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Star Trek: TOS - 101 & 102 - Patreon Exclusive (Patreon)

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No Sync Required Version: https://cinebingers.ca/y7k1OgjmA6 - For Patreon tier "Cinephile" or higher.

Episodes: The Man Trap & Charlie X

If you are watching on Netflix, these will be Episode 2 & 3. It appears Netflix marks the unaired Pilot (episode 0) as episode 1 instead.

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Star Trek: TOS E101 & 102 - Patreon Version

Comments

Brazilian_Rebel

Guys should check out the series LOVE DEATH & ROBOTS on Netflix !

Wirenfeldt Jr

I realize that the timing is off.. but.. Can I urge you guys to consider taking a stab at The Bear?.. I'm a few episodes in and loving it.. + I feel like George in particular might have words to say on a show about dysfunctional people trying to run a down on its luck restaurant without going under or killing each other..

Kory Schonsheck

Should make sure to check out the pilot episode. It's canon and becomes very relevant in a later episode of TOS. It's also relevant if you ever get around to watching Brave New Worlds in the future.

ShoNuff3000

Star Trek OG. First interracial kiss on American TV. I think. Has Simone watched the Chris Pine Star Trek movies?

j c

Speaking of Shatner. Simone seems so giddy at starting this she sounds like she Shatner pants.

djKENTO

Yes Shatner is MOST known as Kirk on Star Trek, but he’s had a pretty great career besides that. TJ Hooker, a cop show that came after Trek ran 2 seasons longer. Then Boston Legal which was a law based comedy and that ran for 5 years too. He’s adaptable and charismatic.

Eric Wilson

You guys going through all star trek?

djKENTO

The Piccard Twins are indeed scientists brothers, but it wasn’t the depths of the ocean, but rather the upper atmosphere of our planet with balloons.

Cinebinge
>>143880247

That's the current plan. But if we reach seasons or periods that really drag and majority viewers agree for us to skip some then we will.

djKENTO
>>143880367

also nobody ever says Beam Me Up Scotty in the original series. That’s likely from TV impressions and sketches on SNL and stuff. They do say it on the cartoon sequel series from the 70s

Robert Cooper

So, I'm a big Trek guy, and will try to control myself on just dumping stuff about the show, but the writing staff on the original Trek was interesting. You had a handful of staff writers, most notably DC (Dorothy) Fontana, who also wrote on TNG. They were usually people Roddenberry worked with on other shows. TOS and TNG also did a lot of spec scripts -- just taking submissions from people outside the writers room -- and sometimes scripts from notable SciFi people (including maybe the most famous episode of TOS). It was one of VERY few shows that took in spec scripts, and even hired unknown writers to staff based on them. Also, yes. Bones == Sawbones. The pitch for the show to the network was "Wagon Train to the Stars". They tried to pull in a lot of little "westernisms" like that. Also, Simone is correct. Yellow is Command, Red is Operations (security, enginneering, etc), Blue is Sciences (including medical). The red and gold colors got swapped TNG and after. And re: Size of ship -- for both TOS and TNG, you can think of the ships as having about the same size crew as an aircraft carrier of their respective day. TOS was 400 or so, TNG about 1,000. The ships, however, are much larger. When you get to "Star Trek: Enterprise" the show was much more akin to "submarine" size and crew.

Pam Nail

There were all kinds of decency rules for film and TV up until the 60s. PSYCHO (1960) was the first movie to show a flushing toilet. And a man and a woman could only be shown on the same bed if one of them had one foot on the floor at all times.

djKENTO

oh you are watch the SD, unrestored version… dang… hope this doesn’t become an issue with timing because that version is not easy to get legally anymore.

Baron Imhoof

When I used to bale hay in the summer, we were given salt tablets to keep us hydrated and avoid cramps.

Patrick

super excited for this, but you guys did miss the first episode "The Cage"

megamoo chilli

Wow I've forgotten how sexed up it was. Kirk is so very manly. Your copy looks original. On paramount + the graphics and titles seem to have been redone.

Robert Cooper
>>143882169

"The Cage" never really aired. Depending on where/how they are watching, it is likely on a "Special Features" menu.

Crow

I'm not a Trekkie by any measure. I've never watched any of the TV shows or even know how many spin-offs there have been. But I did see all of the movies at one time or another and enjoyed a lot of them. Seeing the OG series pop up on the channel though, I will check it out now as I enjoy your content and banter immensely.

Maiki
>>143883417

Same. Never had i ever watched this on my own, but first episode was quite fun. Sometimes it's entirely about the reaction, this might be the case here for me. And definitely looking forward to the movies.

djKENTO

The Cage/Where No Man Has Gone Before is reworked into a later episode called The Menagerie. You will see elements of it. Don’t worry.

JayF

Very excited for this!

Jon Johns

George, there are as many Star Trek 'theories' as there are stars in the galaxy, but I think the show was created as a vehicle for science fiction tales, which were (and still are!) popular at the time. Sci Fi writers, to this day, choose to create morality tales that both reflect our current societal situation, and project a 'utopian' possible future (either by showing it outright, or showing dystopia as a cautionary tale.) IMHO. Anyway, loads of famous science fiction writers were filling the market with books, and TV shows like The Twilight Zone, and the outer limits; created one-off episodes, little 'plays' written by various authors to reflect the current issues, or show the consequences of bad decisions, without blatantly being political. A subversive trick that is still in use. 'Saw Bones' is a name for a surgeon, because, well, they literally saw thru bones? This Dr. McCoy, the ships surgeon, is nicknamed 'Bones.' Finally, Star Trek was always meant to show a "Utopian" future, throughout the 800+ hours of content in the franchise, and even to this day, it depicts what some folks might call "woke ideals." (Contrary to many who believe otherwise, it's always been socially progressive, despite the misogyny.) IMHO.

