Re: Star Trek Teaser Trailer Now Up On The Internets

Wouter Valentijn wrote:
> Steven L. wrote:
>> Wouter Valentijn wrote:
>>> Steven L. wrote:
>>>> Anybody wrote:
>>>>> In article <13p4up5p3dmsaec@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, "Steven L."
>>>>> <sdlitvin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>>> Well, like we've already been discussing, Star Trek vastly
>>>> underestimated what automation would be capable of in the future.
>>>> Even 1966-era Boeing 707 airliners had autopilots.  Today's
>>>> autopilots, just 40 years later, can handle complex courses with
>>>> multiple waypoints, and can even land the plane by themselves.  The
>>>> autopilots in today's supertankers can steer the ship by themselves
>>>> similarly.
>>>> In fact, you got to see the NCC-1701 on "autopilot" just once--in
>>>> "The Menagerie," when Spock fed a course into the ship's computers
>>>> and the computers steered the ship.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I'd say 'The Ultimate Computer'  and 'I Mudd' also qualify as
>>> examples. Maybe even 'Day of the Dove'.
>>
>> I wouldn't.
>>
>> In "The Ultimate Computer," the M-5 had taken control of the ship.
>> But it wasn't a normal part of the ship's systems.
>
> Maybe the M-5 was wired into the autopilot used by Spock in 'The
> Menagerie'.
>
>>
>> In "I, Mudd," the android Norman had taken over the Auxiliary Control
>> Room and fed the course corrections into the ship from there.  But
>> Auxiliary Control is designed for manual navigation anyway (in case
>> the bridge is damaged).
>
> The ACR was used, but Norman didn't have to be there physically all
> the time.
> On the way to the android's world he was just standing there striking
> a pose.
>
>>
>> In "Day of the Dove," it wasn't clear just how the entity managed to
>> take over the ship.  It was never explained--came close to fantasy
>> rather than SF.
>
> You mean the hate vampire might have used some form of telekinesis on
> the entire ship?

It clearly had "magic" powers i.e. it could do whatever the story required
without explanation. It could control the ship. It could control emotions.
It could make people believe untrue things (Chekov's brother). It could
heal
fatally wounded people (McCoy testified to that).


Ian

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