Comments on: “The Lights of Zetar” Remastered Review, Screenshots & Video [UPDATED]

By: Oh no, not another Tos Lover

Oh no, not another Tos Lover — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:13:11 +0000

I think that in their world the Enterprise crew (or at least Kirk, McCoy, Spock and Scotty) were to a certain extent the celebrities of their day, so being department heads, and therefore seen as ‘powerful’, I can see no question regarding would Mira Romaine be interested in Scott.

By: Grady Christie

Grady Christie — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:42:36 +0000

By no means the best TOS episode ever. I’m not sure that CBS-D had their hearts in this one. Watchable, though.

By: Loop

Loop — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 23:47:28 +0000

Romaine had nice legs. Really like the scene where she’s lying on the med-exam table.
The remastering crew should’ve put ‘mean faces’ in the Zetar lights. Looks like all they did was fuzzy them up and put an aura around ‘em. They could’ve had a lot more fun with this episode…
like when the ‘lights’ are in the room, they should’ve had McCoy say something like ‘phew, they sure smell bad’

By: Will

Will — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:19:54 +0000

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“He might as well have said, “Spock, I believe the Zetars can be killed by smooth jazz.””
Quick, find Uhura and grab your harp!

By: Dr. Who-ly Fracking Wasp Droppings!!!!

Dr. Who-ly Fracking Wasp Droppings!!!! — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:31:23 +0000

I am officially renaming this the flashy xmas bulb episode….

CBS-D had too much fun with this one…

By: MikeyPikey

MikeyPikey — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:31:18 +0000

hahah omg, i could have done a better job on those blinky blobby lights near the end of the clip up there, did they just dump new blobs on the old blobs? hmm should have just left the shot blank and left it up to the viewer to throw some glitter at the tv….hahah mmm but the new planet shot is great :)

By: KimmycatO

KimmycatO — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:37:07 +0000

#52. I think you have something there. My husband and I watched “THe Lights of Zetar” this past Monday morning and were thinking right along those lines. In the Gar and Judith Reeves-Stevens TOS novel “Memory Prime”, MIra was definitely not a bimbo or an airhead. She was a brilliant computer technician that actually designed the new Memory Prime installation. She also was responsible for establishing the other Memory planets mentioned in the novel. She was actually referred to as the Chief Technician of Memory Prime. Accroding to that novel, her father was a former high ranking Federation Official. I think that was also stated in the James Blish novelization of TLZ as well. He could have possibly been part of Starfleet Engineering. My husband thinks that Scotty may have worked for her Dad at one point in his Starfleet career. He could have met Mira in the past and they always fancied each other. I think they might have even been friends but never had the chance to act on their feelings until she was stationed aboard the Enterprise. I think she was very mature for her age and would be attracted to an older man like Scotty. I think they both could relate to each other because they both are so brilliant in their own fields. I think they eventually got married and had a long-term relationship.

Yes, the special effects were cheesy and the storyline was full of holes but this episode had heart.

By: dep1701

dep1701 — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:38:42 +0000

#107
I don’t think people are complaining about the newspaper as much as amused by it,. I always enjoy seeing these little goofs, it makes watching the episodes more fun. But the reason it’s bothers some people is that it is very visible, and can distract a viewer out of the moment wondering “what the hell is that?”. Unforunately it is indicative of the lack of time, budget, and care late in the third season.

And by the way, I noticed it thirty years ago, at the age of 15…without the aid of screen caps, freeze-frames or the internet, so I’d call it noticeable.

By: Garovorkin

Garovorkin — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:35:46 +0000

#114 yes the problem is is that if you phase through an energy field like deflector shield and through solid a metal hull which, then pair pressure eve n extreme air pressure is not going to be able to affect you at all. if you can pass through solids this implies that you can throw your self out of phase with whatever dimension you in or minimize your composition to the point where things like vacumne or air pressure any environmental conditions are are not going to have any affect at all. so know pressure being problem for them is not logical at all.

By: Billy Bobby

Billy Bobby — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:06:21 +0000

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This episode reminds me a lot of Operation: Annihilate! Remember when the creatures possessed Mr. Spock, they were permanently attached to his spinal cord? The only way they were able to get rid of them was by using light. Well, in this episode, the lights of Zetar were permanently inside of Mira Romaine, incapable of leaving. The only thing that killed them was the decompression chamber (the equivalent of the lights from Operation: Annihilate!) And I think the decompression chamber would have worked. There was a button on the panel that said Pressure and another that said Vacuum. Since the lights of Zetar were used to the vacuum of space (no atmospheric pressure) pressure would kill them.