"Balance of Terror" - Star Trek Sci Fi Channel Special Edition

[@millenniumf1138]

"In another life, I might have called you friend." That is the essence of the story, I think, and one of my all-time favorite Trek lines. It shows that we're not so different. Different motivations and values, but we're all human and can eventually come together if we would just realize how similar we all really are.

[@indy_go_blue6048]

I can't remember if it was Brooke or Owen, the famed British WW1 poets who addressed the same point some 50 years prior to ST. Paraphrased, "had we met in some pub we've have raised a pint to one another; instead we're facing off in battle trying to kill one another." *All Quiet on the Western Front* somewhat raises this issue when the men are discussing why they're fighting: "Did some tree in France offend some mountain in Germany?" It's really a very profound thought, considering how often war has led to the hostile countries becoming friends and even allies afterwards, as Robert Leckie addresses in his WW2 history *Delivered from Evil.*

[@UserRA3211]

Hitler wanted the part of Germany that France got as a reparation for winning WWI.

[@danclark1348]

I was a shy, nervous kid. Fearful of change, going places. Star Trek adventures changed my position. I wanted to explore my world and the different people I would avoid. That show opened up the world to me. Got over the shyness and staying within my neighborhood. Came to love traveling to see other places and how people lived in those places.

[@00bikeboy]

Thanks for sharing that! Many people's lives have been influenced by Star Trek, mine included. I was 7 when it first aired, and Spock was the first adult I could actually relate to. I've tried to look at the world logically ever since 🖖

[@DarthVaderUnlimited]

RIP Mark Lenard, my favorite Star Trek actor.

[@DarthVaderUnlimited]

I have no idea to be honest.

[@edwinmalachy]

so. he played Spock's father ANd Also that Romulan?

[@DarthVaderUnlimited]

Malachy Smith That he did. And he played the Klingon commander in Star Trek; The Motion Picture that was destroyed by V'ger.

[@goodwilj]

Who also portrayed Spocks father.

[@stevedandy973]

A great episode that laid the groundwork for the Federation vs. the Romulans. Even In the 24th century, the Romulans and the Federation remain enemies.🖖

[@lisasimmons5362]

One of my top 5 fave episodes

[@chuckemeade]

The greatest T.V show ever for me way ahead of its time the original Star Trek...

[@ridleykiller93]

Rip Leonard Nimoy. 2015

[@lisasilvas5914]

ridleykiller93 Of of all the souls I've met hus was the most - the most hu humaaan!

[@derail14]

this was a very good episode i think roddenberry got the idea from a older movie the enemy below made in the 1950s. also do not forget when star trek was made it was in the cold war era and lot of the episodes reflect that.

[@normanred9212]

Gene was in the Navy

[@jeffclark1129]

The Romulans are one of my favorite "Star Trek" aliens, particularly in "Balance of Terror."

[@hawkmaster381]

A remake of “The Enemy Below”, a fantastic WWII movie!

[@buckeyefangirl1976]

Wow I miss Nimoy and Mark Lenard.😥❤️❤️

[@nickmarsala3787]

Anyone who wants to go into the Service should really watch this episode.

[@tonywirth8808]

I seen this episode many times and it did not deter me from entering the naval service of the United States Navy. It's a very good episode, where commanding officer have to make some very hard decisions.

[@scottreynolds3565]

Balance of terror has always been my favorite Star Trek episode. My favorite scene is in the briefing room after they find out Romulans look like Vulcans, it's Spock that takes the hard line that they must fight them with everything they have.

[@JeremyNoblitt]

Nimoy: smooth soothing voice Scifi channel: BWAAAARGGHHRAWAAAAAAGYYYYOOWWWW

[@johntabler349]

When Star Trek delved into subjects like war, it never insulted the intelligence of the audience by giving the oversimplified kumbiya in space answer Arena starts very similar to this episode but ends completely different, Private Little War is also brilliant analysis of war

[@LadyKat73]

one of the greatest!!!

[@suzettespencer]

My favorite episode.

[@TheRealNewBlackMusic]

this was when the scifi channel was really good, not like now. this is the best episode of the entire star trek franchise . next to Christopher pike of course.

[@TheMastermind729]

City on The edge of Forever, Mirror Mirror

[@billyland7145]

Rest in peace Leonard nimo

[@williampeacock6495]

i like the background soundtrack cool

[@erastus25]

My favorite too.

[@williamrandolphjr6807]

that storyline could have been THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER as well

[@01taran]

It predates any of Clancy's books...

[@waistgunner3930]

Yes; the pattern is remarkably & very closely similar ...

[@calj01]

Ground breaking series.

[@jstrahan2]

The Cuban Missile Crisis was in 1962, not 1960.

[@The_Lost_Subrosian]

Before Captain Pike changed his destiny and caused a war with the romulans.

[@douglasgrant8315]

For me as a kid in 1968 to me it was just a wonderful telephone show I gave it no thought to the people's ethiniciy..I had no qualms about people's race or skin color they were all wonderful characters...

[@AnkushNarula]

whatever PC studio exec wrote that for Nimoy misses the point - Balance of Terror is about the mutual love and respect between dutiful warriors

[@kurtb8474]

Kirk didn't, and couldn't, order Stiles not to be prejudiced. He just told him he couldn't express it on the bridge. I think everyone has a bias or a prejudice against something or someone. The thing is, no matter how distasteful that prejudice might be, we all have the right to have them.

[@patrickmcshane7658]

my God uhura is hot!

[@goodwilj]

You watch any of the orig shows and they show a closeup of her face her beauty is beyond words.

[@BonerMaroner]

She might have been hot but she was a navigator and a communications expert truly not another pretty face.

