Star Trek: "The Magicks of Megas-Tu"

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Title: Star Trek [The Animated Series]: "The Magicks of Megas-Tu"
Year: 1973
Network: NBC
Episode: the eighth (of sixteen) from season one; 24 minutes
Creator: Gene Roddenberry
Director: Hal Sutherland
Writer: Larry Brody
Starring: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley
With: George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, James Doohan, Ed Bishop
Music: Alexander Courage (theme); Ray Ellis, Norm Prescott
I saw it: on video a couple times, most recently yesterday (have on DVD)
Synopsis: at the center of the galaxy, magic is real

My reaction
Concept: 0/4 (Terrible). Now everybody has god-like powers!
Story: 1/4 (Bad)
Characters: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Dialog: 1/4 (Bad)
Pacing: 1/4 (Bad)
Cinematography: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Special effects/design: 3/4 (Good)
Acting: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Music: 4/4 (Great)
Subjective Rating: 5/10 (Indifferent, 2/4). And this is the crap you get when you hand Star Trek over to a "television writer." I had thought that the A-list sci-fi writers that kicked off this series meant they'd learned their lesson. Guess not.
Objective Rating (Average): 1.8/4 (Eh)