Comments on: Star Trek 1.5: The Enemy Within http://www.dangermouse.net/blog/2010/09/star-trek-1-5-the-enemy-within/ The Flower in My Mind Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:39:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Dave http://www.dangermouse.net/blog/2010/09/star-trek-1-5-the-enemy-within/comment-page-1/#comment-7300 Dave Fri, 24 May 2013 16:51:52 +0000 http://www.dangermouse.net/blog/?p=81#comment-7300 You got it right, but you got it wrong.

Compassion does not cohabitate with logic. Rather, it is the flip side of fear, which belongs to the “evil” Kirk. Dispassion resides with logic, and is Spockian. COmpassion and emotion belong to Kirk. So it is only the evil Kirk who can feel compassion. You cannot have a ham sandwich without…ham.

]]> By: The Ridger http://www.dangermouse.net/blog/2010/09/star-trek-1-5-the-enemy-within/comment-page-1/#comment-1825 The Ridger Thu, 03 Feb 2011 23:49:44 +0000 http://www.dangermouse.net/blog/?p=81#comment-1825 Two points: First, at that point, the “I really despise the military” Roddeberry probably thought “Second Officer” WAS second in command. And second, evil blankets could have been very funny.

]]> By: Robyn http://www.dangermouse.net/blog/2010/09/star-trek-1-5-the-enemy-within/comment-page-1/#comment-1817 Robyn Thu, 03 Feb 2011 17:50:46 +0000 http://www.dangermouse.net/blog/?p=81#comment-1817 I’m always amused how in these early episodes Kirk makes log entries using words similar to “unknown to us at this time” to provide narration of events he doesn’t know.

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