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Star Trek Balance of Terror (part 1 of 7) TOS (The Original Series)
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- čas přidán 25. 02. 2019
- Science fiction/Action adventure/Space. Created by Gene Roddenberry. Starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley (Kirk, Spock and Dr. McCoy) - Norway Productions and Desilu Productions produced the series from September 1966 to December 1967. Paramount Television produced the show from January 1968 to June 1969. Star Trek aired on NBC from September 8, 1966, to June 3, 1969. It was first broadcast on September 6, 1966, on Canada's CTV network. Star Trek's Nielsen ratings while on NBC were low, and the network cancelled it after three seasons and 79 episodes. Several years later, the series became a hit in broadcast syndication, remaining so throughout the 1970s, achieving cult classic status and a developing influence on popular culture. Star Trek eventually spawned a franchise, consisting of eight television series, 13 feature films, and numerous books, games, and toys, and is now widely considered one of the most popular and influential television series of all time.
This was so well written...I loved this episode at age 11...and I still love it at age 52...🚀
Saw the original at age 6, I'm 60 and the original Trek is still the best. You can keep your special FX, lens flare Abrams, there's no substitute for first rate writing, story telling, and characters.
galaxyman2007dtl:
At :34 Sulu says they are at maximum speed.(Enterprise 1701 was capable of Warp 8 which is 512x the speed of light.)
At :39 the crewman says that at that velocity,they are 8 minutes away from outpost 4.
At warp 8,It would take the Enterprise 1701 two minutes to make it to the edge of interstellar space from earth's orbit which is 123 astronomical units away or 123x the distance from the earth to the sun.(11.4 billion miles)
So they are roughly 23 billion miles away from outpost 4 or 246x the distance between the earth and the sun.(246 astronomical units)
Interstellar space is the place where the sun's constant flow of material and magnetic field stop affecting its surroundings.
@@ebayerr Interesting...and it took Voyagers 1 and 2 nearly 4 decades to reach the Heliopause...well...maybe some day...🔭📡🚀
galaxyman2007dtl:
The Enterprise D from Star Trek TNG could travel at warp 9.6 which translates to 1909x the speed of light.
It would take the Enterprise D 32 seconds to travel to the Heliopause from earth.
So then traveling at warp 9.6, it would take the Enterprise D one minute to travel to outpost 4.
It’s interesting. Someone asked me the other day what is my favorite TOS episode.
I really had to pause. The truth is, upon reflection, that I don’t have one. But this is certainly one of my favorites
I remember watching this as a kid and how old everyone looked. Now I’m watching this at age 59 and notice how young everyone looks. So weird.
Me too!
Nice ❤
The same feeling when seeing photos of mine 20 years ago and how my parents aged like wine.
The cast back then were in their 30's to 40's . I'm 62 now and I'm older now than the cast was back then, Strange feeling 🤔
@@andrewanderson3572 I'm just about to enter my 20s so I thought it was weird how my perspective of them is shifting from how a child views "grown ups" to seeing them more as peers. Interesting to see the perspective from the other side of things.
Star Trek the original series FOR EVER!!!!
Best and most restrained performance by Shatner. One of the best episodes of TOS
Lots of people dump on his "Sh-acting" but he absolutely nailed the Kirk character from day one. As did the rest of the cast.
@@00bikeboy ..I often wondered if Jeffery Hunter aka ' Captain Christopher Pike ' had stayed on as Captain, would the role of the ' captain ' be as iconic as Shatner have made it to be to this day? ..
@@pallen49 Great question! It never occurred to me to consider that. I guess the only clue is to compare their respective pilot episodes. Pike had one or two acton scenes in which he was quite good, so did Shatner of course. I think what (Hunter) Pike was lacking was a McCoy and a mature Spock. Nimoy hadn't quite formed Spock in the first pilot, but would he have eventually got there? I think so, Nimoy was dedicated to the character. Scotty was there too. So maybe it comes down to the doctor's role. The chemistry between Kirk, Spock, and McCoy is undeniable. Would Pike have made Star Trek great with Dr. Boyce (John Hoyt)? Hoyt was a very solid actor, but it's hard for me to imagine anyone other than DeForest Kelly conjuring up that magical chemistry between himself, Kirk and Spock. But then again, maybe it would have been better(?!)... Damn you ponchai allen, that's a tough one! Tell you what, I'll go through the portal from The City on the Edge of Forever, engineer the change, and we'll see how it plays out...
