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Kirk talking computers to death is one of my absolute favourite things in Trek. 😂

"Landru is gentle." Bunny: ... I'll pass. 😂

"I like it rough.." Spock eyebrow raise.

My take on festival is this: Landru, being human 6000 years earlier, probably realized that the absorption process was imperfect. Human emotions and will could not be suppressed forever, so he built festival into his system to allow periodic release of built-up tensions that would destroy his ability to control people if not released. In that sense, it was a lot like the modern "Purge" movies. We know that there were some people who are naturally "immune" to absorption, and the system probably allowed for a certain amount of that, as long as it did not rise to the level of being a threat, in which case The Body was summoned to destroy the threat. The archaic outfits are a product of the fact that, by intent, the society was unchanging, so 6000 years had passed without any advancement, and remained in the state Landru had originally designed, including clothing. As Spock observed, this *was* a computer's idea of perfection - and therefore was a human nightmare. The method used to control the people was not fully explained, but it involved some sort of mind control by a computer, which presaged The Borg in The Next Generation. In any event, the themes in this episode may be even more timely today with the development of AI than they were in the 60s. Machines cannot be used to control societies. The Twilight Zone episode "The Old Man in the Cave" had similar themes, but a much darker ending than this Star Trek episode. We will see several other episodes of computer-run societies later in the series. Without giving too much away, Kirk violates the Prime Directive anytime he sees this sort of thing in action. Maybe in Kirk's case, it should have been titled the Prime Suggestion.

The transporter doesn't change their attire. They have costumes made by the ship's replicator and put them on before beaming down.

The man who bursts forth at 4:52 and declares "Festival! Festival!" is Bobby Clarke, the same stunt man who was inside the Gorn suit. The Festival exists for the people to discharge their emotions, like irritation for example.

The Red Hour Festival may have been a "pressure relief valve" for the people. Constant, forced serenity and compliance may have caused eventual madness in the people's minds, so the Festival was necessary to relieve the pressure.

The extras must have had a lot of fun filming the Red Hour.

Your amazing introspection into these episodes is a joy to behold. So many younger folk would find them 'boring' and never really analyze what they watched. I find myself smiling at how much your outl-oud predicting is so dead-on. Keep up the great work!

An example of another of Kirk's command skills, the ability to talk a computer into committing suicide.

The people that made The Purge Called their studio Red Hour Studios.

3:16 I never miss out on watching the "rock" bounce off of the crewman's head.

Maybe the festival was a way to release all the emotions that were subdued after being absorbed. Always enjoy your reactions. Happy new year.

I was in Thailand at a large open air shopping market with hundreds of people milling about. The clock struck 12 and everyone froze in their tracks and the national anthem played. I asked my wife (who is Thai) "Is it Festival hour?". She didn't get it. She just stood there frozen until the music stopped playing.

I think the purpose of the Festival is to channel the primitive urges of humans into a specific limited time period so they don't express themselves the rest of the time.

This is one of the episodes where Kirk destroys a computer with logic. He does it a few more times and it has since become a meme

One of the episodes that freaked me out as a kiddie when I first saw it back in the late 60s.

Clothing can be made onboard the ship to match clothing of the people on the planet In a later episode Kirk will order the Quartermaster make clothes to match that of the people. Which is a difference from traditional Navy service, because Quartermasters in the Navy are the Navigation crew. The Festival serves two purposes. 1) It provides emotional release to the citizens that are under control. 2) In this instance, with Kirk and crew on the planet, it provides construction debris that the citizens can use as weapons. I really like this episode because Kirk treats Landru as a computer. "A question has been put to you answer it".

Ben Stiller is a huge fan of Star Trek. He named his production company Red Hour based on this episode. He also named Mugato and House of Atoz from Zoolander from other TOS episodes. Supposedly, he also has one of the few Gorn masks made.

We watch Star Trek, therefore we are of "The Body of Trekkers"!! PS: the rewatches of the episodes definitely gain a better understanding, well sometimes.

