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[YT Edit] Star Trek: The Original Series - Key Episodes (Patreon)

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Hey guys! Here's the YT edit for the four episodes I watched from "Star Trek: The Original Series" which will premiere tomorrow on YT. It's a long one at 1h16m! Hope you enjoy!

Full Reaction to S1E22 - "Space Seed" & S2E15 - "Trouble with Tribbles"
Full Reaction to S1E28 - "The City on the Edge of Forever" & S2E01 - "Amok Time"

And yes... the thumbnail here says "City on the Edge of Tomorrow" but it's fixed on the actual video 🤣

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[YT Edit] Star Trek: The Original Series - Key Episodes

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Brian McGovern

The special effects have actually been updated but more in keeping with the original series.

Mark Vaderr

You once asked if Star Trek would bring you the same type of good feelings you got from watching Firefly. Has it?

Shane Myers myers

I started watching reruns of the Original Series at the age of 4 back in 1971. The series is like comfort tv to me. My parents gave me a Captain Kirk and Mr Scott ( my two favorite characters) action figures one year for Christmas. It is a pity that the original show only lasted 3 years. The television networks missed the boat on the future phenomenon that was to spawn a successful franchise in later years. It touched people's life's. It influenced people to become Engineers, Doctors, and other things. I joined the Air Force in part because of watching the show. There were other reasons. It is rare for a "tv show" not only to endure time, but it also had a positive effect on culture for years in the future.

Shawn Kildal

You will see the Klingons again, but their appearances will change into a more alien like look. Plus, they will have their own dialect as well. In the previous episode "Space Seed" Khan was played by Ricardo Mantalban. He is probably most known for the hit TV show Fantasy Island. You probably won't remember, but he was in Naked Gun as well. He was the main bad guy.

jdj830

So great to see this! I imagine you've already gotten the answers to the questions you posed at the beginning of this video (yes it's the same actor from Miss Congeniality etc) and you've probably already read the story about how Martin Luther King Jr. convinced the actor playing Uhura not to quit the show after the first season because her representation was so groundbreaking. Not groundbreaking enough, alas - as a member of the patriarchy I feel I have to apologize for how the women's roles are written and what they have to wear and how they have to act (though in a way it's even cringe-ier to see how little that changed in TNG, by which time they should have known better). Also there were indeed computers at the time, though the mainframes they were working with would take up the space of an entire floor of a building and had less computing power than one of today's laptops. Still, it got the Apollo mission to the moon, which is the important context for all of this. You should read about the space race which was happening as this series was being made. (The Cold War was a frequent metaphor in TOS, with the Klingons being stand-ins for the Soviets). I also highly recommend (I know I've said this many times before and I will keep saying it) watching 2001: A Space Odyssey, which was made in 1968 and has spectacular special effects (made by the same team which would go on to do the Star Trek movies) and was also a kind of cultural reaction to the Apollo program. When you see 2001, you will understand that the limitations the Star Trek series faced wasn't limited technology but limited budget. They could do amazing things with practical effects 55 years ago if you had the cash. (BTW 1968 also brought us the first of the Planet of the Apes movies, another cultural phenomenon that is worth your attention.) As you have already figured out, ST is an epic rabbit hole that leaves Star Wars in the dust in terms of its scope. The most interesting part of its history is the eleven years between the last prime-time broadcast of the original series in 1968 and the release of the first movie in 1979. This was the beginning of internet culture before the internet: the rabid Star Trek fans found a way to build a community (around 78 episodes!) that could not be ignored even by the major studios. And yes, I think it's safe to say that if the tropes in these episodes seem familiar to you it's because you're thinking of things that were influenced by Star Trek. Yes, it had its precedents (most notably the movie Forbidden Planet), but they were mostly in the written word, the great science fiction of the 40s and 50s. At some point you should go on an Isaac Asimov binge...

Anakin Starkiller

Space Seed is an absolute masterpiece. Kahn is the Darth Vader or Thanos of Star Trek. He is the biggest villan in Star Trek. He's Kirk's nemesis and he definitely is a very interesting character.

Don

I never got the love for this show. I do love Star Trek but even for the 60’s this show is very cheesy. The films are much better and I don’t think you need to see these to get them.

Happy Hanukkah

"I have to remember that in 1967 all of these special effects was a huge deal!" Yes, and they had to do all of this while avoiding dinosaurs and saber-toothed tigers! :-)

Jeffrey Schmidbauer

Did you know? William Shatner is Canadian. That WAS him in "Miss Congeniality". In "City on the Edge of Forever", the exteriors shots of the depression era city is the same set as "The Andy Griffith Show"? You'll notice Captain Kirk and Edith Keeler walking past Floyd's Barbershop. "City on the Edge of Forever" is considered the best episode of the series by fans and critics alike. Lucille Ball's production company, Desilu, "green lighted" Star Trek and produced its first two seasons. McCoy's medical devices are made from salt shakers.

