Watch all Star Trek Series but not TOS. Not Sure If I should

[Forbin]

Shatner explained his dramatic pauses thus: Normal people who aren't reading from a script don't always know exactly what they're going to say until they say it. So his... pauses... are to simulate how a... real person... might speak, while trying to... think of the next word.

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[johnnybear]

I grew up with TOS and still watch it more than any of the others!
JB

 

[IronMaiden]

I'm watching it now, only 10 minutes left until it is done.

 

[Poltargyst]

I'm watching it now, only 10 minutes left until it is done.

I'm sure we're all on the edge of our seats awaiting your review.

 

[Forbin]

How can you be watching it if you're posting here? Pay attention to the show.

 

[Zaminhon]

You might have noticed the show is overly colorful, plenty of primary colors. You have to realize in 1966 it was a major transitional period for Color TV. Less than a quarter of the households had color TV, but it was on the rise. When my family got their first color TV, the first show I watched was ST. Those colors just assaulted the senses (in a good way). Interesting article here about the transition to color in the 60's.

http://www.tvobscurities.com/articles/color60s/

 

[Sparkle Fabulosa]

It is really campy, like most tv shows in the 60's. Bewitched and I Dream Of Jeannie come to mind but I love camp! I've decided TOS is going to be my next venture into Trekdom. It's because of Spock. I was looking up some trailers and came across "Best Spock Moments". For a Vulcan, he has some great subtle humor.

 

[BillJ]

It is really campy, like most tv shows in the 60's. Bewitched and I Dream Of Jeannie come to mind but I love camp! I've decided TOS is going to be my next venture into Trekdom. It's because of Spock. I was looking up some trailers and came across "Best Spock Moments". For a Vulcan, he has some great subtle humor.

Once you get into it, you may find it isn't as campy as you imagine. It could definitely be very dark.

 

[EnriqueH]

TOS=My Favorite Show of All Time.

And there's a 99.999999999% chance that it will remain so until the day I slip the surly bonds of Earth...to touch the face of God.

 

[BillJ]

TOS=My Favorite Show of All Time.

And there's a 99.999999999% chance that it will remain so until the day I slip the surly bonds of Earth...to touch the face of God.

Same here. Though I'm pretty sure I've got reserved beachfront property on the Lake of Fire. But as long as it has a Blu-ray player and HDTV, I'm good.

 

[EnriqueH]

Shut up! You got your beachfront property on Eden...I mean Genesis...ah, fuck it Paradise City...ah whatever.

As long as we can watch TOS.

And who knows?

Maybe we got Season 4 and 5 waiting for us.

After all, like Kirk said, we were meant to struggle and crawl our way there...

 

[kirkfan]

Much as we love TOS, there are some people, mostly younger, who will never like it. It's a creation of the late 1960s and the future looked very different back then.

Your safest bet is to stream some individual episodes over the Internet (Hulu? Netflix? Youtube? It's got to be somewhere) and see what you think rather than buying a whole season sight unseen.

+1

Anyone that wants to get into TOS, should watch "And the Children Shall Lead" first. If one can make it through that hour, the rest is a cakewalk!

One of the most painful thing I have ever seen! I think the audience are the ones that the children actually torture!

 

[urbandefault]

I don't get the whole "camp" thing with TOS. It's not campy. It's drama. Colorful, occasionally funny, but not camp.

"Batman" was camp. It made fun of itself while playing it straight.

Sitcoms in the 60s weren't camp. They were comedies. Situation comedies. No more campy than any sitcom on the air today.

 

[kirkfan]

I don't get the whole "camp" thing with TOS. It's not campy. It's drama. Colorful, occasionally funny, but not camp.

"Batman" was camp. It made fun of itself while playing it straight.

Sitcoms in the 60s weren't camp. They were comedies. Situation comedies. No more campy than any sitcom on the air today.

There are a few episodes that are indisputably camp.

 

[EnriqueH]

I was born 6 years after the show last aired, and I'm a HUGE fan.

If I can become a fan, anyone can become a fan.

 

[scotpens]

It is really campy, like most tv shows in the 60's. Bewitched and I Dream Of Jeannie come to mind but I love camp!

When you say "most tv shows in the 60s," are you including The Defenders? The Fugitive? Naked City? Route 66? Perry Mason? Ironside? There was a lot of excellent TV drama in that decade. There were also a couple of good science fiction shows besides Star Trek -- the original Outer Limits, The Invaders.

There was a lot more to 1960s television than fantasy sitcoms!

 

[kirkfan]

It is really campy, like most tv shows in the 60's. Bewitched and I Dream Of Jeannie come to mind but I love camp!

When you say "most tv shows in the 60s," are you including The Defenders? The Fugitive? Naked City? Route 66? Perry Mason? Ironside? There was a lot of excellent TV drama in that decade. There were also a couple of good science fiction shows besides Star Trek -- the original Outer Limits, The Invaders.

There was a lot more to 1960s television than fantasy sitcoms!

The Invaders felt more like a 70s show to me. Are you sure it's from the 60s?


I liked the Outer Limits with their monster of the Week. They liked guys with big heads. That's one of the things I remember the most about the show.

 

[RandyS]

It is really campy, like most tv shows in the 60's. Bewitched and I Dream Of Jeannie come to mind but I love camp!

When you say "most tv shows in the 60s," are you including The Defenders? The Fugitive? Naked City? Route 66? Perry Mason? Ironside? There was a lot of excellent TV drama in that decade. There were also a couple of good science fiction shows besides Star Trek -- the original Outer Limits, The Invaders.

There was a lot more to 1960s television than fantasy sitcoms!

The Invaders felt more like a 70s show to me. Are you sure it's from the 60s?

Yep. It ran for two seasons from 1967 to 1968.

 

[kirkfan]

When you say "most tv shows in the 60s," are you including The Defenders? The Fugitive? Naked City? Route 66? Perry Mason? Ironside? There was a lot of excellent TV drama in that decade. There were also a couple of good science fiction shows besides Star Trek -- the original Outer Limits, The Invaders.

There was a lot more to 1960s television than fantasy sitcoms!

The Invaders felt more like a 70s show to me. Are you sure it's from the 60s?

Yep. It ran for two seasons from 1967 to 1968.

Remarkable! I saw them all. They never get the aliens and the aliens never get them but the situation seemed to escalate in the end with no resolution in sight. I thought it was troubling.

 

[Sparkle Fabulosa]

It is really campy, like most tv shows in the 60's. Bewitched and I Dream Of Jeannie come to mind but I love camp!

When you say "most tv shows in the 60s," are you including The Defenders? The Fugitive? Naked City? Route 66? Perry Mason? Ironside? There was a lot of excellent TV drama in that decade. There were also a couple of good science fiction shows besides Star Trek -- the original Outer Limits, The Invaders.

There was a lot more to 1960s television than fantasy sitcoms!

I should have said that I was referring to a lot of the comedies.