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Originally Posted by Toilet & Bowels

yeah like what would happen if a space captain landed on a planet where it was the same as ancient greece?

yeah like what would happen if a space captain landed on a planet where the same as the wild west?

yeah like what would happen if a space captain landed on a planet where it was the same as the 1930s (or was that a TNG holodeck episode?)

yeah like what would happen if a space captain landed on a planet where it was still medieval times? -i may have imagined this one, or more likely it's a holodeck episode that i haven't seen

yeah like what would happen if a space captain landed on a planet where it was the same as ancient rome?

yeah like what would happen if a space captain landed on a planet where all the aliens looked like humans but with really wide open eyes and green skin?

yeah like what would happen if a space captain landed on a planet where he had to fight as a gladiator?

yeah like what would happen if a space captain landed on a planet where all the aliens looked gross and evil but were actually docile and friendly?

yeah like what would happen if a space captain landed on a planet where there was a really hot chick the captain fell in love with but then he had to leave the planet without her because it was his duty?

yeah like what would happen if a space captain landed on a planet where there's a tribe of really hot chicks who try to kidnap the captain so they can breed with hime and then sacrifice him?

i just almost done the first 2 seasons of the original star trek series and i'm happy to report that none of the episodes you conjure up are displayed there.

there are some related topics-- e.g. the gladiator one you mention. the whole thing is set up by these 3 bored aliens who evolved into brains alone and lacking a body spend their time raising slaves and gambling. and kirk gambles with them to free the slaves and save his own ass. it's not about "fighting as a gladiator", it's about the bored rich who have nothing to do except gamble with other people's lives, and about using your wits to get out of a shit situation (kind of like your friend dr. who). which definitely beats using "the force", whatever the fuck that is.

there was another where they go to a planet where these spores make everyone mellow and they spend their time chilling out and having sex instead of working. even spock is under the influence and gets with this chick-- it's spock, not the captain, by the way. kirk fucks it all up by discovering that anger breaks the spore's influence on the mind and pisses them all off until they realize that they need to get out of their planet and be miserable workaholics elsewhere. which is kind of hilarious-- but this was the 60s and i suppose the writers didn't like hippies. at the end spock sez that for the first time in his life (he has very suppressed emotions as you might recall) he was happy.

the theme of abandoning happiness for your duty, regardless, is an adult one-- children do not understand this because they have no responsibilities. children prefer the simple theme of good vs. evil and shitty magic "force".

regarding TNG, i've never been interested in that thing.

in any case, i'm glad you've never been a writer for this show, it would have been a total turd with those scenarios outlined above!