New podcast is up for the week now. This week I cover "The Alternative Factor" from season one of classic Trek. I also cover recent genre topics, cancelling good shows before their time, and much more. Enjoy the podcast!
Podcast Notes: http://treksinscifi.com/podcast_notes/?p=3292 (http://treksinscifi.com/podcast_notes/?p=3292)
http://www.treksinscifi.com/podcasts/TreksinSciFi_480_Alternative_Factor.mp3 (http://www.treksinscifi.com/podcasts/TreksinSciFi_480_Alternative_Factor.mp3)
I remember this one from when I was a kid. Haven't seen it since then. I'll enjoy this cast.
Good show, nice to get back to TOS basics.
The Alternative Factor had always seemed to be one of those odd-duck sort of episodes that I'd like to see revised.
- In my version, the alternate universe mad Lazarus spoke of would be a little more complicated when a stolen Starfury is discovered on the planet's surface.
Upon examining it, Kirk crosses the boundary and comes face to face with the 'anti-Lazarus' who turns out to be Babylon 5's Zathras.
Poor Zathras is a better match to counter mad Lazarus for all time with equal looniness. :)
This is a rare season 1 TOS episode that was kinda crummy. But, it's still better than most of season 3.
Quote from: ChrisMC on March 23, 2014, 04:12:48 PM
This is a rare season 1 TOS episode that was kinda crummy. But, it's still better than most of season 3.
Yep. And I go into quite a bit of background about how it turned out the way it did on the podcast. Still has some good moments in it too.
Great podcast, Rico! I really liked the behind the scene extras. Definitely going to buy These are the Voyages. :)
I have just finished reading "These are the Voyages" cover to cover and have pre-ordered Season Two! It's a great book.
Great Podcast Rico, felt like it was a bit old school, with a clip show and Classic Trek. I have to say, given all the faults of this episode, it was always one of my favorites. I think I just liked the concept of the story, plus I found all the continuity errors and confusing plot sort of make it unique.
Thanks for the comments everyone. I liked how this podcast came together. Always fun to cover classic Trek!
I also like your new resource. Classic TrekSF with a lot of cool behind the scenes info!
Thanks Rico, enjoyed the cast. Just finished it today on the way into work. I love to get the back stories on these episodes.
Listened today and strangely I saw this episode two days ago purely by chance so it was great to hear Rico talk about it. Great show sir.
Just finished up this episode of Trek SF, SO GOOD! Rico, you are the man. Thanks for the awesome information.
I just listend to the ep today. I always thought of it as a cool ep of the series. When I first watched it, I kept thinking that I seen Lazarus before, Robert Brown had played in a TV show called Primus back in the early 70's. Not a sci-fi show per-se but a techo thriller. He played a scuba diver who had his own mini sub and did some kind of salving work. I have not seen it in a long time nor have I seen it shown any where on TV in the present day.