For reference https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/The_Galileo_Seven_(episode)
Yeah that was NOT A FOLSOM POINT. Sorry, Trek really makes my ancient geek blood stir.
Yeah that was *NOT A FOLSOM POINT*. Sorry, Trek really makes my ancient geek blood stir.
It was a good line though and set the tone for Spocks command and leadership style, logic.
It was a good line though and set the tone for Spocks command and leadership style, logic.
Oh I agree that the line advanced the plot and made the other crewmen distrust Spock as a leader even more. What i can't abide is that they had the money to make that show but they couldn't bother to, you know, pop open the F volume of their Encyclopedia Brittanica and look at an actual picture of a Folsom Point before they made a prop that utilized Core-Style flint knapping techniques instead of Flake-Style flint knapping techniques, which is sort of what the Folsom Point is famous for among archaeologists.
Oh I agree that the line advanced the plot and made the other crewmen distrust Spock as a leader even more. What i can't abide is that they had the money to make that show but they couldn't bother to, you know, pop open the F volume of their Encyclopedia Brittanica and look at an actual picture of a Folsom Point before they made a prop that utilized Core-Style flint knapping techniques instead of Flake-Style flint knapping techniques, which is sort of what the Folsom Point is famous for among archaeologists.
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