speaking of this episode, it's just Kirk being Kirk talking computers into suicide. All Hail Landru haha. I love your hair, and that necklace.
As a kid, I never realized how shitty it was they're laughing when 4 crew died.
What's hilarious and ironic is most of us grew up watching these in whatever random order we caught them in reruns. Almost nobody saw this show in the "right order." Do it any way that pleases you.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'VE BEEN THINKING!
I completely agree. I remember having a list of episodes and trying to see them all. You'd see some episodes a half dozen times, but it literally took me a few years to finally catch that 79th episode.
@@bunnytailsREACTSactually they ran in syndication in PRODUCTION ORDER because I remember it rolling around to the 2nd pilot where Spock had a gold/green shirt and the viewscreen was rounded. Then the next episode was THE CORBOMITE MANEUVER. Then some idiot decided to do AIRDATE ORDER on the DVDs and it’s been that way since.
@@bunnytailsREACTS And not just out of order. For most who saw the show in syndication, many scenes were cut to make room for more commercials. For years, we watched the shows both truncated and with too many commercials. Youre seeing them uncut, remastered, and commercial- free. Youre ahead of the game no matter how you watch.
@@Joe-hh8gd In the 90s, not if you saw them in the 70s and 80s. I remember noticing the difference at one point, not sure exactly when, having seen all episodes several times during the 80s when they were whole.
This was a revisit of the story of Landru in "Return of the Archons" where Kirk raises a logical absurdity to an AI, and it destroys itself trying to solve it. We'll see variations of this plot device again.
Scotty has a way of getting himself killed over women, doesn't he? Drives a man to drink.
Most of the cool shots of Nomad were simply done: They put the prop and a camera on cart and wheeled it around. (You can tell by the vibration in the movement, and the closed ceiling.) We imagine it flying because we remember the very first shot of it in the transporter room, where it was suspended by a wire. Other shots showed it clearly sitting on something like a table.
Thanks for doing two episodes this week! Your reactions are thoughtful and fun!
Nomad was voiced by Vic Perrin. "There is nothing wrong with your television set. We are controlling transmission." Oh, how many times I've wished I could sound like him. I don't know if that would make me a chick magnet, but for myself, it would feel very satisfying. OBTW he was in other ST/TOL episodes, and other series.
Never made The Outer Limits connection ... cool!
He was one of the aliens in the Mirror Mirror episode.
Bunny you’re doing fine, look as long as you’re enjoying this fine show which I and multitudes of other enjoyed, whew, I’m happy. Love your reactions and analysis.
I always thought the idea of an Earth probe (Nomad) being damaged in deep space and then merging with an alien probe of unknown origin (Tan Ru) to be a really cool idea. Another one of my favorite Star Trek episodes. Great reaction Bunnytails!!
@bunnytailREACTS The Changling is probably the best of the Kirk-talks-a-computer-into-destroying-itself episdes. The voice of Nomad scared me as a child. Vic Perrin voiced Nomad, and also had appeared previously as the Metron at the end of the first season episode _Arena_ where Kirk fought the Gorn. I later learned that Vic Perrin also preformed the Control Voice on The Outer Limits and had a very long radio career. What a voice the man had. No wonder he was given the role for Nomad.
And he’s that planetary leader in MIRROR MIRROR
The episode featured a galactic power called The Other with an emissary that scouts planets. Kind of reminds me of Galactus and the Silver Surfer.
I like the shots of Nomad moving, as you commented. The angle of the camera made it look better, given the limited options available given sixties tv special effects, than just a medium shot would.
The mind meld was fun. Spock confirmed Kirk's impression that Nomad is "space happy", after Spock saw how badly damaged Nomad's circuits was.
Love the lighting and how it accents the colors in your studio 0:02 . Looking forward to seeing your next reacts episode. An attractive photo of Uhura for the title. I think Nichelle Nicoles used every second of screen time to stand out and in this episode she looks fantastic.
The next episode "Mirror Mirror" has become pivotal in the Star Trek universe.
