Original STAR TREK on Netflix...Anyone watching?
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I grew up during the 1960's. One of the BEST eras for Music, Fashion, Cultural change, and TV. One of them was the original STAR TREK series with William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy. Little did we know at the time that this series would spawn 4 subsequent series of their own over the years, as well as films.
I am into the 20th episode of the 3rd season. I noticed how the scripts improved, the acting improved, the realizations of future inventions for communicating, etc., that would emerge from that show.
My late father was a Designer Engineer for Lockheed Missels and Space in Sunnyvale, California when the show was on. It was his favorite show to watch. I am certain that many of his inventions for the Defense Department, still in use today by the US Navy and Air Force, were inspired from STAR TREK.
What say you?
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tymorial
(3,433 posts)Especially the third season. Hippy Spock? Puhlease.
Kolesar
(31,182 posts)I bought a Dish Network receiver so that I could watch it in 600 line resolution.
I have seen every episode of the original series a dozen times. There was a certain hopefulness to that series. Roddenberry was brilliant.
Watchfoxheadexplodes
(3,496 posts)Loving the new star trek discovery.
Fave episode
Balance of terror
longship
(40,416 posts)It was a retelling of The Enemy Below which starred Robert Mitchum and Curt Jurgens.
Trailer:
But Balance of Terror featured some crucial Star Trek firsts. It was the introduction of Romulans to the series, as well as their "bird of prey" battle cruisers; plus, the first cloaking device. Then, there was Mark Lenard as the Romulan captain. Of course, for the next decades Lenard would achieve another fame as Spock's father, the Vulcan Ambassador to the federation. BoT was his first casting in the series.
Episode trailer:
Indeed, one of the best ST:TOS episodes.
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,791 posts)Rate as two of my favorite episodes from the 2nd season.
Also look in the Documentary section for "The Truth Is In The Stars" with William Shatner and "For The Love of Spock" about Leonard Nimoy by son Adam for more TREK connections.
SamKnause
(13,110 posts)I have always and will always be a Trekie.
Live Long and Prosper.
Polly Hennessey
(6,804 posts)It is comfort food for me. I agree there is a hopefulness to it. Like curling up with a good book just before sleep.
procon
(15,805 posts)I'm taking my time, rewind, pause, examine, listen, and I'm finding a lot of subtle (and some very challenging!) references to the wide scope of social changes that was sweeping across the country back in the day. I also see just how STs notoriously low budget factored into the somewhat cheesy set design; I thought it was all fabulous at the time. Even the laughable limits of the low tech gizmos the show had doesn't detract from the keen imagination of the writers that let us glimpse into what might be possible in the future, and many of STs concepts are in use today.
exboyfil
(17,865 posts)I hope at some point that they would return to the original effects (kind of like I have the same hope for original prints of Star Wars before the scenes were covered up by CGI).
https://www.google.com/search?q=planet+killer+special+effects+star+trek+original+vs.+updated&tbm=isch&imgil=6HgeBtafP14evM%253A%253B5LiBWP3yTcPU0M%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.ex-astris-scientia.org%25252Fschematics%25252Fancient_ships.htm&source=iu&pf=m&fir=6HgeBtafP14evM%253A%252C5LiBWP3yTcPU0M%252C_&usg=__fg_YjuVOMAQuEDTamcIY7HQUgRI%3D&biw=635&bih=923&ved=0ahUKEwizmcGhmMjWAhVFjlQKHZ7CDncQyjcIPg&ei=YBTNWbPpKcWc0gKehbu4Bw#imgrc=6HgeBtafP14evM:
flamin lib
(14,559 posts)$7 a month.
hunter
(38,327 posts)I've also got an embarrassing number of Star Trek episodes from VCR times. They take up a lot of room, about as much as my Atari 800 stuff.
I've watched all the Star Treks on Netflix 'cause it's easier than digging through the video cassettes and DVDs in my garage.
I'm a long time observer of the Star Trek internet community, and I may have been somewhat responsible, in an indirect way, for some of the first Slash to be uploaded to the internet, from barely readable paper copies-of-copies-of-copies traded about at conventions... (I first signed onto the internet in 1979.) I also know people who wrote it, but they'd probably hunt me down and hurt me if I ever exposed them.