| Review : |
A decent episode. I think this was where they started killing off Redshirts as well (the two beamed down here lasted about five minutes. The different androids in the episode were played in different ways; the wooden Brown, the alluring but lifeless Andrea, the menacing Ruk and the very lifelike Korby. Some features (like Ruk's ability to do voices) might have been recycled for Data in TNG. The 'centrifuge machine' for duplicating Kirk was bizarre, but I suppose they had to do that to make the changeover between shots easier. The second half of the process sounded exactly like an MRI machine (I've been in one), which was probably better, and gave Kirk the excuse to pass his message on to Spock, although it was a decidedly great leap to assume that his captain was an imposter on the basis of one derogatory remark. Korby's apparent mental collapse (cascade failure?) at the end was slightly overacted, but done fairly well. Finally, we had a very clear message not to trust technology when it tries to become like us. As for the polystyrene stalactite that Kirk tries to hit Ruk with, I'm saying nothing... |
