Disco's version of TOS/TAS: Differences
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You got that right and I know for one thing they can’t take away my memories.
Yup. Star Trek could stop being produced tomorrow and I would continue on, cherishing what I already have.
... or your DVD's ... Bluray's ... VHS Tapes ... Laser Disc's ... Digital ...
LMAO Got that right too... or your DVD's ... Bluray's ... VHS Tapes ... Laser Disc's ... Digital ...
Yep I have just bought everything Star Trek on DVD so trust me with all the material I don’t think I need anymore and plus I still have the books I hear some of them are pretty good in fact I have several Star Trek books
Tape Reels, if you want to go really Old School.
And was TOS ever released on Beta? And Beta was a shitty name, now that I think about it. How can you win a Format War with a name like "Beta"? Alphas are the ones who win.
And was TOS ever released on Beta? And Beta was a shitty name, now that I think about it. How can you win a Format War with a name like "Beta"? Alphas are the ones who win.
I don't remember seeing any of TOS available on BETA, but TMP was.
oops ... Googled it ....
I was wrong, Paramount released 10 episodes of TOS on BETA in 1980.
Well for me it’s DVDs. I have everything. I’ll series all movies even the new ones. And who knows maybe one day I’ll even get discovery but of course whenever they finish it I want to get a nice big box
Hehe ... I've got all the different versions of TOS on DVD.
Started with waaaay back (1999) when Paramount released them 2 episodes to a Disc.
Still have all 40 Discs in a box somewhere around here.
As well as every version since then.
I think it's up to about 9 or 10 different version now?
(honestly, I've lost count)
Started with waaaay back (1999) when Paramount released them 2 episodes to a Disc.
Still have all 40 Discs in a box somewhere around here.
As well as every version since then.
I think it's up to about 9 or 10 different version now?
(honestly, I've lost count)
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But you know something it all started was a box my mom’s DVDs. She was a Trekkie before me.
First I watched Star Wars. In fact she kind of had to convince me to try Star Trek I thought I wouldn’t like it. She told me to watch the motion picture because she had on DVD. But I thought she was just talking old school so I picked The first one in the self that said Star Trek. I ended up watching the 2009 movie. And while I appreciate the motion picture now if I were to watch did back then I probably would’ve never of gotten into Star Trek. But then before you knew it I watched the original movies and I watch the next generation movies. I only bought a couple years later I bought the original series on DVD then voyager but I got the next generation and deep space nine and then finally I entireprise at Walmart. Although I just don’t have Star Trek on DVD. I have a bunch of old shows I even have the original Battlestar Galactica on DVD.
First I watched Star Wars. In fact she kind of had to convince me to try Star Trek I thought I wouldn’t like it. She told me to watch the motion picture because she had on DVD. But I thought she was just talking old school so I picked The first one in the self that said Star Trek. I ended up watching the 2009 movie. And while I appreciate the motion picture now if I were to watch did back then I probably would’ve never of gotten into Star Trek. But then before you knew it I watched the original movies and I watch the next generation movies. I only bought a couple years later I bought the original series on DVD then voyager but I got the next generation and deep space nine and then finally I entireprise at Walmart. Although I just don’t have Star Trek on DVD. I have a bunch of old shows I even have the original Battlestar Galactica on DVD.
Until Discovery, I only bought TOS and the movies on DVD or Blu-Ray. The DVD sets for Star Trek were so ridiculously expensive (at least for me because I was in my 20s and I had no money... now I'm at the end of my 30s and I still have no money! 
). I made an exception for TOS because it was my favorite Star Trek series and it was only three seasons. But TNG, DS9, VOY, and ENT at $100 per set? No thanks. I could've waited for them to come down in price but I'm not enough of a fan of the Berman Era to have wanted to do that and by the time the sets became more affordable, they were available on streaming. So, yeah, because of this TOS stayed the only Trek series I bought on DVD, until now.
). I made an exception for TOS because it was my favorite Star Trek series and it was only three seasons. But TNG, DS9, VOY, and ENT at $100 per set? No thanks. I could've waited for them to come down in price but I'm not enough of a fan of the Berman Era to have wanted to do that and by the time the sets became more affordable, they were available on streaming. So, yeah, because of this TOS stayed the only Trek series I bought on DVD, until now.Well although I’m not a big fan of Rick Berman I am a big fan of the 23 century so and plus my internet is horribleUntil Discovery, I only bought TOS and the movies on DVD or Blu-Ray. The DVD sets for Star Trek were so ridiculously expensive (at least for me because I was in my 20s and I had no money... now I'm at the end of my 30s and I still have no money!
The events of the prime timeline are unchanged, and always will be. Even from DSC's perspective, the future events of TOS will play out exactly like they happened on TOS, word for word, action for action. The viewer is free to see all of this in whatever visual medium they choose (for example, imagine everything in DSC happening exactly as written, but with a TOS aesthetic), but prime is prime, after all.
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Columbia House released all the episodes on Beta similar to how they released TOS on VHS. I’ve got “The Menagerie” and WNMHGB/Mudd’s Women on Beta.
Also just saw a trailer for DIS Season 2 on SPACE, and Spock looks like Mirror Spock wit beard and moustache, plus Pike and the Enterprise crew is wearing the DIS uniform! So they couldn’t have the Enterprise wear “The Cage” uniform? (So that means Starfleet will revert to the Cage uniforms in 10 years for 2265 and then update the uniforms in 2266 and introduce the mini-skirt for the female crew members!)
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Totally agree. Spock was either lying or incompetent in the original version of the history.
And OMG yes the romulan commander would definitely be James Frain!
Wasn’t there also something about scrambler codes in that episode too? Or was it one of the Klingon episodes? Kirk tells Uhura to use a code he knows the enemy has broken - is that the Enterprise incident I’m thinking of?
Everything you cite, while correct to the episode, was deeply anachronistic 20 years ago. Your personal email (and, I'd hope, even your TBBS login) is vastly more complicated and secure.
"Scrambler" is lifted straight from WW2, and was the best way to obfuscate audiovisual communications when you only have analog technology. It's how pre-digital cable kept you from watching the premium channels. Encryption (which obfuscates the digital content rather than the carrier wave) has pretty much supplanted scrambling, even though they're technically compatible technology (encrypt the data, scramble the carrier). It's just not necessary.
None of the rest of the Enterprise crew wear that uniform - only Pike. And even then it's only when he (temporarily) takes over command of the Discovery.
The redshirt he brought with him was seen in the background of a BTS vid wearing the DSC uniform
... and a skirt.
If that redshirt actually transfers over to the Discovery, like Pike (i.e. not just visiting) then that makes sense.
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