THE FIRST TREK! Star Trek The Original Series 1x1 “The Man Trap” Reaction! First Time Watching!
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FYI, there have been quite a few reactors who have reacted to the entire Star Trek series. I urge you to become part of this exclusive club.
Right on! You’d get A LOT of views!
Yes, please! At least TOS!
I agree. Imo most episodes contaiñ lots of growth for the characters. I've already subscribe👍😀
There’s a lot of garbage in Trek if you look at the whole run - Spock’s Brain for one. All of Voyager for another. And Babylon 5 is arguably better than all of it
Yes. Do all of it. Don't skip anything.
This is the first *transmitted* episode but not the pilot episode. There are actually 2 episodes - "The Cage" which was rejected and "Where No Man Has Gone Before" which was transmitted as the 4th episode.
Season 1:
Where No Man Has Gone Before
The Naked Time
The Corbomite Manoeuvre
The Menagerie Pt1&2
Balance of Terror
Arena
Space Seed
The Devil in the Dark
Errand of Mercy
The City on the Edge of Forever (absolute must watch)
Season 2:
Amok Time (must watch)
Mirror, Mirror
The Doomsday Machine
Metamorphosis
Journey to Babel
Wolf in the Fold
The Trouble with Tribbles
The Ultimate Computer
Season 3:
The Enterprise Incident
Is There In Truth No Beauty?
Spectre of the Gun
Day of the Dove
The Tholian Web
Let That Be Your Last Battlefield
Requiem for Methuselah
Failing that, watch them all!
My suggestion....All of them. I have a habit of being a patreon member for creators who react to all of Star Trek 😊
That sounds like a bribe. 😂
@@MrDeathpilot Indeed
I'm what they call an original Trekkie! I was there for the series premier in 1966. Star Trek is great science fiction and , IMHO, should be seen in it's entirety. Yes, there are a few episodes that may be wanting but regardless, I will be here with you for each and every episode😮😊ENJOY!!
Me too! Thats where it all started, and I’m a “purest”. Meaning THIS is the ONLY prime timeline, and correct canon. Of course, I came to really love TNG on its own.
The list of stinkers is shorter than the list of greats. And even at that, there is not complete consensus.
Me three. I was 6 when I saw "The Doomsday Machine" air in 1967 and I was hooked for life.
This was the first to air, but actually the 6th to be filmed. I remember seeing this in 1966. If you are looking for best starting with season 1, I would start with: "The Corbomite Maneuver", "Arena", "The City on the Edge of Forever", and "Space Seed" (not because it is one of the best, but because of the tie to ST2).
next season 1 tier:
"Where No Man Has Gone Before"
"The Naked Time"
"The Menagerie"
A fellow original Trecker. I think I was almost 6 years old when this premiered but I remember watching it
Good season 1 choices.
Look at the opening scene again: Nancy has two different hair colors, black for McCoy, and salt & pepper for Kirk, in addition to a whole different appearance top to bottom for Darnell. McCoy looks at her strangely in the scene after the credits when they find Darnell dead because at that point Nancy appears with both black and gray hair at the same time, to him as well as Kirk.
Watch them all! If you decide it isnt your taste you can always move on!
just watch them all man
I loved your movie reactions so it's sweet you're watching a bunch of the episodes! Some standout ones to not miss IMO:
A Taste of Armegeddon, The Conscience of the King, Balance of Terror, Space Seed, Return of the Archons, The Doomsday Machine, The Ultimate Computer, Devil in the Dark. Basically any from S1-S2 you can't go wrong!
Don’t skip dude, seriously, what’s the hurry?
The thing on Spock's ear is a communications ear piece device.
Also i'm so glad your watching the original series with the original effects as it was in 1966 👍.
Watch the entire series in broadcast order I think you'll be in for a ride I'm glad your enjoying it.
