TOS 1.3: Mudd's Women

Feb 02, 2007 18:56

This episode seems like it would be a good opportunity to get really indignant and lambast the Enterprise crew, its sexist, womanizing captain, and its short-skirt wearing, hostess female officers, but I can't seem to do other than really enjoy everything about it. So please don't read this expecting a really deep feminist critique, because I fail ( Read more... )

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recapsule February 6 2007, 05:00:31 UTC
hahaha, i loved this! and i don't know if you've seen the star trek inspirational posters, but in case you have not:


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redcoast February 6 2007, 05:09:11 UTC
Oh, yeah, I've seen those! I would love to work where these could actually hang on the wall. My favorite is "Herbert" because I actually don't know what it is (and don't explain it to me! Spoilers!).

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recapsule February 6 2007, 09:55:37 UTC
hahaha, i won't. don't worry. as a person who got into star trek 5 years later than expected just because someone spoiled one of the movies for me...

and those actually have continuity! it wasn't like, oh this episode will no longer be good for you.

but, er, i'm over it. absolutely.

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recapsule February 6 2007, 18:16:16 UTC
There are three more "in position." I thought that the transporter could beam things from any point to any point. I guess not? Still, every bit of champagning has been done from or to the transporter pads to a point where there was no set-up available, such as a planet surface or another ship. Even if they need the transporter pads on one end of the transaction, they are beaming the other ship's crew from their ship to the pads, so why do they need to wait for the other people to get "in position"?

Just a note, they need coordinates to beam people up without pads at the other end, and people beaming down need coordinates so they don't just end up in space. Thus, the easiest way to beam from one ship to another with no coordinates is transporter pad to transporter pad.

This is only semi-consistently adhered to, though, like most things in Star Trek.

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redcoast February 6 2007, 21:57:54 UTC
Obviously they would need coordinates even when somebody was on the pads, so I assume that the pads automatically transmit the coordinates, thus easing the process. I also assume they can find remote coordinates via scanning, for if they have sensors which can sense the location of a remote object and the lifeforms within, then they can also pinpoint the location of those lifeforms.

In any event, the precaution of using pads could be set aside if the ship is in as much jeopardy as the Enterprise and Mudd's ship were at that time. In fact, had the crew dispensed with the pads, they would not have blown the lithium crystals and the episode would be very short.

But I'm going to stop because this is beginning to sound like a discussion about feminine hygiene equipment.

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recapsule February 6 2007, 22:58:43 UTC
I think you're right, but I don't understand now-science really, let alone fake-future-science. I'm a recapper, not an engineer.

Also, my favorite scene in this episode is when Spock brings the women into Kirk's kwarters with this great "oh this will be classic" expression on his face. Too adorable.

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redcoast February 6 2007, 23:01:14 UTC
Oh, yes.

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ardys_the_ghoul February 19 2007, 08:35:51 UTC
There's no way the Enterprise's engines could always be so near to destruction as Scotty makes them out to be.

You're right. Scotty exagerates everything. Also, the Enterprise is his baby.

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redcoast February 19 2007, 14:59:09 UTC
He's just a slacker who exaggerates his estimates so he has more time to play Scrabble. Sorry, but I've developed a dislike for him.

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ardys_the_ghoul February 19 2007, 08:40:00 UTC
Also:

This episode seems like it would be a good opportunity to get really indignant and lambast the Enterprise crew, its sexist, womanizing captain, and its short-skirt wearing, hostess female officers

All I can say is, at least they have female officers. It was the sixties--baby steps, you know.

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redcoast February 19 2007, 14:56:49 UTC
True, which is one reason why I didn't get all indignant and lambast-y. Much.

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felis_daemonis July 8 2009, 21:28:16 UTC
This was great! I remember the episode... so... full of unlogic... and over-dramatic :D
But... Kirk didn't rip off his shirt! OMG!

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