The seventh series in the star trek franchise, it was the first series in the franchise since star trek. The motion picture is a 1979 american science fiction film directed by robert wise and based on the television series star trek created by gene roddenberry, who also served as its producer. The hifiscifi podcast with paul, jason, and guests normally also called jason is a rewatch podcast they watch an episode then discuss it. The original series the deadly years tv episode 1967. By its later seasons, tng was just as beloved and iconic as the original series, and the show became much more comfortable honoring the legacy of its forerunners in more overt ways. So i was watching a bunch of the old original series. I saw most of these when they were first aired 40something years ago, and i suppose ive seen a few again since, though my memories are mixed. I know this isnt technically a plot hole but the one thing that really annoyed me about. The animated series, which ran for two seasons starting in 1973 and featured the cast of the original series voicing their characters in cartoon form. On digipaper, star trek discoverys timeline is pretty simple. I enjoy the franchise, and although i am not down with all the star trek lore, i found this new star trek film to be fun to watch.
Star trek the nextgeneration left a lot of lingering plot holes open, and there are almost too many plot holes in the series to count. In this episode kes states that she has to decide now whether to have a child or not because ocampa women can only get pregnant once and deliver one child. The next generation shied away from direct acknowledgement of the original series for its first few seasons in an. It seems that with black holes comes plot holes and star trek sure does have a lot of both. Discovery is an american web television series created for cbs all access by bryan fuller and alex kurtzman. After the original series went off the air, roddenberry created an animated series that continued the stories of star trek and reunited much of the same cast to do voice work for cartoon. Created by gene roddenberry, the science fiction television series star trek which. The original series tos to distinguish the show within the media franchise that it began. It is the first installment in the star trek film series, and stars the cast of the original. Launched in 2017, it is the first scripted series developed specifically for that service. This was partly due to a desire to add a cast member who resembled one of the monkees or the beatles. The move is a radical shift in the cbs all access series status quo.
After the enterprise crew established a zerotolerance viral quarantine protocol in star trek. The show was created by gene roddenberry as a wagon. List of star trek episodes featuring time travel higgypop. In the movie, red matter can create black holes, but can also create timetraveling holes. The original series during the shows second season. The biggest plot holes in star trek beyond by looper staff july 22, 2016 10.
Over the course of nearly 30 episodes, discovery painstakingly tied its characters and stories to the original star trek. Kirk, leonard nimoy as first officer spock, and deforest kelley as doctor leonard bones mccoy. The original series that which survives tv episode. Scotty, when making the opening log entry, has the brushedback hairstyle james doohan was forced to use for the first few episodes. Early in season one of the original series, there were a number of recurring guest stars, prominently among them being grace lee whitney as. The nexus ribbon is just one big headache that tears holes right through that script like its been written on tin foil. The empath, which was filmed before this episode is used for most of the first minute of the episode, several continuity errors are caused. However, the man trap wasnt the original pilot for the series. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film. Star trek is an american sciencefiction television series created by gene roddenberry that follows the adventures of the starship uss enterprise ncc1701 and its crew. The original star trek series focuses on the 23rd century adventures of captain james t. What are the biggest plot holes in star trek voyager. A further issue with the federationklingon war is the klingons use of cloaking technology.
If that was the case they would have died out a long time ago, or never even evolved, as two people only getting one offspring would reduce the population to 50% of the original figure each generation. The original series 19661969 season 2 episode 5 all the apple oct. The first episode of the show aired on 6 september 1966 on ctv in canada, followed by a 8 september 1966 airing on nbc in america. This means that the enterprise and the romulan warships have their. Miri, their lack of concern about bringing the infected denevan colonists onto the ship is a bit odd. For some reason i got in a mood to watch star trek lately. When sulu fires at the ground to stop losira coming any closer there is a very loud explosion which fails to alert kirk and. Abrams new star trek is commonly described as appealing to all audiences. Because archive footage including footage from star trek. Star trek inspired me when i was a kid, feeding my craving for science and aliens. The longer a series gets, the more likely it is to have plot holes. V series more films to come im sure, the majority of the film is an introduction of the key characters. It really struck me that in some ways, star trek has held up very well. As its the first film, based on the origional 196070s star trek t.
Shes around the size of the original enterprise, which only had hangar space for two shuttles. Plot holes in order for kirks plan to work, he would have to have some prearranged knowledge that the romulan commander was a female, would take a keen interest in spocks vulcan heritage, and that she would have some romantic attraction to spock, so that he. Kirk commands a crew of 430 men and women aboard his starship, which can travel at speeds surpassing the speed of light. Not everyone will be convinced that these details can justify discovery adding a huge war to star trek canon so close to the original series, but it certainly adds some consistency between shows. Picard timeline, the shows creators are also choosing to unite these star trek tv series with the recent trilogy of movies starring chris pine as. The next generation shied away from direct acknowledgement of the original series for its first few seasons in an effort to create its own identity on its own terms. The ship working many years later is a plot point used in other star trek showsmovies, and things jam all the time so one panel getting stuck for a few seconds isnt unrealistic. I became an astronomer in no small part due to the boost i got from shows like it. The late addition of chekov to the crew would lead to a plot hole in star trek ii. Transporter beams cannot penetrate shields, yet kirk is able to beam to the romulan flagship and back.
So presumably, voyager would have a similar number. On september 8, 1966, the original sciencefiction series star trek aired its first episode, the man trap. Nearly every meeting on the show accomplishes something. According to star trek the original series, women could not be starship captains but there are women in command in star trek discovery which takes place before that. Enterprise ncc1701, a powerful interstellar spacecraft dispatched by earthbased starfleet command to explore the galaxy. While hardcore trekkies will struggle to love it, and plot holes abound towards the end, discovery is the star trek we need right now. The hifiscifi podcast the original series back at the start of 2016 i stumbled across what was then a new podcast. And which one do you think manages to sail through with the least plot holes.
Problem is star fleet is more about peace and discovery than intergalactic conflicts so he decides to bring someone frozen from the past to lend his nasty mind to the plan. The biggest mistakes you never noticed in star trek 1966. After the enterprise crew established zerotolerance viral quarantine protocols in star trek. Star trek in the 2009 movie, a brash james t kirk tries to live up to his fathers legacy with spock keeping him in check as a vengeful rogue romulan from the future creates black holes to destroy the federation one planet at a time. How star trek discovery fits into the original series. The original series the enterprise incident tv episode 1968 goofs on imdb. Star trek into darkness plot holes movie plot holes. Admiral marcus wants to create military weapons because of his raging hardon for war. For this article, i will focus on the first season of the original series. The plot is yet another version of patterns of force, return of the archons, shore leave. The chief conflict is between an enterprise landing party and the local god, vaal a supercomputer which runs the planet on which the party has landed. The undiscovered country fills in some gaps in the history of federationklingon relations between the original series and the next generation, as well as featuring worfs ancestor. The original series referred to as star trek, prior to any spinoffs is the first star trek series. The showrunners have confirmed that the show takes place ten years before the original series, in the prime timeline so not jj.
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