Star Trek Dialog-Spectre of the Gun
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- One of my favorite Spock explanations. From "Spectre of the Gun." Spock eloquently explains why nothing they are seeing and feeling is real. This is an example of well-written dialog, which was delivered by Leonard Nimoy most expertly. The choice of words together with stunning voice inflections calls back a time when television acting was more dynamic. That's what is missing these days. Larger-than-life character portrayals which make on-screen moments memorable enough to withstand time. Unlike today, where the actors go on camera and just speak their lines.
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DeForest Kelly's acting is superb, too. The intensity with which he listens to Spock and switches his attention from Spock to Kirk is true mastery. Not over done, but not under, either.
I love how at the minute mark Kirk has a look of such pride at his first officer proving his worth for the umpteenth time.
And why not? That first officer saved everybody's bacon (and eggs) more times than one can count. That is another reason that this episode is one of my very favorites.
Good catch. He also did the same in "Squire of Gothos." Spock sliced Trelane with words of not having discipline with great power
Spock also made a speech about computers in the "Ultimate Computer." Spock does not want to serve a computer. He prefers to serve on a Starship with crewman and his Captain.
Shatner is an underrated actor.
@@MuzixMaker I get a kick out of shows where Shatner plays the villain (Columbo, Mission Impossible and 5-0), in the years right after Star Trek was canceled and his career was in the dumper. (Nimoy also ended up on Mission Impossible for a couple of seasons and was pretty good replacing Martin Landau)
@@zitacarno4443 This was Spock's finest hour.
Reason 1,000,001 why STAR TREK (The Original and Best Series) is one of my all-time favorite Television Shows; it was literate.
The greatest series in television history.
Unsurpassed!
Great Actors + Creative Scripts = One Great TV Show (which has aged well!)
Now, it's the Simpsons which exemplifies American media.
55+ years later it's still the gold standard.
I always loved this scene; in the midst of an inescapable nightmare, Spock presents a well articulated display of logic that changes the whole mood from horror to hope as he explains the nature of their deathtrap and the means to escape it. When I saw this when I was 10, I was getting scared for the gang, but relaxed at this moment knowing Spock has figured a way out.
kchishol1970 Many of Spock's statements were amazing eg. Those who fight must stop themselves, otherwise it is not stopped.
Beautifully put!
@@jenpeterson3712 You're right, I often still hear that line in my mind!
Spock was the first adult I could relate to at nine years old. He's never stopped being one of my heroes, even at 62.
that whacky spock!
Rest in peace, Leonard Nimoy. You made even the most difficult concepts easy for us to understand.
I miss him so much. 😥
Star Trek is without doubt the greatest series in television history.
@@lisasimmons5362 So do I.
We judge reality by the response of our senses. Once we are convinced of the reality of a situation we abide by its rules. Total kick ass episode.
An original Matrix explained by Spock, later by Morpheus.
PETER JOHN BRANDAL, as a kid, the logic of Mr. Spock helped me deal with bullies in elementary school.
my favorite episode because of integrating mind over matter; the set was theatrical!
...and a breathtaking demonstration of "wuh tapul t'wuh kashek"---the power of the mind. When Spock performed the triple-header mind-meld it was telepathic hypnosis at its most effective, most meaningful, and it set up the futility of the Earps' efforts. The only thing that got hurt was that back wall.
except for the empath
This episode resonates with me because I believe so much of our lives is a question of 'mind over matter' and determines our life success and our destiny.
Once again proving that you don't need special FX or expensive sets to create a masterpiece.
One of the best episodes of TOS. Interestingly, Deforest Kelly actually played Morgan Earp in the 1957 movie Gunfight at the OK Corral along side Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas.
And the guy they wisely signed to direct this episode did 52 Gunsmokes and many other westerns. Nothing quite like this one, of course
What is more remarkable is that it was on a shoestring budget! They did not even have money for real sets (just facades of buildings) and they used this in the story line. Brilliant!
