Obviously the chair was gravity plated.
Creepiest looking creature in the entire history of Star Trek?
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Obviously the chair was gravity plated.
This is the only episode of TOS that actually freaked me out as a child. Though the creatures themselves don't bother me now as an adult, I recall "how" they made me feel as a child & it's that feeling I don't like recalling.
This affected me for years after airing. I still think it was a HUGE MISTAKE not to make this species the baddie in one of TNG movies. Certainly would have better than "Insurrection" by at least a parsec!
*Forgot to hit the quote for this & I couldn't edit my previous post...sorry!*
I recently rewatched this episode as a result of this thread. These creatures are actually not unlike the Borg in certain respects- the big scare of the TNG era:
1) They force other species to work for them
2) They do so by 'infecting' and kidnapping their nervous system which they can do within seconds
3) They draw their strength from their collective state and are able to resist phaser fire this way- specimens are more like cells of a larger organism than individuals.
Romulans never invented seat belts...
They were too busy inventing padded shoulders.
That was supposed to be the Borg, but it was too expensive to show a ship full of insectoids, so they changed them to humanoid cyborgs.
We call those “hide-behinds” in my neck of the woods.@)
It's amazing to realize this was an actress, think her name was Meg Wylie? The heavy makeup and latex created a virtually genderless character, and the astounding thig was how perfectly she acted the part...
I don't know. To me, her character still looks like a woman, not a very attractive one though.
When I watched this episode as a kid for the first time, it never occurred to me that these were women.
I see nothing.
Neither do I, only an icon of a missing image.
Not sure how it disappeared.
It was an image of one of the Aliens that captured Pike in "The Cage."
Plus, they're really ugly.
I believe he was referring to the TOS parasites. I guess they could have showed up again as well, though there wasn't a cliffhanger like the Conspiracy aliens...