Jon Johns
>>143879519

I 2nd the Bear, especially for George, but both would REALLY enjoy it, much like they did Ted Lasso.

Rayna & Mike Sitter

In the original series, yellow was command, red engineering and security, blue science. TNG switched up the colors, probably because red looked better on screen.

Jon Johns

George, you kept mentioning how well the show 'predicted' future tech... Have you considered that future tech was instead inspired by Star Trek?

Ph4ZeD

It's seriously brave that you started with TOS not TNG!

Who Are These People

George: 0:0:42 "...yadda yadda yadda..." When did they do Seinfeld? I missed that.

Who Are These People

First Era: Star Trek Original Series, set in 2266 AD: TV series 1966-68, then six movies from '79-'91 Second Era: Star Trek The Next Generation (TNG), canonically 95 years after the events of OS: 1987-94, then four movies from '94-'02 Star Trek Deep Space Nine, concurrent with TNG: 93-98 Star Trek Voyager, concurrent with TNG: 95-2000 Star Trek Enterprise, 100 years before OS: 2001-2004 This second era is generally the fan favorite, with TNG, DS9 and Voyager as the big three. Fans are tepid about Voyager, but given that the premise of the franchise is supposed to be "...go where no one has gone before..." it's one of the most purely "Trek" of all the shows. DS9 is a favorite, but it's not Trek. It's a romantic drama in a Trek costume. Third Era: ST: Discovery - '17-'24 Short Treks - '18-'20 ST: Picard - '20-'23 Lower Decks - '20-'23 Prodigy - '21-'22 Strange New Worlds - '22-'23

Adam Wetstein

I very old I remember watch the OG ST I remember having seen Shatner as at Straford. He was hammy even then.

Sergio Meira

Maybe ST-TOS can make more sense if you think of it in a dialogue with Galaxy Quest, which you guys have already watched... so many little aspects of Galaxy Quest reflect TOS.

Honey Hermsen

I don't want to sound rude, but I would hate to have a conversation with Simone. She cannot finish a sentence

Rupert Purcat

So awesome you are doing these. I did not watch the original Trek seriously until the early 90's when there was an episode every night at 11pm or midnight in rural Australia with no other option. The shows hooked me in with their writing and action. I love the captains fight them or fck them attitude of the era. Things to consider when watching. It was made very cheap and constantly threatened with axing. Special effects people often made stuff at home or used whatever they found. Racial segregation was still a thing. Middle of cold war, Cuban missile crises, nuclear weapons proliferation and the space race against the Soviet Union. Mixed nationalities on tv were unheard of. Cheers. Mudd is the man.

R Harper

Simone and George, looking through your catalog you watch the complete series of every TV show you reacted to The Wire, Ted Lasso, Firefly, Breaking Bad etcetera . . . Please watch the entire original series. It's only 79 episodes. There's a few clunkers but even in third season there's some treasures. Give it the same consideration you gave to all those other TV shows you reacted to. PS Simone, I think you'll be delight to have a conversation with.

Phalanx

As many have noted, in later series the red and gold/yellow shirts flip. But to add on to that, you may have heard the term 'redshirt' as a description for someone who's expendable... it originated with this show because security officers wore red and had a bad habit of dying frequently. Also, while Star Trek certainly did 'predict' some things, you kind of have to look at it from the other direction, too. Star Trek (and other older sci-fi) inspired a lot of people who would go on to invent things later. That's one of the great things about good sci-fi.

Actuarial Lurker

Blue is Science, Yellow is Command and Red is Engineering Security and other "Support" like services

Actuarial Lurker

George- the showing Cleavage thing is Star Trek Voyager 7 of 9 where the juiced ups the rating with a woman with a DD chest in a skin-tight "uniform"

Scott McClintock

Nerd alert: About Uniform colors In TOS: Green/Gold = Command Red = Operations (security/engineering) Blue = Sciences (research and medical) For the TOS era films things branched out beyond those three and became bit more nuanced. They also became more buried in the uniform designs. Instead of being front-and-center they became accent colors. When TNG came around, they went back to the basics but swapped command and operations. (They also adjusted the shades, trending a bit darker. Also blue shifted towards teal in later seasons) The general belief is because the Red looked better on Stewart and Frakes. There’s also a belief that they wanted to distance TNG from the “red shirt” trope of TOS. In-universe they do address and acknowledge the swap but give no explanation as to why.

Steve H

My first view of S.Trek was Sept. 1966, the very first trek episode

D. T. Nelson

The original pilot, "The Cage", was considered "too cerebral" by the studio. They commissioned a second pilot, with William Shatner, "Where No Man Has Gone Before" which ended up becoming the third episode. Footage from the first pilot (The Cage) was later used by cutting it into new footage in the two-part first season episodes 12-13, "The Managerie"... so, yeah... confusing. The Cage was later released in 1986 on VHS with the original editing. While the acting style and dialog in the original series is quite over the top, and the stories dated, one thing has been pretty consistent over all the series (and in sci-fi in general)—they often address socio-political issues of the time and strive to break societal norms and taboos.

William

This Star Trek song got to number 1 in the Uk charts, some years ago, Just silly and a bit of fun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCARADb9asE I love all the Star Trek series but my favourite is DS9. Great reation guys. Have a laugh at the video, Number 1, jee 😊😊

SuPaTiLt

if I remember right TOS is enterprise-B and TNG is enterprise-D

King_Panarisi

I'm new to Star Trek too but is my Netflix wrong or did they skip an episode? Title should be episode 2 & 3 then?

