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By: » Gone Hollywood

» Gone Hollywood — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

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By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

So am I to understand that they came close but you did not see pictures of Jolene Blaylock nude?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Hey, that's the closest a lot of Trek fans are going to get to a girl. . .

By: JohnC

JohnC — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

That was astoundingly gratuitous.

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

John... You obviously don't get the joke...

Search the archive.

By: Jay Solo

Jay Solo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Argh! There was a premier tonight?! Sheesh.

By: 42nd SSD

42nd SSD — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

I think it's called the "we're desperate" syndrome, otherwise known as the "T&A is cheaper than a good story and draws a bigger crowd" rule. Makes me wonder about the idea of using T&A to increase "Meet the Press"'s draw. (Is Meet the Press still on? I haven't watched TV in ages... what year is this again? 1928? Good.) Maybe they should just change the Star Trek theme to "Taps".

By: mtpolitics

mtpolitics — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Personally, I don't think that Jolene Blaylock is all that hot.

To me, Linda Park is much hotter.

By: jen

jen — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

I have no objection to seeing Blaylock's body; indeed, as best I can determine, displaying it is her primary talent. But that's not really supposed to be the point of a sci-fi show, let alone one in the Trek universe.

OK, you're kidding right?

Think back to the Original Star Trek...all of the women were in skimpy outfits, which back then were pretty scandalous for national TV. This is just more of the same, imho.

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Jen,

You make a point. Although I think Roddenberry saw miniskirts more as a political statement--a symbol of women's liberation--than about selling sex. And the female characters were generally rather ancillary, anyway, whereas T'Pol is a central character in Enterprise.

By: Kathy K

Kathy K — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

What jen said. Also, I suspect that if the original weren't 'selling sex' that Kirk wouldn't have 'fallen in love' with every babe that he met...

By: jen

jen — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

When I first wrote that I wasn't thinking of Uhura, really. I was thinking of the "alien" babes that Kirk drooled over. Their outfits were very skimpy - lots of skin. And that was blatant in the late 60s. I don't care that they were ancillary - it was in every episode.

By: Bryan C

Bryan C — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Oh definitely, the original Trek was certainly no exception in terms of alien babe appeal. It's said that the chief costume designer, William Theiss, considered the appeal of a female costume to be in direct proportion to how likely it seemed that the actress would fall out of it.

DS9 had actually three attractive female regulars: Major Kira and two incarnations of Dax. And there were generally lots of scantily clad females in Quark's bar.

I think I'll stop now. It's starting to sound like I know waaay too much about this topic.

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