ST:TOS; The Apple S2/Ep 34
Funky beach blonde wigs, bizarre face painting and ochre colored bodies--some Eden the ST crew stumbled into. :roll: Good ole Vaal--one hungry bastard for explosive rocks (and who among us is not? I ask).
This episode has lots of social commentary about the human condition, but I can't rise above the campiness of the costumes and the makeup. I do like Spock's wry riposte to Jim's, (in reference to a wristlet of flowers placed on their arms by the natives),"Spock, it does something for you."
Spock:", Yes, Captain, it makes me uncomfortable."
Does this show raise more serious questions for you? Were Akuta and his people truly stagnating? What about the Prime Directive? Should there even be a Prime Directive? ST routinely ignores it anyway. Is the end of Paradise truly initiated by sexual awakening? What about the violence Vaal has the natives do? Isn't that the end of Paradise as well? And how and why does the Enterprise just up and leave the people w/o aide in the form of mentors, scientists , anthropologists etc? Pretty shitty of the Federation, if you ask me...
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