RunAmok Time

And, they did it *again!*

The enhanced Trek "Amok Time" did give a wonderful matte type shot of Kirk, Spock and McCoy going to the place of marriage across a rock bridge reminiscent of the Mount Seleya shot from Star Trek III. They showed this matte twice...

But they couldn't resist.

Not only did they cut one of Celia Lovsky's great lines as T'Pau, they actually *cut it in half!"

The Original Original Series has her saying to Spock...

"It is said. Thy Vulcan blood is thin. Art thee Vulcan? Or Art thee Human...?" with as close to contempt as I ever heard any Vulcan admit to.

The Futureized Original Series has her say...

"It is said"/and then immediately cut to another shot or line of dialogue with the rest of the line never recovered...

Am I splitting hairs? Yes, absolutely I am.

But if the point of this was to introduce TOS to a new generation of fans, they need to be aware they are not getting the whole picture...and to carve up one of the best shows of the series? Nuts.

Personally, I'll be happy if they replace "The Apple," "And the Children Shall Lead" "Spectre of the Gun" and "The Way to Eden" with a buncha cool special effects and eviscerated dialogue...and if they can surgically remove most of the women's lines from "Spock's Brain"

"I put upon my head the Teacher..." Gaah. I'll thank the adapters of this new version of TOS

But *not* the best of it. Not "Amok Time."

What's next? Journey to Babel deprived of "Tellarites do not argue for reasons. They simply argue."

City On the Edge of Forever without: "...Do as your heart tells you to do...and millions will die who did not die before."

"Balance of Terror" without: "You and I are of a kind...in a different reality, I could have called you friend..."

"Errand of Mercy" altered minus Kor's lament, "It would have been glorious."

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