REDR58
>>143880949

Of course WandaVision made fun of this with the separate beds.

Odd Thomas

I grew up on TNG and loved it but I prefer the movies to the series if I'm honest, so I'm looking forward to those (OG, Next Gen AND JJ Abrams)

Opti_Frog

It didn't take long for George to make a small comparison to Star Wars (regarding themed planets), which is completely understandable. Trek and Wars are the two biggest space based franchises in the world. But imo, they exist in totally different genres and deal with totally different themes. Star Trek is pure science fiction. It's about the future of humanity, about the gains and dangers of technology, about exploration and science. Star Wars is space opera, fantasy in space. George Lucas didn't read Isaac Asimov or Arthur C. Clarke when writing his space epic, he read The Hero with a Thousand Faces. Star Wars is mythology and fairy tale. Every Star Wars film even starts with "Once Upon A Time..." Basically, it's Lord of the Rings with spaceships. And there is nothing wrong with that.

Odd Thomas

(Short) series recommendations: The End of the F***ing World (6x30min episodes, 2 series) Legion Sharp Objects Severence

G P

Looking forward to TNG and DS9 (my favourite)!

REDR58

The exact phrase "Beam me up, Scotty" has never appeared in any TV show or film.

Opti_Frog
>>143909201

Netflix probably lists the pilot episode (The Cage) as episode 1, and they skipped the pilot.

REDR58

“Floozy” for Kirk? That term usually refers to women, at least in the US. Kirk is a womanizer. George, the “disc” of Star Trek ships is always referred to as the “saucer section.”

G P

Speaking of Seth MacFarlane you should check out The Orville, its what new Star Trek should have been.

Michael Kemmet

Pilot #1: The Cage Studio not happy. Too cerebral; not enough action. Roddenberry ends up recasting everyone except Nimoy/Spock. (keeps Majel Barrett(Number One/Christine Chapel) on because he was sleeping with her) They end up reusing almost all of the footage in a two-part episode called The Menagerie that you'll be getting to soon. The reason for the 1988 release date of The Cage is probably because it wasn't available as it's own thing until video tape collections started to become available in the 80s. Pilot #2: Where No Man Has Gone Before This was the pilot accepted by the studio. It was supposed to be the first episode aired, but The Man-Trap was chosen by the studio because they thought it was the more action-based and accessible to the audience. There's a monster, it changes shape, it kills a bunch of people, the crew eventually figures it out and kills it. WNMHGB is a little more complex(by 1966 standards, not 2024). Since this is just a case of the studio reordering the release schedule(like Firefly), you'll be seeing WNMHGB very soon. I think it's like episode six or something.

JBK405

I'm at work so I can't get to the episodes themselves, but I had a few unoccupied minutes so I watched the intro. Very excited to see where this goes! This series was groundbreaking for its time, but a lot of the broken ground is the kind of stuff that people honestly don't even think about today until somebody points it out: For example, the role of Sulu was HIGHLY desired by almost every Asian actor working at the time. Even moreso than roles in feature films, which would have had a higher paycheck. Because the role of Sulu didn't require them to use an "Asian accent". This was literally one of the only productions at the time which didn't demand the "Asian accent". And that had people lining up around the block to audition. Whereas by now, George Takei's voice and speaking style is so famous and memetic that people often can't consider that anybody would ever imagine asking him to use a Funny Accent. Regarding the "first interracial kiss" label, that's an iffy question. It's certainly ONE OF the first instances of a White Man and Black Woman pressing their lips together, but there's a lot of debate as to whether it was THE FIRST. Plus, due to the changing nature of what classifies as "White", there are on-screen kisses from the '50s and '60s that were considered "Both White" at the time, but are now considered interracial. For example, at the time "I Love Lucy" was airing, people from Cuba were classified as "White" under the idea that they were descended from European Spanish people, and because the USA had extremely close economic and political ties with Cuba. Now, after the fallout from the cold war and changing politics, Cubans are mostly classified as Hispanic/Latino. So, retroactively, every time Lucy and her husband Ricky Ricardo (Played by Desi Arnaz) kissed it was interracial, even though it wasn't classified as such at the time. Does that make sense? No. But most racial divisions don't make sense.

Michael Kemmet

Uniform colors and ranks: Gold - Command Red - Operations/Engineering/Security Blue - Sciences/Medical TNG just swaps the gold and red Ranks don't really matter much, but they're on the wrists if you want to look for them. They're not always consistent. fancy wide braid with stripes: admiral (occasional guest) fancy wide braid - commodore (occasional guest) solid/broken/solid - captain (Kirk) solid/solid - commander (Spock) broken/solid - lieutenant commander (Scott, McCoy) solid - lieutenant (Sulu, Uhura) broken - lieutenant junior grade (no main cast) nothing - ensign (Chekov)/chief/crewman/yeoman/extra they don't want to modify a uniform for

Matt88g

Paramount plus does the same thing as Netflix, I was very confused at first

Mikeo8575

Star Trek: TOS is comfort food for me. lol

REDR58

As far as crew complement of the Enterprise, it’s roughly between 200-400+ crew members. The ship’s mass and dimensions are (numbers from Wikipedia): Mass: 190,000 metric tons (210,000 short tons) Length: 288.6 metres (947 ft) Width: 127.1 metres (417 ft) Height: 72.6 metres (238 ft) In comparison, the Iowa-class battleships of the US Navy that were built for WW2 and served at various times up until 1992 had a crew size of: ~2,700 (WWII, Korea) ~1,800 (1980s, Gulf War) The ships mass between 48,000 and 61,000 tons depending on the era when they were in service, are 887 feet (270.43 m) in length and 108 ft 2 in (32.97 m) wide. So you could say the Enterprise is somewhat understaffed. Presumably automation and differences of technology require less people in the future, and of course the Enterprise is not a warship.

