"Wink of an Eye" Full Reaction! - Star Trek: TOS Season 3
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When she walked out of the way of the phaser that is impossible because we see light when it hits us. I learned that from the book the physics of star trek
Trish
2024-11-11 07:19:42 +0000 UTCIt's tough to say, but if Trek has been a big draw of people to your react channel, they may not know of these epic games and enjoy the watch along just as much as all the episodes. Either way, I'm sure many would love to watch you experience the full play-through!
Vault Dweller
2024-10-15 13:44:56 +0000 UTCMaybe! I wonder if I should post them on the react channel or the gaming channel, though.
bunnytails
2024-10-15 05:02:30 +0000 UTCDeela is stunning, for sure!
bunnytails
2024-10-15 05:01:59 +0000 UTCThe concept is super interesting at least, so I can see the appeal!
bunnytails
2024-10-15 05:00:43 +0000 UTCHopefully!
bunnytails
2024-10-15 04:58:39 +0000 UTCOooh?? I never knew that
bunnytails
2024-10-15 04:57:22 +0000 UTCTrue!
bunnytails
2024-10-15 04:57:05 +0000 UTCThanks!
bunnytails
2024-10-15 04:56:51 +0000 UTCYeah, season 3 has been super solid!
bunnytails
2024-10-15 04:56:37 +0000 UTCHer dress will definitely be a contender!
bunnytails
2024-10-15 04:56:13 +0000 UTCGreat points!
bunnytails
2024-10-15 04:55:39 +0000 UTCThanks timothy :) And yes Matthew, I WILL be doing a top X outfits for TOS :D
bunnytails
2024-10-15 04:49:29 +0000 UTCThanks, you too!
bunnytails
2024-10-15 04:48:37 +0000 UTCRight!?
bunnytails
2024-10-15 04:43:25 +0000 UTCAhh. Dutch angle. I learned something new today!
bunnytails
2024-10-15 04:43:16 +0000 UTCYou should really play 2 particular Star Trek TOS games. "Star Trek 25th Anniversary" and "Star Trek Judgement Rites". In both the characters are actually voiced by the original cast and the games plays out like and episode adventure where you get to make the choices of what to do on the away mission and on the ship. Your choices actually matter and have consequences. And while they are done like episodes of the show there aren't any spoilers so you could play them at any time. Some of my favorite games ever. They are both available on gog.com for less than $10 each.
Vault Dweller
2024-10-13 20:50:08 +0000 UTCThis was a pretty good episode. I always liked this one, not just because I'd never seen a premise like the acceleration before, but ... that Deela! Some of the goofs due to the acceleration vs. normal speed always bothered me, though. Seems like they could have polished it up a bit to fix or explain a few things: • Kirk's phaser isn't accelerated, so why doesn't the crew see his blast fly across the bridge out of nowhere? • How did Kirk get into the transporter room so fast to sabotage the transporter? Wouldn't he have to wait for a half hour or so just waiting for the door to open? • Later on, Scotty was standing in the transporter room doorway so everyone else could come and go. But when Kirk appeared in front of him, he asked if Mr. Spock would be reappearing too. But he'd been standing in the doorway since before Spock drank the Scalosian water, so how did Scotty even know Spock had accelerated? • How does Spock reappear on the bridge after fixing everything at super speed without the turbolift door ever opening for him to enter? Several other things like that, but otherwise, the premise itself was pretty cool, and ... that Deela! As far as the resolution of the story, I always used a little "head canon." McCoy came up with an antidote, but a single line could have explained all. Something like: since the Scalosians had been accelerated for generations, their metabolism was permanently accelerated, so the antidote wouldn't work on them. Did I mention that Deela? She definitely accelerated my heart rate!
J. Scott Phillips
2024-10-13 17:05:55 +0000 UTCMaybe after further study, they found an effective and reliable antidote and freed the Scolosians and they joined the Federation :)
3dbadboy1
2024-10-13 07:03:49 +0000 UTCIn "olden times" putting your boots on by the bed meant they had sex :)
NateWiz
2024-10-13 02:35:04 +0000 UTCThis episode is one of my favorite S3 episodes, so much that it might qualify as one of the guilty pleasures I mentioned several reactions ago. I find the plight of the Scalosians compelling, making them one of the more sympathetic antagonists in TOS. Not to mention that Kathie Browne is a knockout. As Skyman's Follies already noted, this is another Lee Cronin (aka Gene Coon) story. Unfortunately, he didn't provide the actual script, just the outline; I suspect that his version of the script would have made it plain that the antidote for the Scalosian water would have had no effect on the Scalosians themselves, as their acceleration was the byproduct of severe environmental changes that happened generations earlier. I also think he would have presented Kirk in a more compassionate light, as he tended to do when he was the show's producer, and give at least some lip service to finding a solution to the Scalosians' problem. (Unless the conversation in the medical lab in which Deela says that they've basically exhausted all their efforts was meant to end that line of thinking; even so, I think Kirk should've told Deela before she returned to the planet that he would recommend the Federation turn its vast resources to seeking a remedy.)