Do it all. You have definitely connected with the franchise and characters. You're already in deep my friend. 😂
Some important episodes:
- Journey to Babel, Amok Time, Galileo Seven (important for Spock as a character)
- The City on the Edge of Forever (award-winning classic episode)
- Errand of Mercy (important for lore)
- Balance of Terror (ditto)
- The Conscience of the King (rounds Kirk well as a character)
- The Trouble With Tribbles (classic comedy, important for DS9 later)
- Day of the Dove (important for DS9 later)
- The Cage >OR< Menagerie parts I&II (the rejected pilot in either representation)
- Mirror, Mirror (important for DS9 later, a huge classic too)
Great picks here, I forgot about Galileo Seven
Fun whenever I find someone taking on the original series. Many incredible stories, touching on subjects you couldn't easily put on TV of those days.
A few episodes you really need to see ; Balance of Terror, City on the edge of forever, Doomsday Machine, Amok time.
So glad you're continuing the Star Trek voyage!
The brightly-colored uniforms (and bright color in general) was because this was during the transition from black-and-white TVs to color, and so the show had to look good (and the characters be identifiable) on both kinds of TVs.
7:00 "What's he got in his ear?" -- Star Trek predicted Bluetooth earpieces almost 40 years before they became a thing. 🙂
9:35 "What is that device" -- that is, in fact, the communicator. That compact "flip-phone" style was a radical idea at a time when most science-fiction shows used redressed, military-surplus walkie-talkies with radio antennae sticking out of them. 🙂
12:09 Actually, Sulu *was* the helmsman at this point . One aspect of his character was that he had a lot of different hobbies he indulged in during his off-hours, although that kind of got pushed to the background as the series went on.
The frequent "Captain's Log" entries were typically placed at the points where they came back from commercial breaks. It was to help remind the audience where they were in the episode, and also to catch up anyone who might just be tuning in after switching channels during the commercial break. Sometimes it was also used to bridge two scenes with a quick exposition, without having to actually show the events in between.
I love the fact that you are watching the ORIGINAL version of the series... not the remastered version from 2007 with new CGI effects. You are seeing what we saw when we first watched the episodes all those decades ago. Since you are watching the original version with the original effects, I want to clue you onto something that you may or may not have noticed. A lot of stock shots were made of the Enterprise model for the second pilot. A LOT. However, when the show was green lit for full production, it was decided to upgrade the 11-foot ship model. Some changes were made... rotating fans and flashing lights in the front of the warp engines instead of dark red globes with spires in them, a change in the backside of the warp engines from small portholes to protruding half-circles... a realignment of the under-saucer navigational lights, the main sensor dish made smaller, the bridge section of the ship made smaller.... lots of little things like that. BUT... since a LOT of stock shots of the earlier version were made, the decision was made to continue to use them instead of refilming them with the upgraded model. As a result, you will see them mixed in with the production version shots, so one shot will show the Enterprise with spinning and blinking front engine caps, but the next shot will show them as painted dark red with little spires through them. The remastered versions with CGI effects took care of the inconsistencies by making all shots of the Enterprise somewhat the same, but for most viewers, the original model effects shots just look more "real". As you watch the episodes, you will see what I mean.
Right here in the1st episode aired is the indication of McCoy's age. "Hardly 25" "When I met her 12 years ago" and "Walked out of each other's lives 10 years ago." Pretty much says McCoy is around 47 (Kelley's actual age at the time 46). Shatner's aactual age at the time - 35.* Yet 2 seasons later the idea of McCoy having a 20 something daughter who would crush on Kirk when she visited her father on the ship was rejected "because the audience perceived Kirk and McCoy to be cliose to the same age" - I always knew they was a 12 to 15 year difference.
* According to Memory Alpha (a site that coordinates data from the films and shows), Kirk was born in 2233 and took command of the Enterprise in 2265 when he was 32 and makes him only a year older in this season (2266 - and validates my memory that Shatner was playing Kirk a wee younger). However, Memory Alpha agrees with the notion that they're closer in age saying McCoy was born in 2227 making him 39 at this point. Spock is listed as born in 2230 (even though Nimoy was born 5 days after Shatner). Considering the supposed longer life span of Vulcans I might have made him a bit older These future dates - determined long after the third season of TOS - still don't rule out the possibility of McCoy having a 20 year old daughter.for an episode set in 2268. The only question is would her mother have been Nancy?
