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Star Trek: TOS thoughts - Mudd's Women
May. 23rd, 2009 09:58 amFor free online.
At about 9:20, Spock totally scoops out one of the space-order brides and gives Kirk a look like "Damn, Jim, that ass be totally logical." I don't think it will ever stop being funny. I demand a gif.
You know, after STXI showed that Spock was persecuted on a daily basis for his race, McCoy's razzing about him being Vulcan isn't really as funny.
It's kinda a testament to how unfortunately dated the show has become that the concept of three women who transfix the male crew with the power of self-confidence doesn't work anymore (okay, admittedly the Venus drugs change the camera for a soft-focus lens, but still...). Nowadays you'd think either the crew is already getting enough lovin' from each other or they'd just have enough women and gay men (and asexual aliens) onboard to cancel it out. Which didn't stop Enterprise from doing the exact same plot with Orion slave women, as I recall, although this time they had pheromones (instead of Venus drugs) that made the men all "sexy times nao?" and gave the women headaches. It wasn't a proud moment for Trekkies.
Likewise, the moral of "you should totally value a wife who can cook and sew over a hot babe" is now not so much feminist as Madonna/whore-y. You can see what they're going for, but nowadays it's like "ummm... yeah."
At about 9:20, Spock totally scoops out one of the space-order brides and gives Kirk a look like "Damn, Jim, that ass be totally logical." I don't think it will ever stop being funny. I demand a gif.
You know, after STXI showed that Spock was persecuted on a daily basis for his race, McCoy's razzing about him being Vulcan isn't really as funny.
It's kinda a testament to how unfortunately dated the show has become that the concept of three women who transfix the male crew with the power of self-confidence doesn't work anymore (okay, admittedly the Venus drugs change the camera for a soft-focus lens, but still...). Nowadays you'd think either the crew is already getting enough lovin' from each other or they'd just have enough women and gay men (and asexual aliens) onboard to cancel it out. Which didn't stop Enterprise from doing the exact same plot with Orion slave women, as I recall, although this time they had pheromones (instead of Venus drugs) that made the men all "sexy times nao?" and gave the women headaches. It wasn't a proud moment for Trekkies.
Likewise, the moral of "you should totally value a wife who can cook and sew over a hot babe" is now not so much feminist as Madonna/whore-y. You can see what they're going for, but nowadays it's like "ummm... yeah."