Odd Thomas

The soft focus shots; it was standard practice in old Hollywood to give female characters a more flattering look, hence the soft focus and dreamy aesthetic compared to the men.

REDR58

Also note that none of the Star Trek series other than “Prodigy” are available on Netflix in the US.

Who Are These People

Star Trek, 1966, rehashed a lot of concepts from "The Twilight Zone", which ran from 1959-64. The Enterprise "Five-year mission" is kind of a gambit of Roddenberry, he wanted to get a long term contract for his show. NBC turned down the first pilot "The Cage" calling it "too cerebral". But NBC liked the idea, so they paid for a second pilot to be made, "Where No Man Has Gone Before" which worked, and they gave the show a 1 year contract. Roddenberry worried early on that NBC would not renew for a second season, so he got famous sci-fi author Harlan Ellison (who wrote one of the best episodes of the show) and a group of other sci-fi writers to rally sci-fi fans to write in to NBC demanding more Star Trek. Eventually NBC renewed for two more seasons. The fandom grew through re-runs, and the Star Trek OS cast began making movies 11 years after the show ended and the fans became even more immersed, to the point of forming a massive fan community in 1974 and calling it Starfleet https://sfi.org/. In 1987 Shatner appeared on SNL in a skit where he expressed exasperation with fans, saying "Get a life!". This was parodied by Tim Allen in Galaxy Quest with his "It's just a TV show!" rant. But at the same time Star Trek TNG started, and with top-notch actor Patrick Stewart as Captain then finally Kirk didn't need to carry the franchise.

Actuarial Lurker

The coll thing is that in 1966 they predicted tablet computers, medically scanning internally, hand held phones that work over 1000s of miles in orbit etc

John Smith

I don't know where the best place to say this but m nights The Village is a movie I think would make a good reaction not many people have done it.

Anna Kyruin
>>143919092

I also always used to think the warp nacelles weren't manned, but just supremely huge engines required for warp travel. I think later series either show this isn't the case or that some portion of them is manned, and also there doesn't seem to be a consistent requirement that warp requires massive nacelles (I kind of would have preferred it did, I like consistent grounded scifi rules).

Cincassette

Sweet!!! My dad always watched Star Trek TOS (or as we know it "Starship Enterprise") with me when I was young, albeit dubbed in German. This is my first time rewatching it as an adult (and in English) so i'm really looking forward to it! Captain Kirk also gets a mention in the German Song "99 Luftballons" by Nena :)

Robert Cooper
>>143922172

"But NBC liked the idea, so they paid for a second pilot to be made, "Where No Man Has Gone Before" which worked, and they gave the show a 1 year contract." I think Desilu actually footed the bill for the second pilot because "Lu" was a big fan of the concept.

Prof. Writhms

Hey George: Is it possible for you to watch a few episodes (or maybe the second season) in the remastered version, so you can see the difference? They didn't change the dialogue or cuts; they only updated the visual effects but kept it in the style of the 1960s. It's pretty cool.

Scott McClintock

Re: alien physiology They do address the commonalities among ST aliens and humans, but it will take a while to get to that story.

ProIndy

After Star Trek you could later do a logical jump to Stargate ;D *Wink wink nudge nudge*

Haye Zeus

I know more about Star Trek than George but i’m still just a tourist. Like i’ve seen plenty of episodes from the different series but I never delved too deep. So I will enjoy this journey with you guys in trying to get more into this show

Monica Alarcon

Hank McCoy (The Beast) predates Dr. McCoy by about three years...

Simone's Coconut Squire

The show basically only ended up getting made because Lucille Ball (of "I Love Lucy" fame) stepped in and demanded the show get made.

Skyruff

In the long run, to explain all these pilots and other odd items, Star Trek cam up with a TIMELINE. The Pilot is "cannon" but it takes place almost 10 years before the 'Man Trap' episode. The ship had a different Captain and crew at that time. The show "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" is set in that time frame with the Enterprise and her crew then... instead of with Captain Kirk.

Paul Peavler
>>143887776

Yeah, the communicators look like flip phones because Motorola engineers designed the first mainstream popular flip phone to look like a Star Trek communicator. They even called it the Star Tac as an homage to Star Trek.

mky

Let's play the "He's dead, Jim" drinking game! woohoo!

Paul Peavler
>>143888962

All Trek is Trek. That’s what’s great about Star Trek. It’s a universe with a set of philosophies and ideals and can support a wide variety of settings and storytelling types. Some Trek is better than others (and some Trek is very bad), but it’s all Trek. To say that DS9 isn’t Trek, especially when it’s arguably the series with the overall highest consistency of quality and really cares about and explores the themes and morals of Trek (even moreso than Voyager most of the time) just doesn’t make any sense.

Paul Peavler

I would probably recommend watching the pilot episode soon, probably next week with “Where No Man Has Gone Before” (which was the second pilot). I know it technically didn’t air until 1980 and so people don’t really consider it episode 1, but canonically it not only becomes a big part of Star Trek lore, it actually comes back in season 1 of TOS. The episodes 11 and 12 two-parter cuts up and reuses clips from the pilot in a “flashback episode” format with another story layered on top. So either you watch it now and already know the backstory when you get to episode 11, or you wait until the end and then when you see it you’ve already seen most of the episode and know what happens to the characters in the future.

Jeff K

Never watched a single episode of any Star Trek series, and never had any desire to do so. And yet, here I am... George and Simone, you've done it. You've finally done it. You've gotten me to watch Star Trek when even my closest nerd friends never could.

