TOS viewing frequency...

[Nerys Myk]

48 ( popular age) and I watch every week because of TOS-R. I also watch the reruns on TV Land ( or where ever they show up) if I run across them while surfing. When the need arises I will break out the DVDs to double check my facts when discussing Star Trek on this BBS

 

[KeepOnTrekking]

I watch TOS once in a while. It's still my favorite trek series. I watched TOS-R every week when it started but after the first 2 months, the sfx were just too cartoony and I only watched the occasional show like Doomsday Machine or Tholian Web. Recently, I just stopped watching TOS-R altogether. I can grab the old show and put it in the machine whenever I want and not have to worry about all the baseball preemptions with the TOS-R airings during the summer.

 

[DanTheGrey]

Over 30 and watch it very infrequently. Generally it's not on at a time I'm watching TV except for the odd time I come across a remastered episode on a Sunday afternoon.

Haven't regularly watched the show in years.

 

[Trekwatcher]

Over 30 and still watching regularly. As with all things trek, my interest in a particular series waxes and wanes with time. Some episodes I have not seen in years while others I watch with some regularity.

I tape TOS-R every week and watch it. Plus, I work out daily with the TV on and I will often put on a Star Trek show to watch while jogging, etc.

It is funny-sometimes episodes that had previously bored me in the past become intensely interesting if I am older or looking at them from a different perspective. I used to be very ambivalent r.e. "The Conscience of the King" but the last time I watched this I really got more out of it than I had in a decade as I am more interested in Kirk's backstory. Similarly, "The Man Trap" is now more interesting to me given the light it sheds on McCoy.

There have been times when I did not watch TOS for very extended periods, but I always come back to it, even if the gap is very long.

 

[pookha]

over 30 and been watching the remastered

 

[Warp14]

Fair weather viewers, ain't cha. I watch TOS every friggn' day!

I guess that deserves an explaination. Yeah, I'm deployed over in Iraq and I loaded as many TOS-R and classic TOS episodes I could on my iPod. I figure watch at least an episode a day (considering I don't have a TV and there is nothing to watch even if I did).

I imagine when I return to the states, I probably fall back into the "once in a while" category. The weird thing is I still see some aspect in each episode I didn't notice before.

And I'm 39, if you're keeping score.

 

[Ryan Thomas Riddle]

Turned 31, this year, and I still can't get enough of TOS. It's one of those things that lit my imagination when I was barely outta diapers and walking, and it's stuck with me ever since. The same goes for anything "Superman."

Trek and Supes are the only thing that if I catch it on the tube, I'll set and watch it. And on the occasion I have some free time, I'll pop in a DVD and watch 'em.

 

[Jack Bauer]

I'm 39 and I just watch every once in a while. I've seen every episode probably 30 times over the course of my life so I find it hard to make it through many episodes so I watch one or two here and there. Itend to get a bit bored since I know every twist and turn of the plot by heart.

 

[T'Bonz]

48. I've not seen them in a while. I'm a bit Star Trekked out. Doesn't mean I don't like it, means that I've been on this board for 7 years and am more in a dormant Trek phase.

Kinda sorta. I still loves my Kirk, Spock and McCoy. Often imitated, never surpassed!

 

[scotthm]

Over 30, watch once in a while.

I'd watch more often but my wife doesn't like sci-fi stuff very much (except for Babylon 5, for some reason.)

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[igrokbok]

40-ran through them all when I got the first release DVD's over the period of a couple years, I had NEVER seen TOS look and sound that good. Then it was just once in awhile. Now with remastered every week, it's been a lot of fun to get friends over and watch for new effects, bitch and moan about the edits and make a night of it. I suspect when the HD-remastered discs are out, I might have an HD set and player by then and will have yet another reason to zip through them. Can't wait!

 

[Bishbot]

I'm 20 and I have the first season on DVD, so I watch that quite often. I'm in the uk so very occasionaly I watch it when the BBC airs it very late on friday nights, although it depends on the episode - a few times my flatmate and I have sat up until 2:00am, turned the tv on, said something like "I'm not bloody staying up for "The Omega Glory" and then gone straight to bed - however at reasonable time I'm definitely in the, if its on, I'll watch it category.

 

[Vulcanian]

Under 30 and...

I watch TOS almost never aymore. It's pretty much off TV.

 

[Ssosmcin]

Well, I'm a few months shy of 40 and watch Trek all the time. It's not the only thing, mind you, but I watch it quite often. I'll pop in the episodes from a season set if I want to watch a few at once. Or I'll graban individual volume DVD if I want to only watch one and not have to deal with the set packaging. Or maybe, I'll slip on a Laser Disc copy for the original sound mix and preview where it belongs.

It's the best Trek of the 5 shows and it gets plenty of viewing from me and has since I was 4 (except for that gap when it wasn't on every day and before the VHS tapes came out).

 

[defconprime]

I'm 27 and I watch it pretty regularly still. It's the only Trek series I feel compelled to own, even though I've been slowly netflixing through TNG, and just started DS9. I mean, I've seen all of TNG and DS9 before, but I'm just not as connected to them as TOS.

Of the 179 or whatever TNG episodes, I can't really imagine more than 10 I would pop in and watch for fun while I'm working on something, but there are about 76 TOS episodes I would gladly watch on a whim.

 

[erastus25]

TOS is the only series I own on DVD (I have the rest recorded on VHS) and probably the only one I'm willing to buy. I took a four year hiatus while I was in college but I'm now back to regular viewing! And as other posters have indicated, I've noticed new things with this repeat viewing despite having seen each episode at least 10 times.

Edit: I'm 23, by the way.

 

[Ovation]

Over 30 (about to be 40) and I watch on occasion. It's on every weekday in Canada on cable and I DVR it when a favourite episode comes on the schedule (though I often run out of time and it's gone before I can settle in to watch it). I probably grab 1-3 episodes a month (would probably be double that if I saw all the ones I record on the DVR).

 

[Hambone]

"Regularly" being at least once a week.

 

[Noname Given]

44 and still watch it regularly. In fact TOS, TOS-R and Enterprise (on HDNet since I didn't have an HD set until recently and have yet to see all the ENT eps in native HD format); are the only 'franchis' episodes I catch.

TNG is virtually unwatchable to me anymore; and even DS9 comes across as somewhat 'meh'; and it used to be my favorite after TOS.

 

[Steven Of Nine]

I'm 41. I still can't get enough. As noted before, I took my DVD box sets, ripped the audio off 'em, encoded to wma, and have them in my philips GoGear.

We listen to 3-5 episodes... every day, at work, with the player set to randomise.

Oh, one note: "...and the Children Shall Lead" is omitted.

So, I don't watch, but I listen to 20 or so episodes every week.