@@144Donn Paramount Studios certainly had a "western" street they could have used to make things look a little more real -- they actually use it at the end of a Mission Impossible episode (with William Shatner!). But the crazy way they did it was far more memorable
😊 I have seen this movie several times.
As Spock is explaining,keep your eye on Kirk smiling and loving his logical friend.
montrealfilmguy I noticed that too
@@neneshubby It's like he's thinking, "Man..I'm glad we got this guy on our side".
His smiling in reality, makes no sense.
Because it's either he is initially smiling, being cptn Kirk, because the dilemma is solved, or else he wouldn't be conjecturing further, as to the death of chekov.
If it's still not understood, then it's simply like this:
Kirk wouldn't be Kirk unless he can put 2 and 2 together quickly. And being Kirk, he can put 2 and ? together quickly.
And because of his human flaws and rationale and or reasoning, through flaws that ironically, he uses for or happens, in which it gains him advantage.
At the ropes end, no solution, all hope appears over, Kirk gets angry or laughs or whatever, and boom, finds a solution or exotic alternative in which now, maybe he even chuckles, because he KNOWS this has to be the right solution, because he, being Kirk, has thought of everything else.
He can only deduce what appears to be arrogant, that he has thought of everything else conventionally, because, and this is the main thing.... he's sincere to his job.
This means, the mission and crew and him last or however the star trek protocol goes, which is also a farce, like him smiling at spok his old good buddy, in the midst of a mortal dilemma and one chess piece dead already, but hasn't figured it out already?
That makes as much sense as playing chess with only your king, queen and 3 of your other highest pieces....but remember, that's how the episode protocol always goes.
Come on, get real.
If anything, Kirk wouldn't be smiling right now unless he knew the solution like spok and ask about chekov.
Ain't got time fo all dat mang.
@@FIVE-0-APOCALYPTO holy crap. im happy the confinement didn't stop you from writing a book. Let me guess your job.. making over analytical mountains out of molehills.
I was thinking the same thing, In other episodes Scotty does the same thing
Spock would have been the first Chosen One in the Matrix. ;)
And everyone thought The Matrix was all original ideas ...
Spock has such a casual confidence about him.
"Spectre of a gun." A metaphor I use alot, that no one else knows!
This was my favorite Spoke line. I've tried to live my life by the ramifications of what these words truly mean.
"Physical Law cannot simply be ignored..."
"...Where the laws do not operate, there is no reality."
I know its a B5 reference, but it seems most appropriate.
From the stars we came
To the stars we return
From now until the end of time
Good bye my teacher, my mentor, my friend.
What is a B5 reference? This is one of my favorite clips...It is also a fantastic metaphor for people that know the concept of the story. as "The Spectre of a gun"- Cheers :)
Hey! Its been years now. At least correct "Spoke" to "Spock". Cheers :)
@@jsmythib B5 = Babylon 5
@@alicetremain7366 Ah. I never really watched it....But I loved this clip...Great perspective :) ua-cam.com/video/gDApRfG-7U4/v-deo.html
Lots of people spend their lives ignoring physical laws....and pay the consequences for it.
Nope. They don't make 'em like this anymore. And Lucille Ball was the only one who would take up this program in her studio - every studio turned it down.
DESILU 👏🏻👏🏽👏
The look on Kirk's face while Spock is talking... says, "shit I am glad this boy is on my team"!
Great episode.
What's interesting about this episode is the fact that the show's budget was nearly depleted at this point so a set that was very minimal was created to save money and the actor's salaries were just barely paid.
But it proves what a good script can do for a an iconic show that was always on the brink of being canceled.
I would also add the brilliant set design: they took a painfully limited budget and used consummate talent and imagination to created one of the great TV surreal nightmares that becomes a triumph of logic, resolve and higher principle.