Jeff K
>>143937252

It's crazy to me that the two people who were arguably the most instrumental in saving this show were MLK and Lucille Ball.

droodly

I was afraid Simone was going to walk out when Leonard Nimoy showed up. :P This was fun! I haven't watched these in forever.

Ciarra Jade

I’ve only seen a handful of Star Trek TOS episodes, so I’m really happy id get to share my experience of watching it for the 1st time in its entirety with you guys 🥳🥳

Robert Elliott

As talked about earlier TOS had first pilot was in black and white, it wasn’t well received so one of the only times for a second pilot was ordered. Then it was picked up as a series. I think in the 80s they found the colored version of the First pilot which was released with great fanfare this may be why its release is so late. The company that ordered the second pilot was DESILU which was owned by Lucie Ball of I Love Lucy fame.

Jess

Some fun facts about the female costuming since you brought that up: Nichelle Nichols (Uhura) has wrote about how she actually liked the miniskirts because at the time they were a symbol of sexual liberation for women, saying 'contrary to what many may think today, no one really saw it as demeaning back then'. It's also been suggested that the show used sexuality in other areas to distract the censors, so they would focus on the risque costuming instead of the controversial political messaging (e.g. Vietnam war allegories).

Jeff K

So, now that I've watched the first two episodes (literally the first two episodes of any Star Trek series I've ever seen): I'm enjoying this so much more than I anticiapted. And one of the reasons? Shatner. I've only known him as a caricature. But he's really, really good in this. So much less of a cartoon than I ever anticipated. I'm on board moving forward.

Khan1001

So happy you are watching this!, but I noticed you are not watching the Netflix/Updated version which has updated special effects? most of us will be watching along on Netflix, the ship and exterior space shots look much better and makes for a better viewing experience in my opinion but I know some people will prefer the original untouched effects, no big deal, just grateful you are doing Star Trek! If I recall correctly, the pilot episode 'the cage' was not well received, it was deemed too slow, boring and no action but luckily the studio allowed a second pilot which was an improvement (Shatner made a big difference) and they gave the green light for the first season, weirdly the second pilot ''where no man has gone before'' is the forth episode on Netflix, you can tell the costumes and make up will look a bit different than the first 2 episodes we have just watched.

Darin Foat

Regarding George's question about planets - TOS had a 1960's TV budget, so the planets generally look like soundstages, backlots, or places that are within a one hour drive of Paramount Studios. One exterior that shows up a lot is a place called Vasquez Rocks. It's a state park just north of LA that's been in tons of movies and TV shows. There's an in joke in one of the later Trek series where a character actually lives there, and it finally gets to appear on screen as a real location.

Pajander

No showrunner is crazy enough to try to write all episodes by themselves. Well, except J. Michael Straczynski.

Alan Kobb

A lot of interesting conversation before the shows. 1. Yes, in the early days of TV, married couples slept in twin beds. The first episode of WandaVision lampooned this. 2. The Original Series was very limited by the technology of the day and the expenses. Back then all of the special effects were done manually and took weeks to complete. Considering that episodes aired once a week, this was an amazing feat, but when they went to planets, most of them looked very much the same (Many looked like rural areas outside Los Angeles...). This also contributes to the strictly episodic nature of the series. Since some episodes took so long to complete, they had to air out of the original production order as they got completed. To give you an idea of the time it took to do special effects, the transporter effect was done by shooting the crew standing, then they walked off-set and the camera kept rolling to show the empty set. They filmed stock footage of tinfoil confetti dropping in front of a bright light, and in the end through a complex technique they combined all of these images to show the crew "beaming" out or in. Turning this into a finished products took about 3 weeks every time it was used, and as you'll see, they use the transporter often several times every episode. Space battles were rare because even a simple battle could take 6-8 weeks. 3. Gene Roddenberry did very little of the script writing, but he wrote the "bible" that told the writers how everything worked, and he did extensive rewriting of episodes to keep them consistent with his vision. He also came up with story ideas and asked other writers to turn those into scripts. Some of the episodes were written by notable SciFi writers like Harlan Ellison, but many of them were disillusioned by the extensive rewrites. 4. Yes, Kirk was the womanizer, however, as it turned out, in the 1960s, Mr. Spock was the character who was most popular with te female viewers. 5. The first guy to die. You may have heard the term "Red Shirts", referring to no-name characters who can be killed off in a movie or TV show. The colors of the crew's shirts were standardized later in the season so that the security guards shirts were always red, so that's where the term came from. Over the course of TOS, 55 red shirt characters appeared and 24 of them died. Trust me, throw away that red shirt in your closet... :) 6. A lot of crew. The ship has 430 crew on TOS. On The Next Generation, it's over 1000 total people because in TNG the crew can bring their families along. 7. Teleplay by DC Fontana. This actually explains Episode Zero (The Cage). The cage was the original pilot. The network didn't like it because it was too cerebral, bit they were intrigued enough by the concept to ask for a second pilot, but wanted one that would be more hardcore SciFi. Roddenberry wrote up 4 story ideas, one of which (Where No Man has Gone Before) became the 2nd pilot, but all of those 4 story ideas were turned into episodes. Charlie X is one of those 4 pilot stories.

djKENTO
>>143902837

Considering when Seven of Nine was introduced to the show, when this film was written and went into production... doesn't add up for me. I think it's just a comical exaggeration of many of the female characters in both TOS and TNG. I mean 7 of 9 isn't dressing that much more ridiculously than Deanna Troi or many of the female guest stars, especially in early seasons of TNG

Hamesque

Charlie X, more like Charles Xavier.

