From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From Address: ANIM8Rfsk@cox.net
Subject: Re: Who Mourns for Adonais?  my review

In article 
,
 "jphalt@gmail.com"  wrote:

> WHO MOURNS FOR ADONAIS?
> 
> 
> Villain of the Week: Michael Forest does a solid job as Apollo,
> capturing the mix of the powerful and the pathetic the episode
> requires very well. He's a bit stiff in the person-to-person
> interactions on the planet's surface. Then again, I suppose a god
> would be used to rather one-way conversations. He plays well opposite
> Parrish, adequately opposite Shatner, and manages to extract just
> enough sympathy to be something other than a black-and-white baddie.

They saved that for "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield" (bah-da-bum!)
> 
> 
> THOUGHTS
> 
> An episode I delayed approaching, in part because I haven't been
> enjoying the Season Two episodes very well thus far (as noted in my
> previous review), and in part because I found this particular episode
> interminably dull as a child.
> 
How old a child were you?  We were pre-teens/just barely teens when this 
first aired, and everybody thought it rocked. 
> 
> Rating: 7/10. The first Season Two episode I've actually liked. Though
> given that Amok Time is next, I find myself optimistic about the
> future...

Indeed!

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