tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post1846695538318216384..comments2024-03-27T19:03:23.094-04:00Comments on The Armchair Squid: Star Trek: For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the SkyThe Armchair Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-50277947771907617172014-11-01T09:29:02.675-04:002014-11-01T09:29:02.675-04:00It's a close call between Spock and McCoy for ...It's a close call between Spock and McCoy for the best eyebrows in the history of television.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10739833215220853127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-59784627384791081692014-10-30T23:36:15.867-04:002014-10-30T23:36:15.867-04:00I barely remembered McCoy, but when I Googled him ...I barely remembered McCoy, but when I Googled him I instantly recognized his face.<br /><br />I like the name "Natira." Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-68874307061955267422014-10-30T22:55:34.255-04:002014-10-30T22:55:34.255-04:00My wife's an Avengers fan. It's never qui...My wife's an Avengers fan. It's never quite taken with me.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10739833215220853127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-76311146938485575102014-10-30T22:41:26.166-04:002014-10-30T22:41:26.166-04:00I adore the Beatles comment and the title is sadly...I adore the Beatles comment and the title is sadly lovely.<br />The Avengers and Patrick Macnee... perfect.<br /><br /><br />cheers, parsnip<br />angryparsniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236094827257446781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-80976692845066480482014-10-30T22:36:12.417-04:002014-10-30T22:36:12.417-04:00I thought you might enjoy that. ;^)I thought you might enjoy that. ;^)The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10739833215220853127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-35189521479743810832014-10-30T22:35:24.048-04:002014-10-30T22:35:24.048-04:00Thinking all the way back to "The Cage,"...Thinking all the way back to "The Cage," that mentor idea was definitely the case with Pike and McCoy's predecessor Dr. Phillip Boyce. That may, in fact, have been the original intent with McCoy but I think the relationship between the three principals evolved into something quite different.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10739833215220853127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-85927689695011767552014-10-30T22:29:21.428-04:002014-10-30T22:29:21.428-04:00The character of Uhura was a revolution all her ow...The character of Uhura was a revolution all her own.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10739833215220853127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-74581837315797373372014-10-30T20:00:06.165-04:002014-10-30T20:00:06.165-04:00'He's the George Harrison to Kirk and Spoc...'He's the George Harrison to Kirk and Spock's Lennon and McCartney'<br /><br />:) Suzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908805179119217608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-20999935250081884012014-10-30T18:13:57.628-04:002014-10-30T18:13:57.628-04:00In 1950s-1960s westerns and doctor shows, I think ...In 1950s-1960s westerns and doctor shows, I think there was a popular character trope of the "wise, old, homespun doctor mentor" who advised the (usually younger) leading man. McCoy may have started out in this mold, but I'm glad he evolved.Cygnushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10394890573443379954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-90973233295457168552014-10-30T18:11:57.805-04:002014-10-30T18:11:57.805-04:00"For the world is hollow and I have touched t...<i>"For the world is hollow and I have touched the sky" perhaps translates to "life is lonely but I have known love."</i><br /><br />Ahh... I never caught that metaphorical coupling of themes in this episode. Nice.<br /><br />The Beatles correspondences are interesting... would Uhura be Yoko?!?<br /><br />By the way, I had to check to see whether Woodville's 2nd husband was the well known star of <i>Green Acres,</i> or his son of the same name, who played an extremely poignant role in the <i>Beauty & the Beast</i> TV show that I blogged about while ago. It was the son.Cygnushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10394890573443379954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-27453937389814538632014-10-29T19:56:27.434-04:002014-10-29T19:56:27.434-04:00I think there's a bit more to it than that. L...I think there's a bit more to it than that. Like I said, more to come. I'll be writing a lot about the relationship between these three as the series (and mine) wraps up.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10739833215220853127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-48678250735478042272014-10-29T19:14:22.785-04:002014-10-29T19:14:22.785-04:00Bones had the benefit of being lead commentator in...Bones had the benefit of being lead commentator in the series, plus being best friends/frenemies with Kirk and Spock.Tony Laplumehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07854455859399339169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-69757796964969818822014-10-29T18:44:46.475-04:002014-10-29T18:44:46.475-04:00Christopher Pike would be Stuart Sutcliffe. Poor ...Christopher Pike would be Stuart Sutcliffe. Poor Stuart...The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10739833215220853127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-85020797570456624302014-10-29T18:42:51.622-04:002014-10-29T18:42:51.622-04:00Some come by that condition naturally, though. I ...Some come by that condition naturally, though. I recently read an excellent book about such things: The Sports Gene by David Epstein.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10739833215220853127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-16580831781310972082014-10-29T18:41:49.672-04:002014-10-29T18:41:49.672-04:00Yes, more on that to come.Yes, more on that to come.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10739833215220853127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-80359616668875766702014-10-29T09:34:47.203-04:002014-10-29T09:34:47.203-04:00>>He's the George Harrison to Kirk and S...>>He's the George Harrison to Kirk and Spock's Lennon and McCartney (I guess Scotty is Ringo in this analogy). <<<br /><br />This is a great synopsis of the episode, but that was the line that cracked me up with its brilliance, ha ha ha. I guess all the "one scene" actors in the series were versions of Pete Best.<br /><br />Great post, Squid!Cherdohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00264612202714933480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-39683382479201728002014-10-29T03:15:39.410-04:002014-10-29T03:15:39.410-04:00I remember this one and looked up what McCoy's...I remember this one and looked up what McCoy's disease was --xenopolycythemia. I found polycythemia is an excess of red blood cells. This is what got numerous athletes tested right out of their careers, as it enhances athletic performance if accomplished by "blood-doping". Xeno is Greek for foreign. How bones got a foreign excess of hemoglobin into himself is a mystery I am content to live with --and happily, so was he. Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-65543090552717880382014-10-29T01:33:40.128-04:002014-10-29T01:33:40.128-04:00Yeah, Bones was much more than the usual, "He...Yeah, Bones was much more than the usual, "He's dead, Jim."Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.com