▲ 44 ▼ Just watched Balance of Terror (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by EngineerFromTheBush@lemmy.world to c/startrek@startrek.website 5 comments fedilink hide all child comments As someone on their first watch through (aside from the recent movies). My god, that was a good episode. Great depiction of a space battle. Excited I finally decided to take the plunge.
[–] lemmyseizethemeans@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) The best. Must really have blown minds when it came out. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Not sure that it blew minds that much as much of its core audience would have seen two great submarine movies - ‘The Enemy Below’ (1957) & ‘Run Silent, Run Deep’ (1958). The episode takes and translates the submarine warfare and beats of these these movies into a space setting. It’s still marvellous television. Recommend both of the movies BTW if you can find them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lowvisnitpicker@startrek.website 3 points 2 years ago Yeah, it translates them so closely that phasers act like depth charges and there's one part where both crews are trying to be quiet for some reason. It's a a brilliant episode, but that part was really jarring on my last rewatch with a friend. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Not sure that it blew minds that much as much of its core audience would have seen two great submarine movies - ‘The Enemy Below’ (1957) & ‘Run Silent, Run Deep’ (1958). The episode takes and translates the submarine warfare and beats of these these movies into a space setting. It’s still marvellous television. Recommend both of the movies BTW if you can find them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lowvisnitpicker@startrek.website 3 points 2 years ago Yeah, it translates them so closely that phasers act like depth charges and there's one part where both crews are trying to be quiet for some reason. It's a a brilliant episode, but that part was really jarring on my last rewatch with a friend. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lowvisnitpicker@startrek.website 3 points 2 years ago Yeah, it translates them so closely that phasers act like depth charges and there's one part where both crews are trying to be quiet for some reason. It's a a brilliant episode, but that part was really jarring on my last rewatch with a friend. permalink fedilink source parent