Will a case involving a television producer killed during a sci-fi convention kindle an unlikely romance between Hodges and Wendy?Will a case involving a television producer killed during a sci-fi convention kindle an unlikely romance between Hodges and Wendy?Will a case involving a television producer killed during a sci-fi convention kindle an unlikely romance between Hodges and Wendy?
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- TriviaThis episode spoofs Star Trek (1966). Wallace Langham, Liz Vassey, Kate Vernon, Bradley Thompson, David Weddle, Naren Shankar (who wrote the episode) and Ronald D. Moore (the man who shouts "You suck!") all worked on assorted Trek spin-offs in one capacity or another. Also, many of the "fantasy" sequences between Hodges and Simms are obvious spoofs of scenes from Star Trek. For example, the scene where Hodges and Simms are wearing "obedience collars" and Simms is running Hodges through training exercises is clearly an homage to the episode The Gamesters of Triskelion (1968), which has a scene that is nearly identical. Wallace Langham (Hodges) actually has a tie to Star Trek. In 1998 Wallace was in a 5th season episode of Star Trek: Voyager titled "Once Upon A Time" as a hologram character Flotter T. Water III.
- GoofsMandy correctly points out that traveling faster than the speed of light is impossible per Einstein physics, when mocking Wendy and Hodges' love of the show. But Star Trek - Galaxy Quest's "real life" inspiration, generally follows the same laws of physics.
Ships in Star Trek do not, in fact, go faster than the speed of light - their "warp engines" effectively warp space, effectively shortening the distance the ship has to travel, at sub-light speeds. Not only does it fit within said laws of physics, it's one of the main scientific theories as to a method of humans eventually achieving interstellar travel.
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David Hodges: He's dead, Jim.
- ConnectionsReferences Mister Ed (1961)
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The Writers Were Trekkies
This episode is for fun. A budding romance introduces us to a series of clips from an ersatz Star Trek show. If one has seen the originals, he or she will be able to find a matching episode to the one shown here. The plot is interesting. We get to go to Nerdland. Hodges is in love but can't pull the trigger, even when he has numerous opportunities. The Kirk character has gone sour and reacts against the positivism that the show he starred in was too saccharine. This is about mob mentality as well as sexual power.
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- Hitchcoc
- Feb 28, 2021
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