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I watched:

Beavis and Butt-Head Do American History https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9IfNwZDWjQ

Corey Feldman's Horrible New Song Is A Desperate Cry For Help https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qlDaAOlOyI

Elliot Page's Vocal Fry & Animal Gender Propaganda https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izPWVE8Pis4

Josh Seiter: The Troll of the Century! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyueZSKqVqs

Supergirl Catastrophic Weekend - Falls BEHIND Morbius (MASSIVE RANT)!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qhs2h-O0P3k

Supergirl FALLOUT - Flop Drives Shills INSANE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJ6a1frXgMY

The Monster Squad - This Aged Great! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfAyHltMtWI

WOW! Supergirl Flops Massively!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOEiHuCtQGA

Wil Wheaton's Trump Tower Post ESCALATES | Star Trek Actor NEEDS FBI Scrutiny! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwJe6S15tKQ

What did you watch?
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On Jun 30, 2026 at 1:30:41 AM PDT, "Ubiquitous" <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

What did you watch?

An old STAR TREK episode: Conscience of the King

This episode doesn't make much sense.

First we're told that Governor Kodos of Tarsus IV seized dictatorial power during a famine and as the Thanos of his time, decreed that half the
population would be put death so that the other half could survive on the remaining food. There were 8000 colonists, which resulted in a massacre of
4000 people. Supposedly "quickly and painlessly", but if they were all killed quickly and painlessly, why did Kirk's friend at the beginning have half his face mutilated?

Then we're told that there are only nine people alive who survived the
massacre and could identify Kodos, to include Kirk and a young Enterprise officer named Reilly.

This makes no sense. The historical tapes clearly say Kodos only killed half the colonists. That means there should be 4000 people who could identify him. It's not like Kudos was just some random schlub. He was the governor of their colony. Why wouldn't they all be able to identify him? Four thousand colonists and no one's looking at their own governor directly except nine people, two of whom are children?

And why do they need people to identify Kodos anyway? He was the leader of the colony. Politicians have their pictures taken all the time. There would be plenty of photos that could be used to identify him. Hell, Kirk pulled one up on the Enterprise's computer when he first started to suspect.

And the inclusion on Reilly on the list of nine is also bizarre. You can tell just by looking at him that he's barely in his 20s and the Kodos massacre happened 20 years before, which means at best he'd have been a toddler when it happened and wouldn't be able to identify anyone from back then. Even Kirk would have been what? 10, maybe 12 years old?

What kind of drugs were the writers of this episode on?

Another thing that didn't make sense: when Kirk has the computer run the list of nine and hears Reilly's name, he makes a point of transferring Reilly from his post down to the dark bowels of the ship. I assumed Kirk was setting
Reilly up as bait, to put him somewhere he'd be vulnerable to lure the killer out and catch him. But no. Kirk just transferred him down there and then
forgot about him, where he was nearly murdered. Why the hell did Kirk do
that?


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BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

On Jun 30, 2026 at 1:30:41 AM PDT, "Ubiquitous" <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

What did you watch?

An old STAR TREK episode: Conscience of the King

This episode doesn't make much sense.

First we're told that Governor Kodos of Tarsus IV seized dictatorial power during a famine and as the Thanos of his time, decreed that half the population would be put death so that the other half could survive on the remaining food. There were 8000 colonists, which resulted in a massacre of 4000 people. Supposedly "quickly and painlessly", but if they were all killed quickly and painlessly, why did Kirk's friend at the beginning have half his face mutilated?

Then we're told that there are only nine people alive who survived the massacre and could identify Kodos, to include Kirk and a young Enterprise officer named Reilly.

This makes no sense. The historical tapes clearly say Kodos only killed half the colonists. That means there should be 4000 people who could identify him. It's not like Kudos was just some random schlub. He was the governor of their colony. Why wouldn't they all be able to identify him? Four thousand colonists
and no one's looking at their own governor directly except nine people, two of
whom are children?

