Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786300988712 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC ISBN: 6300988716 Label: CBS Paramount International Television Manufacturer: CBS Paramount International Television Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: CBS Paramount International Television Release Date: April 15, 1994 Running Time: 46 minutes Studio: CBS Paramount International Television Theatrical Release Date: September 08, 1966 Sales Rank: 36308
Amazon.com: Hippies on the Enterprise! This 1969 episode presents an unusually jaundiced view of flower children as Kirk and crew attempt to deal with a group of young--and so misguided!--idealists in search of the legendary planet Eden. Oddly enough, it is Spock who best understands these free spirits, and this episode offers the rare pleasure of seeing the Vulcan join in a jam session with his Vulcan harp, as well as the spectacle of Enterprise crew members attempting to get down. This episode is enjoyable in its own right, and also as an interesting look at how the kids of the '60s came off to those a few years their senior. Only a "Herbert" (that's slang for "square") could fail to enjoy watching duty-bound Kirk wonder whether he's a little too rigid. (Movie trivia buffs may notice that the hippie who gets "a clean bill of health from Dr. McCoy" is none other than Charles Napier, a character actor who would later appear in nearly all of Jonathan Demme's films, including his rather grisly fate at the hands of Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs.) --Ali Davis
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Much more serious than it appears
this episode is not some simple silly trek making fun of the youth. yes, it's a social commentary, but not just of the counter-cultural movement. it's a commentary on cultist religious movements, of the ... Read More
Rating: - One could yell "Herbert" at the simplistic plot devices
Every society contains misfits, malcontents and rebellious nonconformists. While some are the social equivalent of parasites, they are often the ones driving social progress, intellectual advancement and ... Read More
Rating: - Turn on, tune in, and beam up!
Want to see "Star Trek the Musical"? Wait no more! "The Way to Eden" has singing and dancing hippies right out of Haight Ashbury of the 1960s, doing super-groovy pseudo rock and roll. Or is it pseudo folk? ... Read More
Rating: - PARTY TIME OF THE GARDEN OF EDEN!!!!!!!
SPACE JAM! WHAT A PERFECT EPISODE!! MUCH BETTER BUT NOT A BAD EPISODE, NOT AS BAD AS REQUIEM FOR METHUSELAH. I DIG THE HOTTIES, ESPECIALLY CHEKOV'S EX-GIRLFRIEND IRINA. NOW SHE'S THE HOTTIE. DON'T FORGET CHARLES ... Read More
Rating: - Oh...brother
The notorious hippie episode is-like many Treks-best watched with tongue-in-cheek. Few episodes offer stronger proof of just how stodgy many of the older white men behind the scenes must have been. Plenty of episodes ... Read More
- Much more serious than it appears
- One could yell "Herbert" at the simplistic plot devices
- PARTY TIME OF THE GARDEN OF EDEN!!!!!!!