Jeffrey Schmidbauer

Cassie, thank you for doing this. Star Trek is one of my favorite, if not THE favorite, TV series.

Patrick Fitzgerald

Just finished watching...I LOVED IT! I grew up watching Star Trek...over and over! Great reaction - hope to see many more and you become a huge fan! Thank You!

Chris

You may also enjoy the Deep Space 9 episode Trials and Tribblations. It's an episode that involves time travel, TOS, and is just a lot of fun.

Odd Thomas

Now the Star Trek movies finally? The first one is a snooze but after that it gets good.

rakesh

Well played everyone! We did it. IDIC. She likes the show! Well, it's the movies next. I'm not sure if you are going to poll it or not as there's six original series movies, but my hope is you watch at least three. 𝟮. 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗸 𝗜𝗜: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗞𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝟰. 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗸 𝗜𝗩: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗩𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝟲. 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗸 𝗩𝗜: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 Wrath of Khan probably shouldn't be in a poll as it's already a dead cert and I don't think there's really any disagreement about watching it. The Wrath of Khan and the Undiscovered Country are directed by the same director, Nicholas Meyer, and IMHO he's directed the best of the film series. The Undiscovered Country in particular feels like the perfect bookend to the series and movies, much like Rocky Balboa was for the Rocky series. Maybe you'll watch them all, TBH, the odd numbers in the series tend to be clunkers. You'll have some going on about the first one ( the motion picture) I'm sure you've read the comments! But you ain't missing anything if you don't watch it. Looking forward to you watching the rest of these and hopefully carrying on with The Next Generation (TNG) which was my absolute favourite. P.S. I bet if you had left that thumbnail to say city on the edge of tomorrow you'd had have a lot more commenting engagement. A/B test for next time!

ContrabandDonut

She's not really going to sit through all the Star Trek Movies is she? In order? The first one is enough to put anyone off Star Trek. Have her watch 2, 4, and 6 first.

sharkey197

One of the great appeals of the original ST was that it depicted a world where people were accepted for who and what they were. It was a time of turbulence in America. Civils rights movement, fear of nuclear war, women's rights. To see a world where people of all races were equal, where a Russian was part of the Federation and no longer an enemy and where women were given equal status as to jobs and power was mind bending. Notwithstanding their sexist costumes, which clearly reflected the '60's and the mini skirt style! As To the acting styles it was a bit broader and tended more towards the style of melodrama rather than realism. As you might know, Shatner who is Canadian, was a classically trained actor who did quite a bit of Shaakespeare before he landed the Star Trek gig. As to the films, the best ones are 2,4 and 6. 1 had too much CGI and a rather strange story and 5 is incomprehensible. I think you would find 4 extremely charming. It is by far the most whimsical of the lot, no one dies and it turns out ir was strangely prescient in discussing how our abusive of the environment could have conseuences down the road.

Cliff Endicott

For people my age, Star Trek is equally important as Star Wars, if not moreso. Having been born in 1970, I grew up watching reruns of this show my entire childhood - I've probably seen every episode a dozen times. I saw all the movies at the theater, and Star Trek 2, 3, 4 and 6 were fantastic (and even 5 had some good stuff in it), so I really look forward to those watches. Don't be discouraged or put off that the first one is not very good - long, cold and boring, the opposite of everything the series was, because once Nick Meyer got involved with the second movie they really take off.

Gary W

To truly appreciate the movies, especially Star Trek 3 & 4, it would be best to watch the episode "Journey to Babel" (season 2, episode 10), as it gives some backstory into characters that appear in those films.

WastedPo

I'm not sure how I feel about just hitting a very few scant episodes of an entire series. I know it's probably a necessity, especially if the reactor isn't necessarily a "trekkie," and if there isn't a huge demand for it from the audience. That said, with The Next Generation (my favorite trek) potentially coming up, I almost feel like it wouldn't be worth it if Cassie approached it similarly. It reminds me of those Youtube videos titled, "Watching only the first and last episode of 'The Big Bang Theory.'" If given the choice, it might be a better experience for her to watch TNG on her own time and get to really know the show, rather than experiencing an extremely truncated version of things.

Don
>>123636623

But there’s nice cheese and mousy stuff the mice won’t even eat. Ahhh I’m not going to be nasty about it. Just never got into it. Give me DS9 any day of the week

Robert Jewell

So much fun watching you watch these! You should watch at least a few more, eh?

Christopher W

I loved watching these! What a trip down memory lane! I used to watch these after I came home from school. Back in the late 90s/early 2000's They'd play them at around 6pm in the UK every week night.

Paul Rich

Mindblowing to me Cassie is seeing Star Trek for the first time and didn't now Spock was not from earth and it is set in the far future. She adroitly appreciated that in 1967 the special effects were ahead of its time. This first episode where Kirk and McCoy go back in time to correct the time line was one of the best episodes of the original series ... the tragedy at the end is so heartbreaking. When Spoke says she must die, reminded me of Harry Potter Deathy Hollows. SNAPE: "The boy ... must die?"