JoeNotCharles
>>143915705

The Man Trap is such a bizarre choice for episode 1 because it's so... mid. It doesn't do a good job of introducing the characters or the premise, it doesn't have an interesting hook, it doesn't have any really standout scenes. It's just a monster of the week. Feels like mid-season filler.

Monarch Black

Glad to see this. Something with a whole lot of reaction potential. My tier list goes: Deep Space 9, TOS movies, TNG, TOS, TNG movies, Galaxy Quest, Voyager, The Orville, Enterprise, JJ reboots, new Paramount crap.

JoeNotCharles
>>143924947

I can't stand the remastered version. It's all I have available, and every time there's a shot of a planet from space it's really obvious that it's not the original look. I find it jarring. If you're going to watch TOS at this point, half the point is to see what the show was like in the 60's, so why would you replace a bunch of it? I'm really glad George & Simone are watching the original!

JoeNotCharles

I'm actually watching season 1 myself now, since I've only ever seen a handful of episodes before. I wouldn't recommend forcing yourself to watch all of it... with hour long episodes, a lot of it's pretty rough going! But when it hits, it's surprisingly great. If you want to just hit the highlights, so far my "must watch" list is (in the order I saw them): The Naked Time Balance of Terror The Squire of Gothos Dagger of the Mind The Galileo Seven The Menagerie (Part 1 & 2) After that are a couple of maybes: Where No Man Has Gone Before (interesting to see the differences, but not as good as I remembered) What Are Little Girls Made Of (good but not AS good as the others) Mudd's Women (introduces a character that's brought back a couple of times, but the episode itself isn't great) I see a couple of episode names I recognize that I haven't watched yet that should probably be on this list (Space Seed for sure), but I haven't seen them in a long time so can't be sure they hold up... Also definitely don't watch The Cage - it's SO SLOW, and it'll make The Menagerie harder to watch because of the repetition. After The Menagerie, if you're really interested in seeing the differences, go back and watch it.

James Wilson

Very excited for this. That said, I'd say Star Trek (including TNG and DS9) is one of those shows that is very hit or miss episode to episode. Some episodes will leave you wondering what on earth were they thinking. But the good ones stick with you due to the great themes and commentary on things like discovery, ethics, and inclusiveness.

Brendan Rafferty

Not counting the pilot, The next episode, “Where No Man Has Gone Before” was intended to be the first episode and was actually the first episode film. The air date order was changed but you will notice different gear and uniforms in the next episode, before they were changed.

Brendan Rafferty

The first interracial kiss was indeed Star Trek. I won’t spoil by saying who… but they are both humans (crew members) and what is disturbing is that the first interracial kiss on TV is forced with mind control and involves whips, and beatings… they kind of went all out with it 😀

Jesse Coombs

Y'all talking about Netflix, but I don't see the series on there. I'm in the states, so I'm wondering if the selection on Netflix is different in Canada, Europe, or Asia?

REDR58
>>143955968

Not on Netflix in the US. Only on Paramount+. And yes Netflix has different selections in different countries.

REDR58

That was a nice pair of reactions from you two and you seemed to enjoy the episodes, particularly “Charlie X.” I think it’s the stronger of the two. I’m looking forward to watching the rest of the season with your reactions!

REDR58
>>143948741

I’m watching these episodes having ripped the Blu-rays I just bought on sale and it’s interesting to see how much of the set is constructed of wood and you can actually see the woodgrain in some shots. You can really appreciate how much (little!) money they had to work with!

Ron

I'm so happy to be joining you guys on your Trek journey! Great reactions! Lots of great episodes in store. Side note: please avoid "The Cage" -- at least until after you've seen S01E12 (The Menagerie, pt. 2).

Andrew Roach
>>143933438

Lucille was eventually proven right about the show but sadly not soon enough as the show's initial "failure" bankrupted her studio. Paramount then got the show, which they didn't care about at first, and then ended up reaping the rewards.

Andrew Roach

So glad you are doing this. As long as you stay in the mindset of 1960s tv you can enjoy this for what it is. I always regard this series as an old blanket that I feel cozy wrapping myself up in. And despite how old this show is the design of the Enterprise is not dated. Despite of course no true computer screens the bridge design itself is still great and even the original hand help phaser still looks cool. Yes TNG started slow but then soared and I think most people's favorite series Deep Space Nine was epic. Even Voyager, weaker in general, still had supreme episodes and its own great character. Edit: damn, I just realized you are watching the original tv effects version, I much prefer the remastered version with updated effects which are just funner to watch. Also Netflix I think only has the new version effects, so I guess I just wait until TNG...

gobmob2000

Martin Cooper, the inventor of the mobile phone, ones cited Star Trek as an inspiration for the invention, although he did retract that later on.

Khan1001
>>143964503

Yes, this is the first time I'm watching the remastered version with the new effects, it looks great, the Enterprise looks gorgeous in all its CGI HD glory, the stars & planets look great as well, I think George & Simone would enjoy this version better.

Michael Kea

Wow guys, what have you done? You're glowing in this video. Both of you. 🌅 You look different, I don't know what it is, but it's awesome. New lighting or Angles?