Another enjoyable TOS episode reaction. I hope you and your family had a great Christmas and wishing you all a Happy pending 2024.

I enjoy your thoughtful reactions to a great show produced decades before you were born. It shows original Star Trek is still relevant with its timeless stories. For non Trek material I suggest you watch the 1957 film Twelve Angry Men. I think you’ll enjoy it and be impressed.

Good timing...I needed a Bunny Star Trek reaction today.😁

Fantastic episode and so a reflection of society today, we may very well with the power of AI creating our own version of Landru without knowing it. And indeed this was the main inspiration for the Purge.movies.

One of my friends growing up, Andrew, was quite a "character," so to speak. Whenever we had everyone over at my house, my Dad would always ask "is Landru coming??" I can never that out of my head lmao

I always admired Kirk's strong defense of the individual and freedom. And Spock was there to keep him on track re: the prime directive. They were a great team. Your videos always are so enjoyable; thanks and Happy New Year!

Ahhh! What a nice surprise!! An afternoon with Bunny!!

Actually, the creator of the Purge stated in an interview that he based it on this episode. He wasn't a Star Trek fan, but his father was and he remembered watching it when he was a kid.

Yeah, so I was talking to Landru the other day, and he said he was kind of upset that you weren't going to continue to wear the Star Trek uniform for reactions. Then he tried that will of Landru nonsense on me and suggested I forward the message to you. You're gonna probably want to steer clear of him, he's more persuasive than you'd think he would be.

You're right, this episode is a proto-purge-style story! While this is not the greatest of all Star Trek episodes, it is a very solid episode with the entire cast playing their parts with peak efficiency! PS: Torin Thatcher as Marplon gives one of the very best guest star performances of this episode! ❤

I think the idea behind the festival is related to your "tangent". All that control by Landru required some kind of release of tension. It was far from a Utopia - - there was no free will and no progress. This episode is the first of a recurring type in TOS that I call the "bad computer" episodes. You might include "What Little Girls are Made Of" as one of this type. Overall a good episode but it will become a bit redundant in future seasons.

10:23 We just didn't see them change their outfits before beaming down. The transporter does not change the clothing according to the particular planet...although that would be a great idea.

Bunny, it was such a fantastic treat the short time you wore the red Star Trek uniform in your reaction videos. Thank you, thank you!! Only male Enterprise crewmen seem to be subject to the "red shirt curse". It appears to have no adverse effect on women, especially Bunny. Bunny is invincible!

Ben Stiller, being a huge Star Trek fan, named his production company, Red Hour Productions, mentioned in this episode.

Today I learned that "The Purge" stole it's idea from Star Trek!

Landru was like the immune system of the body and the crew was an infection...

Festival is there because the continuation of the race. It happens twice a year. That's how it's explained in the book.

Ben Stiller is a big Star Trek fan and named his production company "Red Hour Productions"

Marplon who was controlling the absorption chamber and along with Reger and Tamar was the third of their ‘three’ is played by Torin Thatcher who was a UK actor and used to be in British films of the 1930s and 1940s that were shown on tv when I was a kid in the UK in the 1960s and 1970s. He was in the 1946 version of the Charles Dickens novel Great Expectations directed by David Lean who directed movies such as Lawrence Of Arabia. So it was weird seeing him turn up in Star Trek as Marplon… beating a path for Patrick Stewart in the future! 😂

TOS, and Roddenbury in particular, managed to capture the essence of science fiction, it’s supposed to generate questions, look at things a different way and truly think about something from another perspective, free thought. You should walk away from good sci-fi going “hmm, what if”, not “oh, that was a neat action sequence”. This is how you get people to think differently, you don’t tell them, you plant a seed and let it grow. That’s mostly been lost in modern sci-fi, now it’s all about shooting stuff, blowing things up and forced dialog to tell you what’s going on.

The ship's store computer can manufacture clothing to match the culture of a given world they visit. -OG

Fun fact: The Purge film series is based on this episode.

