wrog

I'm going to have to watch those now that I've got them. Once I have about 70 hours to spare. So far I've only seen "Operation: Annhilate!" (yay destroying more alien races) and "Mirror, Mirror", because for some reason they refuse to show that in reruns.

The thing that always strikes me most in watching the old episodes is how different the characters are, especially Spock. I think it's Charlie X where he's just hanging out with the crew, jamming on his lyre. And smiling! Freaky stuff.

Most of the bad-ass aliens you mentioned could have dismantled the Borg by themselves. Except maybe the Talosians. I suspect the Borg would have outsmarted those arrogant buttheads by relying on multiple sensor readings. If the Talosians were really smart, they wouldn't have let the crew blast off the top of that rock, they would have just made them aim a few feet to the side. And then imagine Borgified Talosians!

I suspect that for the most part the uber-powerful aliens, like in the Uplift universe and the Babylon 5, just sort of graduate beyond the concerns of mere mortals. Eventually.

Space: 1999 is one show that I often wished I could have seen more of. I suspect it wouldn't hold up well in retrospect, though.