Jeff Jake

Star Trek TOS: Gold = Command, Blue = Medical/Sciences, Red = Engineering/Security/Operations

Gary Fixler
>>143880725

I finally got to live my childhood dream in Minetrek, which was Star Trek built inside of Minecraft. I always wanted to walk the entire ship, every room, corridor, Jeffreys Tube, and turbolift. They built all of it. The group spent 10 years building Sci-Fi ships (before disagreements saw everyone disband), and in that time they built 3 entire Enterprise-D ships, each better than it's predecessor. I spent weeks wandering the latest one years ago, and never saw all of it. The impression I got, though, was "This is not the ship we saw on the show." It was absolutely colossal. We lived in the same handful of rooms in the show. There are thousands of just crew quarters, let alone thousands of other kinds of of rooms, like theaters, and security rooms/jails, and computer access rooms, and EPS maintenance spaces... We always saw the same two, small shuttlebays, but the main one, which you see the door of on the exterior in the show, was 3 stories high, and as large as a shopping mall. There were three 3-story buildings inside of it, with a lot of room around each, and dozens of shuttlecraft, with elevators to another huge level below, which was like the garage for working on them. There was a huge area like a zoo, with labs all around it. There's even a huge area for dolphins, like a backstage area at a huge aquarium, because one of the original ideas was that ship navigation would be handled by them, so they're at the front, as they were in the original plans from way back when. We saw the Ten-Forward lounge on the show, and it's in the minecraft version, but the outer ring of deck 10, and all decks, is full of lounges, and there's a Nine-Forward, Eight-Forward, etc. Thousands of rooms for people. There are holodecks all over, some gigantic, astrometrics labs... We saw one little hospital area with the doctor on TNG. This devotes most of a floor. It's like a major hospital, rooms all over the place. The "Grotto" looks like the main lobby of The Opryland Hotel (you gotta look it up); 3-stories, bull of trees and paths and bridges, and waterways, and even a little restaurant area in a cave in the middle of all of it. I actually asked the guy who made it if he was inspired by the hotel, and he'd never heard of it, and couldn't believe the similarities. You can walk up service stairs through the nacelle supports to an office in the nacelle that looks out over all the stuff inside. I could go on and on. Imagine a 40+ story megamall. I just kept finding more Easter eggs, and entire complexes of things. The woman who ran the server had terabytes of reference material, and knew everything about all 3 sets of plans, and even had sign-off and praise by two of the original plans designers, who were amazed by what they had created. I don't know if you can still get into it (Minecraft drove me nuts with constant updates I needed to spend hours debugging every week or two to even be able to get back in), but "LordAtrocities" was a huge part of the design, layout, and building of the ships there, and he has more than 100 videos on just that one ship (building of, and tours), and they built dozens of ships, from a ton of sci-fi shows.

Simon Pegged Me
>>143882096

Mon frère! In high school, when we had twice-a-day preseason practices in August, we were given salt tablets to manage the heat and humidity of the North Carolina summer. I don't think they do that anymore—practice in extreme heat or take salt tablets.

Simon Pegged Me

George, now that you've seen Charlie X, you have your first reference for Alan Rickman's snide comment to Tim Allen, "I see you've managed to get your shirt off."

G Lam

Simone's geek confidence on full display at 2:33. It's funny, I never would have expected George to have needed ST spelling out to him so much at the start. Now here's my geek confidence moment. "Beam me up Scotty" was never said in TOS or the movies. I just deleted a huge bit explaining the "circle part" of the TOS and TNG ships, but you know what, they could be spoilers, and I don't want to do that for you. Simone describing TOS... the word you are after is "campy", and yes, it's totally different to the other shows, don't be put off.

Renee MeowMeow Beans

The original Star Trek was in syndication when I was a teen, and I got a big kick out of it. Probably because of Leonard Nimoy - I just love Spock so much! I also became a pretty big TNG fan, cause of ol' P. Stew. I hope you're able to keep enjoying it for awhile. If not, no big whoop, happy to see you react to something else you all choose (I love that you're choosing stuff for yourselves btw!). My recs are the Good Place (4 seasons) and Community (6 seasons). They're both comedies, so much fun, so smart, and so out of left field. I think you two would love them. 🙂

Andrew Roach

Suggestion, you should do a poll to see which TOS version is preferred by your patreons: original or remastered with new visual effects.

Philipp Roensch

Cool reaction and the first time I really see it as well. My only frame of reference would be memes and a bit of TNG video games I know. From the same time I can only compare it to Doctor Who classic, which I must say, started still B&W has fewer effects, but better creatures imo. Story wise those first two here felt quite fluid though not as drawn out as DW's 6-part adventures, so this is cool monster per week stuff. One can tell the structure of talking vs limited effect shots, because the budget had to hold for the whole season^^. I was looking for themes or morals, feel free to correct me bit I only got this. Episode 1: Ok, the last one of this race was kinda starving but invasive, so let's end it and bye :D Episode 2: This boy could not be taught morality with patience or sports, so I guess he has to stay an experiment for his kind. Kirk only had and angle of authority and masculinity with him, so of course that went sideways.

Doc Holliday

Is Better call Saul still happening? I thought that won the poll.

Cinebinge
>>144008285

Yep! Patron voted shows are every Tuesday. The upcoming one on the 23rd will be the last 2 episodes of Black Mirror Season 3. Then the Tuesday after will be the start of BCS. Star Trek is a second show we've decided to start in parallel to patron voted shows as additional content and is posted every Wednesday or Friday depending on availability, and does not replace anything in the existing schedule.

Actuarial Lurker

DS9 is essential Casablanca in space with nuanced 3D characters and superior plot lines and moral dilemmas- if you can ignore the stupid Bajoran religion

Homestar

Since this isn't based on any poll, will you continue to watch other star trek series, or switch back and forth between entirely different shows (assuming you want to keep watching more star trek, and continue with this format long term)?

Peter Dillard

Picard was not in TOS and the real Picard was more of an explorer.

Peter Dillard

Yes it was the first show to have an interracial kiss and there were no aliens.

Peter Dillard

The 'pilot' which showed later was called 'The Menagerie' and is excellent.

Thomas Yanez
>>143914907

"Strange New Worlds" scratches the itch for me, too. As for "The Orville", I loved the first season, but gradually lost interest as the show started getting more and more preachy.