Nice outfit! I rarely see anybody in full correct costume for any TV show or movie on a reaction channel but yours takes the cake lol. I hope you don't get beamed up by mistake! Was going to comment George Takei s still alive, and is a highly underrated actor. I actually don't remember this episode. It reminds me of all these crazy religious cults. This is so cool that I see young people suddenly discovering the original Star Trek TV show as we saw it BEFORE all the internet and technical advances we never dreamed of in my generation [ boomer]. We used to use the walk-in shower in the basement as the transporter when playing Star Trek as kids, but mom got mad...we kept getting our clothes all soaking wet and went dripping through the house...😂

The actor who played Tamar (Jon Lormer) was also one of the imaginary survivors in The Cage/Menagerie. And the actor who played Landru will show up again as a different character in a second season TOS episode.

Gene Roddenberry has said that this was his favorite episode of the series.

Joy and Peace to you Bunnytails. Are you not one with the body?

19:10 You had it right when you first theorized that They are letting off steam. It's just not once a day but only during festival. Maybe this occurs once every year or once every few months or so.

For years 'Star Trek' fans have thought that the "Purge" movies were inspired by this episode. - the Music Loving Klingon...

Another great reaction, bunnytails REACTS. To answer your question about the crew having costumes to fit in, the ship computer can create period costumes so the crew can fit in when transporting down to a planet. This question is addressed in another episode where they talk about getting fitted for costumes to the planet they are visiting. The Enterprise medical staff can also physically alter their appearance should they travel to a planet of non-Earth looking beings which is also addressed in a later episode. I hope this helps you, bunnytails. Looking forward to your next Star Trek original series reaction and I would also like to compliment you on your Star Trek outfit, it looks good on you, and you can fit in with the cast. You make the ladies of Star Trek proud.

I think you were right earlier when you said maybe the festival was for the people to release all their pent up emotions at once for a short time before going back to emotionless robots! Thanks for these reactions, always enjoy your comments! Nice outfit by the way!

Return of the Archons offers some intriguing questions: Who set up the Landru supercomputer in the first place? Certainly not the rural population. Were the Trek characters speaking the language of Landru, or were the followers of Landru speaking English? If Kirk and Spock used a Universal Translator it was never referenced. Who was Landru in the first place? The last of a dynasty of ancient astronauts? How much of the planetary population was affected by Landru's brainwashing? What happened to the Archon? Did it burn up in the atmosphere with its crew, or did they (some of them) survive? What was Landru's enormous power source? If it could knock a starship out of orbit while mesmerizing an entire population, it was pretty potent. Perhaps a few engineers should have remained behind to study the Landru computer. Now that the ritual of the Festival is gone, but not the memories of it, what will take its place? You have an entire population with no discernable vices. Still, they contain all the drives of humanity, which they will act upon, yet have no laws to govern their behavior. How does Starfleet introduce the concept of history to a civilization stagnant for six thousand years? How will they remember Landru? As a lost savior? As an insufferable tyrant? When the people from Starfleet finally exit, how will they be remembered? And how do they explain Starfleet to a population in social infancy? Finally, with their religious figure finally dead, what will take its place? Will Kirk and Spock become new deities? Landru was their "Great and Terrible Oz". They will eventually feel a need for something to replace him. What will it be? You could write any number of Star Trek novels from this episode alone. Thought-provoking and rich material.

Another one of my favorite original Star Trek episodes. Every so often I just put it on to watch it again.

Federation Starships have "replicators", which are used to fabricate almost anything, like food, clothes, medicines, etc. Landing parties can have native clothing replicated in case they have to go undercover on away missions.

One of my long time favourite books is “A Wrinkle in Time” by Madeleine L'Engle. It has lots of parallels to this episode. It’s usually in the teens section of the book stores. It’s part of a five book series, though each is a separate novel unto themselves though related.

