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Star Trek - A Taste of Armageddon
episode 1.23
Raumschiff Enterprise - Krieg der Computer
USA 1967
produced by Gene L. Coon, Gene Roddenberry (executive) for Desilu, Norway Corporation/NBC
directed by Joseph Pevney
starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, David Opatoshu, Gene Lyons, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Barbara Babcock, Miko Mayama, David L.Ross, Nichelle Nichols, Sean Kenney, Robert Sampson
story by Robert Hamner, screenplay by Robert Hamner, Gene L.Coon, created by Gene Roddenberry, music by Alexander Courage
TV-series Star Trek, Classic Star Trek, Star Trek (original crew)
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Ambassador Fox (Gene Lyons) wants to establish diplomatic relationships
with some far-out planet or another, but when Captain Kirk (William
Shatner) of the starship Enterprise and several of his crewmembers
teleport down on the planet, they learn that the planet is in a 500-year
long war with its neighbouring planet. Thing is, to not destroy each
other's culture, the two planets fight their war on computers ... only the
losses are real as each hit on the computer forces a certain part of the
population to have themselves killed in the annihilation chambers - and
since the Enterprise, orbiting around the planet, was hit by a
(theoretical) missile as well, Anan 7 (David Opatoshu) - the planet's
president or something - demands that the crew have themselves annihilated
as well, just that the war of the computers doesn't get out of hands and
might even becoem a real war ... a messy business.
Naturally, Kirk opposes to having his crew eliminated and soon enough
starts annihilating the annihilation chambers and stuff, but it isn't
until he threatens to blow up the planet - and for real, too - that Anan 7
reconsiders his point of view, and finally - after 500 years - picks up
peace negotiations with the enemy ... and before long, the whole thing
comes to a happy end ...
The war of the computers idea of this episode is not all bad,
but on the whole, the episode seems to be over-simplified and its main
concept too dumbed down to actually work. What remains are some trippy
costumes and sets that are quite likeable in a trashy way, but not much
more.
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