Star Trek's Insane (& Sexist) Episode Shows Us How to Relax

haha as always

Jessie Earl

Concerning Angela, she didn't die. You are mistaken Angela was not shot by the fighter plane. As her and Rodriguez ran away into the forest to escape the plane, she ran into a tree and knocked herself out. Rewatch the clip. Look closely and it’s clear that she runs into the tree, you can see her arms go around the tree as she impacts with it, before she falls to the ground. After Japanese Zero strafing scene Rodriguez never left Angela’s side. Proof of that is when later Kirk assembles the landing party and calls them to attention; Angela and Rodriguez arrive together and stand at attention. So clearly she was just rendered unconscious. If in fact Angela was killed by the fighter plane’s machine guns, being the two were always together, she couldn’t have been taken by the aliens to be repaired without Rodriguez's knowledge. An example of this is when McCoy’s body was taken by the aliens. Kirk, Spock, Sulu and Tonia were distracted and their backs were turned from McCoy’s body, while they were inspecting the body of the knight. They didn’t notice McCoy’s body was missing until they turned around and realized his body was gone. We see them getting attacked by the plane, Angela collapses and Rodriguez bends down toward her to check her condition. The next scene we see them again they are both together when Kirk calls them to attention. Rodriguez stayed with Angela caring for her while she was unconscious. It’s not shown on screen but it’s obvious that eventually Angela came to and her and Rodriguez then went to the rendezvous spot together. Angela and Rodriguez after the fighter plane attack were never shown separated from each other. Actual transcript from the episode. The transcript specifically states that she ran into the tree. Source The Star Trek Transcripts [Glade] TONIA: There's no one here. MCCOY: This is where the Captain said to rendezvous. (makes Tonia stand with her back to a tree) I swear I heard someone moving around. TONIA: Don't talk like that. MCCOY: A princess shouldn't be afraid, not with a brave knight to protect her. [Rocky outcrop] (The trio hear the snarl of a big cat) KIRK: That way. Spread out. Let's find it. [Glade] (A knight in armour on a black horse has appeared, and is coming towards them.) MCCOY: These things cannot be real. Hallucinations can't harm us. Go back to where you were. (Kirk and Spock arrive on the scene. The knight lowers his lance, charges, and runs McCoy through. Tonia screams. Spock draws his phaser, and Kirk the gun he confiscated from Sulu. He shoots the knight from his horse, then they run to McCoy.) TONIA: He's dead. Captain's log, supplemental. All contact with the Enterprise has been lost. We're trapped here. Our ship's surgeon, my personal friend, is dead. We're certain now that whatever we're facing is terribly real. [Woodpath] [Woodpath] TELLER: What is it? RODRIGUEZ: Of all the crazy things. Remember what I was telling you a while ago, about the early wars and funny air vehicles they used? That's one of them. TELLER: Can it hurt us? RODRIGUEZ: Not unless it makes a strafing run. TELLER: A what? RODRIGUEZ: The way they used to attack people on the ground. (the plane descends) Come on. (They run along the path, as a second plane joins the first, straight into a clump of trees. Angela falls to the ground having hit the tree.) RODRIGUEZ: Angela…

UlyssesThePagan

great video! i know slashers/shippers point to the backrub scene as support for their interpretation of the relationship between Kirk and Spock but i read it* as that for Kirk at least that he has no romantic or sexual feelings for Spock, thus a backrub from him on the bridge is platonic and harmless, whereas a backrub from Yeoman Barrows, an attractive woman, even if done voluntarily by her and with no ulterior motives, Kirk is sensitive to the potential inappropriateness in it, aware of the power dynamic along. some people think of Kirk as a "womanizer" but i split hairs and think he is more aptly called a "ladies man." a womanizer being a man who collects experiences wtih women for the "notches on the bedpost" and sees them as "conquests" but is more interested in his own pleasure and satisfaction. a ladies man being a man who enjoys the company of women and enjoys in delighting and pleasing them, and making them have a wonderful time. of course both relationship dynamics can be applied to any combination of gender identity. (Manizer? Gentleman's Woman? Ladies Woman? Gentleman's Man? Gentleperson's Gentleperson? etc.) (*this is my interpretation, i'm not saying that others who hold other interpretations are wrong. my reading on the text as Kirk be a serial monogamist hetrosexual, and Spock being a borderline asexual with them having a platonic friendship closer than either of them could have have with any romantic partner, and i see how the many people had a deep need to see a positive representation of a gay male relationship in media could seem them as fulfilling that.)

Chris Bird

Shouldn't it be "sexistest?" 😃