Number One Reason to Love TOS

[VulcanMindBlown]

What was the number one reason that you think that the Original Series was the best??

It was the plot, but the campiness of it comes at a close second!

 

[Nerys Myk]

Campiness? Trek was no more camp than the other serious dramas of the time.

 

[GNDN18]

 

[StarCruiser]

Kirk (Shatner's Kirk, not Chris Pine - no insult intended) was part of it. The overall feeling of open-ended adventure had a lot to do with it...

 

[Maurice]

Star Trek didn't have a plot. Episodes had plots: some good, some great, some not so good.

It was a combination of elements, resulting in something greater than the sum of its parts.

 

[johnnybear]

Sexy short skirted Yeomans?
JB

 

[TREK_GOD_1]

...and if that message was not clear enough...

 

[BoredShipCapt'n]

It took itself seriously, but not too seriously.

 

[Kor]

To me, TOS always projects a sense of wonder, of really pushing out into the vast, unknown reaches of space.

It also has a sense of great fun (even in the most dismal hours of the Turd Season), which I find severely lacking in much of later Trek.

Kor

 

[mach7]

For me it is it's authenticity. Those working on the show Knew what the show was, and knew what it wasn't and always worked to keep it that way.

Quality people working on a quality product.

 

[Zaminhon]

it didn't show everything in detail and it left a lot to the imagination. Like a good book, it launched further exploration of that universe in my mind.

 

[Warped9]

Many reasons given already.

Even when it stumbled or was disappointing it was never boring.

 

[JonnyQuest037]

Many reasons given already.

Even when it stumbled or was disappointing it was never boring.

TOS is like sex or pizza. Even when it's bad, it's still pretty good.

 

[Mudd]

Macao Orange.

 

[Leviathan]

Sexy short skirted Yeomans?
JB

...and Helen Noel.

 

[TOSalltheway]

A very simple question. At its heart TOS had nothing to do with "ray guns" "space ships" or "Martians". Its message was simple. Humans have a capacity for greatness. In the future we will overcome bigotry and green, and work together for a common goal.

 

[RandyS]

What was the number one reason that you think that the Original Series was the best??

It was the plot, but the campiness of it comes at a close second!

I see this unfounded (and flat-out wrong) critisism of the show alot, so let me ask: why do you think it was campy?

 

[scotpens]

. . . In the future we will overcome bigotry and green, and work together for a common goal.

Have you got something against green?

 

[BillJ]

Even when it stumbled or was disappointing it was never boring.

Even when it was downright bad, it was never boring.

So many elements came together to create the perfect storm that was TOS. I'm not sure I could pick which one I love the most.

 

[MANT!]

TOS what makes it great?...The Adventure!..most of all it was an adventure to witness.
of course the eye candy (which came after I grew up!) makes it easy to enjoy..

Bill Theiss you have my thanks!!