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Somewhere in my garage is a series of Shatner 8 track tapes that my kids gave me as a gift. Think there were 5 or 6 tapes, unknown how many shows on each. Hmmmm
I caught an episode of Star Trek last night on BBC America last night. I haven't seen an episode since they aired the first time around! We didn't have color tv when I was growing up. My first was in 1983! Seeing it in color was a shock! Everything looked so tacky and fake but it was fun to watch.
Anywho, I couldn't stay awake for another episode but I heard the intro for it, the haunting music. That brought a bit of trivia up in my brain that I heard many years ago......"whose voice do we hear "singing" in the introduction to Star Trek?" I know the answer, want to see how many others do too.
Are you talking about the wordless vocal used on the original pilot, The Cage or the original them for Star Trek: Enterprise
Sorry, I've been off-shift, lol. Loulie Jean Norman did the vocalization for TOS. They dropped her the second year, because they were too cheap to keep paying her residuals.
The enhanced version of TOS out now, restored the original version of the song.
All Vulcans have emotions. In fact, they are much stronger than human emotions --- which is why the culture has embraced Logic. They strive to base all actions and decisions on Logic because emotion is so unreliable. Emotions are suppressed, but they are still there.
Data was Pinocchio. He was fun, because Brent Spiner played him with such charm. But original? No.
All Vulcans have emotions. In fact, they are much stronger than human emotions --- which is why the culture has embraced Logic. They strive to base all actions and decisions on Logic because emotion is so unreliable. Emotions are suppressed, but they are still there.
Granted, some vestigial emotions are still there among most Vulcans, but some Vulcans also practice Kolinahr by which some of them succeed at a total purge, totally purging themselves of even the vestigial emotions. It's known as Kolinahr.
its one of the greatest shows that was ever made, perfect casting shlocky but accepatable effects and great story line.it made you think and at times made you laugh.H&I channel is showing them every weekday.
I've been watching the new remastered origional on BBCA today and its so amazing to see these shows again with a clear picture and not completely chopped to death. I pretty much memoriezed them before, but don't remember all the details (well, just most of them, and as this appears to have everything, the missing scenes are appreciated.) I'm recording them for a big watch too. If only I knew how to go from Recordings on the box to a dvd....
DS9 is still my favorite, but I think in part because it feels much more like the origional than TNG. I think Kirk would *like* Sisko and they'd work well together. My favorite Picard is when the war version, mostly in the books, where he has to think on his feet and there aren't any rules. Watching the TOS episodes, I keep thinking of how well Kirk would have done then too.
I'm one of the fans who started being one when the very first episode was shown. My friends and I all watched it and we created our own trek world on reel to reel tape. I got Mom to let me go to the very second trek con too and fandom stuck forever. And as good as the other shows and movies have been, TOS started it all.
It's funny, I still remember most of the dialog and can talk it along with them. And knowing the whole story, there's time for admiring how *good* the writing is. I'm hoping the restored episodes come out on dvd/download/laserdisk since I'd love to add them to my library.
I just may shell out something to Dish to add BBCA to my package, with so much to watch (not just trek).
I've been watching them on H&I. I've gone back to old habits of 40 years ago, when Star Trek TOS was on M-F once a day, then later the station added a second airing at 11 PM, and I would just "check" to see which one was on. This was after I had seen all of them a dozen times and could recite the dialog. However, at the time, I didn't get to see all of the episodes in color. Watching them now, the ones that I had never seen before in color, blows me away. I didn't realize how many walls were purple . I have seen all episodes of DS9, TNG, and Voyager, but most of them only once or twice. Some of these seem "new" to me because I only vaguely remember them.
Maybe I'm too much of a nerd, but I'm surprised there is no thread on this. Star Trek is such an iconic show and the franchise is still going strong. What is your favorite TOS show if you have one?
For me, it's a tough choice as in torn between "Space Seed" (where we first meet Khan, one of my favorite villains) and "Balance of Terror" (where we first meet the Romulans and the plot is reminiscent of a WW2 U-boat hunt). In both I enjoy the plot line but also the depth of character.
Balance of Terror was good, but City on the Edge of Forever was the best.
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. I have seen all episodes of DS9, TNG, and Voyager, but most of them only once or twice. Some of these seem "new" to me because I only vaguely remember them.