Great writing. I've read this episode was supposed to be shot on location outdoors but the budget constraints from NBC axed that. Shooting indoors in this minimalist set, I think, actually enhances the unreal quality of the whole episode. It actually reinforces what Spock is talking about here, the unreal environment they're trapped in.
I had a history teacher who assigned us a paper comparing movie westerns made in different eras. He let me use this episode as my Vietnam-era example!
Ah loved this scene and the following Vulcan mind meld - so profound ❤️
An overlooked gem. Spectre is an excellent episode, first rate storytelling and performances. I love Scotty's line just before he tests the tranquilizer...
Scotty: "It's to kill the pain."
Spock: "But this is painless."
Scotty: "You should have warned me sooner Mr. Spock, fire away!"
Star Trek: still great 50+ years later.
One never questions the two loves in Scotty's life. His liquor and his ship!
This, right here, is a truth of THIS world. If the masses would call me crazy for saying that, well, what more do you need to know. Follow the masses if you want.
Fascinating moment from one of their best shows. It's the old, "It's all a dream" dodge, but so well done. My other favorite line is when Kirk insists, "Well then, we're not going to BE at the OK Corral at 5 o'clock." But life is what happens while you're making other plans, of course.
Actually, the difference here is that this "dream" is as real as your mind accepts it to be. So, Spock figured out how to escape by applying logic and concluding what the true nature of their situation is.
None of us truly understands the nature of existence. How much is real and unreal. So not really a 'dodge'.
@@johnmorelli3775 I like your point -- but I have a feeling that TV writers are usually more like "Uh-oh, now how do I get the show's characters out of this predicament?" A similar situation for discussion regarding the nature of existence is when Bob Newhart wakes up after six years of his New England sitcom with the blond wife and finds he's back in bed in Chicago with Suzanne Pleshette
I know not many "caught" your John Lennon reference!
@@tonyginnetti5828 I gotta admit I didn't even catch it -- I didn't know Lennon is associated with this saying! But I always enjoy coming back to this great little slice of Trek and going over the new comments
I love Spock's monologue. I should memorize it, just to impress people.
Insert “the smallest doubt would be enough to kill you” into everyday conversation. Also a great pick-up line.
Everytime I want to be wowed I come to these particular lines.
Smart people rule!!
The Matrix, anyone? Boy, was Roddenberry WAY ahead of his time on the concept of reality.
absolutely
Plato described this in his Allegory of the Cave thousands of years ago. The Matrix was partially based on that, but then so have many works of fiction.
Actually, this script was written by the other creative force on Star Trek: Gene Coon, under a pen name, a writer/producer to created much of Trek's foundational ideas and a driving force for its idealistic spirit.
@TrekToons I agree. I was a kid in the '70's when I first started watching the syndicated reruns and I understood perfectly what was going on here.
@tonyrocco55 Well said. Even in the later incarnations of Star Trek, they seemed to have dumbed down the dialog in order to draw in a less-educated viewer. Funny thing is, my generation was in grade school when this first aired and we understood most of what we heard on this show. It wasn't just the writing that was excellent, but also the skilled actors' articulation of it, which was normal for the time.
And for those who took issue with William Shatner's so-called overacting and hamming it up: You must remember that he was a trained Shakespearean actor, and when you're doing Shakespeare on the stage---be it "Macbeth", "Julius Caesar" or a comedy role like Petruchio in "The Taming of the Shrew"---you HAVE to go over the top! Of course, he could go the other way, as in the theft-of-the-Enterprise scene in "Star Trek III" where he responded to Captain Styles' threat with his two-word "Warp speed" in the same tone one would use to say "Please pass the potatoes" at dinner.- Yes, it was not only the writing, it was the actors' delivery of same. And I say it in Vulcan: "Vaskurik!" ("Beautiful!")
This is the matrix... they wrote the matrix 30 years earlier.
Plato's Allegory of the Cave was the first time someone wrote this concept down.
