It’s a thing you can’t get back, a melange of culture and society and media technology and drugs. It was absolutely the best, and still is, in many ways. It was almost done in a vacuum, because the fanbase wasn’t there yet (they were becoming fans) and there was no instant polling or trending media other than the basic ones they had in the 60s. The studio, even the actors, weren’t getting a good picture of how huge it was.
With DS9, as an example, you get all the cool things and you also get to speculate about why this is the way it is, and what they were trying to do with that and if they thought the other was going to make the show a certain way or not, etc. . . . With TOS you get what you get. Star Trek, original, home made, artisinal episodes with 100% pure Shat and a Spock/McCoy overtone blend on a shoestring with everyone but the fans laughing at or ignoring them. Watching it now and kind of going back to the future is big fun if you can get to it. I totally understand if people can’t, but don’t dismiss it - it’s the only one you actually need to grok to love Star Trek.
It’s a thing you can’t get back, a melange of culture and society and media technology and drugs. It was absolutely the best, and still is, in many ways. It was almost done in a vacuum, because the fanbase wasn’t there yet (they were becoming fans) and there was no instant polling or trending media other than the basic ones they had in the 60s. The studio, even the actors, weren’t getting a good picture of how huge it was.
With DS9, as an example, you get all the cool things and you also get to speculate about why this is the way it is, and what they were trying to do with that and if they thought the other was going to make the show a certain way or not, etc. . . . With TOS you get what you get. Star Trek, original, home made, artisinal episodes with 100% pure Shat and a Spock/McCoy overtone blend on a shoestring with everyone but the fans laughing at or ignoring them. Watching it now and kind of going back to the future is big fun if you can get to it. I totally understand if people can’t, but don’t dismiss it - it’s the only one you actually need to grok to love Star Trek.