[ale] OT: Craig's list scammer and StarTrek

[Ken Arromdee]

On Sat, 17 Nov 2007, Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> > My favorite part that I forgot about was, in addition to Spock showing 
> > emotion in smiling at the blue foliage, after the beam down scene when 
> > only the women beam down, Spock jumps with his legs and arms spread 
> > out and screams "The Women!!!"  Totally uncharacteristic of him, and 
> > hilarious as a result.
> This is one continuity problem that they couldn't quite paper over.  The 
> Spock character had been "re-imagined" significantly by the time "When 
> No Man Has Gone Before" was filmed.

I read a clever fan theory about this.  The idea is that Spock was undergoing
Pon Farr at the time, which affected his emotions, and he wasn't expecting
the more severe Pon Farr he had later because the one he had in this story
was fairly mild.