@@00bikeboy Anson Mount has proved to be a great Cast. Pike in "Strange New Worlds".
Yup! He wasn't chewing the scenery in this episode.
One of my child hood favorites ❤
I really enjoy William Shatner’s acting 👍
The effects may be dated, but the storytelling and characters are still timeless.
Yeah, the audio sounds are sort of superfluous. But the stories and characters are timeless. You got it, man.
@Charles Martel even modern star trek and other sci-fi medias still makes use today of FTL communication. So what you are saying makes no sense
@Charles Martel So is travelling faster than light. Most sci-fi stories would be pretty boring if know scientific limits were forced on the stories; e.g: no faster than light, no transporters, etc.. The show does get around you concern by using the plot device of "sub-space" communication, basically a hyperspace for communication channels.
Charles Martel are you being serious that science fiction isn’t scientifically possible?
Actually a lot of the 'technology' was well ahead of its time..! Considering it was the 60s - loads of things materialised from the 90s onwards!
I don’t care what anyone else says about Shatners acting.
He is supurb
Excellent actor
Perfect for this role
whoever said not good?
Superb not supurb
A very Happy 90th Birthday William Shatner. Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montreal, Quebec. March 22, 1931
Born in Canada, But a U.S. treasure. Your legacy is worldwide. Thanks Tiberius..
My Pop was a career naval officer. He was retired when TOS came out. I was just a toddler. But I remember this episode as the first I ever watched with him. It was by then in syndication and on well past my bedtime. He loved the show. Especially Mr. Spock. He'd sit me on his lap and say "Now this is how a sailor is.". I ended up in the Army as an officer, and whenever I was confronted with a difficult choice I'd imagine what Pop would do, but I'd ask what Spock would do.
I was a Captain in the Army 1985. Signal Corps. RTTY, SSB CW FM comm.
I like how bones McCoy always looks like he needs a drink or he's had too many drinks the original series was the best
The strength of this episode is in the writing, acting, and storyline. Star Trek handled very complex issues that were going on in the world in the late 1960's. Television, at the time, was well written, unlike today's stuff.
If i start to lose my memory when im a senior, i will be watching star trek the original series all the time, like every episode will be new :)
Made Alzheimer’s sound exciting
It was so AMAZING to have this brilliant TV show to grow up on in the late 1960s and during reruns in the 1970s. THANK YOU Lucille Ball for approving this intelligent show at Desilu Studios. You were a truly smart visionary. Lucy will certainly have a crown and a throne in Heaven.
How old are you? Are you still alive?
No, he saldy died after making this post. RIP.
I didn't know that! Lucille Ball was a visionary
Lucy Ball approved the series because she thought it was about Hollywood stars going on vacation.
God, Uhura's legs! this is one of my favorite episodes for many more reasons with far deeper meaning. However, I do notice those legs and it just adds icing to the cake...
One of my top 3 fave episodes of the series. Excellent story. Superb dialogue. And Mark Lenard delivers phenomenal acting every time.
The Sci fi version of "the Enemy Below"..one of the TOS best
He was sarek I think
One of my favorite episodes. The older I get the more I appreciate these episodes.
Oh yeah I grew up with the original series and remember it fondly.
It's amazing to me how Kirk kept his cool and how patient he was. That Mr. Styles was a royal pain in the ass. He should have been relieved.
_"Leave any bigotry in your quarters. There's no room for it on the bridge. Do I make myself clear?"_ Kirk puts the lie to those who think politics in Star Trek were invented yesterday. This is, after all, the eighth episode of Star Trek, ever, to be produced. That's in case the title of the episode isn't clear enough, casting the Cold War's clinical "balance of power" as an invitation to destruction, a policy of futures cut short, the sheer momentum of senseless death, looming in the freezing night.
He was a pain in the we and should have been relieved but he did make interesting points when it came to the security of the ship
"There war,Not yours,Don't forget it!"Is what Kirk told Styles and yet he still carried that same grudge toward Spock.
He was kind of a diva.
