It Subsists on Hostility, Violent Intentions (Star Trek: Day of the Dove)

The episode "Day of the Dove" can be summed up with: 'fight the spirit of war, not your fellow man or Vulcan or Klingon or...'

[@fazole]

It exists on the hate of others...kinda like our media in the US.

[@MarvinFalz]

And like the MSM in Germany.

[@nisansala100]

... and weapons manufacturers and dealers, and also some politicians who antagonize countries against other countries and ethnic groups within a country against other ethnic groups.

[@AmosPressley]

Exactly right, fazole. We had plenty of weapons fifty years ago, when the world was being run by the "Greatest Generation". But what we DIDN'T have was 24-hour media blaring at us, confusing propaganda with journalism.

[@EeeebeeeE]

Especially Facebook, it turns out.

[@duncanlauren4020]

Exactly like the mainstream Marxist media

[@ArmonMitchell]

And that ladies and gentleman was our first encounter with media companies.

[@TheRealLaughingGravy]

_Only a fool fights in a burning house._

[@michaelfawcett7979]

A fantastic line to be sure. So many wars seems to involve fighting in a place already devoid of value and falling apart at the seams. That kind of line could solve some world violence.

[@kathrynck]

@@michaelfawcett7979 And from a Klingon no less.

[@rar321blue]

Exactly as UK vs Europe regarding Covid vaccinations....

[@josefschiltz2192]

@@rar321blue Spot on.

[@andrewdreasler428]

@@kathrynck You think Klingons are devoid of wisdom? They have an honor-based warrior culture, but that doesn't make them fools. The conflicts between the Klingons and the Federation in the days of TOS were mainly over resources or cultural misunderstandings. To provide an analogy, ancient Egyptians were obsessed with hygine; they would typically shave off head- and body-hair, and often would wear scented wax cones on their heads, secured to the meager head hair they allowed themselves. Helenic Greek culture, on the other hand, were not as hygine-obsessed, allowing head-hair and beards to grow, and they preferred the 'natural scents' of the human body over cloying perfumes. When Alexander the Great visited the Egyptians, both the Greeks and Egyptians were highly offended by the smell of the other party.

[@mnirwin5112]

4:24 LMAO Kirk is trying to keep up the good spirits but for a minute there I think he wanted to deck Kang. :)

[@markdavis1891]

Yea you notice Kang slapped Kirk on the back and Kirk wanted to hit him back.Kang the backstabber haha

[@mlirwin8572]

0:58 Love the way Spock uses the nerve pinch without really taking his eyes off the creature ... and then just lets Lt. Johnson crash to the floor. 😆

[@gregmiller9710]

...by golly i've never noticed that b4

[@danielwilliamson6180]

The look on Spock's face at 4:24 😁

[@aoconnor2933]

👁👄👁

[@rustyshackleford1114]

The Military-Industrial Complex.

[@christopherthorkon3997]

04:23 I've always loved that final slap on Kirk's back -- something that Kirk was not expecting!

[@mlirwin8572]

He looked like he wanted to smack Kang back ... and not in a friendly way, since that slap was a LOT harder than Kirk was braced for. 😆

[@georgehenderson7783]

I'm wondering if Michael Ansara slapping Shatner's back that hard was unscripted - Shatner looked pretty surprised 😂 OMG I just now noticed the expression on Nimoy's face when the slap happens - it took all of his will not to crack a smile 😆

[@JohnAnderson-jy2js]

Legend has it that smack on the back was totally unscripted Legend has it Michael did it because supposedly William Shatner made a offhanded remark about his wife at the time who happened to be I Dream of Jeannie star Barbara Eden

[@TheRivrPrncess]

@@georgehenderson7783 Just gave it a second look and yes, I think Nimoy was holding back a smile.

[@georgehenderson7783]

@@TheRivrPrncess His eyes got real wide

[@Michael-wy2iz]

TOS was about morality plays. We need them back

[@willt3223]

what moral now is different. you can be jailed for being christian and using the wrong pronounds (ireland look it up)

[@keithtorgersen9664]

@Will T, I am a Christian too, and I understand how you feel. But in this case what I believe Michael is referring to is television programming in which there is a clear lesson and moral responsibility portrayed in an episode. Lots of television shows used to be this way. But for years now there’s been a negative paradigm shift drifting toward nihilism, where no one really cares about moral lessons and responsibility, just drama.

[@kentsanto4427]

We need to laugh at the media and not believe in the division they cause

[@gothboschincarnate3931]

well that's not easy.... It can take lifetimes to work thru it, and refuse to be divided and and cast out bigotry's. and your comment arrived 10 minutes ago....dear diary.

[@starsiegeplayer]

This was one of the better 3rd season episodes. If Star Trek made it to a fourth season it would have been nice to see Kang back as a "Frenemy" of Kirk.

[@MarvinFalz]

Kang, and Kor from "Errand of Mercy." I really like the presence of both, the way they talk.

