Okay, okay, I get it: Gene Roddenberry didn’t like hippies. And I knew that already thanks to the first season’s episode This Side of Paradise! However, The Way to Eden is even more explicit: none less than six characters seem to have come out of Hair (a movie which actually came out in 1979, ten … More Star Trek: TOS – S03E20, The Way to Eden
Ok, ok, ho capito: a Gene Roddenberry non andavano giù gli hippie. E l’avevo capito già nella prima stagione quando non li aveva trattati benissimo nell’episodio Al di qua del paradiso! Ma qui la cosa è ancora più esplicita: in Viaggio verso Eden (The Way to Eden) ci sono sei personaggi che sembrano usciti da … More Star Trek: TOS – S03E20, Viaggio verso Eden
Breaking the First Directive by interfering with the natural development of a civilization is never a good idea. And if you violate it to develop a culture inspired by the National Socialist movement of Adolf Hitler, it’s even worse! This is exactly what happens in Patterns of Force, in which the USS Enterprise reaches the … More Star Trek: TOS – S02E21, Patterns of Force
