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I got all the TOS seasons on dvd not Blu-Ray the episodes are just awesome, the characters we all can relate to and the stories that they told were amazing as well.
Any under 30 TOS fans?
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A friend of mine has seen TOS on BluRay and his opinion is that it is very much a mixed bag. While some things look amazing and you can see incredible detail other things are revealed that can be painful to see because they were never expected to be seen at such resolution. Sometimes you can see too much.
TOS on DVD seems to be a happy compromise.
TMP and TWoK on BluRay is pretty nice.
TOS on DVD seems to be a happy compromise.
TMP and TWoK on BluRay is pretty nice.
startrekrcks
Fleet Captain
do you have the TOS seasons on DVD Warped9?
Yes. I bought them when the seasons sets first came out. I'd been waiting over thirty years for this. Of course, if I'd been smarter and more patient I'd have waited a year or two for the prices to come down to something more reasonable. But I considered it a justified indulgence because I love the show. And I don't regret the purchase.
That said I wish there had been more special extras. There's a wealth of archival materiel out there and these DVD sets barely scratch the surface of it.
I'm going to just quote this rather than post my own because both statements are true for me as well.
Yep I'm 24 and love TOS I think it's the characters themselves and how they work together and bounce off each other's energies that I love the most, the next is the story telling of course 
Some parts can seem a little kitsch or dated (like the Hippies jammin' with Spock OH GOD I laughed so hard) but it's all part of the charm. I think some of the special effects are rather ingenius for the time and the low budget.
I used to watch some TNG when I was growing up, mostly because it was the only thing on during the summer holidays lol, I liked it but was never really, really into it. I had always known of TOS as my Dad is an original Trekkie and I'm sure it was re-run on the TV here when I was very small; so when I started to watch TOS on my own accord recently I was surprised at how many of the characters and how much about them I already knew.
When TNG first aired though, they used to show it around 8 or 9 in the evening I think - I just remember my Mum and Dad both sitting down to watch it and my sis and I having to go to bed. (My Mum would be a closet/flyby fan I think - Data is her favourite)
So yeah, blame my Dad lol
I think it's the characters themselves and how they work together and bounce off each other's energies that I love the most, the next is the story telling of course Some parts can seem a little kitsch or dated (like the Hippies jammin' with Spock OH GOD I laughed so hard) but it's all part of the charm. I think some of the special effects are rather ingenius for the time and the low budget.I used to watch some TNG when I was growing up, mostly because it was the only thing on during the summer holidays lol, I liked it but was never really, really into it. I had always known of TOS as my Dad is an original Trekkie and I'm sure it was re-run on the TV here when I was very small; so when I started to watch TOS on my own accord recently I was surprised at how many of the characters and how much about them I already knew.
When TNG first aired though, they used to show it around 8 or 9 in the evening I think - I just remember my Mum and Dad both sitting down to watch it and my sis and I having to go to bed.
(My Mum would be a closet/flyby fan I think - Data is her favourite)So yeah, blame my Dad lol
I'm 21 years old, and I'm a TOS fan. I was aware of Star Trek as a child because my parents watched TNG religiously, but I never got into it - I was born during the second season, so even by the end of the series I was still a bit too young to understand the stories. I was vaguely aware that there was an earlier show before TNG, and I was always curious about it.
My Trek fandom started at 11. For Christmas '99, my parents gave me the VHS box set of all 9 Star Trek films. When I saw Wrath of Khan, I was hooked. Then, finally, I began watching reruns of TOS on the SciFi channel in 2000. I particularly remember the Labor Day marathon that year as being a bit transformative.
I've grown to love and appreciate all the other Trek shows to varying degrees, but TOS will forever be my favorite. I guess most folks my age relate the most to TNG, but for me, TOS is just the most fun. TOS has an energy to it, a flavor. (I love TNG, but goodness knows if it had a flavor it would be vanilla!)
My Trek fandom started at 11. For Christmas '99, my parents gave me the VHS box set of all 9 Star Trek films. When I saw Wrath of Khan, I was hooked. Then, finally, I began watching reruns of TOS on the SciFi channel in 2000. I particularly remember the Labor Day marathon that year as being a bit transformative.