Most thrilling star trek series ever, still cant substitute for any other ❤
I'm only rewatching this because of Strange New Worlds. Most thrilling star trek series in the last 20 years.
This was a nice nostalgic callback. TBH the original series was great and was underrated back in the day. It was ahead of its time and frankly should have ran for more seasons. Keep in mind back in 60s television isn't where it's at today and the variety of shows were limited so Star Trek was a diamond in the rough. There was nothing else like it back then.
Agree 100% 👍
Star Trek TOS - Balance of Terror one of the best episode like the original special effects too.
U h.. No!
The plot was based on 'The Enemy Below', with Robert Mitchum and Curt Jurgens.
@@Mdebacle I thought it had similarities to "Enemy Below". Both are on my favorites list.
NOW that was real science fiction! Loved that show in my teens, still love it and I'm a 70 yr old. This show was a submarine story set in space. It was brilliant for its time. Its themes about the horror of war.
Oh man the original was awesome. I grew up with Star Trek and the stories were great and it was severely underrated and under appreciated. It was simply ahead of its time. But remember back then sci-fi was just starting to take off and this was the only show of its kind back in the day. This was in the era of mostly Westerns and war dramas so Star Trek was a diamond in the rough and deserves more seasons. But audiences haven't caught on yet.
Many of the themes have come to pass as well. Kinda prophetic, huh? Makes you wonder where they got the ideas for their episodes.
Science fiction? I can assure you it's not.
One of the best episodes ever. Hands down
"He's a sorcerer, that one. He reads the thoughts in my brain"
The Romulan Commander on his adversary- Capt. James T. Kirk
GREATNESS!
@Jerrol Hale ' Sarak '..
@@pallen49 Yup Sarek. Or his clone
I love TOS ❤, the best Trek of all.
"Balance of Terror" was the eighth episode to be produced and 14th to air. It remains one of the greatest of the entire franchise, one of its deepest and darkest, and one that embodies so much of what made _Star Trek_ memorable: naval-warfare action wrapped around anti-war politics; a strident message about how friend and foe alike live much the same lives and want much the same thing, that no judgment of a national enemy escapes judgment of oneself; a recognition that, for the show's brand of science fiction, hard science is far less important than plot, character and metaphor. The story begins with a wedding and ends with a funeral; Kirk and his opposite lose crew and rue preemptively the war that may follow, but cannot retreat.
Well Said!!
This is the best episode of the series.
This was the episode that made up my mind, once and for all, that Kirk was a better captain than Picard.
Balance of Terror was one of his best episodes.
Well you can't say that. The hee haw ride'm high guns ablaze cowboy approach isn't going to build an empire when you're quick on the draw. But they added this nice twist where sometimes you need to fire. ☝️
Even old-fat Kirk can still kick ass and old Picard looks and sounds like he belongs in a nursing Home
Picard sucks next to James t Kirk
I never realised it was even a comparison..I loved both series but Kirk was way better.
What an excellent Star Trek episode. This is Kirk at his best, folks.
Coming back to this after Pike's version of Balance of Terror in Strange New Worlds reminds me why this episode I consider one of the best
Agreed - and Quality of Mercy was a great tribute to it. Plus it did a good job underscoring why kirk was the right man for the job on that day: despite the orders declaring ship and outposts expendable, despite prohibition against entering the zone, the situation was much like The Vulcan Hello - the correct answer was to ignore orders and normal federation philosophy and come in shooting. Kirk did, Pike didn't.
A true classic. The original had great stories and characters and dialogue. Back in the day CGI and even sci-fi tech wasn't so advanced so that's why they had to rely on good stories with great characters.
@@locarno24 Well to be fare most sci-fi tropes would be to seek peace and that it's better to work together then destroy each other. That's called be the better man approach. But they added a twist to the cliche where it's better to come all guns ablaze. 😆
I cannot believe how old William Shatner is now. He looks amazing
Thanks Mike. TOS always takes me back to my childhood. This show inspired me beyond measure, as well as my high school teachers.
I love how Kirk has Spock's back in this episode. 🖖
As he did for the rest of the original series and original series movies, especially the third one, where Kirk put his career in jeopardy to resurrect Spock
The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few or the one
Mr. Spock was Capt. Kirk’s best friend therefore Kirk would’ve had Spock’s back.
