EARLY ACCESS First Time Watching Star Trek The Original Series - Bread and Circuses S2E25 | REACTION
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The conversation between Spock and McCoy in the cell has always been one of my favorite interactions between these two characters.
David Felgate
2022-12-11 06:15:34 +0000 UTCThe impression I've always had is that in this episode both Caesar and Christ appeared 2200 years previously (keeping in mind that the show was set in the 23rd century), but that the Roman Empire never fell and had existed for that entire period, and that Christianity had also been around just as long, but was only now starting to spread widely.
David Felgate
2022-12-11 06:05:11 +0000 UTCThere was a particular shot that you commented on, where the camera was angled upward as Flavius, Kirk, Spock and McCoy walked past. This shot was not entirely a stylistic choice, but also served a purpose: In the cave, Septimus said "May the blessings of the Son be upon you", and as he is saying it the cut is made to the shot with the camera pointing upward toward the sun in the sky, reinforcing in the minds of the viewers a false idea about the nature of their religion.
David Felgate
2022-12-11 05:59:49 +0000 UTCYeah, I forgot about that. I also looked up the meaning behind the name and the feminine equivalent Flavia. They mean "yellow" or "blonde".
KatWithAttitude
2022-12-11 04:00:05 +0000 UTCIn fact, it's even been used in Star Trek before. In "Space Seed," when Khan admires one of Lt. McGivers' paintings, she tells him it's a gladiator named Flavius.
James H
2022-12-11 03:17:45 +0000 UTCI always enjoyed this one. For the record, Flavius wasn't a made-up name. It was a common name in Roman times. Google Flavius Rome and lots of historic people come up, and the name was also used in Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar.
KatWithAttitude
2022-12-11 02:23:04 +0000 UTC