Thomas Yanez
>>143932372

Yeah, ever since the MCU exploded onto the screen, I have repeatedly been able to blow people's minds with the fact that most of the characters, even small roles, go back to the '60s (and some even further). Marvel has a huge backlog still to draw on if they want.

Thomas Yanez
>>144045504

"The Menagerie" isn't the pilot, it is segments of the pilot edited in with new footage. The unedited pilot is "The Cage".

Dee Aitch
>>143986258

I'm stoked that he's watching with the original effects. It always throws me out of the show when I watch reactors view it with the almost equally outdated CGI.

Ken Schneyer

Loved this reaction, especially to Ep. 2!

Ken Schneyer
>>144110317

Continuity over seasons wasn’t a thing in TV (except for daytime soap operas) until “Hill Street Blues” in about 1980. ST:TNG began in 1987, so it incorporated that device. ST:TOS is largely episodic, although you’ll see *hints* of things that happened in S1 being mentioned briefly in S2, but not much. When St:Enterprise, ST:Discovery, and ST:SNW came out, all of which are supposed to take place before TOS, it created real continuity problems, especially since continuity in TOS was so terrible to begin with.

goddan

Shout out to George Clayton Johnson! (wrote "The Man Trap"). Not a great episode, admittedly, but a wonderful writer. I had the fortune to meet him when he used to give a series of informal talks at a used bookstore (Bookfellows) in Glendale, CA around 2008 or '09? He is also noted for some scripts on the "Twilight Zone" (another great show you should consider watching!) and the screenplay for "Logan's Run" ('70s sci-fi). He was probably in his 70s or 80s at those talks, always stoned and constantly had a joint with him, very kind and gentle with a good sense of humor. He would tell us to be prepared for stories to be told on mini-screens (cellphones). Also, great job Simone and George! Always very insightful and thoughtful comments.

Gryff

Cant wait till TNG!

Thomas Young

I loved the unaired pilot when I watched it on Netflix years ago. I was very disappointed in the next episode when I found out it was an entirely different cast.

Julian Mark

Wow, this is amazing news. I watch your movie reactions if they catch my interest, but as a Star Trek fan, I now have something I can definitely look forward to each week, and that means a lot!

Ken Schneyer

In (written) science fiction of the 1940s & 50s, “X” was frequently used, especially in titles, to refer to the weird, the alien, the otherworldly. For example, there were two SF radio shows called “Dimension X” and “X Minus One” — and of course you already know about Doctor X and the X-Men in the mid-60s. So by calling the episode “Charlie X”, they were signaling, to veteran SF fans, that there was going to be something strange about Charlie. No one in 1966 would have imagined that it meant “Charlie 10”.

SpankTheMonk

Woohoo! Now this is pod racing 🎉🫶❤️

SpankTheMonk

Also, I mean this truly, watching TOS and (have some fun watching the animated limited series too it was really good for what it was) going into the original TOS movies is a wonderful experience. I personally believe the TOS movies were the greatest series of films not because they were all perfect but they allowed viewers/fans to follow their beloved characters as they got older and into their later chapters, we don’t really get that until x-men and the the marvel cinematic universe. Kevin Feige even added a fan Easter egg to endgame in honor of the final full TOS cast movie.

punterjoe

The more you watch TOS, the more you will appreciate Galaxy Quest. Trek was very adventurous and ambitious for the 1960s. There are great eps & cringey ones, but it's all in good fun. I look forward to you watching some of my favorites - which I won't name until you watch them. Don't want to bias anynoe. In the Ep #&4 conversation you mention sci-fi before Trek... much of which was low budget and cheesy. You might really enhoy the mid 1950s film Forbidden Planet - which was clearly a huge influence on Trek.... very high-concept and great special effects. Enjoy the great AND the goofy of this mid '60s limited-budget TV series. It's a worthwhile ride!

Patrick

It's funny watching this right after seeing the Red Letter Media episode of them just after buying one of the original moulds for the salt vampire costume.

Theadora

There might be previews for each episode somewhere (there are on the DVDs I have); those might help you get an idea for each episode without (too many) spoilers.

Theadora
>>143885319

"Where No Man Has Gone Before" is a different episode (the *second* pilot in fact) than "The Cage".

Theadora
>>143936634

Now, do you only drink for that exact line, for whenever McCoy says "dead", or for when anyone says something similar? ;-)

Michael Nemo

You really should've watched the rejected pilot called THE CAGE.

Stache

I'm glad George brought those two episodes up. I don't no if y'all are planning on watching them. Would like to see those. I actually have these episodes with my copies of the show, and it throws people for a loop when I watch those first lol.

Logan Kerlee

Had so much fun watching these with you both! I'm very excited to watch more today. :)

Clayton Courtney
>>144166703

Why not? Roman numerals were a thing in 1966. Royalty used them such as King Henry VIII. Many books use them for Chapters and so on.

danzthename

I had forgotten how much Charlie X is pretty much just pure horror. I remember being kind of scared by it when I was little, but seeing it again, I realize just how well they pulled it off.

JarHead0351

I f you enjot these story lines - you really need to watch "Twilight Zone 1954-1964" You will ssee many shows that followed these story lines from this TV Series and will see many of major stars in them as they were just starting out

Zerocyde

I've always assumed Sigourney Weaver's Galaxy Quest character was a dig at Counselor Troi from Next Gen.

George_or_Binks

1:02:30 Realize that cell phones, computers, Zoom and all pretty much owe their existence to "Star Trek," which provided direct inspiration to all those nerds sitting in their parents' basements in the '70s and 80s, quietly becoming multibillionaires.