[@ImYourOverlord]

@@MarvinFalz And they, along with Koloth, return to the screen on DS9 :)

[@ImYourOverlord]

@Bobbie Charles She was gorgeous in both roles :)

[@ImYourOverlord]

@Bobbie Charles I didn't take it that way :)

[@JohnAnderson-jy2js]

@@MarvinFalz actually this episode was written with Kor in mind but the actor who played him wasn't available at the time

[@dennish300]

In the alternate universe, after Kang slaps Kirk on the back, Kirk elbows Kang in the stomach and the fighting resumes.. LOL

[@davidhenderson3400]

4:36 "I am leaving you guys are no fun anymore."

[@braunshugar1]

"You're a dead duck here. You're powerless. We know about you . . . and we don't want to play." - Such wonderful writing, Ha!

[@paulhennig175]

I love it when the captain gives the order to deploy happy gas all over the ships so everybody in the ship is happy and gets zooted...4:20 dank

[@therealhotdog]

that was one hell of a slap Kang gave kirk i am sure there were words after filming

[@joshs4594]

0:36- That’s the reddest Redshirt I’ve ever seen.

[@michaeldavidson6360]

Only a fool fights in a burning house ! Like that one

[@vccstudents]

This was one of the FEW good episodes of the third season. Kang slapping Kirk on the back was the best part.

[@smashstuff86]

The alien whom we now call The Media.

[@mardigrasbeads]

"Day of the Dove" is probably my favorite episode from the original series! Thanks for posting.

[@MarvinFalz]

Glad you like the clip.

[@glenoneill3950]

This is part of the legacy of the original series, the humanitarian message of Star trek is still applicable to current events.

[@glenoneill3950]

I was actually posting this to mardigrasbeads.....but no worries.....one love

[@cliftonwebb3295]

And its name is TWITTER !

[@naz0079]

The interview between Alex Jones and David Icke brought me here.

[@Onewayto2024]

“You’re a dead duck!” Alien be like WTF???

[@garyworokevich2524]

The slap on the back. Makes me wonder if Micheal Ansara and William Shatner got along in real life.

[@francisphillips53]

That Vulcan nerve pinch sure comes in handy! 😮😮

[@Mlogan11]

Star Trek predicted social media and opinion news media.

[@michaellinner7772]

This was one of the rare "Double Rugs". Shatner and Ansara😉🖖

[@Fatherofheroesandheroines]

In the words of Shatner this was..a great..episode..it was..a..well written..piece..of..cinema

[@goback3spaces]

Shatner ... exists ... on the hate ... of others.

[@sto59]

Gene Roddenberry to Alex Kurtzman " This is how it's done Son "!

[@sto59]

It should be seen by everybody today.

[@robertodeleon-gonzalez9844]

Indeed.

[@thomasfletcher4765]

Agreed

[@carlevans5760]

The indoctrinated libs would say it doesn't exist-like blm, patifa etc. Jus an idea and not reality.

[@robertodeleon-gonzalez9844]

@@carlevans5760 If you insist on classifying all liberals as indoctrinated and put them in the same basket, then I have no reason to believe that you do not allow for exceptions. And neither do I see any good reason to continue this conversation.

[@carlevans5760]

@@robertodeleon-gonzalez9844 Whatever. You have your opinions, I have mine. This is typical of being EXPECTED to hear your view, and NOT allowing me to say mine.

[@tperk]

Just about the most sadistic alien creature ever featured in TOS. It kills most of the Klingons on one starship, pits those that are left against a basic number of Enterprise officers and crew, outfits them with slice & dice weapons, and sends the whole hot mess rocketing out of the galaxy. Savage!

[@BadBocher]

I love tos. Watch it every night. Makes me feel young again for an hour. A time without heartache and problems. (Still, I like the the Kligons look after the series better.)

[@epiendless1128]

There's some debate over whether Engineering is in the rear of the saucer section or in the secondary hull, and some fans have examined the many clues and conflicting documents in detail. The shot of the alien passing out of engineering and moments later emerging from the secondary hull is one clue pointing to its location.

[@fazole]

The secondary hull makes more sense, but the impulse engines are located at the rear of the saucer. I'm pretty sure that un the Enterprise refit, engineering is in the secondary hull do to the warp core being there.

[@swatisquantum]

The overwatch and Forever conscious interview brought me here! Loosh farm by the archons.. by creating conflict.

[@MarvinFalz]

Interesting. Never heard the term "loosh" before.

[@goback3spaces]

I agree with Chekhov. She is wery, wery beautiful

[@cdsilber]

Not a very smart alien. It only had to wait a few more minutes for the dilithium crystals to go kaput and the Federation and Klingons would be stranded on the Enterprise for all eternity to provide endless gladiator games. Instead it chickened out over a couple of laughs and bailed out right before it got a lifetime subscription to DirecTV's galactic sports package.

[@XX-sp3tt]

I imagine it was fleeing due to food poisoning.

