The early introduction of shape shifters in the series is quite amazing to me. I knew the idea of a shape shifter has always been on the minds of science fiction fans for a long time. What I guess I didn't know was that the idea had such an early appearance in the series.
I am trying to recall DS9 when they go into Odo's back story and his his species origin. As I remember, Odo's race was from the Gamma quadrant. Early on they did explore (I guess spy is a more apt term) the Alpha quadrant while the Federation was still in its infancy. However, these shape shifters that are revealed in TOS are a different species than the Founders of the Gamma quadrant.
For the production values of this episode, I enjoyed that the "original" crew is starting to make an appearance. Even the intro reel was much better (I particularly enjoyed the symbol crash in the theme song, it adds flare). Finally we are starting to break into the memorable actors who have been with us all along.
As for Sulu... Well, I think the franchise has made a living of exploiting the insecurities of the Asian male crew members while they interact with the other females (see also - Ensign Harry Kim, VOY).
Saturday, February 16, 2013
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