"What's he got in his ear?" - what they thought a futuristic ear-pod would look like (one they got wrong - but the flip phone they got right) - You'll see Uhura has one too,
There are quite a few things that were posited in Star Trek that later became real life tech. As you said, communicators paved the way for flip phones. The ear-pod led to today's Bluetooth headset & earbuds. Bio-beds led to advanced medical beds with bio signal telemetry. Star Trek: The Next Generation gave us PADDs (smartphones & tablets), touchscreens input panels, & wearables in the form of the insignia communicator (although Star Trek: The Motion Picture technically did that first with their wristwatch looking communicators).
IMHO, I think a lot of fans of Star Trek were behind many of these devices and just wanted a world where they actually existed.
How this became Season 1 Episode 1: After two pilot episodes, Star Trek was set to premire Mid-September 1966. Then someone at NBC (the US network airing ST) thought it would be a great idea to celebrate this was the first year all their shows were in color by premiring their new shows two weeks early! Except that second pilot had a lot of effects that still need polishing in post production. Three compleated episodes were offered in its place. The network saw the words 'alien monster' in The Man Trap description and said "We'll take this one" 😊
Every once in a while you'll find a main cast member MIA - because there were no lines for their character. The ship pilot has no lines in this episode except "Warp One,sir" - so Sulu got the role of the botanist who otherwise would have been another actor. You wouldn't expect Scotty of having an affinity for botany. This of course leads to Sulu having diverse hobbies.
Drinking is distantly related to plants...(and sometimes it's green).
The other guy is a redshirt (even though his shirt is blue). The term didn't become a thing until later in the series - which lead to the division color changes in TNG (hint: science/medicine remained blue).
Just because Darnell un-alived d in the episode doesn't mean he's a red shirt. Others besides red shirts un-alive. Charlie most assuredly un-alived that one woman who came around the corner without a face. Tomlinson did in Balance Of Terror. Joe Tormolen too. Sure the majority are red shirts but that's because they are the majority of the crew and many are security.
Please keep in mind that Shatner and Nimoy do not have their characters down. It took them a few episodes to create their characters. Not to mention the rest of the cast of gel with each other.
It's easier to list the ones you should skip because most of them are so good
That’s a good point
There is something closer to a consensus on the TOP FIVE episodes on the Original Series, than on what are the ‘best’ episodes after that top-5 tier. My selection for the top five (in order) -
1 The City on the Edge of Forever (Season1, Episode 28)
2 Amok Time (S 2 E 1)
3 Mirror, Mirror (S 2 E 4)
4 Journey To Babel (S 2 E 10)
5 The Trouble With Tribbles (S 2 E 15)
and my pick for the ‘first rank of the second rank’ - the ten just below the top five:
6 The Enterprise Incident (S 3 E 2)
7 The Enemy Within (S 1 E 5)
8 All Our Yesterdays (S 3 E 23)
9 The devil in the dark (S 1 E 25)
10 Balance of terror (S 1 E 14)
11 The tholian web (S 3 E 9)
12 The Squire of Gothos (S 1 E 17)
13 Obsession (S 2 E 13)
14 The Conscience of the king (S 1 E 13)
15 Shore Leave (S 1 E 15)
You’ll have to decide whether you want to go through the series in a ‘complete’ fashion, or by ‘picking and choosing’ from a list you establish of which are likely to be ‘the best’ episodes.
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The series (like all series) also produced its share of clunkers. My pick of the top five worst episodes:
1 And the children shall lead (S 3 E 4)
2 The Alternative Factor (S 1 E 27)
3 The Galileo Seven (S 1 E 16)
4 The Mark of Gideon (S 3 E 16)
5 The Lights of Zetar (S 3 E 18)
(Sorry, fellow enthusiasts: I didn’t forget about “Spock’s Brain” and I didn’t forget about “Turnabout Intruder.” I merely don’t dislike them as intensely as some of you do. The five listed above, are much worse.)
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...If you want to "get as much out of the Original Series as possible," you'd be well served to check out the podcast "Enterprise Incidents with Scott And Steve" (available on CZcams & elsewhere. ) They went through the original series episode by episode (in production order) and brought an amazing level of insight to this show that has been around for more than 55 years. They had a great many insights that even long-time enthusiasts like myself, hadn't noticed or hadn't considered. (I would take in their podcast treatment after you've watched the episodes themselves, naturally.)