14:08 "Joy be yours, and tranquility, my friend." "Peace and harmony." Peace, love and all things groovy, dude. Have a sunflower. ✌

I think it's been mentioned elsewhere in non-canon sources, but effectively an explanation for Festival has been given in them. When you dream at night, your brain is in maintenance mode, more or less. Your active subconscious is reorganizing, and reprioritizing memories, and is doing house cleaning. During Festival, Landru is effectively dreaming. It is in maintenance mode.

One of the few episodes where Kirk talks a computer into destroying itself. “Archons” supposedly came from the name of Gene Roddenberry’s college debate team.

Excellent analysis. I think the reason for the festival is to vent any repressed emotion that was built up over time. I don't think it was daily, though. I suspect it happened once a year.

Nostalgia *overwhelming* this reaction! 🙀 Kirk: "Where's everyone going, bingo?" Hah I'll stop since don't wanna trigger more painful memories of a certain letsplay this yr, but ngl those hooded robe cultists *do* seem strikingly similar heh...And I think the same tech the Enterprise uses to give their Away Teams outfits to fit in with the "world of the week" they're exploring was adopted by KH's Gummi Ship to change Sora & pals' outfits when they visit new worlds. Actually the whole "We can't mess with the World 'Order' of Disney worlds by spilling the beans about 'OTHER' worlds" was carbon copied from Star Trek's "prime directive" about not interfering with pre-spacetravel primitive worlds' cultures/society/development 😼 And much like how a major theme of Star Trek seemed to be exploring different worlds while more deeply learning the uniqueness of humanity/the human condition as just a speck of the vast infinite universe, a major theme of the KH series is "visiting multiple worlds to learn deeper truths about the human heart" but instead starting all observations from a person's adolescence growing towards adulthood 😺 With both KH/Trek parallel themes about creating a perfect world/order vs light/dark human nature, it's only logical that Leonard Nimoy was asked to voice Master Xehanort while Mark Hamill got to voice his brotherly rival the Jedi, I mean Keyblade, Master of Aqua, Terra, & Ventus hehe...Fascinating! 😻

Definitely a different one amongst the computer/AI controls society episodes. I very much got a cult vibe when I first saw this episode back in the mid 90s. On a separate note, I lost an entire summer to StarCraft when the first game came out, and I regret nothing. Time well spent.

The purpose of Festival? It's where babies come from.

When interacting with "primitive" alien species (in other words, pre-warp societies) Starfleet obeys what is called The Prime Directive - not letting the cultures they are observing know of more advanced races and space travel. Starfleet crews will often take on the appearance (clothes, facial features) of the race they are observing so as to blend in. The starship computers can create the proper clothing, but the landing party must change into that clothing before beaming down. Once you get into The Next Generation, there are several very good episodes regarding the observation of pre-warp civilizations and the consequences of being discovered.

Your "tangent at the end" makes total sense...man, that's scary stuff....

I've reread the Hitchhiker's Guide every 10 years, and every time, I find new stuff that interests me in those books. It's like if the different person I become every decade latches on to something new

One person's utopia could be some else's Hell. In order to achieve a "utopia" usually forcing their will on others to achieve their goals.

We had Red Hour at my old alna mater. Yes, a few broken bones, some concussions, and unintended pregnancies, but it was the Will of Landru.

