Talk:A Taste of Armageddon (episode)

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Contents 1 Episode talk page 1.1 Maintenance links 2 Production timeline 3 Argona or Argana II? 4 Statue vs Statue 5 Lt Osborne 6 Doohan note

[edit] Production timeline

The 1981 edition of Star Trek Compendium lists this episode as being filmed in late December 1966 and early January 1967. It lists the next episode, "Space Seed" as being filmed in middle and late December 1966. I'm not sure whether the episodes were filmed out of an assigned production order, or if the author had mixed up the filming dates for those two episodes or whether post-production work was being taken into account for one of them--Robert Treat 06:24, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Argona or Argana II?

At the end, Kirk orders course to be set for a planet, either Argana or Argona II. DVD subtitles spell it Argona, while online transcripts [1] spell it Argana. A quick google search brought up hits for both spellings, so does anyone have access to sth. better, like shooting scripts? If not, which takes precedence? Kennelly 22:29, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

The script spells it as "Argona." So, it needs to be changed here and a redirect needs to be put in place. I'll send a copy of script page if anyone doubts.Sir Rhosis 08:41, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Statue vs Statue

I've changed the things about the statue in Anan's room, because they are not the same, and to prove the point here is a link with both statues. http://supernovawd.netfirms.com/worlds/Scalos/eminiar7connection.htm

[edit] Lt Osborne

I understood that the Lt Osborn thing wasn't necessarily a nitpick. I was referring to the other one when I wrote the change, and decided to snip the other while I was here. Its decidedly pointless. Does every actor who went creditless in an episode deserve a specific mention in the episode description? The hundreds of actors on the DS9 promenade, the extras in ten forward? The point of memory alpha is to mention when things *do* happen. Not when they *don't* (unless its genuinely note worthy, and I'd find it a difficult proposition to defend this as note worthy). I'm not going to revert the reversion, but I really do think I was right to delete it. -- Hossrex 10:41, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Read the note. It isn't just that he is uncredited, it is that he is also usually incorrectly credited. It is worth pointing out to people that see these other sources that they are, in fact, wrong. --OuroborosCobra ^talk 11:37, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Because one person got confused, and wrote the phrasing with a potentially more general phrasing then was perhaps warranted, that makes it worthy of Memory Alpha? Should it be noted on the "Assignment Earth" page that Jack Nesvig, and Paul Baxley are "often" confused with one another? Look at the Frank da Vinci page. See who he plays in "A taste of Armageddon". It isn't a Star Fleet officer. Considering that you're one of the biggest "no nitpick" people around... I would have expected you to understand that the things people write on TOS pages is often just garbage, and overstated to say the least (THIS IS THE MOST FAMOUS BLOOPER EVER... where Kirks arm shifts magically from one place to another on the arm of his chair!). How about this... lets find a citation for this? Isn't that a reasonable thing to ask for? -- Hossrex 21:51, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

I agree with Hossrex. The note would have to cite at least one source that incorrectly credits him to remain. – Cleanse 08:55, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Hossrex, take a chill pill and don't make this personal please. There is no need to go after me with statements like "I would expect you of all people" etc. I don't think it is a nitpick/blooper at all, hence why I am not treating it as one. This is simply not a case of "MOST FAMOUS BLOOPER OF ALL OF TOS", just read the note and you will see it is not written as such. I won't treat it as something it isn't. It would be nice if we had a source, so let's slap an {{incite}} and move on. --OuroborosCobra ^talk 08:04, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

My copy of the Star Trek Concordance does indeed incorrectly credit da Vinci as Osborne, if that helps. - Bridge 12:56, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Quoted from Cobra "I would expect you of all people". But thats not what I said at all. Thats not even what I wrote. I said "I would have expected you to understand". Thats not an exclamation of incredulity, its a statement that from what I've seen you, I had expected you to agree. It seems we've found a source for the statement, as long as we have a citation, I've got no gripe with it. :) Hossrex 22:43, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Doohan note

Someone added this:

• As a Lieutenant in the Royal Canadian Artillery, James Doohan was threatened with Court Martial for real, for saying "No sir, I will not," to a visiting Colonel, when he realised a training exercise order would entail blowing the heads off some of his own men. Fortunately, his immediate superiors backed him up and, like his fictional character, he was eventually promoted to Captain.

What does this have to do with this particular episode? And what is the source of this info? --From Andoria with Love 22:29, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

If this is true I think that it is an interesting point. Having a source would be nice, though. - Jackoverfull 00:49, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

For the James Doohan page....maybe. --Alan 00:53, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Good point. - Jackoverfull 00:59, 5 March 2009 (UTC)