I had seen the movie... it's an... experience... and I walked to my house and my mom was on the couch (she's super clean cut and bubbly and dorky) and soon as I entered she was watching IFC (Independent film chanel) and I heard the music. I knew INSTANTLY what she was watching, and I knew instantly she was entering the final half hour. she looked at me in horror and explained this movie started while she cleaned, and after a bit, she just couldn't look away anymore and had been stuck on the couch, unable to move. I nodded and said ok I'll be back in half an hour, and we'll have to have a talk about it. she was like 'YOU'VE SEEN THIS?!?!' I'm like, yep, that music is burned in my head. I haven't even looked at the TV, and I know exactly where you're at. I'm going to my room. I'll be back. lol, we both have a love for independent film. we both love Buffalo 66' for an insite into our tastes lolol we still bring this movie up when discussing film every now and then... love or hate it, you'll never forget it.
Favorite episodes: Where No Man Has Gone Before, The Naked Time, Balance of Terror, The Doomsday Machine, The Ultimate Computer
"City on the edge of forever" is amazing in my view. There are other good ones, but I only remember that title :-)
One of the greatest TV episodes of all time.
Favorite Star Trek TOS Episodes:
1. City on the Edge of Forever
2. The Trouble With Tribbles
3. Balance of Terror
4. A Piece of the Action
5. Journey To Babel
6. Tomorrow Is Yesterday
7. The Menagerie Parts 1 & 2
8. Mirror, Mirror
9. Amok Time
10. Where No Man Has Gone Before
11. The Naked Time
12. The Corbomite Maneuver
13. The Doomsday Machine
14. The Tholian Web
15. The Enterprise Incident
16. Let That Be Your Last Battlefield
17. Space Seed
18. All Our Yesterdays
19. Errand Of Mercy
20. The Enemy Within
Honorable Mention:
Star Trek: The Animated Series - "Yesteryear"
Viewing order does not matter.
I watched these growing up in the '70s, in the days of the affiliate stations who just grabbed random episodes off a shelf. The pilot didn't even air (outside of conventions) until the '90s. Didn't prevent me from falling in love with the series.
First off, great to see you reacting to the Original series, and second, it’s great to see you reacting to the original effects too, and would like to get your opinion on the updated effects if you get a chance to see them.
I will probably check a comparison on CZcams and thank you
Directly referenced by movies:
Space Seed
Tomorrow Is Yesterday
Errand of Mercy
Amok Time
Journey To Babel
The DoomsDay Machine
Is There In Truth No Beauty?
Character List:
Balance of Terror
Mirror Mirror
The Immunity Syndrome
The Trouble with Tribbles
The Devil In the Dark
The City on the Edge of Forever
As a fan that started watching it in 1969 when it went into syndication on my local channel I'd say watch them all. It is one of tvs great series. Production order may be better than broadcast order but I don't think it matters much as I saw them all out of order in syndication and it still became my favorite series. Sure it has lesser episodes but many more great ones.
There are pros and cons to watching the original, unaltered show as opposed to the remastered version with CG ship scenes, but I generally recommend first time viewers to watch the remastered episodes.
Obviously the classic effects are the true way the show was experienced back in the day, but many of the space battle scenes are really sparse and outdated by today's standards. You'll also notice that there are really only about 10 shots of the Enterprise in the entire classic show that they reused endlessly.
As much as I personally love the original, the remastered version seriously improves on all this, and it's for that reason that I think it's probably worth switching over since you're younger and your expectations will be higher. The remastered effects are very well done for their time, and it allows the show to be what the creators envisioned if they'd had an infinite budget for effects.
I know this is probably controversial, and that you'll get a lot of old schoolers insisting that you watch the unaltered versions. But episodes like "The Ultimate Computer" and "The Doomsday Machine"are much more enjoyable in remastered unless you're a pure historian. Since you have no nostalgia for the original presentation, I think remastered would be better.