Lovely reaction - this may be one of my favorite Star Trek videos from you; lots to process - you're not going off topic; IMO it's good for you to follow the train of thought it provokes in you - I'll respond to 3 main areas here: 1) the episode content 2) your reaction 3) your question about reading - 1) re the episode - I think this is one they thought thru carefully; it's densely packed w ideas - there are 2 main aspects - a) the crew's challenge in defeating them b) the idea of utopia examined - 1a) EPISODE (Challenge) - most of the time was devoted to trying to escape immediate captivity, in standard fashion, but the idea of the embedded resistance was more complex than usual - interesting how the writers also examined the Resistance itself as well as the System it was resisting - their critique of the Resistance was that it had been powerless for so long that its members had internalized that, and were afraid of the bold measures needed to change the playing field - that's sadly far more true today than during the 60s, tho something seems to be stirring - watch this 2024 election season to see these concepts discussed now; a presidential election is a de facto forum on how the country should be managed - Star Trek's audience would have had recent memories of the counterculture and the mvmts that led to Welfare and the Civil Rights reforms, plus the ongoing antiwar mvmts - plus earlier the antifascist mvmts of the occupied countries in WW2 - and their grandparents would have also remembered the huge labor upheavals that led to the New Deal - very interesting how flexible the show's ideological reference points are; now that we see what the characters represent, the show can use this to respond to more complex scenarios like this, with an efficient shorthand - Kirk is the one who represents the Ideal Human, and we saw him in the past split in 2 and examined - here he presents the role of creative vitality and decisiveness in a society's well-being, showing the Resistance how it's done - but notice, what does Resistance represent here? At the very least, its members were clinging to their Intellectual Autonomy, and to the spirit of Reason and Independent Inquiry, which is central to the show's notion of Humanity - in a way, this is what defines Star Trek - and, in the absence of this, we see true Happiness is impossible - the society becomes dead and stagnant, and this is the accusation that ultimately defeats Landru here and convinces him (it) that he's failed and should destroy himself (would Spock have made the same mistake as Landru?) 1b) EPISODE (Utopia) - what is this place Landru has constructed? Your reference to The Purge was exactly correct, and IMO the Counterculture is also evoked - both sides of it, the blissful spirituality and the upheaval - but what's the concept behind Landru's model? Utopia asks: How should humans be governed? And behind this is: What are humans? What is human nature? The answer to the second question leads back to the first. Star Trek presents us w Kirk between Spock and McCoy, Rational vs Irrational - Landru also sees this Divided Self, and incorporates it into his model, to address Order vs Chaos - his Goal is to keep people as happy as possible, in a constant state of blissful happiness - but, to do this, Landru must acknowledge and incorporate the very real human impulses of violence and aggression, and provide an outlet for his people to vent these antisocial impulses periodically, to preserve the balance and stability of his world - this is the purpose of his Carnival, which is the same as the Purge - the jarring contrasts juxtaposed here are the contrasting elements of the human psyche, contradictions within each and all of us that must be incorporated into any successful social model, a division that we also see in Spock/McCoy, and in the Divided Kirk episode - who else looks at this? Aristotle said Drama was a kind of theraputic outlet for us to vent our negative emotions; Khaldun spoke of a civilizational cycle circling between creative vitality and decadent stagnation; Hobbes and Locke debated the scale of irrationality that gov't must manage; Freud spoke of the Superego vs the Id; Bakhtin spoke of the role of topsy-turvy Carnival in giving vent and then re-confirming the prevailing Order - even Hitchcock says we need periodic doses of fear and terror to give vent to our natural instincts in the face of our placid civilization 2) YOUR REACTION - After the episode, in your Reaction you spoke at some length about the topic of Happiness - yes, I agree with you, and I think this episode's writers also agree, that Happiness is not an inert state, but rather a living, breathing process - I wonder if this show was responding to certain South Asian notions of detachment that influenced the Counterculture - the Upanishads have this notion of seeing the world as an illusion, and mentally removing yourself from it, allowing yourself to be absorbed into a larger Spirit to achieve Serenity - and Buddhists say Suffering exists because of Attachment, the way we cling to things and to circumstances that we cannot control, like some kind of craving or addiction - Humanistic Psychologists like Maslow speak of us being defined by our earlier fears, of our need for safety and love, etc - before we can then devote ourselves to Growth and Self-Actualization - and current Positive Psychologists like Cziksentmihalyi speak of Optimal Experience using this term "Flow", which is an ongoing state of engagement with the following properties: - a) Flow should involve an activity that we enjoy for its own sake, without concern for the outcomes or results, and b) it should be just the right level of difficulty, so we don't get bored if it's too easy, but also we don't get frustrated and burnt out if it's too hard - and, if those conditions are in place, then we can stay engaged endlessly, and we aren't even aware of the time passing 3a) READING (specific works) - it's lovely that this channel and these reflections of yours are awakening this deeper Curiosity - you spoke of Walden 2 - I thought that was Huxley, but I see it's Skinner - he's famous as a Behavioral Psychologist - the idea of not engaging w the inner state of mind so much, but instead solving problems in ppl's well-being by helping them focus on and manage their behavior, by means of incentives - I expect that book would be showing how such an approach would play out - some other books around that topic include the first Walden, by Thoreau, a Transcendentalist, whose book describes his own instructive experience living in an ideal State of Nature - you may also want to look at Huxley's Brave New World, another sci fi novel like Skinner's that depicts a society managed by positive incentives, but Huxley has a different reading of that - you may also be interested in general in looking at the debates between Behaviorists like Skinner and Humanists like Maslow - another work that might interest you is Clockwork Orange, from Burgess, that presents and examines the idea of "curing" crime by re-programming offenders - authors like Huxley, Burgess, and Orwell look at the problem on different levels - on the one hand, with Burgess, for instance, we have the horrendous violence of Alex and his gang, and others like them, whose idea of evening entertainment is to brutalize people on the streets and invade their homes - but at the same time we crucially have the role of Authority, represented by the State, shown as a far greater threat in its desire to control the whole population - in fact, the State ends up recruiting Alex's criminal buddies to carry out their brutality as police officers - writers analyzing these kinds of social dynamics include Marx, Fanon, Wollstonecraft, Chomsky, Beauvoir, and others 3b) READING (in general) - I'd say Follow your Bliss - do you have a library nearby? That's a great place to immerse yourself - just go browse the shelves and see what speaks to you - look for the titles and topics you're interested in, and then see what's on the shelves nearby - also look at the bibliographies of works that you like, using those works to lead you to others - instead of trying to push yourself thru something difficult, read smaller sections of it at a time - you can keep a stack of different books and just read a chapter of each as you go, and then the next day reading the next chapter of each, etc; shifting between books sometimes makes it easier - also, if a work is difficult, then maybe you can also find another easier book or article that explains it for you, and then go to the harder work after that - something else you may want to try at the same time is finding easier reading material overall on topics that interest you, books that you can read more of at a time without getting tired - this will build your endurance and reinforce your reading ability -

