*Yawn*
I think you can tell I’m tired, can’t you … ?
The yawn at the start of the post is a bit of a clue.
But … ?
Well, frankly, I got home last night: wanting to unwind with a little TV.
Frankly?
I’m hoping to try and catch some episodes of Star Trek: Discovery, the spin off in the franchise.
And everything I’ve read? Tells me Discovery’s makers have seen the classic Star Trek episode, Balance of Terror as a major influence on their entry in the franchise.
So I watched Balance of Terror, last night.
It’s a fantastic little episode, with the sort of downbeat ending you don’t see in the many others.
It does something else, as well.
I think that, ever since Star Wars, we’re used to the idea of space battles as great big aerial dog fights.
Balace of Terror doesn’t.
Oh, no … !
Oh, no … !
It’s a tense, nail-biting, cat-and-mouse naval battle: with the Enterprise as a battleship, and it’s opposing Romulan ship as a submarine, diving and surfacing by using its cloaking device.
And all the more watchable for that.
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