Talk:Patterns of Force (Star Trek)
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Irony and Humor Dept.
Shatner & Nimoy are Jews. Roddy was an Atheist who served as a bomber pilot in WW2. Many on the production were Jews or Holocaust survivors. This episode doesnt "fit" the franchise the way some may want, but Roddenberry was clear about using Trek to explore real human history. This was his anti-Nazi episode, just as May this be Your Last Battlefield is his Civil Rights episode, and The Apple was his anti-God episode, and Mark of Gideon is his abortion/ overpopulation episode. (Abortion was illegal in the 1960s.) The nitpickers below are too young to remember that time, and international wikipedia users also not understand what Roddenberry was doing. This is not MY opinion, but Gene's and he made no secret of it.
Has anyone actually watched this episode? I hate to sound like a nit-picking trekkie but I do not recall ever hearing "Prime Directive" uttered once. They referred to it as the "Non-interference Directive" .. wasn't until later in the franchise that it became the near-almighty Prime, IIRC. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.34.98.154 (talk • contribs) 23:15, 11 April 2007 (UTC-7)
- I did, and all I can say is that 'Patterns of Force' easily is the worst episode of TOS, probably even the worst episode of the whole franchise. It doesn't fit into TOS and the Star Trek universe at all. You didn't miss anything if you have never watched it. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ulsterman (talk • contribs) 07:29, 15 April 2007 (UTC-7)
Other nit-picks could be presented as well but no sense in dragging this out longer than need be. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.34.98.154 (talk • contribs) 23:15, 11 April 2007 (UTC-7)
- Yes, it was called the 'Non-interference Directive' in this episode. As for the episode being the worst, that's purely a PoV comment. As for nitpicking, the Remastered version cuts out the scene where Scotty (on the Enterprise) responds to Kirk's order of 'senting Dr McCoy' to the surface, explaining the Doctor's complaint with the uniform (a complaint the Doc would continue, after materialising in the cloakroom). GoodDay 19:20, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Broadcast in Germany
In germany "Patterns of Force" was solely broadcasted on a pay-per-view-channel, in Austria it was aired as original edit with subtitles by a public station. Although some fans think of it as the worst episode (probably in terms of entertainment), it makes a very strong statement on fascism and totalitarian systems in general.