I mostly agree with you and disagree a little bit. I grew up on TNG but eventually watched most of TOS out of order on tv for many years and enjoyed it, but the most enjoyable viewing experience for me was watching TOS remastered. I had already seen most of the original series before watching remastered and I think I was able to appreciate it even more. For some people it's probably actually the opposite, but I still think it would probably be better if he watches the original original series if he has no problem with goin oldest school.
@@dankeefer8859@dankeefer8859 I get it, I really do. But if he's only going to watch them once, remastered is the way to go. When the Enterprise is fighting 4 other ships and it's just identical stock footage of the ship split into each quadrant of the screen, it really doesn't hold up. That particular scene wasn't even exciting back in the day. The remastered does wonders for that.
I want to keep any list of this short, but I'll do ten with five runner ups.
Top 5:
1. Amok Time
2. Errand of Mercy (Important if you intend to do other Star Trek going forward.)
3. Balance of Terror (ditto)
4. City on the Edge of Forever (An award winning episode.)
5. The Trouble With Tribbles
Top 10:
6. Arena
7. The Corbomite Maneuver
8. A Piece of the Action
9. Let That Be Your Last Battlefield.
10. Squire of Gothos
Runner Ups:
11. The Doomsday machine
12. Day of the Dove
13. Patterns of Force
14. Who Mourns For Adonais
15. For The World is Hollow and I have Touched The Sky
I feel ’Journey to Babel’ and ’The Conscience of the King’ are vital in terms of Spock and Kirk as characters. More essential than about half your picks for that reason.
@@joonaa2751 Journey to Babel, yes. King is a take it or leave it. Obsession is also an important one for Kirk.
They're all essential, because they all add something, and they're all good episodes. :)
Watch them all. No, not every episode is a banger, but there's value in scenes and character moments that you only get by watching the entire series.
There were some exotic salt shakers ordered for that scene where Janice puts salt on the food. They were rejected bacause the audience wouldn't recognize them as salt shakers. They were repurposed as dome of Dr. McCoy's medical instruments.
I quite enjoyed this reaction. I do agree that it would be cool if you reacted to all the TOS episodes. However, if I'm pressured into a list of my faves:
1. Amok Time
2. The City On The Edge Of Forever
3. Space Seed
4. Journey To Babel
5. The Corbomite Maneuver
6. The Tholian Web
7. The Enterprise Incident
8. Balance Of Terror
9. Errand Of Mercy
10. The Trouble With Tribbles
Okay Will. Here are my tops for season 1 for you to watch (at your discretion of course. You’re the boss).
1-Where No Man Has Gone Before
2-The Corbomite Maneuver
3-The Menagerie parts 1+2
4-Balance of Terror
5-The Galileo Seven
6-Court Martial
7-City on the Edge of Forever
(You’ve seen Space Seed already)But this is just season 1. But I’d watch as many as you can to at least get the feel for who the characters become.
hey there! glad to have ya aboard! Before I make a list, There ate TWO versions of every episode. In 2006 they remastered the show. They rescanned the film to make it higher resolution. And the remade all the special effects. Its not perfect, but it was a big improvement. You can easily tell by looking at the Enterprise. The newer cgi is much cleaner. Although the lighting of the ship models are all kinda dim and gloomy looking
The remastered SUCKS
@@mem1701movies I think sucks is a bit harsh, but…I can appreciate the sentiment. I do think one big problem with them are they dull things down too much. For example, in many shots the Enterprise can be vibrantly colored, depending on how the fx were shot, but in the cgi remasters, the Enterprise seems dully lit. They also seem more like mid cgi now, which takes me out of it a bit. Something that always appealed to me was how the Enterprise had mass and weight, especially compared to other sci fi series of that time frame, ( Lost in Space, Voyage to the bottom of the sea, etc.) which had nice models, but, even to young me watching these first run, they felt like models. Detailed ones, but still models. However, for Star Trek, they managed to shoot the models in a way that felt more theatrical, so the ships had weight and mass, to me anyways. That’s just my two cents though, and mileage always varies. B
The device in Spock's ear and briefly seen in Uhura's ear is what we would call today an ear bud. Ours are much smaller of course. And the communicator in the original series is the inspiration for the cell phone.
