tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post9049046491877501732..comments2024-03-28T14:49:36.133-04:00Comments on John Kenneth Muir's Reflections on Cult Movies and Classic TV: Star Trek 50th Anniversary Blogging: "Wink of an Eye" (November 29, 1968)John Kenneth Muirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-39859395749181869022017-06-14T10:49:13.559-04:002017-06-14T10:49:13.559-04:00I always got it confused with "By Any Other N...I always got it confused with "By Any Other Name", so I guess it was easy to confuse. Sherinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-37041680396895663742017-06-14T05:51:43.763-04:002017-06-14T05:51:43.763-04:00Sheri has left a new comment on your post "St...Sheri has left a new comment on your post "Star Trek 50th Anniversary Blogging: "Wink of an E...": <br /><br />Uh, getting a woman pregnant (Miramanee) is the *most* overt indicator that Kirk has engaged in sexual intercourse, John! Putting on his boots runs a distant second; but I take your point.<br /><br />Yes, Wink of an Eye is full of holes once you examine it beyond the very intriguing hook. But it is an intriguing premise and the actual action and dialog hold up fairly well, which is more than can be said for Spock's Brain. And despite the holes, the plot has enough material to execute, which is more than can be said of And the Children Shall Lead, where Kirk and McCoy seem to be carrying emotions associated with some discarded plot and the rest is so annoying you want to shoot it. I'm baffled by your raising the issue of the Prime Directive, John. It's the Scalosians who present their solution as an "either this or nothing" proposition--I could swear they make some argument against the antidote working on them, but even if not, it is their choice to rejoin their dying people. The problem is not that Kirk doesn't save them, it's that the Scalosians assume they've failed their people entirely in not retaining Kirk as their Breeder King, without investigating any other means or enlisting the Federation's help in doing so. Where in the Prime Directive is Kirk obligated to agree to serve out his days as an accelerated sperm donor for some civilization that otherwise rejects salvation, John? We're left feeling that *somebody* should propose *something* or else everybody--including the Scalosians-- has failed the Scalosians, but failure of imagination is not a violation of the Prime Directive!<br /><br />Maybe the whole problem is that the Scalosians are too unimaginative to live, or at least to employ any solutions other than their preferred ones. In this, they're not unlike the Andromedans in By Any Other Name, who wouldn't seek a solution other than stealing a ship full of people instead of, I don't know, soliciting Federation help in building them a ship to their specifications so they could get back home without taking unwilling others with them. Maybe some aliens just aren't ready for Federation contact because they're too arrogant rather than too advanced? <br />John Kenneth Muirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-62734591119676447132017-06-14T01:00:23.160-04:002017-06-14T01:00:23.160-04:00John,
I knew you were going to mention that scene ...John,<br />I knew you were going to mention that scene of Kirk pulling his boots on! However, you didn't mention that Deela is brushing her hair behind Kirk! Hmmmm...<br />For some reason I always get this episode confused with "The Mark of Gideon." Both involve a beautiful alien girl glomming onto Kirk, a disease (or immunity to one) which must be addressed in order for a civilization to survive, and an Enterprise which feels strangely empty and abandoned. I find "Gideon" to be more compelling than "Wink of an Eye," yet the gimmickry of this episode is interesting. Poor Compton is less savvy than Kirk and doesn't realize he's being used. The ambiguous ending almost feels like they're trying to make some kind of statement, but I'm not sure what it is. Although enjoyable, this episode is nowhere near the top of my re-watch list. I did appreciate your questions about the phaser blast, though.<br />SteveAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13101722769411384962noreply@blogger.com