Corrected entry: The Ekosians have a modern society with large flat panel screens, but somehow haven't mastered color broadcasting.
hifijohn
6th Jan 2019
Star Trek (1966)
3rd Dec 2018
Star Trek (1966)
This Side of Paradise - S1-E25
Corrected entry: A captain from the 2200's owns Samsonite luggage from the 20th century.
Correction: The original Star Trek series was actually produced on a very limited budget of about $250,000 per episode, and many of the props were re-purposed items from thrift stores. It was not uncommon to see all sorts of 20th Century items (clothing, luggage, dining room sets, household spray bottles, salt shakers, et cetera) on any given Star Trek set. Keep in mind that those items were chosen because they were rather futuristic in appearance to audiences of the mid-to-late 1960s, even though they appear whimsically anachronistic to our eyes, just 50 years later.
Also the characters have access to replicators and super computer databases. The cases could be 23rd century reproductions, classic antiques, etc.
26th Nov 2018
Star Trek (1966)
Corrected entry: Ben's plan is absurd, hiding and pretending to be dead in a ship of over 400. Eventually Ben has to eat or use the bathroom, someone would see him.
Correction: His plan is absurd, which leads to him being discovered, exactly as you say. He's shown to be deranged, if not insane, so this isn't a plot hole, it's a plot point.
26th Nov 2018
Star Trek (1966)
Tomorrow is Yesterday - S1-E20
Corrected entry: When the tractor beam crushes the fighter jet, Spock asks captain Kirk, "do you want me to turn off the tractor beam?" Why would Spock ask a stupid question like this?
16th Nov 2018
Star Trek (1966)
Corrected entry: Spock's super sensitive hearing somehow doesn't pick up Sulu talking to Riley about leaving the bridge.
Correction: Spock has excellent hearing, but if he was focused on another task he may have simply not been listening to them.
16th Nov 2018
Star Trek (1966)
Corrected entry: Scotty is cutting through the bulkhead to get to the controls to open the door to get to engineering, but considering the time left, why not just blast through the door itself?
26th Oct 2018
Star Trek (1966)
For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky - S3-E8
Corrected entry: Spock says the planet is a spaceship and making corrections in its flight, later he states that it is on a collision course with Daren 5 planet, but if it can make corrections it should avoid the collision.
Correction: The ship was originally on a crash course with Daran V but Spock discovered that the Oracle computer that runs the ship had a faulty part that caused it to change course.
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Correction: This is due to when this show was made and the status of technology of the time. By this same logic, you can say the entirety of Star Fleet is behind with their technology is some respects. Like the simple blinking light displays of their computers and the monotone robotic voice of their computers.
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