Comments on: Review: “The Immunity Syndrome” Remastered

By: Harry_G

Harry_G — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 17:08:43 +0000

The episode is actually quite dramatic, tense and serious in its presentation, however, I find that the ending gives it the aroma of cheese. After totally obliterating a unique single celled creature, barely escaping with their lives and ship intact, and discovering that Spock was still alive, the reaction of the bridge crew in the final scene (Kirk and McCoy in particular) is to have a hearty chuckle and lear at a cute yeoman in a short uniform. Not the type of behaviour expected so soon after such an ordeal. Still, a small flaw in an otherwise tension filled episode.

I also spotted a continuity error that I never noticed on previous viewings of this episode. In the scene where Spock and McCoy are at the door to the shuttlebay waiting for it to pressurize, Spock steps over to the right of the door, leaving McCoy in front of the control panel. McCoy is wearing his short-sleeved sickbay uniform. The camera cuts to a closeup of the control panel, and an arm reaches in and punches the “open” button. Only McCoy could have reached the panel (since he is right beside it) but the arm is clearly wearing a long sleeved uniform tunic with stripes on the cuff! Now that one would have been a challenge for CBS Digital to correct :-)

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 13:31:06 +0000

A solid episode. Top 40 for certain. My brother, who’s had a lot of medical issues over the years, often jokes with me after some grueling medical test or bout of illness, “Oh, and Dr. McCoy — you would not have survived it.”

Scott out.

By: diabolik

diabolik — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 13:05:14 +0000

re: #30…

I’m sure they will keep Nomad as is, but let’s hope they remove the wires. That would help a lot.

By: Kev

Kev — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 23:13:13 +0000

Great episode. What’s fantastic about it from a sci-fi angle (especially for TV) is the absolutely audacious boldness of the idea of a galactic infection realized as an 11,000 mile long undulating field of orange-pink-violet squish. Imaginative, to say the least.

By: Mammalian Verisimilitude

Mammalian Verisimilitude — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 23:03:38 +0000

Post 2> They have not yet taken out any of the live action probably as an act of respect towards the original episodes.

Didn’t they cut a little bit in Amok Time in favour of a new establishing wide shot?

By: Mr. Mike

Mr. Mike — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:47:20 +0000

This is one of my favourites as well. and the new fx simply enhance the experience. This coming from one whole thought the fx were already nicely done (especially considering the era) to begin with.

I’ve always liked the episodes based primarily in space aboard the enterprise somewhat more as it lends mystery to the alien encounter and a hightened sense of caution. This isn’t just Kirk/Spock/McCoy’s life on the line, but the whole ship is at risk to some unknown force. I like how the rest of the cast is usually featured more prominantly in these ep’s too and they are far better actors/characters than the majority of guest stars seen in the “planet” shows in my opinion.

Also, there is nothing cooler than an episode with Kirk aboard his one true love, the Enterprise. It always brings out the best in Shatner’s performance (The Changeling, The Doomsday Machine, The Ulitmate Computer, The Carbomite Maneuver – the “THE” episodes, you know what I’m talking about! ha!)

Regarding “The Changeling”, I was watching it last nite and a thought occurred to me, “CGI Nomad…or simply erase the strings its hanging from?”

???

Part of me says, “retain the original and simply remove the visible strings”. The other says “it would be be rad to not see a more convincing Nomad”. Gotta go witht he one that rhymes here, but given the work involved I doubt CBS-D would have the time to do it because over half the episode would be new fx scenes!

By: Shaye

Shaye — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:22:45 +0000

Yeah I agree about 80%, This was a truly honest and fair review by someone with a credible voice indeed,

IMO Iit was for the most part very well done well by CBS/CGI this time ,
and in defference to the nice reviewers opinion, I find the new version of TIS, to be far superiot to the remade for HD Tholian episode.

Stay on track like you did here with the lovely shots of the Big E in deep space encountering dangers and adventure!

Oh! ….and by the way…..Here’s to MR KOWL!…lol.

:-)

By: Robert Bernardo

Robert Bernardo — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:05:31 +0000

Jeff Bond wrote:

> …I just got the Master Replicas illuminated Enterprise replica and when
> you turn that on in a dark room it’s interesting how much the orange
> warp engines cast light on the secondary hull as well as on the
> primary one.

A fellow MR Enterprise replica owner! It’s also interesting how much noise the nacelle blade motors make. :-)

By: Robert Bernardo

Robert Bernardo — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:01:08 +0000

Robert J. Sawyer wrote:

> …sadly, “The Immunity Syndrome” suffers by comparison.

Why? What is your reasoning?

> …although “The Immunity Syndrome” is no one’s favorite episode…

Incorrect. It is one of my favorite episodes.

By: Ron Mosher

Ron Mosher — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:43:11 +0000

Basically a nice review although I’m a pissed that you would just assume that this is no one’s favorite episode. This one has always been my favorite and the work by CBS Digital has only helped to secure that. The scene where they show Enterprise bursting into the organism from inside it is top notch work. I can’t wait to see the full version on DVD and see how it looks with several more minutes of footage.