Captain Kirk gets a bad reputation for being a womanizer. While he has romantic interests in the show, he also uses his charm to get information.
Season 1 episode recommendations:
Charlie X
Where No Man Has Gone Before
The Naked Time
Dagger Of The Mind
The Corbomite Maneuver
The Conscience Of The King
Balance Of Terror
The Galileo Seven
Squire Of Gothos
Arena
Space Seed
A Taste Of Armageddon
The Devil In The Dark
Errand Of Mercy
City On The Edge Of Forever
There are so many great episodes in Season 1 alone that you could watch every episode if you were so inclined.
"She's got some great salt there." And a uniform she had the costume designer tweak so it showed off her legs more. (Maybe she was the inspiration for ZZTops Legs). If you just continue on you'll realize the episodes are appearing out of production order error (for instance Episode 3) There are two episodes where Uhura wears a gold uniform - they were the episodes filmed directly after the 2nd pilot - then Nichelle saw Janice's uniform and said "Hey, wait a minute!!!! and got her own red dress. Seriously they looked at that those two episodes - realized positioning of the work stations made the gold and blue uniforms prominent - Uhhura in gold behind Kirk also in gold mage her disappear into the background but a red uniform would make her pop and put all three colors in most shots. And who was more deserving of a pop than Nichelle?
This is a great start.I'll list my personal favourite episodes (i'm sure every's are different). I'll list these in running order.
Season 1:
Charlie X
The Naked Time
The Corbomite Maneuver
Balance Of Terror
Space Seed
The Devil In The Dark
Season 2:
The Changeling
Mirror Mirror
I, Mudd
Journey To Babel
The Deadly Years
Obsession
Wolf In The Fold
The Trouble With Tribbles
A Piece Of The Action
The Ultimate Comuter
Season 3:
Spock's Brain
The Enterprise Incident
And The Children Shall Lead
Is There In Truth No Beauty?
Day Of The Dove
The Tholian Web
Wink Of An Eye
That Which Survives
Turnabout Intruder
Obviously The Man Trap would have normally been on this list too.
My favourite 4 episodes are:
4 Balance Of Terror
3 The Trouble With Tribbles
2 The Naked Time
1 Mirror Mirror
Favorite episodes, journey to babel, errand of mercy, balance of terror, city on the edge of forever, squire of gothos, requiem for methuselah.? Mirror mirror.
The City on the Edge of Forever, The Menagerie, Where No Man Has Gone Before, Shore Leave, Balance of Terror, Arena, Charlie X, Galileo 7, Space Seed, Amok Time, Journey to Babel, Mirror, Mirror, The Trouble with Tribbles, The Doomsday Machine, The Corbomite Maneuver, Charlie X, Tomorrow Is Yesterday, The Naked Time, The Enemy Within, Devil in the Dark, The Enterprise Incident, All Our Yesterdays, A Taste of Armageddon, A Piece of the Action, The Tholian Web, Errand of Mercy, Metamorphosis, Court Martial, The Deadly Years, The Immunity Syndrome, I, Mudd, and Mudd's Women.
Honorable Mention: Dagger of the Mind, The Cloud Minders, The Ultimate Computer, and Day of the Dove, A Private Little War, Obsession, The Paradise Syndrome, Whom Gods Destroy, and This Side of Paradise.
*However* we almost all would prefer you watch every episode in release order, all 79!
That’s a pretty good list but…yes. All is best! 😊
Some of my favorite episodes:
Where No Man Has Gone Before
Balance of Terror
The Menagerie (Parts 1 and 2)
A Taste of Armageddon
Space Seed
The Devil in the Dark
The City on the Edge of Forever
Amok Time
The Changeling
Mirror, Mirror
The Doomsday Machine
Journey to Babel
The Trouble With Tribbles
The Ultimate Computer
The Enterprise Incident
Is There In Truth No Beauty
For The World Is Hollow and I Have Touched The Sky
Requiem for Methusaleh
The Cloud Minders
All Our Yesterdays
They were still going with the trope of horny sailors (girl in ever port type) on a naval ship suddenly having female crew members. If you watch one of the inspirations for Star Trek - Forbidden Planet - you'll see an all male crew reacting to a very attractive 19/20 year old woman - after a long journey that was, at least, months through space.