And why do they need people to identify Kodos anyway? He was the leader of the
colony. Politicians have their pictures taken all the time. There would be plenty of photos that could be used to identify him. Hell, Kirk pulled one up on the Enterprise's computer when he first started to suspect.

And the inclusion on Reilly on the list of nine is also bizarre. You can tell just by looking at him that he's barely in his 20s and the Kodos massacre happened 20 years before, which means at best he'd have been a toddler when it
happened and wouldn't be able to identify anyone from back then. Even Kirk would have been what? 10, maybe 12 years old?

What kind of drugs were the writers of this episode on?

Another thing that didn't make sense: when Kirk has the computer run the list of nine and hears Reilly's name, he makes a point of transferring Reilly from his post down to the dark bowels of the ship. I assumed Kirk was setting Reilly up as bait, to put him somewhere he'd be vulnerable to lure the killer out and catch him. But no. Kirk just transferred him down there and then forgot about him, where he was nearly murdered. Why the hell did Kirk do that?

I like this episode. Barbara Anderson is hot.
I like that Kirk mercilessly woos her with no interest in her as a woman.
I like the one time we saw the set of the shuttle observation deck until
they ruined it in remastered.

IIRC Kodos is supposed to be dead with the classic body burned beyond recognition. So nobody expects to find him alive.

I donrCOt think itrCOs ever said that KirkrCys friend lost half his face in the massacre.

I donrCOt think the nine people are the only survivors left alive, but the
only people that ever saw Kodos in person.

There are an incredible number of review videos of this episode on the
YouTube.
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In article <1121gge$1f9vc$1@dont-email.me>,
atropos@mac.com says...

What kind of drugs were the writers of this episode on?

Another point: Why would Kodos travel on a ship where
both Kirk and Reilly were sure to see him? If I were in
Kodos' shoes and there were only nine people who could
identify me, I'd avoid them.


-Melissa

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The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:

In article <1121gge$1f9vc$1@dont-email.me>,
atropos@mac.com says...

What kind of drugs were the writers of this episode on?

Another point: Why would Kodos travel on a ship where
both Kirk and Reilly were sure to see him? If I were in
Kodos' shoes and there were only nine people who could
identify me, I'd avoid them.

-Melissa

Kirk called in a favor and got the transport ship they were supposed to be traveling on to strand them. So they had no choice. Plus, Lenore wanted to
take the Enterprise so she could kill the last two witnesses.
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In article <2009034522.804631453.031717.anim8rfsk-
cox.net@news.easynews.com>, anim8rfsk@cox.net says...

Kirk called in a favor and got the transport ship they were supposed to be traveling on to strand them. So they had no choice. Plus, Lenore wanted to take the Enterprise so she could kill the last two witnesses.

Yes, I suppose she did.

The episode makes less sense the more I consider it.


-Melissa

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The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:

In article <2009034522.804631453.031717.anim8rfsk- cox.net@news.easynews.com>, anim8rfsk@cox.net says...

Kirk called in a favor and got the transport ship they were supposed to be >> traveling on to strand them. So they had no choice. Plus, Lenore wanted to >> take the Enterprise so she could kill the last two witnesses.

Yes, I suppose she did.

The episode makes less sense the more I consider it.

-Melissa

My head scratches are more along the line of if a dozen people watch this
live on bleachers set up in the engine room, and the other 400 watch it on their TV monitors, is it really some kind of a treat?
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Verily, in article <1597022780.804645811.415054.anim8rfsk- cox.net@news.easynews.com>, did anim8rfsk@cox.net deliver unto us this message:

My head scratches are more along the line of if a dozen people watch this live on bleachers set up in the engine room, and the other 400 watch it on their TV monitors, is it really some kind of a treat?

At stadium shows, a lot of attendees are really watching the giant
screens. They're still willing to pay live-music prices, so I guess it
must count.
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