A classic episode guest starring the great Frank Gorshin. It also one that I really don't like that much. It has it's moments, notably when Kirk puts the ship into self destruct mode. I love that scene, one of my all time favorites. Dumbest code ever: 1A, 2B, 3C 000 destruct 0, something like that. They do a close up on everyone's mouth as they say this and damn Scotty's teeth are fucking rotten. I guess he is supposed to be Scottish. Other than that, it's not that entertaining. The racial message is just so obvious that it's irritating. And these two dudes just fight and fight and fight. One is black on right and white on the left, the other white on the right and black on the left. The point is supposed to be that we are all basically the same, so why be prejudice? But the point doesn't work because these dudes are not the same, they are opposites!
Anyway like I said they just fight and fight,even after their entire planet is destroyed. To be honest, black and white relations would never cause a nuclear holocaust. Africa doesn't even have electricity ... i assume.
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Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. I remember loving this episode, but I haven't seen it in forever. Since I have nothing to do tonight, I'm gonna go rewatch it before I comment further.
BRB
I still love it.
It's a bit hokey and silly when you watch it now, but that's only because it's a story about racial strife that was written in 1969, which was only one year after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. It would be sad and a little scary if this kind of story didn't feel a little dated and corny by this point.
Anyway, if it seems simplistic and a little silly, that's because it shows that, on a basic level, racism is simplistic and silly. The conclusion is a bit over the top (everybody on the entire planet died?), but I can forgive that because it was such an important story, and for the lead roles by Frank Gorshin and... that other guy.
Also, Kirk is the man, and that scene where he turns on the ship's self destruct fail safe is definitely bad ass. Nobody has a better poker face than James Kirk.
Frank was awesome in this episode. I really liked this episode too. Let love be your last battlefield is also my favorite pat benetar song
I always wondered what these aliens privates look like. Is one half of the penis black and other white? What about the head? Or the balls ...I really do think about this....all the time...non stop
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So that's what a review is supposed to look like. It was a good, Kirk was bad ass and the point was way to clear, but I guess it was supposed to be.
Re: The guys nuts
I assume they are split black/white like the face???
Is there a planet where the people all have the same color face but the balls are different colors?
"You're both... the SAME! Why are you... FIGHTING?"
"What? His left ball is black and his right ball is white. My right ball is white and my left ball is black."
"...."
"You're gonna have to take my word on this one."
hahaha that was funny
Frank Gorshin makes everything funny.
Ever see the porno version? It's called "Let That Be Your ASS Battlefield." It's about an orgy that's half black and half white.
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