@@rikk319 that is highly debatable!
@@cullysloy2705 What do you base "highly debatable" on? Historians and philosophers have pointed out how the Allegory of the Cave is a thought experiment on questioning what you think is reality, and how one would react if they found out what they thought was real--wasn't. The films The Conformist, The Matrix, Cube, Dark City, The Truman Show, Us and City of Ember were all based in some way on it. The creators of The Matrix even reference it in their commentary on the film.
Don't believe me...look it up for yourself. The proof is right there. Something of a perfect example of it right here, arguing with me about it :P
@@rikk319 A cave wall is not the matrix, at all a cave wall does not kill you if you think it can. you are stretching and so are the wakowski's
@@cullysloy2705 Green is not red, but they are both colors. An allegory is a comparison, and the concept of "what is reality" isn't unique to the Matrix, this Star Trek episode, or Plato's musings. Gene Roddenberry was a genius, but let's not act like he invented the concept of questioning reality.
The dream state delivery of the actor's dialogue worked. A walking nightmare. One of the best episodes in the series.
This is one of my favorite episodes.i just thought by chance i would find it here.i typed OK corral star trek.
Your premise about this dialogue being more intrinsic to the texture of the the scene seems valid. Even in The Next Generation this type of comtemplative reasoning in a script was rare. In Deep Space Nine, there was a great conversation between Quark and Garrick about analogy of root beer and the federation. That was indeed the type of stuff you are talking about. Again though, you are right. It is not pervasive enough in modern teleplays.
When it was first aired on TV, I was allowed to stay up late as a child because I loved Star Trek so much. Spock was my hero, as Kirk was too. Such wonderful dialogue indeed.
My Mom was a Star Trek fan, and we used to watch episodes of the original series. This was, and still is, my favorite episode of Classic Star Trek because
it took place in the Old West, and it showed the power of the mind.
In Vulcan it's "wuh tepul t'wuh kashek". Yes, the power of the mind, and I have acquired a whole new appreciation of it and what it could be capable of.
Morpheus is smiling right now.
This is where the Matrix came from.
@JuggernautUSAdotcom Huron, Exactly. TOS had automation, The Matrix, the Singularity, planet death, and most other future existential threats figured out way ahead of time. Even Deep Fakes, they were already on to it.
Spock put it down.... logically!!!
+USSLexington1709; you could've said it much simpler; there were across who had TALENT, and this ALSO applies to everyone behind the camera, i.e., the writers, lighting, camera operators, etc.
For as long as people would talk of of m all the 'wonderful' things 'future technology' would bring (people could read books -go to concerts, etc), instead it's porn, violent video games, and the most awful, misogynistic, sexist,, racist 'music' imaginable.
It's known as LCD - 'left common denominator'
Think of it this way; shite floats, and the average person - not being anything, but moderate intelligence, doesn't even make the slightest effort to IMPROVE themselves, but just tries to stay at the same (low) level (then I'd course, bitch how it's all a con/scam against them (WTF?!?!).
I live how miscreants who are over 18 , unemployed (IF they had ever even been!!) declaring, 'I'm a man', as if being over 18 means... what?
Here's the big 'secret'; people agree several ways;
- emotionally/psychologically
- physically/sexually
Just because one's old enough to make a new life DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING IF YOUR CAN'T SUPPORT YOURSELF OR IT.
An 'adult' learns they're RESPONSIBLE for their choices, decisions - good AND BAD.
You can't afford something? It's not 'evil white oppression', YOU choose not to focus on school work.
You made ... NOT 1, but a whole gaggle of offspring?
It's not my responsibility - it's YOURS.
Credits terrible. People don't understand it.
I was bright up; I'd you can't afford something, save up for it.
It used to be, go to school, get good grades, get aJ-o-B, and start your adult life.
Then - and ONLY then;
If - I-F - you could afford to take care of yourself AND had the money AND time for a child, THEN, have one.