Ideally I would like to see you watch all 79 episodes* - if that's not something you're willing to do let me know - I can make a list - much as it would pain me to do so.
* C'mon!!! It's not that bad. One a week is a year and a half of guaranteed views and you've alresd seen Space Seed (including this one down to 77 - over before you know it and looking for more).
#2) 2 communicators in the original series( circa 2250 &2266). Surface to ship communication device(very similar to today's cell phones). Also a locator for the transporter device so they can be beamed up
Star Trek is episodic with a totally different story for each episode. If you miss an episode, you also will miss the character development and important details of the Star Trek cannon. To solve this issue, the entire series should be seen so you don't miss something important.concerning the Star Trek universe😮😊
You make a good case!
dope
Never mind, I can adopt another Star Trek reactor. 😂 stick with the entire series after this you have 909 episodes left to go
Ohhh it’s defo gonna be a 5 year voyage 🤣
1st episode broadcast, sixth filmed. But either broadcast order or production order is good.
It's true that one can watch in any order, but it's mildly helpful to see the concepts slowly developed and firmed up.
I'd recommend watching at least all of the first two seasons and then doing a best of the third, which was much inferior after Roddenberry quit as show-runner and was replaced by Fred Freiberger, who both didn't get science fiction, and had to work with an even smaller budget.
This is also an extremely unusual episode compared to the ethic of all the rest of STAR TREK, where alien life is to be understood and communicated with and preserved unless there's absolutely no other choice.
If this was what ST became, they would have tried to communicate with the salt creature, and find it a safe place to live out its life with adequate salt/food, etc. But they hadn't figured that part out yet.
Yes I agree, 2 seasons and best of 3rd season
Good for you for starting at the beginning! I will follow your journey and rely on me for info/answers. I've been watchign since 1970/71 era. *How many episodes (total are 78 episodes for 79 hours of screen time) do you want in your abridged list?* Cheers!
I like that you’re watching the original effects as opposed to the horrible CGI remaster they did in 2006 that looked bad immediately
It’s great that Will, as part of the new generation of fans, enjoys it exactly as it was in 1966 - visuals and all. Many do the remaster. I can tell he already gets what makes Trek truly remarkable.
Count me among those who recommend watched the ORIGINAL 1960s optical-effects - as you did with this episode. So much of what is great about TOS was due to its unique and fantastic collection of talented actors and film-artisans who contributed to the show’s success and longevity. For first time viewers, like yourself, who seek to experience what it was like for audiences and fans who watched the Series during the 1960’s (and, later, in reruns), IMHO, should definitely choose NOT to watch the modern, cgi-crafted effects.
Nice. You have to do all of them mate. So I'm subscribed and putting notifications on 🔔
Appreciate the support episode 2 out Wednesday:)
She’s not a shapeshifter. She mesmerizes people.
She is a shapeshifter and also mesmerizes people,a double whammy.
@@user-be7tc2bd6e no shapeshifter
@@pcp-xo1wj Yes,shapeshifter.They show her changing forms in several scenes.
@user-be7tc2bd6e no, they show the illusion dropping because she dies. She even strikes a hypnotic pose to immobilize Kirk. Later she's much stronger than Nancy Crater could ever be when Spock attacks her. AND when Kirk, McCoy, and Darnell encounter Nancy they see three different women. How could she appear to be three different women if it's a new shape and not an illusion?
@@pcp-xo1wj No,the creature resumed it's original form ( it shortly took the form of Nancy before dying )yes,she immobilized Kirk,that's how she feeds from it's victums,another ability the creature had.When the creature-PIMP-slaps Spock across the room,that shows the audience how much stronger the creature is than even a Vulcan.The creature is both a shape-shifter and mind-bender.
The city on the edge of forever. Mirror Mirror
DEVIL IN THE DARK and JOURNEY TO BABEL
Hey, Will. My choice episodes from season 1. Corbomite maneuver,naked time, balance of terror,the Galileo seven,court martial, menagerie 1&2, arena, tomorrow is yesterday,space seed( yeah I know), errand of mercy,city on the edge of forever,a taste of Armageddon,operation annihilate. Will drop comments on S 2&3
episodes to see
"The Cage"
"Where No Man Has Gone Before"
"The Naked Time"
"Mudd's Women"
"The Menagerie"
"Balance of Terror"
"The Squire of Gothos"
"Space Seed"
"The Devil in the Dark"
"Amok Time"
"Who Mourns for Adonais?"