I've grown to love and appreciate all the other Trek shows to varying degrees, but TOS will forever be my favorite. I guess most folks my age relate the most to TNG, but for me, TOS is just the most fun. TOS has an energy to it, a flavor. (I love TNG, but goodness knows if it had a flavor it would be vanilla!)
Hello I am 18 and I love TOS and have since I was about 15 or so. I don't see what's wrong with loving the camp that is what made both it and TAS so endearing (How can you not love to hate Spock's Brain?) for me but of course there was so much more. A woman as a bridge officer? Speaking out against racism? Star Trek has so many good messages to it that were quite shocking for the time. Not to mention the cast of lovable characters that you really felt for. Moments that make your heart get that warm and fuzzy feeling. Like when Spock thinks he has killed Kirk but when he sees he is alive his icy exterior momentarily melts away. You can feel his happiness. It is really hard for me to say if it is my favorite because every series has its special moments and I love them all... but TOS and TAS definitely the absolute dearest to my heart.
When I was nine or ten years old, my best friend and I had a grand masterplan to build two side by side tree-houses that would stand in for the Enterprise and a Klingon Bird-of-Prey. He, Captain Kirk, would command the Enterprise, while I, Spock, would command the Bird-of-Prey. This was obviously around 1990, since we were both under the impression that Spock was now the captain of a Bird-of-Prey. It seems like everyone liked Trek in those days.
Shame that the plan never got off the ground, I think I would have enjoyed commanding a Bird-of-Prey.
Shame that the plan never got off the ground, I think I would have enjoyed commanding a Bird-of-Prey.
I turned twenty-five last month, and I've been a fan of Star Trek (never really liked calling it "TOS") for almost twelve years now.
Despite growing up during the heydey of The Next Generation's popularity, the original crew were the first I'd really get to know. My family didn't have access to broadcast or cable tv, so while I'd seen the occasional episode when at a relative's house (I think the first episode I ever saw, randomly, was "Birthright, Part II"), it wasn't until I was thirteen watching The Motion Picture on VHS that I really got into Star Trek. (I got the movie out from the library cuz I was a big Star Wars fangirl, and I wanted to find something my little brother could be a fan of so he'd leave my stuff alone. Unfortunately, I was the one who got hooked.)
So after watching the first six films, my uncle found out that I was getting into Star Trek, and brought over a cassette tape for me to watch. At about this time, the Sci-Fi Channel was airing the "Special Editions" of Star Trek, unedited for modern broadcast and including behind-the-scenes info. My uncle had recorded a marathon of the "Viewer's Choice" episodes, and so my introduction to the series was probably the very best of the best (though, at this point, I find almost every episode immensely watchable).
I think what keeps me hooked to the original Star Trek over it's later incarnations is how human it is. The Next Generation and it's descendants (even Deep Space Nine, somewhat, though that show was better about it later on) really stripped a lot of the drama from the stories by allowing the characters to have achieved that Roddenberry ideal. I think the key difference is that in Star Trek, the society has reached the utopian ideal, but in The Next Generation, the characters have, and the conflict inherent in the former ("We can admit that we're killers... but we're not going to kill today.") is so much more interesting.
(This is, perhaps somewhat sacriligeously, why I'm such a huge fan of the newest film as well. The science fiction aspects of it might have been dumb as a bag of rocks, but it brought the human element back to the franchise, and made me feel like I was actually watching Star Trek again.)
So yeah! I have all three seasons on DVD, though I'm hoping to upgrade those to Blu-ray as soon as I have the money to. It's still an absolutely fantastic show.
Despite growing up during the heydey of The Next Generation's popularity, the original crew were the first I'd really get to know. My family didn't have access to broadcast or cable tv, so while I'd seen the occasional episode when at a relative's house (I think the first episode I ever saw, randomly, was "Birthright, Part II"), it wasn't until I was thirteen watching The Motion Picture on VHS that I really got into Star Trek. (I got the movie out from the library cuz I was a big Star Wars fangirl, and I wanted to find something my little brother could be a fan of so he'd leave my stuff alone. Unfortunately, I was the one who got hooked.)