People who make babies now, don't realise that all young mammals look to their parents to TEACH THEM. a child wants to have their parent, care giver 'approve' of them - when they're 3-12 years old.
Once a kid his puberty, ALL kids rebel, and if they haven't been taught how to live - BEFORE this, it's VERY hard to get a teenager to learn about life from a parent of the parent didn't do anything when they were younger.
That's abuse, plain and simple, and that's why there's so many fucked up adults.
Now, no one's at fault, 'someone else' did it.
No one wants to take responsibility for their actions - they try to palm it off - on anyone, anything they can.
Very fucked up
I Agree with the majority of Your post here. 💝
This has such profound spiritual truth in it. "Battlefield of the mind."
Kirk 'That's my boy'.
Major spritual principles in this one!!
This is why Star Trek is the best fandom ever! I wake around 3:30am and find a time-dilated conversation about one of the most fascinating episodes of The Original Series: Spectre of the Gun. An outstanding episode whose starvation budget hadn’t a chance of delivering the fully imagined show. So, they used a stripped back approach to capture an ominous tone and attitude of disbelief. This is the series that had been dismissed as “too cerebral” to be of interest to viewers. Yet the episode is compelling, mind-warping, eerie and imaginative. And I get to see my Captain gaze lovingly at his Spock as he explains how they will overcome the latest danger. I know all of you here although we’ve never met, yet our minds meet in understanding and appreciation for a well-loved tale. Whatever bad dream woke me is gone and all is well in our worlds, for a time. Thank you fandom, you never fail me! Since watching that first story in 1966, at 15, I always know there are people like me out there who just get it! And in this difficult, dangerous world, we have friends everywhere! So, friends, goodnight for now. I’ll be seeing you in my dreams.
The "stripped-down approach" works perfectly here because the sets, lighting and staging are skillfully impressionistic -- as opposed to some episodes where the fake planet is just cheap and cheesy and the director does not have a plan. They could have done the show in a realistic style (like a Gunsmoke episode or the classic movie High Noon) but it might not have worked so memorably
This is my favourite scene of the original Star Trek series, the wonderful speech by Spock and the expression on Kirk's face slowly changing to one of realisation. They all acted this perfectly.⭐👍
My favorite episode. I saw this first run when I was in high school in the 60s. The bad guys couldn't be more perfectly cast. The exchanges between the crew and the 1800s characters are a treat. It's great sci-fi mixed with theater of the absurd, cloaked in a freaked-out nightmare as a backdrop. Plus, it's a showcase for Spock.
Morpheus: This is a sparring program, similar to the programmed reality of the Matrix. It has the same basic rules, rules like gravity. What you must learn is that these rules are no different that the rules of a computer system. Some of them can be bent. Others can be broken. Understand? Then hit me. If you can….
One of my favorite Star Trek scenes!
DeForest Kelley,
was in a movie years prior,
he played the good guys,
unlike this episode.
They were describing the "Matrix", in 1968 :-0
This particular idea\concept is more power than most know! Believe the virus can kill you and it will!
Interesting how this one quiet little moment resonates so deeply with Trek fans. Let's credit not just Spock but the episode writer, Gene Coon, working under the pen name Lee Cronin. Coon was series producer for a stretch of very good 2nd-season episodes.
If you look closely at Kirk's face you can see how proud he is of his First Officer Mr. Spock!!!
First Officer. :)
@@leftcoaster67 Duly noted! Lol!!!!
I dont know whoes smarter Spock or dietrich on barney miller haha both are genious
A lesson in life.
Spock is my spirit guide.
Loved this episode.Was Chekov ever really on the planet? Always thought about that.
Where any of them ever off the bridge?
@@roby14 I think you're on to something. It always struck me as odd that they skipped the standard scene where they gather in the transporter room and beam down. They're just there.