Lee
2024-10-12 19:23:48 +0000 UTCThe Scalosian water accelerated Kirk's biochemistry, not his phaser. While it seems a little ridiculous for Deela to dodge a focused beam of light, within the parameters of this episode it makes enough sense.
Lee
2024-10-12 19:06:53 +0000 UTCI'd been watching TOS in syndication since I was a little kid, so it came as quite a surprise to see this episode in high school and realize what had just happened when Kirk was putting on his boots and Deela was fixing her hair. I immediately called my best friend (also a lifelong Trekkie) and we shared in the mind-blowing realization simultaneously. Easily one of the subtlest moments I can recall in television, and the fact that it occurred in season three is remarkable. Whatever other faults may have existed with the third season production team, they accomplished something quite memorable here. I can't blame Bunny even a little bit for missing it.
Lee
2024-10-12 18:51:35 +0000 UTCNow that they know the formula for the Scalosian water, they should have kept some on hand. Imagine how useful an accelerated repair crew would be during a battle. Any time the ship would be damaged, it could be repaired almost immediately.
Ron
2024-10-12 05:57:26 +0000 UTCBunny should DEFINITELY do a top 5 outfits of TOS review at the end.
Matthew Graves
2024-10-12 04:27:09 +0000 UTCJan In The Pan! I never made that connection before.
Matthew Graves
2024-10-12 04:22:50 +0000 UTC...and red shirt count +1... (sorry I lost count)
Carlos Stevens
2024-10-12 02:27:43 +0000 UTCI'm loving season three, I think the "Gary Seven" episode is my favorite, but I expected a huge drop off in quality that I haven't seen evidence of yet. I've seen most of these episodes as a kid but in viewing as an adult, they're even better. Watching here with you is more fun anyway, lol. Thanks Bunny!😁🖖
ded cowbowee
2024-10-12 00:38:35 +0000 UTCPretty questionable science, and an odd ending, but still a fav of mine. All it needed was McCoy saying a cure was in the works for the people of Scalos. Again, you noticed things I never have, and ive watched these episodes for a LONG time! Looking forward to your top ten from Season 2! Still very strong episodes coming up, Ill say no more!
Trilogian
2024-10-12 00:27:13 +0000 UTC"C-Captain? Is that you in your chair? How is that you've returned to normal time?" "Dr. McCoy was fortunately able to formulate an antidote in about 5 minutes." "That's wonderful!" "Yes, well, take care of yourself." *leaves* *credits* Deela's dress is Top 5, though. I think I would like to see a dress ranking from you.
SuicuneSol
2024-10-11 21:47:38 +0000 UTC(I always really like this one, but mostly because I’m a sucker for a really cool sci-fi concept. Your comparison to the flash is apt. To me it’s just neat to think about aliens who are basically human, but with such a different perspective of the universe. It’s so close to being a great episode but a couple major things hold it back. One, as you picked up on, they kind of botched the ending. From a writing perspective, they set up the plight of the scalosians as the central driving emotional tragedy of the scenario, but they don’t give any real resolution one way or another. If they had either mentioned that the cure wouldn’t work on them for some BS sci-fi reason, or at least say they were leaving behind their research for Scalosians to use it and maybe adapt to themselves It would’ve at least given some closure to the enterprises involvement in the societies tragic fate. As it stands, it’s pretty unsatisfying since the ship just leaves. The other problem I had is that I don’t think Deela really earned that kind of wistful sympathy from Kirk. I get that she’s somewhat sympathetic because she’s doing what feels she needs to do for her people, but honestly, she was pretty awful. She damaged his ship pretty badly and she threatened to take him away for the enterprise for good. I don’t feel like Kirk would have enough sympathy for her to be all “ ahh..in a different world it could’ve worked between us…”I feel like Kirk would be a lot more ticked at her than he seemed to come across as to me. Since you bring up Angelique. Pettyjohn, That’s a good contrast. Shauna earns that kind of Sympathy because despite being technically an antagonist for the first half of the episode, she wasn’t the real perpetrator of the shittinrss that was going on, in the moment Kirk came in and said yeah this society is screwed up. She basically acknowledged it. Deela, on the other hand, seems like she would’ve been pretty OK with continuing to enslave people if Kirk and Spock hadn’t put the kibosh on that forcefully. So yeah, awesome concept, but falls a little short in the execution because neither of the emotional through lines really work.
Matthew Graves
2024-10-11 21:35:46 +0000 UTCLove the sets with choice shots of the transporter! Rael was played by the legendary Jason Evers, notorious as Bill Cortner in The Brain That Wouldn't Die who put his fiancee's severed head in a pan while looking for a suitable body to attach it to (after removing the previous head). It's a top episode from MST 3K as well as Riff Trax. Kirk sitting on the bed putting on his boots while Deela was at the mirror brushing her hair; a subtle hint. Turning the Enterprise into a fridge took too long. If the Scalosians had read the manual they would have completed the conversion in the time it took Spock to fix things. I guess bunny was so intrigued by the time premise that she overlooked a few of the details to react to! A great episode with a wonderful performance by Kathie Browne as the sexy bossy Deela.