So after watching the first six films, my uncle found out that I was getting into Star Trek, and brought over a cassette tape for me to watch. At about this time, the Sci-Fi Channel was airing the "Special Editions" of Star Trek, unedited for modern broadcast and including behind-the-scenes info. My uncle had recorded a marathon of the "Viewer's Choice" episodes, and so my introduction to the series was probably the very best of the best (though, at this point, I find almost every episode immensely watchable).
I think what keeps me hooked to the original Star Trek over it's later incarnations is how human it is. The Next Generation and it's descendants (even Deep Space Nine, somewhat, though that show was better about it later on) really stripped a lot of the drama from the stories by allowing the characters to have achieved that Roddenberry ideal. I think the key difference is that in Star Trek, the society has reached the utopian ideal, but in The Next Generation, the characters have, and the conflict inherent in the former ("We can admit that we're killers... but we're not going to kill today.") is so much more interesting.
(This is, perhaps somewhat sacriligeously, why I'm such a huge fan of the newest film as well. The science fiction aspects of it might have been dumb as a bag of rocks, but it brought the human element back to the franchise, and made me feel like I was actually watching Star Trek again.)
So yeah! I have all three seasons on DVD, though I'm hoping to upgrade those to Blu-ray as soon as I have the money to. It's still an absolutely fantastic show.
Sign me up! I'm kind of a traditionalist in general, but especially with Star Trek. I lot of people my age like TNG better, probably because they grew up with it, but I grew up with TOS. It doesn't get any better than this.
I really, really don't want to get into another argument about the movie, but I'm constantly baffled by how much different other people's experiences with this movie were (I want to like it, I really do!) I found the human element to be quite lacking, IMHO. I thought Kirk was just a punk, and Spock didn't act even remotely Vulcan. Bones was just kinda dull, I guess (and don't get me started on their ridiculous explanation for the nickname!
) Anyway... I'm not trying to say you're wrong or anything, I want to try to see this from your perspective. Do you think it's just a matter of different sociological viewpoints or worldviews, or is there something really fundamental about the movie I'm missing? Because I can understand people loving the movie for the action/adventure elements, or even just that some version of the old characters they loved are back in new adventures. But I really never thought I'd hear someone say it's because of the human element, and I'd like to know more about that.
Oh, by the way, is your nickname based on the character in the novel, The Lost Years?
Are they all on Blu-Ray now? I remember when the remastered seasons first came out, it was right at the peak of the format wars, and so only the third season was released on Blu-Ray. Have they re-released seasons 1 and 2 since then? I guess it would make sense, but I guess sales would probably diminish over some people not wanting to double up.
I don't have Blu-Ray yet, but I would like to go through all the remastered eps at some point. I might as well go all the way (since I already have the regular DVDs).
I really, really don't want to get into another argument about the movie, but I'm constantly baffled by how much different other people's experiences with this movie were (I want to like it, I really do!) I found the human element to be quite lacking, IMHO. I thought Kirk was just a punk, and Spock didn't act even remotely Vulcan. Bones was just kinda dull, I guess (and don't get me started on their ridiculous explanation for the nickname!
) Anyway... I'm not trying to say you're wrong or anything, I want to try to see this from your perspective. Do you think it's just a matter of different sociological viewpoints or worldviews, or is there something really fundamental about the movie I'm missing? Because I can understand people loving the movie for the action/adventure elements, or even just that some version of the old characters they loved are back in new adventures. But I really never thought I'd hear someone say it's because of the human element, and I'd like to know more about that. Oh, by the way, is your nickname based on the character in the novel, The Lost Years?
Are they all on Blu-Ray now? I remember when the remastered seasons first came out, it was right at the peak of the format wars, and so only the third season was released on Blu-Ray. Have they re-released seasons 1 and 2 since then? I guess it would make sense, but I guess sales would probably diminish over some people not wanting to double up.
I don't have Blu-Ray yet, but I would like to go through all the remastered eps at some point. I might as well go all the way (since I already have the regular DVDs).
Hah, let me be clear, I don't think there's a great deal of depth to the film's emotional core. It's all very broad "universal" stuff that lots of movies before and since have and will explore much more deftly.I really, really don't want to get into another argument about the movie, but I'm constantly baffled by how much different other people's experiences with this movie were (I want to like it, I really do!) I found the human element to be quite lacking, IMHO. I thought Kirk was just a punk, and Spock didn't act even remotely Vulcan. Bones was just kinda dull, I guess (and don't get me started on their ridiculous explanation for the nickname!
