WB Post 4- Star Trek

I watched episode 24 called This side of paradise. It actually got straight to the storyline and was pretty good, it showed different sides of the characters that I may have not have known otherwise. This particular episode takes place on a planet called Omarcron Sandy 3, it a federation colony led by a man named Elias Sandoval. When the crew lands on this planet they find that everyone is in perfect health, but they should not be alive because the planet is contaminated with a deadly form of radiation. Captain Kirk order that a small crew go to investigate which included himself, Dr. McCoy, Mr. Spock, and Mr. Sulu. Shortly after arrival they find that there are no living animals on the farms or any other living thing for that matter other than these seemingly healthy humans. Elias Sandoval explains to Captain Kirk and his crew that the philosophy of Omarcron Sandy 3 is "Men should resort back to a more simple life," he gives several examples such as no vehicles or weapons allowed only harmony. After Elias is finished explaining the perfections of this planet ( good climate, perfect amounts of rain), a female named Leila appears from another room and locks eyes with Mr. Spock. She mentions that they had met 6 years prior on earth, but no other explanation is spoke of yet, until.... Leila takes Mr.Spock to show him how the colony has survived. As they arrive at the site of were the spores are growing, Mr Spock is suddenly sprayed by the spore and becomes enlightened with happiness, emotions and tells Leila that he loves her. Captain Kirk finds Mr. Spock smiling, laughing and hanging from a tree in the pasture and realizes something very wrong has happened. Eventually a spore is taken on board of the ship and infects the entire crew, leaving Captain Kirk to figure out how to get his crew to overcome the effects of the spore. It doesn't take long for him to realize that anger or any form of strong emotions will rid them of this "happy pill" as Mr. Spock calls it. As he gets crew members one at a time to come back to reality, Mr. Spock is left to tell Leila that he cannot stay with her because he has responsibilities on the ship and cannot stay with her. The crew comes back on board and they leave the paradise behind.....

My comparison will be with the New Star Trek movie, since I have just finished watching it as well. I believe the biggest change in science fiction and movies alike, are how the subjects have continued to change to be more timely. For instance, a decade or more ago people were more interested in aliens and how futuristic all the gadgets and spaceships could be, because everyone believed this was a real futuristic possibility. People now a days are still interested in those same things to only a minor degree, but rather the story lines and how well they can relate to a topic -in a futuristic way- is more important. I believe it is mainly due to how in science fiction the world should have already had flying cars, and a robot maids like the Jetson's had. In the New Star Trek movie we were able to relate to it more easily because it brought in family, fear disappointment and success, but also included the cool fight scenes, romance and of course crazy new weapons and technology.