[net.startrek] Self - destruct and red alert

hunterj@utai.UUCP (James Hunter) (01/24/85)

On the startrek episode I saw today (It was the one with an alien who was
half black / half white) they used the self-destruct sequence to scare the
alien and stop him from controlling the ship.

  My question is, on this episode, they had to go through some long
protracted sequence to enable self-destruct (where scotty and spock each
had to arm the machine) - BUT I'm sure that on another episode, they 
armed self-destruct much easier -- with a short command to the computer.
Am I wrong??

  Also, there were some terrible shots of the red alert light flashing,
they would zoom the camera in and out on the red light - IT WAS 
ABSOLUTELY MORONIC.  Oh well...