I love this outfit my goodness.

I love the background singers in this, which you will see frequently in ST, but it really adds to the mysterious atmosphere with this episode.

Yes this certainly does qualify as Star Trek TOS' version of The Purge! Landru is gentle... you will COME! Festival, Festival!!!!

Great insights and thoughtful speculation at the end of the video, Bunny.

🐰 "I like it rough" Well then, have a happy and rough New Year! Seriously though, this episode does give food for thought about society. Festival was probably a way to relieve stress from being forced to be peaceful. 📺 🖖🏻 💓

I like your thoughts at the end. We live in a world of duality; without the bad, we wouldn't appreciate or even recognize the good.

The books/stories that immediately come my mind about paradise societies being not all they might be are "The Giver" and "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas". I'm sure there are more.

"Quick, use your pinchy thing!" 😂 LOL For me, some episodes are primarily a kind of costume party with interesting combinations. I love it when the crew of the Enterprise operates in a medieval, wild west or other setting. This generates such cool associations and moods. But thanks to your channel we can take a closer look.

Of all the random Star Trek references I’ve made over my entire life, crying out, “Festival! Festival!” in a maniacal voice is one of the most frequent.

A couple books about sci-fi utopias that are actually dystopias: 1) "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley 2) "Logan's Run" by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson (adapted later as a 70s movie and TV series)

I think you make another good point about happiness only in a world being incomplete. We need times where we are unhappy to give us a reference point. Maybe that was the reason for the "festival". Who knows? Enjoying your channel. 😊

Yes, definitely needs to be watched a couple more times....Happy New Year Bunny ! 🎊🎉

In early series of the show, they change into the clothes on the ship before beaming down. In the most recent series, Strange New Worlds, in at least one episode the transporter does provide the clothes.

