Original STAR TREK on Netflix...Anyone watching?
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I grew up during the 1960's. One of the BEST eras for Music, Fashion, Cultural change, and TV. One of them was the original STAR TREK series with William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy. Little did we know at the time that this series would spawn 4 subsequent series of their own over the years, as well as films.
I am into the 20th episode of the 3rd season. I noticed how the scripts improved, the acting improved, the realizations of future inventions for communicating, etc., that would emerge from that show.
My late father was a Designer Engineer for Lockheed Missels and Space in Sunnyvale, California when the show was on. It was his favorite show to watch. I am certain that many of his inventions for the Defense Department, still in use today by the US Navy and Air Force, were inspired from STAR TREK.
What say you?
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It was a retelling of The Enemy Below which starred Robert Mitchum and Curt Jurgens.
Trailer:
But Balance of Terror featured some crucial Star Trek firsts. It was the introduction of Romulans to the series, as well as their "bird of prey" battle cruisers; plus, the first cloaking device. Then, there was Mark Lenard as the Romulan captain. Of course, for the next decades Lenard would achieve another fame as Spock's father, the Vulcan Ambassador to the federation. BoT was his first casting in the series.
Episode trailer:
Indeed, one of the best ST:TOS episodes.
I've also got an embarrassing number of Star Trek episodes from VCR times. They take up a lot of room, about as much as my Atari 800 stuff.
I've watched all the Star Treks on Netflix 'cause it's easier than digging through the video cassettes and DVDs in my garage.
I'm a long time observer of the Star Trek internet community, and I may have been somewhat responsible, in an indirect way, for some of the first Slash to be uploaded to the internet, from barely readable paper copies-of-copies-of-copies traded about at conventions... (I first signed onto the internet in 1979.) I also know people who wrote it, but they'd probably hunt me down and hurt me if I ever exposed them.
