"Shore leave" Any fans?

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DontDisturbMyParadise — 9 years ago(September 19, 2016 02:28 AM)

I like this episode. Yes it's very weird, with the Alice in wonderland characters, but I love the beauty in it. The beauty of the planet. The dress Tonia tries on. I love her dress. This episode seems over looked.

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jxh13 — 9 years ago(September 19, 2016 03:25 AM)

A personal favorite. Tremendous fun, whimsical yet serious in tone, good location work. Finnegan is a terrific addition. I tend to put in my top ten. One of my earliest Trek memories.
The core theme is one of the best in all of Trek: "The more complex the mind, the greater the need for the simplicity of play." Excellent in its day, and still relevant now.

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chris109 — 9 years ago(September 19, 2016 05:57 AM)

"The more complex the mind, the greater the need for the simplicity of play."
I still can't believe that Kirk would come up with a comment like that.

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grizzledgeezer — 9 years ago(September 19, 2016 07:31 AM)

Perhaps simple play is a calming distraction from complex thought.
Shore Leave
is certainly a model of the kinds of stories Star Trek should be telling.
Last night I watched "Sacred Ground", a
Voyager
episode I hadn't seen. * It, too, is a good example of the story in which the UFP people are forced to learn a lesson, rather than imposing their values on others. And in an odd
Gunsmoke
coincidence, Parley Baer had an important role.
*
Voyager
was a generally disappointing series, though it had at least one superlative episode, "Death Wish".

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Jetfire1959 — 9 years ago(September 19, 2016 09:26 AM)

One of my favorite season 1 eps.
The louder UFO "debunkers" argue the more terrified they are it's all true.

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jbaker1-2 — 2 years ago(April 27, 2023 08:00 PM)

I hate to break this to you, Spanky, but your sig is bullshit.
There are 8.2 billion people in the world. 8.19 billion of them have never heard of and don't give a fuck about Charlie Kirk. Get over it.

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Bubbathegut — 2 months ago(January 26, 2026 05:29 PM)

I hate to break this to you, Sparky, but your sig is bullshit.
Homo No Homo, ask how Stonekeeper banned me.
MAGA
4
L1F3

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kerryedavis — 9 years ago(September 19, 2016 10:22 AM)

I don't think it's ignored, seems like at least one thread pops up each time it's shown, on Me TV etc. That just doesn't happen every day. Maybe once a year or so, depending on schedules.

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chris109 — 9 years ago(September 19, 2016 10:28 AM)

I like it also cause it was the first real 'on location' episode. It was all outdoors.

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kerryedavis — 9 years ago(September 19, 2016 10:38 AM)

A while back, there was a thread about how that site looks now. It was sad.

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McCartney42 — 9 years ago(September 19, 2016 07:11 PM)

Yeah it's probably a parking lot now!

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Dark_Sithlord — 9 years ago(September 19, 2016 10:16 PM)

That sucks.

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antonasmodeus — 9 years ago(September 20, 2016 01:22 AM)

I've always wanted to know how Lt. Angela Martine came back from the dead after being shot by the Japanese Zero's!

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grizzledgeezer — 9 years ago(September 20, 2016 08:36 AM)

Common sense suggests that, like a holodeck, the "amusement park" would have safeguards that prevent participants from being injured or killed.

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movieghoul — 9 years ago(September 20, 2016 09:55 AM)

As McCoy put it, he was taken below the surface for some instant repairs.
Maybe they had a gadget similar to the one in the TZ episode Valley of the Shadow which can restore any object to a prior state.

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cind5 — 9 years ago(September 20, 2016 03:18 PM)

The exterior scenes were shot in Vasquez Rocks Natural Park and Africa USA.
A trivia note, Perry Lopez who played Rodriguez in this episode also played Lt. Escobar in the movie Chinatown.
When I was a kid I use to get so mad at Finnegan, I hated the way he treated Kirk. Now I get upset with Kirk the way Finnegan punks him out. You can't kick his ass, but you can whoop on Khan and a Gorn.
Spenser with an "S", like the poet.

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kerryedavis — 9 years ago(September 20, 2016 03:24 PM)

Well, but the planet made Finnegan be strong enough to beat Kirk most of the time, that was the point.

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cind5 — 9 years ago(September 20, 2016 05:45 PM)

oh, I did not know that.
Spenser with an "S", like the poet.

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kerryedavis — 9 years ago(September 20, 2016 05:58 PM)

At least to start with, anyway. Eventually Kirk "had to" beat him, but if it had happened too soon, it wouldn't have been as enjoyable.
Of course, Finnegan was never a real person, and certainly not THE real person, who would also have been much older, as was Kirk.

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antonasmodeus — 9 years ago(September 21, 2016 01:36 AM)

Obviously Dr. McCoy was killed after being pierced in the heart by the knight so why didn't he report what it felt like to die before he was supposedly repaired?