Just Plain Bob
>>123642430

I'm holding out hope that Cassie will watch all six. I know a lot of people don't like the first one, but I do. The fifth one is the only one I think could be skipped without hurting the experience. As for the third one, I liked it but, more importantly, there's an emotional chord in Star Trek VI that makes no sense unless you've seen Star Trek III.

jdj830
>>123642430

I actually kind of like the director's cut of the first one, which is also helpful in terms of establishing the new order of things and its ties to what was then the current space program (which was Voyager in the late 70s.) And the fifth, as dumb as it is, contains material that is developed in the sixth and makes it more satisfying (the fifth also has a couple of impressive visual scenes.) For me it's the third that makes me cringe and want to shut off whatever device I'm watching it on with extreme prejudice. But I'm fine if she confines herself to the even-numbered movies (which also applies to the TNG movies). And I hope she skips the JJ Abrams reboots and instead explores episodes of Deep Space Nine, which in terms of pure television quality and setting aside its place in the canon, is the best Star Trek property.

Jack Messick

"City on the Edge of Tomorrow" that's the Disney Version 😂

David Conroy

A big part of Star Trek's appeal was Gene Roddenberry's humanistic vision of the future. Remember this was made during the Cold War and in the middle of the Civil Rights era, yet it posits a future where Earth has managed to get past the strife of the 20th Century and there is no thought of discrimination against minorities. Whoopi Goldberg was asked why she wanted to be in ST:TNG, and she said she was a Star Trek fan when she was young because it was the only show that had black people in the future. It was ahead of its time in showing us a future we could aspire to.

BRT
>>123636623

I mean....how many tv series from this period were objectively devoid of cheese?

Jon

I know the first Star Trek movie has its fans, but I'd warn that (in my opinion) it is a bit on the sloooow side. The movies do get better.

Just Plain Bob
>>123642430

The JJ Abrams reboot movies are soulless CGI fests. Between them and his Star Wars sequels, I think he’s the most overrated director of the last forty years.

TinCan Cosmanaut

why force the movies right away, everyone is enjoying the episodes SO much!

Happy Hanukkah
>>123642430

I don't think it is logically possible for me to have been overrating JJ Abrams. :-) That said, I wouldn't be surprised if Cassie enjoyed the newer ST movies. (Also, DS9 is indeed the best ST, but I am not sure that would come through in watching a select few episodes in isolation.)

Steven M.

The City On The Edge Of Forever won the 1968 Hugo award for Best Dramatic Presentation

Don
>>123636623

Absolutely none. It’s just some cheese is more tasty than others. Don’t get me wrong I like some of it. The Trimble episode is fun so I’m glad that was included. Maybe I just never forgave the series for the pilot and very early episodes.

Happy Hanukkah
>>123703893

If you'll allow me to expand, "The Hugo is widely considered the premier award in science fiction." The initial version of the screenplay was written by the (in)famous science fiction writer Harlan Ellison.

Walter

has Cassie said which movies she intends to watch?

2-Can

I'm afraid that if Cassie doesn't watch every episode and every spinoff, she'll never even get to the Relevant Conundrum.

james flack

Sometimes I wonder if young people of today should even be watching the great TV classics of yesteryear. It's a waste of their time and an assault on my fond memories of that period. If just one more reaction artist says that one of my cherished westerns is just like some video game called red something or other redemption (?), I'm going to scream. People, pay me no mind, I'm just bellyaching as usual......😕

Scott Macaulay

My advice for the essential movies: 2,3,4, and 6. The Motion Picture (1) is great, but divisive and contributes nothing too vital to future movies, except how Klingons changed and men wear minis.

BRT
>>123692880

Either "The Menagerie" or "The Cage" would be a better two hour watch but whatever the choices, some fans will always be disappointed.

Mr Trick

Hope you do a couple more rounds of the series, at least. It’s only going to help you appreciate the movies, that much more, as your familiarity and fondness for the characters grows. I strongly recommend “Balance of Terror” and “Mirror, Mirror” among many other great episodes.

Brent Fugett

ST2:Wrath of Khan after Space Seed of course. A brilliant sequel. I think the others may follow but I think your Trek inner circle guided you well. I think they will guide you well beyond these 4. Welcome to the Trek Universe!

WastedPo
>>123746042

I have no idea if you're addressing any reactor in particular. If you are, I don't want this to be seen as me criticizing that person. However... Since we're complaining: One thing that drives me nuts is when younger reactors refer to ANY form of special effect as "graphics." THEM: "The graphics look so fake." ME: "Um, miss, that's a Jim Henson puppet. It's not supposed to look real."

Bruce Redfield

If you want t a few more light hearted episodes try Mudds Women and Shore Leave. For more dramatic episodes The Tholian Web, The Doomsday Machine and The Enterprise Incident.

Bruce Redfield

You also should try and watch the episodes that have had the special effects updated to look more modern: All 3 seasons were issued with the effects upgraded.

Viet Ta

It's interesting to think that this was made around the time the Beatles were coming to the USA.