Thank you for watching this show. Your reactions really get me all nostalgic. I was 9 or 10 when I first saw TOS, and I was already a Sci Fi nerd, so this show hit all my buttons! Your post show questions remind me of myself asking questions and trying to figure out some of the stuff afterwards. It’s fun getting these moments of feeling like a kid again. Thanks again, Happy New Year, and I’m looking forward to your next year of reactions!

There was a time some decades ago when the 1890s or 'the turn of the century' was an idealised time, especially in the US and in Britain too, as 'the Victorian Age'. It appeared in Archie comics, but is spoofed here in Star Trek. This illusory golden age has advanced steadily, (interestingly, it tracks romance novel and retro TV shows time periods quite well, extending to WWII and the early 1950s now), and this version is mostly forgotten now. Basically, the time when your parents or grandparents were young.

Can we ever be content? Schopenhauer wrote that man is either suffering or bored. Suffering because we don't have our needs met or bored because we do.

Your reactions are really thoughtful. This is what Sci Fi is and should be all about. You should react to The Expanse. But watch the first 4 episodes in one sitting. Trust me.

Ben Stiller is a huge Star Trek fan and he named his production company "Red Hour" after the reference in this episode.

DeForest Kelley gets another chance to freak out.

This is a recurring theme in Star Trek, computers taking over and humans losing free will. They were warning us about the danger of Skynet 20 years earlier.

The Red Hour is most definitely the inspiration origin of "the Purge". It is also the 1967 PG way of explaining the continuance of the body - i.e. reproduction. SIDENOTE: I love your Star Trek outfit. It fits the mood of the show. If I had my way, it would be your regulation Star Fleet attire for all the Star Trek TOS reactions. Then, of course, there would be the dress code regulation update for when you get to Star Trek TNG 😁

This is one of my ultimate favs. IMO: The "Festival" is a metaphor on how we always get buzzed on the weekend. Landru has to let the human nature out of the box to sustain it. Everybody's working for the weekend. Landru has a fault in its program regarding the society, or what is occurring so it goes extreme. What is spooky BT, it's ahead of it's time on the AI story of today. It's a relevant question in 2023! This is top 10! IMO! Ahead of its time! Well written

I THINK THAT WAS LIKE A FORM OF HYPNOSIS !

The ship has a complete department that can make uniforms or costumes for the crew to "fit in" with the inhabitants of other planets, no matter what era, as long as they have the correct information beforehand.

You make an interesting point about clothing in the transporter. I believe they make the clothing on the ship before they get into the transporter, but if you think about how complicated it would be to disintegrate someone and rebuild them on the planet surface a setting for clothing change would be ridiculously easy.

The color of the lighting and sets was a specific studio choice. Between 1960-1965 color television was an expensive novelty and most networks were not yet willing to pay extra for shows in color. Lucille Ball and Gene Roddenberry knew the future had to be shown in full color. Color television sales skyrocketed in 1966-1968 and Star trek being ready for that ensured it get a good time slot from CBS. However since saturation on those early televisions was not as good as it is today, when you used color you REALLY used a lot of color.

The rough way ensures perpetuation of the species - lust, passion, heat.

Haha I love the StarCraft reference right off the bat!! XD And yeah this episode is rather creepy. I remember seeing it when I was a little kid and it actually gave me nightmares! Also, this is another example of a classic Star Trek trope: Kirk talks a computer or AI into killing itself! :P Here's a bit of fun trivia for you: Ben Stiller is a huge Star Trek fan, and his production company is called "Red Hour Productions", named after this episode. :)

I think you hit it pretty good about "festival". The populations normal emotions could only be repressed for so long. They needed that release to keep their sanity.

Think of the Festival as a pressure valve. Emotions are energy. The festival was a release of all the passionate emotions suppressed during the peaceful time. In a sick dysfunctional way, t doesn’t serve the computer per se, but the humans instead.

I didn't know Mr Spock could throw hands like that. Damn!!!

Your reaction is sharp and spot on, as always. Consider reading The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy, a life changing book.