Comments on: “Dagger of the Mind” — Allegory for 2004 America

By: Jimmy Beck

Jimmy Beck — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

So true. Beam us the fuck out of there/here.

I can’t remember–does Kirk ever get inside Helen’s tunic in this episode? Certainly, we know “Shagner” banged every yeoman actress from here to Rigel 7.

By: Ed

Ed — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

Beck: Oh, it’s even better than that. This little exchange comes AFTER Helen had used the machine to implant a memory in Kirk’s head that she was swept off her feet by Kirk and taken to his cabin at a Christmas party! So in this case, it was the hot brainy officer who took the initiative, which keeps the allegory true to current standards.

Hey, if Trekkies can maintain the whole Klingons as Soviet Union allegory, we can keep up this allegory, no?

By: Tom Working

Tom Working — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

So timely, what with the release of Trekkies 2 coming up – watch for Mickie in this upcoming documentary. And brilliant. An utterly brilliant entry. We need more like this.

When are you going to review “Medicine Man” and “Road House”?

By: fairest

fairest — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

Fantastic.

That Dr. Adams was very hot.

By: fairest

fairest — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

There might be another swell allegory for Amer. in 2004 in the TOS. It’s been on my mind since I read yours. It’s the ep. where superpeople hijack the Enterprise. They need to go back to Kelvin. And the material that makes up the bars on the planet where the crew is imprisioned is “similar to diburnium.” Anyway, Kurt has a discussion with an amazing blonde he is only hitting on to make the leaders of the Kelvin’s jealous. She has been ‘reading through human lit.” and learning that humans put a lot of “emphasis on love” in their lit. She asks why we devote many pages to a “simple biological function!” And Kurt is all, “well, we enjoy it.”