Very good job bringing “Run Silent, Run Deep” to the Trek universe.
Or Das Boot very similar
It’s “The Enemy Below” with Curt Jurgens as the U-Boat captain and Robert Mitchum as the Destroyer captain
I really like seeing the faces of all those crew members listening to Kirk's announcement ... it was a reminder that there were so many other people on that ship.
Greatest TV Show ever!!
This was without a doubt one of the top 2 episodes of ALL Star Trek series. (The other.. Yesterdays Enterprise STNG)
TOS is by far the best in the franchise
Strange New Worlds made this episode so much better. I had to come back rewatch this after seeing STW's version. So good.
Are you drunk? Strange New Worlds did a terrible job! It was so bad I had to laugh, then rail about it in the comments.
@@Folker46590 I was not inebriated, sorry. Try rereading what I wrote again.
They modernized the story but the original was the first. Back in the day TV shows were focused on great stories and awesome characters. 👍
@@Folker46590 Well it's all relative. The original is still the gold standard but if you compare discovery and Picard then you'll appreciate how good strange new worlds is. The other series just misses the mark.
I saw in my childhood , and now I am 54 years still I love to see these great episodes.
This was so good. And SWN made an episode based on this episode-and it was awesome. I love a good face off in space between two different species.
Strange worlds have a lot of nice callbacks to the original.
It's still good even today because the story is good with great dialogue and character acting. Less focus on CGI and special effects so the story had to be good back in the day.
This series is the only one that is Star Trek.
Sound effects, music, writing,acting all class
One of the best TOS episodes. At some point the Enterprise had to be shown as a military ship and this episode did that in spades. Shatner's performance during this is just great, when he tells Uhura to send a message to Star Fleet that they are proceeding into the neutral zone the tension is palpable.
I may only be 23 but I’m a die hard trek fan I do like the original series. Balance of terror is a classic story, such a brilliant episode. The effects do look dated but it’s incredible viewing and throughly enjoyable.
A nice reworking of the film "The Enemy Below" 1957.
Wow. Your Kung Fu is STRONG. Love both and I never put that together before. Excellent observation.
I've always thought so, too!
Trek at it's best was submarine warfare. The Wrath of Khan is another excellent example.
Yup.
@@stephenconway2468 A third example: "Starship Down", one of _Deep Space Nine's_ best episodes, which goes so far as to place the maneuvering spaceships in a dense planetary atmosphere that induces the sort of "creaky hull" metallic sound effects usually reserved for a Hollywood-movie submarine.
Shatner's acting is very good in this episode.
Balance of Terror & The Doomsday Machine are the best episodes of TOS
My favorites also!!
Star Trek still #1 after 67 years viewing - without a doubt…..!!!!!
Shatners acting in this episode is also outstanding. ...
I've just met Capitan Kirk traveling in Italy with his friend. He was very kind with us. He is a sweet 93 years old man and a true star.
One of my favorite episodes of this pivotal series.
People who came here from Sheldon 😂
Yeah😂
Yeah bro!
Thank you Mike! I love the original Star Trek. One of the best shows ever!
My personal favorite episode in the TOS series.
Notice HOW the camera zooms in on the characters personalities and expressions. It’s like watching a SHAKESPEAREAN stage play, ITS BEAUTIFUL! ...And the lighting captures the realism. Unfortunately, this and much more were lost and gone from the newer TV shows and Movies. I heard Gene Roddenberry wasn’t even given creative control by Paramount ( who later bought DESILU studios) this is one reasons why Star Trek is totally different than the original. Check out a fan based production called “ STAR TREK CONTINUES” it’s the closest thing to the original TV show that’s out there. It’s too bad NBC cancelled it in 1969. But at least we have 78 episodes to watch over again!
Yes at least we will always have the original to remember and cherish. And to inspire us. And l agree with you bout Star Trek Continues. I like it allot. Star Trek Phase ll also.
@RedneckSpaceMan I normally don't like milking an Institutional cow when it really shouldn't give any more milk and am usually very cynical about fan fiction like ST continues but having watched a few episodes , I would say those guys did a bangup job in what could have been a total fiasco.
The zoom into faces is super cheesy and the lighting makes it look terrible.
