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hi! i want to start watching star trek.(the original series) what episodes would you reccomend, and where can i watch them?
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The original series is all on netflix, it’s only 3 seasons to just start at the beginning
I feel like I have to remind everyone of this videos existence every few years
My favourite fact about Star Trek TOS is that, because automatic doors weren’t invented yet, the ‘automatic doors’ in TOS were really just some guy yanking a rope and pulley system to make them slide open. Problem was the person was far enough away that they couldn’t see when exactly the doors needed to be open, and relied on a signal from somebody just off set. The actors, however, had to act as if they were 100% confident the doors were going to open at the exact time and moment despite the fact that they occasionally did not which lead to multiple occasions in which the actors walked directly into the doors while they were opening.
I can watch this for hours.
My favourite fact about Star Trek TOS is that, because automatic doors weren’t invented yet, the ‘automatic doors’ in TOS were really just some guy yanking a rope and pulley system to make them slide open. Problem was the person was far enough away that they couldn’t see when exactly the doors needed to be open, and relied on a signal from somebody just off set. The actors, however, had to act as if they were 100% confident the doors were going to open at the exact time and moment despite the fact that they occasionally did not which lead to multiple occasions in which the actors walked directly into the doors while they were opening.
thinking abt how the only reason they brought Chekov onto Star Trek TOS was to get more of the teenage girl demographic to watch their show so they specifically got a guy that looked like Davy Jones, that little twink from the Monkees
The evolution of the tricorder from the Original Series through to Voyager.
Source: Star Trek Aliens & Artifacts [Michael Westmore et al.] 2000
“Stealing the Enterprise” from the score to Star Trek III: The Search For Spock, composed by James Horner.
A little note: this is one of my all-time favorite pieces composed for the Trek films because Horner weaves together multiple themes from the original series and his own score for Star Trek II to create the perfect soundtrack to stealing a starship. That and the fact I can recite all the dialogue as I listen to it.
“Steady… Steady… All right, Mr. Scott!
“Sir?”
“The doors, Mr. Scott!”
“Aye, sir! I’m working on it!”
It’s worth seeking out the expanded edition if you can; it’s a little spendy, but there’s a lot of music that wasn’t included on the original release.
Star Trek: the Alternate Original Series
may 8, 2009 → it’s not over until the Klingon sings
i enjoyed that the only person who was naked onscreen in the entirety that was star trek beyond was Captain James T. Kirk,, which is p much how the original series worked too
Star Trek is ANOTHER thing I love I’ve been wanting to draw for a long time. I decided to start with the Original Series in honor of its 50th anniversary. :) I had a lot of fun composing everyone’s poses and picking the colors for this piece. But I only realized after I sent this off to the printers that I forgot to put McCoy’s rank stripes. Maybe that’s why he’s so angry. Idk.