How to get a free download code for the rest of the seasons music. The episode might have a lot that is crazy and wrong but it is so much easier to watch than and the children shall lead or some of the other misfires that just drag. Alternative factor, the while orbiting what should be a dead planet, the u. Without the will and passion of lucille ball yes, that lucille ball the series might have never made it to air.
Still, it isnt boring, and the theme certainly fits that longstanding star trek obsession with dualities. This is the third fan collective set to feature episodes from all five liveaction trek series, and the only one to feature. The alternative factor remastered screenshots updated. Fan collective alternate realities is a dvd collection released by paramount pictures. The alternative factor kirk and spock encounter an alien named lazarus who claims to be from an antimatter universe. Apr 03, 2020 mov jeff russo talks noah hawleys trek film. Home season 1 screencaps 1x27 the alternative factor. Star trek aka tos the original series 19661969 introduced us to the optimistic world of gene roddenberry. The original series seasons remastered dvd collection is a box set containing all three seasons of the remastered star trek.
After a dimensional disruption shakes the known galaxy to its very core, the enterprise is sent to investigate the planet of origin and find a man named lazarus who claims ignorance. Mccoy and the rest of the enterprise crew embark on a fiveyear mission of space exploration. I discovered star trek when i was 11 years old, and this show helped to create my values and worldview. The first season of star trek is nearly thirty episodes long. Star trek tos music the alternative factor youtube. It was the rare tv show to have two pilots the first one was rejected. Written by don ingalls and directed by gerd oswald, it first aired on march 30, 1967 in the episode, the crew of the uss enterprise encounters a reality jumping madman. Star trek is an american science fiction entertainment series and media franchise. Home series star trek absolute order season 1 episode 20 the alternative factor kirk and spock encounter an alien named lazarus who claims to be from an antimatter universe. The original series, the alternative factor is not only pretty darned bad, its nearly incomprehensible at times. Existence itself comes under threat from a mans powerstruggle with his alternate self, with the enterprises strained dilithium crystals presenting his key to a final solution. The original series the alternative factor tv episode 1967 goofs on imdb.
Star trek takes its first stab at the concepts of parallel universes and other dimensions in this obscure, bizarre episode. Previous story star trek the alternative factor part 1 of 6 you may also like. Mccoy and the uss enterprise crew seek out new civilizations in this seminal scifi series. Fan collective alternate realities collection as part of the tos season 1 bluray collection apocrypha edit. Starfleet command fears an enemy invasion and orders kirk to find out what caused the stellar system disturbance. Watch star trek s01e20 the alternative factor wagon train on dailymotion. I could name at least 6 episodes of that are far worse than the alternative factor. Star trek the next generation s01e19 coming of age. Though directed by gerd oswald, an interesting feature filmmaker from hollywood, the alternative factor has to work a little too hard to make its point. Seek out strange new worlds and encounter a variety of alien species in one of the few games based on the iconic star trek franchise. Season 1, episode 27 the alternative factor kirks investigation of an energy force takes him to a planet where he encounters lazarus robert brown, who is actually two peopleone sane, one. A time for war a time for peace star trekstar trek the next generationstar.
William shatner, leonard nimoy, deforest kelley, nichelle nichols, bill. Filming for the cage, the first pilot episode, began on thanksgiving weekend in 1964, nearly two full years before star. Those repeated spinning starfields and stuntmen fighting in dryice fog just scream padding. The star trek fictional universe created by gene roddenberry is the setting of six television series including the original 1966 star trek, in addition to eleven feature films. Kirk, the crew of the starship enterprise delves deep into the far reaches of space to explore new worlds and civilizations.
Its an episode where they really stretched to try to do something interesting and revolutionary stylistically, thematically, and fell hard smack on their faces in the process not least because their intended lead guest star, john barrymore, failed to report for work. Written by don ingalls and airing on march 30, 1967, it stars william shatner and leonard nimoy, with guest star robert brown. The alternative factor written by don ingalls directed by gerd oswald season 1, episode 27 production episode. Remastered season 1, episode 27 the alternative factor. Star trek s1 e27 the alternative factor trivia tv tropes. The original series the alternative factor tv episode. The ships fiveyear mission may have only lasted three seasons on nbc, but.
But lazarus displays strange personality shifts from good to evil and it soon becomes clear that kirk is not dealing with just one lazarus. Star trek the original series s01e28 the city on the edge of forever. The grievance filed against him on this account by the star trek production team led to him being unable to obtain acting work for six months in 1967. A black star sends the enterprise back in time to 1960s earth. Star trek s01e20 the alternative factor video dailymotion. This is one of the worst tos episodes a good reason why simply killing one lazarus and then allowing the doorway to remain open is unfeasible is that it is implied that any of the same matter from either universe being in the same universe as its counterpart outside of the corridor would cause the destruction of both universes in other words, despite the seeming possibility of the good. Star trek s01e27 errand of mercy video dailymotion. Kirk and lazarus beam down, where spock and an engineer are going over lazaruss ship. Released simultaneously with the last individual, season 3 dvd set, this collection was in essence nothing more than a simple bundled shrink wrapped repackaging of this and the previous two individual season releases for region 1. The original script had a subplot about a romance between. Download normally the permanent teeth of cooccurring conditions in back the tongueside and thinking perhaps all this is because of the. The alternative factor episode memory alpha fandom.
For me, the alternative factor is the epitome of an interesting failure. Star trek star trek tos episodes ed harris a fan of less than great cinema since childhood, ed divides his time between writing scripts, working an actual paying job and subjecting himself willingly to some of the worst films society has produced. When the entire universe seems to blink, the enterprise suspects invasion but finds only lazarus, a man who seems to alternate between two different extremes of nature. It reminds me of the best parts of star trek generations, with malcolm mcdowell and patrick stewart out in the desert. Tos s03e10 for the world is hollow and i have touched the sky tos s01e20 the alternative factor tos s03e17 the mark of gideon tos e02e the trouble with tribbles disclaimer star trek, star trek. The alternative factor is the twentyseventh episode of the first season of the american science fiction television series star trek. Star trek the alternative factor part 2 of 6 by ed harris november 23, 2011.
Alexander courage, fred steiner, gerald fried star trek original. Star trek tos music the alternative factor original film music extracted from the tv series. It was obviously extremely rushed in production and probably in writing as well. Star trek the original series s01e23 a taste of armageddon.
Starfleet command fears an enemy invasion and orders kirk to find out what caused the. The alternative factor is an episode of star trek that i never watched until more recent years, and it is an unusual entry in the canon that ive rarely seen discussed by fans and critics alike. Star trek the original series s01e27 the alternative factor. It is the first star trek episode to deal with a parallel universe. Ironsilicon base, oxygenhydrogen atmosphere, largely arid, no discernible life. Weve talked about the god being mechanic, and it comes up again in the first.
Star trek online is a scifi mmorpg with a full universe featuring stories from the popular television shows and movies. Kirk meets lazarus, who claims hes chasing his parallel self through space and time and if kirk doesnt help him, the. Despite its current ubiquity in pop culture, star trek had a famously difficult birth. Imho, the alternative factor is the only truly bad episode of toss first season. Like some of the earliest episodes at the beginning of the season. A cat version of the alternative factor was featured in jenny parks 2017 book star trek cats.
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