And to compare this cheap production series with a Shakespearean play is ridiculous, don't you think?
@RedneckSpaceMan Happy I met Vic a couple years ago. Also, someone from my town helped write the pilot!
I only got glimpses of super delayed Star Trek episodes (original series) when I was growing up because only 2 of our neighbors had TV sets at the time in my village in the Philippines. Now that it is on Netflix, I can enjoy full season episodes at my leisure. I hope I will have enough sleep.
True story. I passed a science test in school once by watching a star trek episode.
What test was that? And where can I take it!?
@James Miller It's dangerous
One of the best.
I'm still watching at 65
This episode is excellent in every way. Spock’s dad was the co-hero, equally and shared with Kirk.
The dialogue delivery was so clear and understood by millions of fans outside the US....that was the secret to its fame
Been watching Star Trek since I was 10 seen all the films and tv 📺 series and still love it at 41 it’s love that will never go away for this franchise
I love you Star Trek. Claudiney-Brazil.
Wow. Aside from an episode or two on television, I've never really dabbled into the original series of Star Trek, though I do really enjoy the OS films (except the first one). The Next Generation, Voyager and Deep Space 9 were the only ones I truly watched. Now, after seeing this one clip of an apparently great episode, I'm forced to admit that I have a newfound interest to begin TOS.
Just imagining that this could potentially be a telling of a future for us if we ever do make interstellar contact with another intelligent and potentially dangerous species makes this one clip brilliant. It gives me a bit of a chill. I like it.
The Kirkmeister and the Spockmeister!👍😀
This is one of the exciting many episodes of star trek
Nice episode for those not familiar with the genesis of the “neutral zone”.
Those were the best of the TV Times 80's.. We had enjoyed every bit of those Sunday Pre-Noon shows.
"Mr. Spock, why are you taking so long to get out of my chair???"
Best ever. No other words.
my childhood favourite...it was so exhililerating...solid epic characters...
Out of all the episoded in the old series this is my favorite one.
I love the original 1960s epi.. they predicted the cell phone, AI, Virtual Reality, and time travel lolo. Love it.
Most waiting episode on Sunday
We loved watching
A childhood fav, thanks
Over the past 53 years, I've watched this episode more than any other. Not sure how many, exactly - but a minimum of three times a year would be accurate.
It's just great.
Wow so amazing 😮 BAZINGA
💕💕I still love this show.
My favorite episode without a doubt. Mark Leonard’s first appearance on the show. He also played Spock’s father.
Love this classic series. Best written to date.
If it was not for the marvelous Bernard Herrmann inspired music , the show would not have gone anywhere ! Just like Twilight Zone relied on the music !
I was 24yrs old & came home from work to watch this show.
One of the best no doubt !
Shatner looked so handsome and perfect for kirk more than chris pine
The Enemy Below set in space. Both men knew they were very likely to start a terrible war and neither could afford to flinch from it. Actually, now that I think about it, the issue was never to prevent a war. The Federation was at war already from the moment of the attacks. The issue was to prevent the war from escalating. Had Kirk not succeeded, these attacks would have been regarded like a Pearl Harbor.
I love the very pretty music at the start of this clip.
I didn't even notice it. (I don't usually notice music in movies or TV shows. I'm kind of oblivious in that way.) But going back and listening, I agree!
yeah me too!
Great sci fi series.
Spock was awesome.
Sorry, but Uhuru's thighs are distracting me like hell.
Kelly14UK settle down lol
@@ezswann8176 Oh come on. She's gorgeous.
@Wes McGee Crystal Light on my Keyboard! ..... Thanks!
She was gorgeous! I had such a crush on her as a kid.
Same my d00d
10 mins of a show. Great job.
We love your movie star trek
Simple to understand. Untouchable for all time.
This is one of my fav episodes.
I think he just gave me a Yes, Muchos Gracias Leonard Nimoy my Lord.
QUE SAUDADES DESTE TEMPO DE INTELIGÊNCIA. VIVA STAR TREK.
I have watched this episode more than 100 times
The Greatest Show Period
A classic ! Great writing!
one of the best episodes
Classic TV science fiction series
Long Live William Shaterner (AKA Captain Kirt).
Beautiful program ❤️