This episode was pretty pivotal too, ST TMP was loosely based on this story.
For more on V'ger, you should read the Star Trek novel "The Return", it has a surprising revelation about V'ger.@@michaelbruno1666
Bunnytails, it's your channel. Do what you feel like doing.
Re-watching the series with you has really gotten into my head. I recently had a medical procedure, during which I was sedated. When finished, they woke me up from a dream. A Star Trek dream! I don't think I've ever had a Star Trek dream. I was a starship captain and we were under attack. I thanked the staff for waking me up. They may have saved my life.
BTW, "Non-sequitur. Your facts are uncoordinated," is one of my favorite quotes. There are frequent opportunities to utilize it. I also like to say "Error?! Error?!" in my helium voice.
Uhura was indeed adorable in this episode.
Imagine if they had the freedom in TNG they could have had her recovery as a season long story.
Yes, Nomad ultimately destroyed itself. I think my favorite line in this is from Spok: "Your logic is impeccable, Captain. We are in grave danger." LOL If memory serves, James Doohan ("Scott") also provided the voice for Nomad.
Your explanation of why and how you chose to view them is very rational. What I like best is that you explained your reasoning. Good for you. You are thoughtful and complete in how you reference and review these episodes. Keep
it up, you are doing great!
In the episode The Devil In The Dark we observed Spock perform a Vulcan mind meld and heard the Horta (through Spock's voice) say the phrases "cry for the children" and "sorrow for the murdered children". Well, here in this episode we should cry for the red shirts and feel sorrow for the murdered red shirts. Nomad murdered four red shirts. Four men. That's one percent of Kirk's entire crew. In addition, this time Scotty himself fell victim to the red shirt curse and was killed. However, in the case of Scotty......
For frak sake people!!! With as much hassle Paramout and CBS give the reactors that watch any Trek show, be happy Bunny is doing it at all I enjoy these reactions do much I wouldn't mind if she did the backwards. IDIC 🖖
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@@bunnytailsREACTSit doesn’t matter now. Only the first few episodes really mattered in PRODUCTION ORDER.
In whatever order you go in, I'm enjoying the ride to see the series through new eyes and to approach it with such well spoken analysis. Thank you for doing what you're doing!
I don't know if anyone paid attention, but Uhura is singing the same song that she sung to Lt. O'Reilly in "The Conscience of the King." Also, most shows aired on television based upon how quick the post-production of an episode was, if an episode had some controversial content for the networks to hold back until a later airing or if the networks simply decided which episode was best for airing, particularly during certain holidays or special events. When these shows entered into syndication (usually after either their network run ended or they reached the magic number of episodes to go into syndication), they were aired in production order, and Star Trek: The Original Series was no different. They were even put on VHS in production order. This changed sometime in the 1990's, and now most shows air in syndication (or basic cable stations) in airdate order, and are release on DVD/Blu-Ray and streaming services that way. Saved By The Bell is one of the few shows that still air in production order, more or less. My point is: you continue to watch Star Trek: The Original Series the order that you want to watch and show them on both Patreon and UA-cam, and if anyone has an issue with it, the tough.
I saw Star Trek through the 70s and 80s in reruns and no station I saw ever aired them in any order at all. You'd get a first season episode followed by a third season episode, back to a first season, then a couple second season episodes, and on and on. It took forever for me to see all the episodes. The last one was a third season episode which I don't want to name because Bunny asked us not to mention any episodes she hasn't reviewed yet, but it opens with a medical log.
You're dead wrong about the syndication order, and for a reason that, once you understand it, will seem obvious to everyone, but isn't to those who grew up in the "digital age."
Syndication involved shipping reels of film to the local television stations. After airing them, the film reels were repackaged and shipped back to the syndicator. And they'd then get shipped to another station.
So, depending on how many total sets of the series the syndicator gad in their inventory, no two stations might be airing the same episode at the same time, and certainly, no two stations ever had the exact same viewing order. The reels making up a series were all out at different stations, all at once.