William Terry
2024-10-11 21:21:06 +0000 UTCHa Ha. Yeppers, I thought that dress was exquisite. So cute, Oh Oh OHHHHH. LOL. cracked me up. Beleive it or not I had to re-wind a couple three times 😇 I agree, the ending was a bit open-ended. Sometimes The Federation can't do everything right away. I mean the planet had to be quarantined to disallow any other problems until a solution reached. A good episode for me and glad you liked it as well. Your quite the plot line spotter 🥹
timothy w moyer
2024-10-11 20:42:56 +0000 UTCThis is a pretty good episode - Delia is infatuated with Kirk - kind of a weak ending though - oh well the next episode is in my top 5 -REALLY good - anyway Have a great day - 🩷
dave zink
2024-10-11 19:49:47 +0000 UTCI share a lot of your thoughts and feelings about this episode, Bunny. It's a middle of the pack episode for me -- not great, but not bad either. I've always liked it, but it's not one of the episodes I watch every year or so when I do a re-watch of my favorite episodes. There's a lot to like here -- the concept is great, as you said, and rather unique. Without spoiling anything, I can say the idea of people being in a different 'time frame' is used again in later shows. The guest acting is as always great, as is the costumes and set design. And Kirk just smiling at Spock when he sees him in his own 'time' speaks volumes about the relationship and partnership that those two had. It's not just you, though -- there are MAJOR plot holes in this episode, and they don't explain a lot. Star Trek often hand waves science, but this is just crazy here. How do the aliens manage to interact with their faster speed? How did they even manage to beam up? Kirk's phaser should not have slowed down since it was brought to his time. And many others points. Your not alone in feeling like Kathie Browne was in a previous episode, I felt like I had seen her before. But I checked like you did and confirmed none of the major guest stars here had been in any other Star Trek episodes. I agree she's very easy on the eyes with her look and outfit. My take on the plot for this episode is this -- due to what happened to the Scalosian civilization, the same 'cure' for the time displacement that worked with Kirk and Spock would not work with them. A different answer would have to be found, and there may not be one, considering this cilization's efforts to find one and being reduced now to just five people. Also, the ending I agree is kind of confusing -- I do agree that it may be needed just to quarantine the planet and let them die out, but I also have to imagine Kirk when he submits his report would urge the Federation to do what they can to help these people. I often look at Wikipedia after watching the episode with you, looking for trivia and extra information, and I found that I fully agreed with these two reviews quoted there for this episode: "Star Trek novelist Dayton Ward judged that "the setup for 'Wink of an Eye' is interesting enough at first blush — a race of beings who move through time at a rate so fast that they're all but undetectable. Unfortunately, it's upon the second and subsequent blushes that the concept begins to fall apart." He writes that the Scalosians had too limited imagination for continuing their race, and that mating with members of other species would be no help. He found the science wanting, though "I have to admit that here it provides for one of the series' more original 'redshirt deaths.'" Ward did admire the set design: "Clever use of tilted camera angles and lighting help to sell the illusion of the characters moving about the ship at their hyper-accelerated rate. One nice touch is the slowing down of the various lights and gauges that fill the bridge's workstations when Kirk and Deela are there." "David Alan Mack, also a Star Trek novelist, wrote, "It's not a bad idea for an episode, but the execution on this one felt sorely lacking." He noted some gaps in logic: "Still, how does one propagate a species by mating one's women with aliens? ... And if time moves so slowly for them, why would they need to place the Enterprise crew in suspended animation? Wouldn't a few days' worth of knockout drugs suffice?"" Overall, despite those issues, as I said, I do like this episode, for it's unique factor if nothing else. It's just not an amazing episode.
Greg Polander
2024-10-11 19:23:30 +0000 UTCIt's a weird ending for sure. They never mention why they don't try to help the Scalosians with the antidote. Not even a passing line that it won't work on them for some reason. Kirk just basically leaves them to die. Very un-Star Trek like lol
Bret K
2024-10-11 19:19:31 +0000 UTCAnother good one. Always liked it. Lee Cronin magic i guess ; ).... A couple highlights: the return of "Vena's theme" from alllllll the way back to the "The Cage" plays well here. Also, the subtle use of the "dutch angle" used so well in the "Batman" series works to great effect in the accelerated scenes. Lastly, courtesy of MetaTrek, the fully slowed-down Scalosians speech, pretty cool: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uW3YVO3V-GQ Yeah, agree with you, Bunny, it's nice to see that unspoken sense of relief when Kirk sees Spock. Nice moment : )
Skyman's Follies
2024-10-11 19:11:42 +0000 UTC
