Comments on: Remastered “Spock’s Brain” Airs This Weekend

By: FredCFO

FredCFO — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 23:35:59 +0000

I thought when Gene Coon left the show in the middle of the second season. He continued to contribute scripts for the third season, under the pseudonym “Lee Cronin”, as he was under contract to Universal Studios at the time and was not, technically, supposed to be working for Paramount as well. (from memory with help from Wiki).

By: David B.

David B. — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 21:41:12 +0000

#37 – Not quite. Charlie X is still on the way… (shudder)…

By: Shaye

Shaye — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 19:03:30 +0000

Fred Freiburger did not yet “know” Trek..and turned it into farse…instead of the outright comedy.. of Coon’s original script.

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By: Robert Bernardo

Robert Bernardo — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 21:52:12 +0000

Steve wrote:

> it was written by Gene Coon…

Which he disavowed by using the screen name, Lee Cronin.

> and directed by Marc Daniels, who were responsible for some of
> TOS’s best episodes.

And Marc’s direction cannot be faulted — crisply done, good camera angles, good performances from the material.

By: NZorak

NZorak — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:33:25 +0000

With this, And the Children Shall Lead, and A Piece of the Action out of the way, I’m pleased that the rest of the episodes will actually be good from here on out.

By: mrregular

mrregular — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 19:21:25 +0000

Steam Trek is far better than this TOS disaster…The new special effects add a lot(Thanks CBS-D!!), but the plot and the script make it almost unwatchable.
Can’t imagine what the folks who had fought the cancellation must have thought on the night this was first broadcast….

By: Kyle Nin

Kyle Nin — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 14:01:16 +0000

#33:

You’re right. My memory’s just a little fuzzy.

By: trektacular

trektacular — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 10:37:45 +0000

Classic Trek had such a larger than life feel, which is why I like it. TNG had it the first couple of years, after that Trek started to suck

By: Moonwatcher

Moonwatcher — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 05:05:29 +0000

# 30 and # 31 …. As I remember in The Trouble With Tribbles Chekov said…”a little joke”, and Spock said…”a very small one”. : )

By: Kyle Nin

Kyle Nin — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 04:35:12 +0000

Sorry, I meant #26 and #30.