Once TV stations started transitioning to video tape, the media changed but nit the process. And even then, video tape always looked worse than film did. So, until higher definition video formats hit, film remained the standard. Almost everything aired until the mid-to-late 1980s was on film. But by the mid-late 1990s, it was all being delivered digitally. First on tape, but not "video tape," and later, as streamed downloaded digital files stored on local drives.
But when Trek went into syndication, it was 100% "film reels."
Hi, Bunny. I'm sorry you've been hassled about episode running orders, etc. When we first got the show here in the UK, the episodes were all over the place & nobody cared. We just enjoyed the episodes as we saw them. It wasn't until books started coming out from the 70's onwards that much more detail (such as episode production order) came out. Yes, there is an argument that viewing in production order shows you growth in characterisation, or production values or whatever - but if the season doesn't have a through-line, all that matters is that you enjoy it. And after all, that's supposed to be why we're all here - because we want you to have a good time & share your insights with us. Please don't upset yourself about it - we can never please everyone & if we try, we are the ones who end up suffering for it. Can't wait to set course for the next reaction (in whatever order) - Warp Eight! :)
Born in '70s and the order I watched them in was whatever order the guy at the station pulled them off of the shelf. Not only did I not see them in any order, some episodes were played much more often than others and some of the tapes were damaged at that station and so I didn't get to see four episodes until the '90s when everything became relayed by satellite from a central station.
I was pretty young when it first aired (though I do recall arguing with the parents about watching it or not back then), so when it went into syndication and it came on after school during the week, I watched it in whatever order it was played.
Wow, and the world didn't end??? :P
@@bunnytailsREACTS😂😂😂😂people are nuts... I'm old enough to have seen some of the show during original airing. It all depended if my parents let me watch it. And I had no idea about production date vs broadcast date. I picked up most of the rest of the series in syndication in the 70s, no order at all. With all that, I grew up to be a relatively productive and well adjusted citizen.
@@bunnytailsREACTSPeople would be shocked.. shocked I tell ya to know I started watching TNG in season 5 back when it was being originally broadcast in the '90s. And have since gone on to see all Star Trek episodes (900+). If anything, most of the Star Trek series would turn people off if they started at the first season, because first seasons of Trek series tend to be poor -- and so people would burn out of their viewing habit pretty quickly, before they got to the good stuff. So there'd actually be MORE Trek fans if they weren't chided to start on first seasons.. lol, people are funny
@@Chris-oe4pjwell TOS season one was mostly great. TNG not so much.
PFFFFT, you do what works for you BT, some folks in the online community will never be happy. Your reactions are a bonus to any trek fans life. Don't let anyone tell you differently. The order you watch them means squat. OG fans jump all over the place when we re watch the show.
This is episode will be very familiar to anyone having seen STTMP, except the size of the probe was movie sized. This is also the beginning of the Kirk and crew outwit the machines.
LOL, just realized Kirk got his wish, His son did end up being a Dr.
This is probably one of my favorites, because it challanged our perspective of what an actual threat is.
Nomad self distrusted when they beamed it out into space, they didn’t blast it. This was why Spock congratulates him on a “fantastic display of logic “ LoL .
20:47 - "oh we blew it up?" No, Nomad self destructed (sterilized) because Kirk showed it that it was in error and imperfect, and while it was on the transporter pad he reminded it one more time to carry out its primary function in response, to destroy imperfection. They just had to get it off the ship before it took itself out and the Enterprise with it. A split second later, having been beamed into space, Nomad carried out its prime function and sterilized itself. Love all these TOS reactions Bunny! Don't listen to the complainers, it's your channel and you should feel free to run it how you see fit. 🙂
You can watch them in any order you want. I love your reactions and it brings back memories of me and my father watching these together. I miss him every day. Thank you
Vic Perrin is the voice of Nomad, and Vic shows up as a different character in another episode. He was known as "The Control Voice" (or narrator) on the original Outer Limits TV show.
