rst@houxu.UUCP (06/20/83)
'City on the Edge of Forever' was one of my favorites too, right behind 'Balance of Terror' and 'Amok Time.' There was one little flaw that bothered me, however. If McCoy caused the Enterprise not to be built by interfering with history, how come Kirk and company didn't vanish too? Any expanations? ...houxu!rst Scott Thompson
oz@rlgvax.UUCP (06/23/83)
Being a reader of Comic Books, I think I can offer a suggest on why everyone on the planet didn't disappear after McCoy changed time. They were in a special place where "Time didn't exist." After all they did have the machine there to go back in time. Submitted for your approval, a star ship crew on a world that only they exisit on. If they venture off, they cease to exist. This could only happen in THE TWIL.. er Star Trek OZ seimso!rlgvax!oz
ginger@ssc-vax.UUCP (06/24/83)
Re: The City On The Edge of Forever -------------------------------------------------------------------- If McCoy caused the Enterprise not to be built by interfering with history, how come Kirk and company didn't vanish too? Any expanations? -------------------------------------------------------------------- This is my all-time favourite episode, too. My understanding of the denouement is that history was NOT changed, because McCoy was prevented from saving the life of Edith Keeler. Had she lived, history *would* have been changed, and there would have been no Enterprise and crew. This is the dilemma with which Kirk was faced, augmented by the fact that he was in love with Edith Keeler. I think that one reason that this episode was so affecting and effective is because the script allowed for less Shakespearean swaggering by William Shatner -an element which sometimes detracts from the other episodes. I like Shatner, but his early stage-training is obvious and the action does not always translate well to the small screen. Another reason is that the show did not have the sometimes sugar-coated, cartoon-flavoured ending, in which the dead are brought back to life and all trouble and harm magically reversed. Instead, you are shown an aspect of Kirk's character versus his role as Captain in a very human but impossible situation, with a grimly delivered final line, "Let's get the hell out of here." ssc-vax!ginger
markb@hpda.UUCP (06/29/83)
#R:houxu:-12200:hpda:15200002:000:249 hpda!markb Jun 22 13:16:00 1983 Why, because the Enterprise crew was within the protective sphere of the Guardian when history was changed. You should remember that Uhura was unable to reach the Enterprise, because it was no longer there. Mark Bales ...!ucbvax!hpda!markb