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re: Star Trek: TOS Watchers - S2 - Return to Tomorrow *Page 14*
Posted on 1/6/14 at 2:55 pm to Master of Sinanju
Posted on 1/6/14 at 2:55 pm to Master of Sinanju
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Catspaw is not a very highly thought of episode, but it is a guilty pleasure of mine.
I admit - it would have been in my bottom 5 (down there with Spock's Brain) - but it has moved up in the world. I try to find the best elements of each episode - I have to admit, seeing Kirk opposite a much more powerful female, of approximately the same apparent age (all too often the romantic female guests were significantly younger that the male lead) - Antoinette Bower really gives it all in this episode - her body language, inflection, the way she is able to redirect Kirk's hostility towards her and the situation, into a relationship with significant sexual tension borders on masterful (at least for a television actor of the time).
The script is not solid, but serviceable. The pacing is a little uneven, but - all-in-all, this episode, hokey and clearly produced for the US Halloween holiday, literally and figuratively, provides some gems - mainly Kirk and Sylvia.
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Posted on 1/7/14 at 11:11 am to Ace Midnight
The "pendant" Enterprise appears to be another example of Big Gene trying to sell products - at least in this case, it was important to the plot. The show really was a pioneer in many ways - there had been science fiction series and merchandising before, but this package and strategy was sort of new ground. Following a hybrid template of Wagon Train and Forbidden Planet, it is sort of a "smart" western, set in the future. It completely paved the way for Star Wars to follow 10 years later, including the merchandising strategy (which, had not been really big for movies before - there was merchandising associated with stars before - Roy Rogers, particularly, and the odd film or television series, but nothing like the scope and coordinated strategy of Star Trek - particularly once it went into syndication and the convention cycle picked up - for television or Star Wars for film.)
This post was edited on 1/7/14 at 11:12 am
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