The original Outer Limits is one of the all-time classic sf 📺 series
You would think Starfleet would add two things to a space vessel - seat belts and circuit breakers. But credit where its due, they did secure the chairs to the deck so the chairs don't get hurt.
"my son...the doctor" ...the delivery ALWAYS makes me laugh :)
Nomad did destroy itself. That's why there was a rush to beam it into deep space before it would blow up. -OG
Don't worry about the complaints. These are episodic, very, very rarely affected by previous episodes. Your doing great. Keep exploring Trek 😊
This episode is pretty significant because its theme is seen throughout the Star Trek universe.
Indeed it is. Longtime fans will know exactly what is meant by this statement.
Bunny, you are doing nothing wrong. It's your channel and any viewing order you do is just fine. You're the Boss! 👍👍
All those who keep telling you what to do should shut up. Star Trek fanatics can be real DORKS.
As William Shatner once said to all the dorks, "Get a life! It's just a TV show!" (Classic SNL episode - Star Trek Convention)
Uhura's native language is Swahili, but she speaks perfect, unaccented English. Nichelle Nichols was from Los Angeles.
Her son, Kyle Richards, was the lead in "The Learning Tree", the film adaptation of Gordon Parks Sr's novel. Parks, who wrote, produced and directed the film, was the first Black film director to work for an A-list studio (Warner Bros.).
After they met V'ger, the crew should have been "This is weird this has happened TWICE!"
At the time, one derisive nickname for that movie was "Where Nomad Has Gone Before."
The idea of "education tapes" for fast education was very popular in the '60s. Secretary of Defense McNamara claimed he could use educational tapes to educate the mentally deficient and with this excuse he began drafting all those rejected for service due to mental problems... and then sending them straight to the Vietnam front with no additional training where they died in horrific numbers. Yet another dark chapter of eugenics in US history.
Check out the history of McNamara's Morons. Not a nice name, but that's what they became known as. There are a few good videos on UA-cam about it.
His theory was that low scores on aptitude tests could be overcome with training. Unfortunately there wasn't follow through of that training. Also, people who simply lacking in intelligence were assumed to just need experience. There tends to be a brutal learning curve in a combat zone.
This isn't to excuse what the program did. Almost anyone with experience in military training would have known it would end in disaster.
I didn't know that. Thank you for the information. I will definitely look into that.
@@christopherconard2831 McNamara was famous for bad ideas.
Vic Perrin, the voice of NOMAD, was the voice of the Outer Limits. I remember him in an episode of Adventures of Superman. His character was demeaningly called Scurvey...!
Most people like me saw these in syndication on independent local stations at odd times and in no particular order. What you are doing is awesome! Keep up the great work! I am most enjoying seeing you have great reactions to episodes I never considered to be all that good. There are more than a few that I can’t wait to see. You bring incredible perspective. THANK YOU!
Do not let these "fans" try to control you. You can watch them in any order that you want to. This is YOUR show!!!! They have already seen all of the episodes time and time and time again, so why should they care. Here's a nice little trivia bit... when the series was FINALLY released on home video on laserdisc, Beta tape, and VHS tape, it was released and numbered in production order, so us "old guys" remember that and prefer production order. But when Paramount re-released everything on DVD (and later Blu-Ray), it was released and numbered in airdate order. These releases are remembered more by a younger crowd that never bought the tapes. But really, it is just a matter of preference. There is no right or wrong way to do this... watch them as you wish. Heck, you can watch them in reverse if you want... start with the last episode of season 3 and work your way backwards. That will make their heads explode!!!!!
I'm just excited you are going to watch them all. I've been enjoying your thoughts on the stories & characters. I grew up watching the show in the 70's in reruns. I remember it was hard to watch all the episodes, because you never knew what was going to be aired without a tv guide. Many episodes I didn't see until VHS tapes came out.
He talked it into self-destruction. You saw fine examples of two Star Trek tropes in this episode - Kirk can talk any computer into suicide, and redshirts are expendable cannon fodder, handy in any episode where someone needs to die to jack up the dramatic tension.
