“Majel Barrett’s Number One, who was ostensibly the older sister of Nurse Chapel”
That would make sense, lol. They really missed an opportunity for the reboots there. I liked “Dr. Boyce” as well, they could have included him too. Though I have to say the new McCoy is easily the best imitation. I think a straight up “prequel” rather than a reboot would have been better. A young Kirk and Spock serving under Pike. Not a young Kirk becoming Captain of the ship under absurd circumstances.
I am familiar with “Lost in Space” of course but I haven’t seen it much of it. I liked Guy William on “Zorro” (which they re-ran on the Disney Channel when I was a kid) but LIS kinda sounds like garbage.
I was surprised when I read “Dr Smith” actor Jonathan Harris wasn’t a flaming homo as he seemed.
The problem with such a prequel is that other than for Spock, none of the rest of the crew served under Pike. Kirk served under different Captains elsewhere (he DID jump from junior officer (LT) to acting Captain when Garrovick and senior officers were killed by that cloud creature), but he wasn’t an untrained teenager straight off the Iowa farm.
All the others were also not there: McCoy followed Boyce and Piper — in fact Piper, played by legendary Westerner actor Paul Fix, should’ve been the doctor in the Abrams “reboot”; Scott would’ve been serving on another ship; Ditto Uhura (who would’ve been an Ensign or Cadet). Sulu (who was still an astrophysicist before switching to move up in the command chain, and also would likely still have been at a university getting his degree); Chekov, in high school. Why it was all so ludicrous.
Back to LIS, after the initial “dark” episodes, it’s better viewed as an adventure/comedy. When they got up to the ep where folks were turned into vegetables, you know even the cast is thinking this is messed up.
You’re right about Harris, he did set off my gaydar something fierce (and worrisome, his interactions with Billy Mumy had more... disturbing... implications). I was reminded of a contemporary show (to LIS), “I Dream Of Jeannie” with the character of Col. Bellows, the doctor, who always seemed bothered and prissy (although as it turned out, all the “crazy stuff” he thought he saw wasn’t in his head). Hayden Roarke, who did a masterful job in the role, was homosexual (but not closeted).
“I was surprised when I read “Dr Smith” actor Jonathan Harris wasn’t a flaming homo as he seemed.”
Then there’s hope for Khent.
Interestingly, Harris grew up in New York City with a strong Yiddish background and heavy Bronx accent. He forced himself to adopt that British accent to appear more cultured.
Since Harris played a voice-only role in the original Battlestar Galactica series, they paid homage to him by using his life story as the backstory for the traitor Baltar in the reimagined Showtime version. That Baltar hid the fact that he came from a lowly farming planet and got rid of his poor agrarian accent. On one episode, he even muttered "Oh, the pain... the pain..."
-PJ