The Matrix, thirty five years before it was cool.
love this part. wonder if spock hypnotized me would I be invincible. lol
When Spock performed the Vulcan mind-meld---in triplicate---to convince the others that everything was unreal and was to be disregarded, I saw this as a terrific example of telepathic hypnosis, a specialty of this particular Vulcan. He worded his quiet, powerful suggestion differently for each member of the landing party, but the end was the same---all was unreal, the bullets can't hurt you. It was breathtaking to watch. Myllie, if you were a part of this scene you would no doubt be similarly inf,luenced. And by the way, it was hilarious to watch that wooden fence being turned into Swiss cheese!
Myllie Myllette He can mind meld with me, anytime!
Fear,...is the mind killer. (Dune)
Hey this is the prelude to the Matrix!!!!
💯Truth even more so now, in 2021.
At 1:19 Spock admitted that what he was telling them may not be true, Chekov may really be dead....Meaning he wasn't certain....Didn't make sense. Spock contradicting what he was saying
He implied that his mind killed him; not the bullets. Just like in The Empath. Fear killed the earlier victims.
Underappreciated detail here, the blowing of the wind blasting up the others hair, versus Spock, a stoic, solid, stone statue.
FINALLY, someone around here offering up some goddamn value.
Tangible optionality.
Spock has the answer.
He understands the truth.
Self evident only by what is to come?
Now we have a problem of reality contrary to truth.
Kirk should be dead unless, when it came time for his turn for the HELP ME SPOCK vulcan convincer chi kung which...(wake up to a brand new day, holes and inconsistencies but never the less 🙄 star trek = ipso facto x machina) ...kirk theoretically if no one else, shouldn't need the spock touchy feely vulcan temple move....thats ok ...Spock I GOT.....a plan
Why?
Because kirk would understand reality enough that dictates why kirk beats spock at chess.
Because of illogical understanding.
Why is kirk therefore, fistfighting FRONTIER STYLE! WEEEE! ...with what does not exist except illogical revenge for what a bullet can not do if it doesn't exist, transparent, spectres...but I guess kirk broke THE SPELL and came back to the unreality of whooping dat ass....pleased tuh meet yuh...KIRK👊🏻💥💫BOOM
Fantastic! My favorite from season three. It gets little love, but season three has some great episodes!!!
Kiri-kin-tha's First Law of Metaphysics is "Nothing unreal exists. ... Star Trek III Search for Spock.
Some would say faith in miracles works the same way, but that would be 'faith' .. Spock KNOWS.
Yes excellent writing and delivery by that awesome cast.
One of the better episodes of Season 3
in real life, when i'm confused about a certain situation and people's behaviour in that situation(at work,at home,at social event etc.), i watch Spock's speech in this video and it gives me hope and certainty. then i take a step back and examine the confusing situation from the outside with objective view and zero emotions-if i dont find any logic and reason in the situation or in the people's behaviour and their motives and i only find illogical contradictions, i conclude that the situation is a show(unreal) and the people in the situation are hypocrites, players in a SETUP with fake behaviours and then i understand better and i know how to deal with them and cope with the situation.
"Imagine the people giving the test are naked." - An old TV/movie trope.
@BrentD2010 Cheesy perhaps...but not arrogant. The underlying story here "your mind makes it real" seems to hold up with movies like "The Matrix". Gene Roddenberry had a lot of firsts and I submit that's why he is so admired. Anyway, its easy to misinterpret what is written without smileys and all that junk. I hope you're a fan as I am.
Cheesy? You have to be more specific and tell us what kind of cheese. There are Vermont cheddar, white and yellow American, Swiss, fontina, havarti plain and with dill, brick, Parmesan, ricotta, mascarpone, cream cheese, and of course the so-called stinky varieties.
My all time favorite scene
This reminds me of the matrix
DeForest Kelley acted in the 1957 movie Gun Fight at the O.K. Corral as Morgan Earp alongside Burt Lancaster, as Wyatt Earp and Kirk Douglas, as Doc Holiday.