[@JohnAnderson-jy2js]

Legend has it that smack on the back was totally unscripted because supposably William Shatner made a offhanded remark about Michael's wife at the time who happened to be I Dream of Jeannie star Barbara Eden

[@MadScientist512]

Thanks for that explanation because Shatner clearly wasn't expecting that and obviously restraining himself, it's like a blooper they left in the show and it's all the better for it. :)

[@guysalzmann9302]

Only a few excellent 3rd season episodes... this was one.

[@MegaSmarterthanyou]

At the end the klingon leader sounds like my uncle when tells the creature to get out , kind of like a square

[@deantheodosiou2886]

Bill Shatner's hammy nature in full force here...yeesh almighty

[@georgehenderson7783]

Ya'll skipped the key part when Kang's wife persuades him to cooperate with Kirk.

[@MarvinFalz]

Oh yes, Kang's wife Mara plays a key part in bringing peace, I absolutely agree with that. But the point of my edit in this video is merely to show how two factions are played out against each other, and that they realize that the evil spirit is beaten when they unite in a positive spirit.

[@georgehenderson7783]

@@MarvinFalz Yes, we do see that in this clip. And you did include Kang's backslap on Kirk so you're forgiven for skipping the part with Mara. 😅

[@whenmullet2674]

Apparently the only hostility it can't stand is of that directed at it. Sound familiar?

[@davidhenderson3400]

0:25 I would not say NO to that.

[@ianmangham4570]

She married Delvin Sipca of the Pantasuvians

[@erichartman5348]

Kang was a great character.

[@Mantikal]

Some people have sad that there are entities like this with us called "Etheric Vampires"

[@mikestevenson2303]

Were is his 30 man security force? They seem to disappear in some episodes.

[@brucedavis3816]

Hey the force and sabres!!So this is were Lucas got the ideas!!

[@gkprivate433]

Only a fool fights in a burning house

[@esausjudeannephew6317]

It's called, "Loosh" by some

[@jamalmccoy1982]

They just forgot all about the redshirt lol. ...

[@MarvinFalz]

lol including me

[@marlonlo9661]

Only if it is that easy.

[@sto59]

Hail Gene Roddenberry !

[@glenoneill3950]

Indeed he is out there in the final frontier.

[@marcogiuseppetoma2948]

First contact.

[@Black-Opal]

Is that Tan Mom playing the female Klingon?

[@kentsanto4427]

We have this entity as Main Steam Media

[@C.Noble13]

❤💫🤔😆

[@davep8221]

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[@cosmogoy1895]

IT'S A BILL GATES TWINKLE TWINKLE LIFE FORM 🌔🐖.....,,

[@gkprivate433]

sounds like the middle east, jews and arabs. fighting forever

[@Battleneter]

Just like to point out they half of them are wearing black face, just saying :P

[@kingsman8475]

Sounds like the Middle East.

[@tdirtyatl]

4:37 "Welp, time to head back to Breitbart and Fox News."

[@EriPages]

and CNN and MSNBC and NPR and VICE and MEDIAMATTERS

[@judithtrost9071]

Lamed Vav

[@evonne315]

So Putin is the alien that feeds off hostility? "Your a dead duck here! We're onto you! So get out!!" Then we all just laugh as he hovers away, raging mindlessly into the cold depths of space, forever. "You can all disarm!" The end.

[@MarvinFalz]

Wouldn't a world be nice where everybody is peaceful? Laughing away the evil in the heart of humans.

[@OpenMawProductions]

If you think Putin is the badguy in the Ukraine/Russia situation you're not quite catching the fullness of this metaphor. There are third parties involved that have a vestage interest in fanning those flames.

[@jah0524]

One of the worst Star Trek episodes, so much that it is a timeless classic.

[@johndough201]

Yr comment reminded me that just bc I didnt like an episode doesn't mean they aren't classics. Trouble w/Tribbles, this episode & a few others.

[@supercaptainbatdoggy]

Humans vs Klingons Or as they say on earth... Democrats vs Republicans 😂😂

[@johnbertrand7185]

Excellent concept poorly executed. Not one of the better TOS episodes, but notable for the first portrayal of a female Klingon played by future Dallas regular Susan Howard.

[@OpenMawProductions]

Not one of the better TOS episodes? Are you kidding?

[@Argumemnon]

Yuck, CGI!

[@drmayeda1930]

this was back in the 1960's. I don't think thet had CGI. these are colored lights or something. everything was done with with decks of cards and reels of magnetic tape.

[@mdd1963]

THis actress shoud be gaslighted for 'blackface'/Klingon face!

[@ultraseb7839]

this was made in the 1960s. regardless of that, the klingons are a fictional race they aren’t impersonating people of color

[@mdd1963]

@@ultraseb7839 Intent does not matter; cancel the actresses offspring!!!! :)

[@ultraseb7839]

@@mdd1963 what good would that do?

[@mdd1963]

@@ultraseb7839 Certainly one's distant offspring is responsible for any perceived injustice....! Right? Call it...reparations!

[@ultraseb7839]

@@mdd1963 completely different person though.. why punish someone else for another’s actions? i can’t help but feel you’re joking

[@brucedavis3816]

Hey it turns orange like Trump!!!