Add 1 to the "kill a computer by confusing it" column.
Austin Powers and his MOJO 🤣😂
Thanks
I'm a huge Trek fan to a fault... there is one thing I could care less is trying to satisfy how you watch these episodes. do what's easier for you don't try to make the crazies happy, in the end they will drive you crazy 😂 have fun and enjoy the series.
Thanks for the two reactions in one week!
Considering the US is *still* working with units like feet and pounds, I give credit to the show producers that they mentioned Nomad was 500 kg in mass and 1 meter in height, and then followed up with the need for anti-grav bars to move Nomad as it was self-destructing. (Considering that Kirk is about 85 kg, and I'm not sure about the volume of the prop they used, guessing that Nomad was heavier than a solid block of lead or gold of similar size.)
Always a clear look at something old,and yet timeless! Thanks Bunny...
15:08 The running theory with fans is thay the Noman had a run in with a borg probe.
Bunny, I'm just thrilled you're doing them. I don't care what order you do!
Nomad self destructed itself. They got it off the ship just in time! Love your reactions Bunny do them in any order you like.
I recall two TV shows had episodes that were filmed intentionally out of order. Star Trek TNG Season 1 had filmed two episodes out of order and were aired in correct order; when I found out which episodes years later, that explained a blooper/easter egg. "Arrow" also filmed two episodes out of order due to an important guest star's schedule, then aired in the intended order; those episodes were important due to establishing a new upcoming spinoff series.
Uhuras mind was temporarily wiped. She was reeducated on the ship but gradually her own memories returned as a result of being immersed in educational training. kind of like occupational therapy
The "my son, the doctor" bit is a reference to a Jewish cliche, which is funnier if you know that the actor playing Kirk (and the actor playing Spock) are Jewish
I get it.
Bunny, I'm sorry you're getting grief about such a nit-picky thing as what order to watch these. You're doing a great job on these!!
Thank you!
Nice necklace.
Loving your reactions and the fresh perspective and thoughtful analysis you bring to each and every episode.
What a fun trip to accompany you on.
Enjoy yourself! Don't worry about everyone and just keep having fun!
I will try!
I always grin that when Kirk told Nomad to drop his shields for Spock's examination, he essentially tells him to drop his pants, turn his head, and cough.
People get wound up over the strangest things. Your channel. Your rules. I enjoy your reactions. Keep going.
There is a known horror movie called The Changeling (1980) starring George C. Scott.
Which is itself a classic and very influential!
i think this is a record 6 redshirts killed in a single episode
Did you include Scotty?
@@wooderdsaunders7429 hey good point!! make it 7 then
24:29 Nomad did destroy himself. He blew himself up after they beamed him into space. They did not shoot at him. Thats why they were in such hurry to get him to the Transporter Room.
Your growing smile at Kirk's joke at the end was priceless. Don't ever change.
Regarding viewing order, TOS is not serialized, most episodes don't even refer to others, so apart from Stardate mentions, watching them in whatever order you wish won't affect anything from the experience (apart from not seeing Chekov in Season 1).
TNG is much of the same except that they often refer to previous episodes so you better watch them in order just in case as well as for some character progression.
DS9 is very serialized, especially in its second half and the over arching story goes from point A to B from episode 1, so if you have to watch a ST series in the right order it's this one in particular otherwise, you will be quite lost in most episodes especially in later seasons.
Voyager is more like TNG although you better watch them in order regarding the over arching progression.
Enterprise is more like older Trek but watching them in order is still better for character development, season 3 is completely serialized and MUST be watched in order because it's mostly a 26 episodes film... Season 4 has segments of 2, 3 or 4 episodes but the overarching character development requires them to be watched in order.
As for later Trek products, there a bit of everything and watching those in order should be better I guess, if you ever watch those, that is.
👍👍 Thanks for the love for Enterprise. For quite a while, it seemed to get the brush-off by many fans.
Making people happy is like herding cats.... impossible.
