To Baldly Go

014 - Well, there goes Paradise

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An evil crew, paradise, and a destructive intergalactic space worm.  All this and more in this week’s episode of the To Baldly Go Podcast!

I am joined, as usual, this week by my wife, Abbie, and our friend, Nate, as we discuss:

  • The next 3 episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series – Mirror Mirror, The Apple, and The Doomsday Machine
  • Is this the “darkest timeline”?
  • Another parallel universe episode
  • Gene Roddenberry’s vision (hope?) for the future
  • Star Trek has always been progressive for its time – it’s not something new today
  • Under the progressive veneer, there are still traditional values throughout the episodes
  • Theory of parallel universes
  • What are you?  DNA?  Experiences?
  • Was Kirk trying to change the mirror universe for the better?  Or was he just trying to get back to his universe and his ship?
  • “Evil” Kirk is a formidable foe
  • For a savage society, they are really bad at fighting
  • Uniform colors
  • Nature vs. Nurture and morality
  • A piecemeal episode
  • A Spock and Bones role reversal?
  • What is the definition of “Paradise”?
  • An anti-religion episode?
  • Spock like Satan
  • No ramifications?
  • Can freedom be imposed?  Or is it necessarily a choice?
  • Lurr – Ruler of Omicron Persei VIII
  • The parable of the banker and the fisherman from Jimmy John’s
  • Can a society be thriving but also stagnant?
  • Exploration of other command styles
  • Other ships
  • A rare consensus
  • Cold War commentary
  • How often to officers lose their ships?
  • Decisions and results
  • Major transporter issues.  Is Scotty bad at his job?
  • Security shortcomings
  • Planetary system discussion
  • Motion Picture and other movie discussion
  • It all comes back to Independence Day
    • ...more
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    To Baldly GoBy Aaron Emery