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| Star Trek Review: THE MENAGERIE Director Marc Daniels,' THE MENAGERIE, is an excellent Sci-Fi head trip. Daniel's other directing credits include: "Who Mourns for Adonais?", and numerous other classic Trek episodes. "Star Trek" production legend claims that Creator/Producer, Gene Roddenberry, was dropping behind in meeting his quota of episodes for the first season. He supposedly dreamed up the idea of a two part episode, incorporating generous amounts of footage from the original "Star Trek" pilot, "The Cage," as a way of saving time and meeting his production schedule. Apparently, necessity is the mother of great Classic "Trek" episodes. Fans of Mr. Spock will notice a difference in the look and manner of the Vulcan officer, between "The Cage" scenes and the newer footage. The earlier Spock had coarser bangs, bushier eyebrows, and a tendency to yell. Obviously the look and style of the famous Vulcan had been fine tuned in the intervening time. Alert viewers will also notice differences in the "Trek" weapons, between "The Cage" and the subsequent series. The earlier weapons are called "lasers" and look like the "blasters" of traditional Sci-Fi, as opposed to the uniquely designed "phasers" we have come to know and love. Malachi Throne ("Lost in Space" and "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea") is quite good, as Commodore Mendez, a Federation official taking part in Spock's court proceeding aboard the Enterprise. Throne is best known for the role of Robert Wagner's government boss, in the popular 60's TV series, "It Takes a Thief". THE MENAGERIE should be highly watchable for most Sci-Fi viewers and especially those fans interested in the way "Trek" changed. BACK TO: TREK EPISODE |
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