This is one of the shallowest episodes in that the plot really seemed like an excuse to just have fun. BUT, I appreciated this light- hearted approach and this is truly one of the best episodes to see on a purely fun level. Think about it--the crew members have encounters with the white rabbit and Alice from Wonderland, a Bengal tiger, a samurai warrior, a knight on horseback who kills McCoy, and a host of other seemingly bizarre events that just don't make any sense at all until the very end. Despite all the danger, you just can't take everything very seriously--it's just too fun and the whole episode seems very surreal. So, on a purely non-aesthetic level, it's great stuff.
By the way, when the plane appears, it's VERY sloppily done. It changed from what appears to be a Hellcat then Corsair fighter plane. However, in closeups, its color is VERY different and is some American plane (a P-35 perhaps) and isn't dark blue but bright gray with Japanese markings! Sloppy.
By the way, when the plane appears, it's VERY sloppily done. It changed from what appears to be a Hellcat then Corsair fighter plane. However, in closeups, its color is VERY different and is some American plane (a P-35 perhaps) and isn't dark blue but bright gray with Japanese markings! Sloppy.