[@00bikeboy]

... and fourth in the chain of command on the Enterprise. Too bad they didn't find a way to get her into the Captain's chair, even for a brief segment.

[@mem1701movies]

@@00bikeboy Sulu was 4th that DeSalle guy was 5th

[@00bikeboy]

@@mem1701movies She was fourth in the chain of command in terms of bridge crew. She was a Lieutenant, and so is outranked by all Lieutenant Commanders including Scotty, but he spent most of his time in engineering.

[@AmatureAstronomer]

Dive deeper still and you'll see Yeoman and has a thing for Kirk.

[@edwinmalachy]

hahaha. the voice is not synced up.

[@Rick_Cleland]

Where are the bloopers.

[@goodwilj]

And when Gene found a Black woman to portray Lt. Uhura he found one of the most incredibly beautiful and sexy women on the planet to portray her. Wow.

[@matthewmehegan3475]

Star Trek predicted the following: computer monitor, voice activated elevators, bluetooth (Uhura and Spock's earpieces), tablet (Yeoman has Kirk sign fuel consumption report), widescreen monitor, universal translator (Ray Ban meta smart glasses), floppy disks, what others can you think of???

[@holden3]

Shout out to Staan

[@averageo2343]

Is there anywhere to find these episodes with these introductions?

[@indy_go_blue6048]

The dvd sets. I'm sure somewhere on the net there's a list of episodes by date.

@@indy_go_blue6048 : yes, but I don't think they come with the introductions that Average0 was asking about. Those introductions were exclusively written and produced by and for the Sci-Fi Channel.

[@edwardbliss8931]

The writer of this episode likes to use the word "provocation"

[@chrismartino3519]

Gawddamn Nichele was so hot in that red uniform. my goddness

[@patrickmcshane7658]

Chris Martino yup

[@jstrahan2]

Yes. Quite fu..able then. Today...not so much. :)

[@comentedonakeyboard]

Pun pardoned 🖖

[@justin8894]

Audio is totally out of sync.

[@brianlanceabramson8652]

How to prevent space got beat triumphantly. Fakers got beat from space itself.

[@millenniumf1138]

(cont'd) The reason is that in high school I began really branching out and meeting people on the internet, and seeing different points of view made me reevaluate my beliefs. I don't believe everyone is as smart as me, but I do have faith that this is a trend, because I know too many people who did the same thing, even though we're in close proximity to the Bible Belt. Ignorance decays in the light of knowledge if one opens one's mind, and there are a lot of open-minded people out there.

[@betomaiamaia1444]

gostaria que volte passar Star TREK no canal

[@Rick_Cleland]

Oh Noes!!

[@doginstine]

Back in the day Star Trek was not the big success that they are saying it was. The highest in the ratings it ever got was 54th.

[@Ksamp313]

It certainly was not. It took syndication in the 70's for it to be the cultural phenomenon it is now.

[@indy_go_blue6048]

That is true, but for the people who did watch it in the '60s they had a very profound attachment to the series.

[@virginiaconnor8350]

@@indy_go_blue6048 I Didn't know about it til I caught it in re-runs, but once I saw it, I was hooked. Only "Man From U.N.CL.E." got me hooked as much then.

[@virginiaconnor8350]

I feel like we lost other family members when we lost De, Jimmy, Grace, and Leonard too. We're bound to lose others in the future.

[@millenniumf1138]

Yep. While Star Trek no doubt changed the world, it didn't change it completely. People still value money over virtue, and corruption runs rampant. However, I believe I must keep the faith. Without faith that the world will be better someday there is no hope, and without love for fellow man, faith will not exist. 1 Cor. 13:13 is very true: Faith, hope, love, but the greatest of these is love. I have love for my fellow man. I'm wise in the way I invest it, but it's there, so I also have faith.

[@jstrahan2]

Tell us what you really think. (in a hundred words or less) :)

[@emaayan]

"she ain't no maid ", nah, she's a phone operator :)

[@chrisrogers1833]

She's a highly trained Starfleet officer. Not only can she pick up odd transmissions across the entire em spectrum, but she also took over the pilot position when the pilot left to cover the phasers.

[@freddiemartin699]

The words are out of sync with the characters lips.

[@millenniumf1138]

Perhaps in the future, after older generations have died off leaving the young to rule this planet, we'll come to see how stupid violence and war truly is. The danger with that is complacency of course, which means we need to have people around to inspire the young. Teachers can do this, but rarely I find. If more teachers were taught in college to inspire their students, then we will have better education, and with better education, again, we might have peace.

[@indy_go_blue6048]

I thought the same thing as the WW2 generation died off. Instead it was the "chicken hawks" like Clinton and Bush who got us involved in the Middle East, and the killing goes on.

[@millenniumf1138]

One last thing. Hatred and violence is only perpetuated when people are kept strictly apart, such as by social groups ("blacks" vs. "whites", etc.) or by countries (Iraq vs. Israel). This has been true for centuries, but the difference between the past and the present is the internet. You and I can communicate and learn about each other through the 'net, which removes any racial or social pretext. This wasn't possible a few decades ago, but now we can easily see that we are not so different.

[@tahoevic]

the lips are not in sync for fucks sake

[@JoJoGunn1956]

What's with all the gay Fox News style noises behind the Nichols segment?

[@JazzKeyboardist1]

uhura really flopped on this one, I am a doctor I don't do seat belts

[@millenniumf1138]

I don't know. More and more people are becoming less racist, less elitist, and less "culturist" for lack of a better term. With the advent of the internet, generation Y is coming to recognize that there are human brethren across the pond, because with the internet comes a removal of ignorance, which is the cornerstone of racism and cultural elitism. It's not universal of course, but it is a trend that is gaining popularity, despite trolls and other immaturity existing on the net.

[@derail14]

And trump has relieved the hate.