"Mirror, Mirror"
I, Mudd"
"The Deadly Years"
"The Trouble with Tribbles"
"Day of the Dove"
"Plato's Stepchildren"
"Let That Be Your Last Battlefield"
the animated series
"Yesteryear"
"The Lorelei Signal"
"More Tribbles, More Troubles"
"The Infinite Vulcan"
"Mudd's Passion"
"The Slaver Weapon"
"The Practical Joker"
"The Counter-Clock Incident"
Tng season one
"Encounter at Farpoint"
"The Naked Now"
"Hide and Q"
"The Big Goodbye"
"Datalore"
"11001001"
"Skin of Evil"
"Conspiracy"
"The Neutral Zone"
1. Grace Lee Whitney was always my favorite hottie on this show. Unfortunately, there wasn't enough room for two hot blondes. Gene Roddenberry married Majel Barrett/Nurse Chappel so guess who got the gig. There was also behind the scenes issues that sent her packing.☹
2. This is one of the very few episodes where "Bones" completely loses his cool.
3. Welcome abord mate.😁
Thank you :)
Im seeing an unusual amount of negativity here surprisingly. There is a reason that Star Trek is the only sci-fi show in history to have its own conventions first. Lets have some optimism here!
The flying omelet episode.
Who Cries for Adonais is another ep.
Arena, the ep where Kirk fights the Gorn (lizard).
City on the Edge of Forever
What Little Girls are Made Of
The Doomsday Machine
Operation annihilate you were referring to, flying omelets.
With Season 1, it's easier to recommend episodes you _shouldn't_ watch than ones you should. It's a really solid season. The exceptions are "Miri" and "The Alternative Factor."
The same is true with Season 2. It has a few duds, like "The Apple" and "The Omega Glory," but it's overall on par with the first season, churning out one classic after another.
But Season 3 . . . not so much. It has "The Enterprise Incident," "Is There in Truth No Beauty," "Let that Be Your Last Battlefield," and a few other good episodes, but it's mediocre.
And there's the animated series, which acts as Season 4. "Yesteryear" is worthwhile viewing, and there are a few fun sequels to the live-action episodes, but the animation is bad.
You can’t figure out what a radio is?
It’s a EARPHONE. What’s so weird?
season 1 recommends
The Naked Time
The Enemy Within (Classic)
Mudd's Women (Classic)
The Menagerie parts 1 and 2 (must watch)
The Conscience of the King
Balance of Terror
Shore Leave
Arena (Classic)
Court Martial (must watch)
Space Seed (must watch)
The Devil in the Dark (Classic)
The City on the Edge of Forever (Classic)
Season 2
Amok Time (must watch)
Mirror Mirror (must watch)
I, Mudd (Classic)
Journey to Babel (must watch)
Friday's Child
Wolf in the Fold
The Trouble with Tribbles (must watch)
The Gamesters of Trikelion
Season 3
The Enterprise Incident (Must Watch)
The Paradise Syndrome
Plato's Stepchildren
Elaan of Troyius (Classic)
Whom Gods Destroy
The Way to Eden
The Cloud Minders (Classic)
Thank you
You didn't seem to really understand what was happening throughout the episode.
Will, with maybe one exception, every episode of the first two seasons is superb, and with only a few exceptions, every episode of the third and final season sucks. There's an historical reason why that happened.
Hey Will, I've enjoyed your Star Trek movie reactions and I look forward to your original series videos. My Season 1 recommendations would be:
Where No Man Has Gone Before
The Corbomite Maneuver
Balance of Terror
The Galileo Seven
Arena
The Devil in the Dark
Errand of Mercy
The City on thew Edge of Forever
Thank you 🙏
Oh, my comment was deleted. Anyway, I won't be watching your channel. You can delete this one now.
It’s not an airport 🤣😂