This was one of the best episodes, however I’d have changed a few things to make more realistic
I would have too. But, they were at the mercy of NBC, who at the time was desperate to axe the series. With this being one of the last episodes of the third season, they were stuck with a paper thin budget. Nevertheless, the story, the acting, and the camaraderie of the greatest trio in sci-fi history made this a great episode in spite of the cheap props.
@@kevinemmers9424 yes very true!
One of my favorite Star Trek exchanges!
“ I know the bullets are unreal. Therefore they cannot harm me.”
I will use that quote if the communist revolutionary thugs come to get me. 😎
As long as they catch you in a surrealistic recreation of the OK Corral, you'll be fine.
Communism is fake, but the revolution(s) are not.
My meaningwave ears are burning.
Seriously, everyone check out Akira the Don. he did a remix to this exact Star Trek clip called Unreality.
Spock's reasoning here doesn't make sense. If the bullets only kill because of their belief, then equally the tranquilizer should have worked because of their belief.
Time for the Vulcan mind meld!
And Spock performed it in triplicate. As I saw it, he was actually doing a type of telepathic hypnosis, and most effectively too. I noticed that he was wording his suggestions differently for each member of the landing party, but the end result was the same for all three: "The bullets do not exist." No matter how many times I watch it, this scene continues to grab me.
+6::
Don't forget in all your zeal for TV, that startrek wasn't REAL....
Profound
Say what you will about Star Trek, but to talk about something so philosophical was rather rare in 1960s TV.
It is perhaps the best written TV show ever produced. I aspired to write as well as this for some science fiction shows I wanted to produce, but I had family opposing me.
"But he didn't kill, Mr. Spock." "but he wanted to, doctor."
I so wish Spock would teach such great logic to the idiots who actually believe that the earth is flat, & don't believe in actually sending people into outer space.
“Do not try and bend the spoon-that's impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth.... there is no spoon."
Tiffany Gomes was telling us that physical laws didn't exist on that plane.
Love this episode!!!!!!!$
love this episode! it's like ST -meets- The Twilight Zone
And a most entertaining and exhilarating meeting.
Or possibly, the "Night Gallery"
The mysteries of the YT algorithm bringing me to an 11 yo video, never change YT never change.
My favorite episode.
Love this inspired episode, has a great surreality to it!
Can't you just see Spock walking around in a Twilight Zone episode knowing nothing can kill him because he knows "everything is unreal" Then you hear someone yell "CUT" and out walks Rod Serling with a gun pointed at Spock!
And I thought The Matrix was ground breaking....Spock dropping Morpheus knowledge in the 60's
Leonard Nimoy had something like 3 _Twilight Zone_ eps to his credit before TOS, so it fits he would know how to play this.
Good ole spock and his logic!
And a lot more. Remember, Vulcans were---and are---a telepathic species, primarily touch-telepathic. Spock could do the mind-meld and other variations of it both with and without physical contact---I've see both kinds throughout the series---and with hypnotic suggestion added to the mix, this was one powerful tool he could and did use in the service of getting the Enterprise crew out of trouble. If you remember that scene in "Dagger Of The Mind" he used the combination with telling effect. Immensely logical---and this is just one reason I loved the series so.
Reminds me of Descartes
This episode speaks volumes about why young women should always dress in bikinis and high heels and why most of their time should be spent tickling each other.
Deeper than CSI: Who gives a shit, anyway
Kirk's hair blows in the wind Spocks does not.
Shortly before dawn Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake. When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost,” they said, and cried out in fear.
But Jesus immediately said to them: “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.”
“Lord, if it’s you,” Peter replied, “tell me to come to you on the water.”
“Come,” he said.
Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!”
Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. “You of little faith,” he said, “why did you doubt?”
Hi...are you there?
Is anyone gonna say anything about Chekov being killed by a gun?