TOS The Omega Glory -- Review
May. 14th, 2024 11:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
charlesnaismithG: 1 star - This episode started out strong, with an interesting setup and a good guest character. Then it got progressively worse and worse.More dissappointing because of the strong start, and the guest star's descent into full evil didn't make any sense. The plot could have been about the choices of when to intervene and when not too as well as the dangers of making quick judgements but it became a vehicle for literal US flag worship. Ghastly.
C: 0 stars - Genuinely impressively US centric, and a double coat of US imperio-facism. This is why we sometimes don't watch TOS for three months at a time. Should have been at least a 3, but it's just shit.
Is this Star Trek? I really hope not.
Plot Summary: Kirk and co are stuck on a planet and can't leave because of space sickness and the starship captain already there has gone native. The starship captain wants to exploit the elixir of life and then it turns out the savages are actually yankees who carry an american flag and need help understanding the true meaning of manifest destiny and why the US constitution is the best.