You are so right :(
I can attest to that, me being a tiger and all.😎
Still, Catherd is my dream job.
No it is not! You just have to convince all of them to do it your way! Simple!
Bunny. You are doing just fine; I enjoy your reactions.
You can't please everyone, somebody always has a
gripe about the smallest insignificant stuff. I watched
these when they aired. Keep doing what you are doing.
See you next video. Take care and stay confident. Bye. 😄✌🖖
"Trying to communicate with math?"
What, haven't you ever seen "Contact"? If you haven't, then you should absolutely watch it. It kinda blew my mind when I was growing up.
17:30 I love that upon hearing Kirk admit to being a biological unit Spock raises his eyebrows like "Ohhhh shit".
13:02 I like the look Spock throws at Kirk when Nomad says, "This unit [Spock] is different. It is well-ordered." 🙂
"That unit is a woman" -- "A mass of conflicting impulses" didn't get the reaction I was expecting! Love your reactions; I wouldn't care if you did them in completely random order.
I enjoyed this episode very much. Especially the final moments where Spock , Kirk and Bones are on the bridge
Wow, two reactions with a few days, nice Monday surprise. I prefer production order, but not upset either way, though your thinking is chaotic due to your mass of conflicting impulses. Ha, ironic that you made the switch with this episode....
Another great Kirk vs. the computer ending, always liked the "... you have made two errors line... by the way, Nomad did destroy itself.
There's a lot of similarities in the first Trek movie to this episode.
The Kirk unit excels at driving machines crazy.
Nomad vs. The Doomsday Machine. Evil little ashtray vs. the giant Bugle corn chip. Who would win?
you are doing a fantastic job, Star trek fans are fanatical but each is fanatical about different aspects. The silent majority are quite happy however you watch and know you will get to every episode.
Don't worry about complaints.
What is important is you enjoy it enough to keep going.
The complainer's facts are uncoordinated.
I think it was important to view the first season in production order, which was done, to see how the basic premise of the show (an exploratory spacecraft with a large crew) and the main characters developed. After that, things are more stabilized, and the episodes can be taken individually. One new recurring character is introduced in Pavel Chekhov, the impulsive young Russian. The governing authorities are fixed at Starfleet Command and the United Federation of Planets. And certain recurring plot devices--the Enterprise in the clutches of a superior being, the "he's dead, but not really" convention, Kirk falling for babes, etc., are used again and again.
Nomad did blow itself up - Kirk convinced it that it was imperfect and so it got rid of the imperfect....
great,now i'm going to be saying "non sequitur" all day. it always happens after watching this episode.
favorite reaction 16:31 the eyes widening,and the deadpanned "oh no. they got sterilized". replayed several times.
second favorite reaction 18:32 "stop shooting at it!"
this one had another of those uncomfortable "happy endings" with kirk making a joke ("my son, the doctor"). meanwhile we only lost 4 red shirts in the episode. still in my top ten favorites,though.
You know, it's possible that Spock has melded with more creatures than any other Vulcan. He read the mind of everyone he could, now that you mention it.
Keep doing what you're doing. You're doing great.
My fav line in the episode: "Well I'm not "the Kirk" tell ME what your function is." lol
I think that Kirk was starting to come up short on security men in this episode. 😂
So when they specified the population of the planet Nomad destroyed, I got curious and looked it up. So surprisingly, the population in 1967 was around 3.4 Billion, meaning they actually didn’t just say “it killed as many people as exist today!” but actually rounded up to the next billion. Still serves the same basic idea but a bit less likely to get the audience to go “oh no that could be me”.
I wonder if they were humans, a human colony that had thrived and become a World of its own?
Or, if they were non terrestrial Life?
Might Nomad have not only killed off all those billions of people, but also an entire Worlds ecosystem, and all the life that had been part of it. 🌍 ➡️⚪
One odd thing was when Scotty was killed, Kirk's face was full of rage. Four red-shirts get vaporized and not so much. And knowing that a photon torpedo was completely absorbed but still using hand phasors to attack Nomad.