Too bad. Done in by low ratings. I remember when my local affiliate started to show Star Trek in a two hour block with some other sci-fi show, having aired just Trek alone for quite some time. They had a great ad for it which ended with a shot of Kirk from “Plato’s Stepchildren” saying, “I guess we weren’t sufficiently…”entertaining!”

Re: 128 – The reason the Special Edition was pulled was because it occured during a change in ownership of USA Network and Sci Fi Channel. Barry Diller purchased the company, and most of the execs (including myself) left. It was decided that ST was too retro for the direction they wanted to head, and it wasn’t pulling the ratings they wanted – so, it disappeared into a black hole.

Just curious if you know why the Sci-Fi Channel pulled the plug on the Special Edition halfway through. I have no idea, but I remember speculating at the time that perhaps “someone” with influence felt that the interviews were a little too “honest,” too “open” (to paraphrase Khan).

For instance, one of my favorite moments was when the cast was asked what other Star Trek role they would’ve liked to have played and Shatner sarcastically responded, “Well, I wanted to be Nurse Chapel!”

> As for the rest of it, hopefully, someone will be able to get it out there.
> It’s a wealth of material. About 52 hours worth, if I remember correctly.

52 hours! What a treasure trove of material! Hmm, doesn’t NBC Universal own the Sci-Fi Channel? They would be the ones to contact.

You were also too harsh with trektacular.

TOS is my favorite because I grew up with it and it was the best damn thing on tv at the time (for a long time in fact); it has a special place in my heart like no other tv show ever has.

Trektacular may have grown up watching TNG, and it was a different era at that time. I had a passing interest in TNG, but it never hooked me. I was an adult by that time with a demanding career, little time for tv, and had much more discriminating taste when it came to entertainment.

Remember IDIC. TNG’ers are our younger siblings, and everybody is entitled to his/her own opinions.

You were a bit too harsh (did we get up on the wrong side of the bed this morning?).

Yes I was in error; I forgot about the explosive scenes on Cestus 3. Arena is not one of my favorite episodes, so I have not watched it too many times (my interest in Star Trek was dormant for the last 25 years; I just rediscovered my passion for it last year. It’s not a bad episode, just not one of my personal favorites. I remembered it as the one where Kirk fought the guy in a big rubber lizzard costume – which I thought occupied way too much of the episode’s time. So I rewatched some of it this morning, up to the point where Kirk confronts the Gorn (still not interested in watching that part again). The scenes on Cestus 3 and the interplay between Kirk and Spock on the bridge prior to Kirk being whisked away are my favorite parts of that episode, so I am surprised I forgot about it – must be getting senile early.

Yeah, those explosions on Cestus 3 were awesome; it’s hard to imagine them not doing some damage to their hearing.