It's just that after decades of The Next Generation stuff, it was truly enjoyable for me to get Star Trek back to a place where that emotional element is even a factor. The "spirit of Star Trek" that I felt it captured was in the character relationships. The characters talk like real people, they bicker and joke, they dislike each other as much as they like each other. They feel like people, instead of just jobs.
It's the contrast between "Encounter at Farpoint" and "Where No Man Has Gone Before". "Farpoint" has a veneer of human interaction in the hints of past relationships between Picard and Crusher or Riker and Troi. But all that stuff is past, now we're here, being all very serious and doing our jobs. It's stifling, and though I enjoy The Next Generation, it's generally for the plots. In "Where No Man..." you see these characters truly interacting, with stray lines that might mean nothing to propelling the plot, but explore the themes of the episode and the real lives of the characters on screen. The dialog is largely naturalized and conversational, especially for the time it was produced. That's the kind of stuff I enjoy watching, and why Star Trek (2009) rings true for me.
Oh man, I haven't read that book since a camping trip I went on when I was fifteen (I wound up having to buy it from the library cuz it got destroyed in an unexpected rain storm). No, it's just my name in real life.
Yep! You can get all three seasons on Amazon, sadly for only a little bit more than I spent per season when they were first being released on DVD.
I'm 20 and I love TOS. The Original Series made the future fun and exciting, it wasn't strangled by the cynicism and pessimism of similar shows I could name. The characters were compelling and timeless. TOS never let gratuitous technobable get in the way of a good story. The production values may not be what I'm used to, but I'm certain they were adequate for its time.
Interesting. I guess I can kinda see that perspective.
I am 26 and I love TOS (also, I have a 19 year old friend who also loves it). It's very unique and exciting, and it has great character interaction between Kirk, Spock, and Bones. It's true that some episodes, especially in season 3, are pretty campy, but I find that interesting too. I've always loved older sci-fi/horror movies for what we would now call campiness/cheesiness - it's a period style of entertainment that is often more refreshing than contemporary dark, super badass sci fi action/entertainment. And the bright colors on TOS make me happy.
My fav episodes are The Naked Time, City on the Edge of Forever, Amok Time, Journey to Babel, The Trouble with Tribbles, A Piece of the Action, and Day of the Dove.
My fav episodes are The Naked Time, City on the Edge of Forever, Amok Time, Journey to Babel, The Trouble with Tribbles, A Piece of the Action, and Day of the Dove.
This, this, and this! We really didn't get to see this (aside from TWOK) until the BSG re-imagining, of all things.
29, here. Been into Trek since I was too young to distinguish between the different shows. I didn't understand why they sometimes had a captain with hair, and other times a bald captain. My best friend, who has been thus for over twenty years, became my best friend when I drew a picture of the TOS Enterprise on notebook paper captioned 'can you draw this?' and passed it to him. He responded by drawing the Ent-D.
For the record, I think my favorite episode of any ST show is 'Errand of Mercy'.
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I like that. It's not really unfortunate, though, is it?
My two children in sixth grade. They've been watching for years. My daughter just saw the "best of" DVD in a store, read off the episodes, knew them, and commented on their being good choices.
(They usually demur at watching TAS, btw. I'm watching them through a second time for familiarity, but the kids don't like 'em, compared to the live action eps.)
(They usually demur at watching TAS, btw. I'm watching them through a second time for familiarity, but the kids don't like 'em, compared to the live action eps.)
I'm 36 and my wife is 33. I grew up on TOS and it's REAL TREK to me. She grew up on TNG but she now loves TOS.
The real newbie is our friend, Tam, who is now 28. He watched every single ep on the DVDs in order and absolutely loves the show.
Interestingly enough, all of us, despite our varied backgrounds, HATE Trek2009.
^_^
The real newbie is our friend, Tam, who is now 28. He watched every single ep on the DVDs in order and absolutely loves the show.
Interestingly enough, all of us, despite our varied backgrounds, HATE Trek2009.
^_^
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