Fond memories of watching Star Trek

Raoul Duke, Jr. · Post by **Raoul Duke, Jr.** » 2003-09-20 03:49pm

Simon H.Johansen wrote:
Raoul Duke, Jr. wrote:
I bet it was the Baalok puppet from "The Corbomite Maneuver". That fucker had me up nights when I was 5 too.
Hmm... to be honest, I haven't watched that much TOS. What did the Baalok look like??

Big grey head, nasty scowl, green cat-eyes. It also appeared as a background still image in the closing credits.

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-09-20 03:58pm

Raoul Duke, Jr. wrote:
Simon H.Johansen wrote:
Raoul Duke, Jr. wrote:
I bet it was the Baalok puppet from "The Corbomite Maneuver". That fucker had me up nights when I was 5 too.
Hmm... to be honest, I haven't watched that much TOS. What did the Baalok look like??
Big grey head, nasty scowl, green cat-eyes. It also appeared as a background still image in the closing credits.

Sharp-Kun has posted an image - and I find it to be interestingly similar to the stereotypical "Grey"-type aliens found in post-TOS sci-fi, alien abduction stories and conspiracy theories.

In fact - next time I post an updated version of my list of alien archetypes, I might include a "Evolution of the Grey Alien"... from the early sidhe of Celtic folklore over the aliens who abducted Betty and Barney Hill to the Kaminoans.

Post by **LadyTevar** » 2003-09-20 09:01pm

Gandalf wrote:I remember, soon after I got interested in Trek, I found a local video store that carried tons of videos, I remember going down every week to check out what I could get, since the 6th grade wasn't very taxing, I got a lot of Trek in.

I remember, in 6th or 7th grade, finding out that my tiny local library could get 35mm films. There was one episode of StarTrek that I could never catch in reruns, which was "Trouble with Tribbles". Miracle of Miracles, in this age before VHS or Beta, the library got hold of a copy, and my Dad set up the projector. My lil brother, my dad, and I all sat in my grandma's kitchen, watching this one TOS episode on the wall.

I'd nearly forgotten about it. My Dad was just the best Dad ever.....

Raoul Duke, Jr. · Post by **Raoul Duke, Jr.** » 2003-09-20 09:06pm

Simon H.Johansen wrote:
Raoul Duke, Jr. wrote:
Simon H.Johansen wrote: Hmm... to be honest, I haven't watched that much TOS. What did the Baalok look like??
Big grey head, nasty scowl, green cat-eyes. It also appeared as a background still image in the closing credits.
Sharp-Kun has posted an image - and I find it to be interestingly similar to the stereotypical "Grey"-type aliens found in post-TOS sci-fi, alien abduction stories and conspiracy.

In fact - next time I post an updated version of my list of alien archetypes, I might include a "Evolution of the Grey Alien"... from the early sidheof Celtic folklore over the aliens who abducted Betty and Barney Hill to the Kaminoans.

And wouldn't it be ironic to learn that the Irish had it right, and they're not extraterrestrial a'tall a'tall!

Sarevok · Post by **Sarevok** » 2003-09-22 06:02am

[quote="Simon H.Johansen"]

The Talosians scared the crap out of you?
quote]

They did scare me. I still remember watching that episode one evening and spending the rest of the day thinking about them. My worst fear at the time was meeting a Talosian in person.

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-09-22 08:04am

evilcat4000 wrote:They did scare me. I still remember watching that episode one evening and spending the rest of the day thinking about them. My worst fear at the time was meeting a Talosian in person.

Were you scared by their appearance or their behaviour and personality?

After all - I remember one of the Talosians saying: "The customs and history of your race show a unique hatred for captivity... even when it is pleasant and benevolent, you prefer death!" A potentially frightening sentiment, is it not?

Sarevok · Post by **Sarevok** » 2003-09-22 09:20am

Simon H.Johansen wrote:
evilcat4000 wrote: After all - I remember one of the Talosians saying: "The customs and history of your race show a unique hatred for captivity... even when it is pleasant and benevolent, you prefer death!" A potentially frightening sentiment, is it not?

I was very young at the time and did not understand english much. But you are right there was something about the Talosians that even though I could not understand everything they said that made me scared. A pity that such genuiunly scary creatures are a rarity today. The previous sentence also reminds me of Voyger Borg who I watched at 12 years age and laughed. TOS reruns were such fun to watch, I envy those of you watched it back in 1960s and 1970s.

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-09-22 11:48am

[quote="evilcat4000" A pity that such genuiunly scary creatures are a rarity today. [/quote]

Really?? Until a few months ago, I found images of most "Grey"-type aliens to be so incredibly frightening that I barely could tolerate to look at a drawing of one for more than a few seconds of the time. (For a still unknown reason I wasn't repulsed by the Kaminoans, Monty Burns and the Asgard while I found most other Greys to be such loathsome abominations that I could not bear to look upon them)

And I couldn't find out why... all I knew was that I found their visage to be scary. (Perhaps it was because of the fact that their eyes lack pupils, thus giving them a somewhat "soulless" appearance) And this is from a Lovecraft fan, who's quite accustomed to really weird creatures.

But in the last year or so, things seem to have changed. I don't know exactly why - but in celebration of this overcome Greyophobia I even displayed Jerry The Alien (as I affectionately call that particular specimen adorning the cover of the book "Communion") as my avatar.

Sorry if my rant on Greyophobia seemed strange and off-topic, but in a discussion of sci-fi creatures which scared the hell out of us as children, it has something to do with the subject.