tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2756369649414088624.post1346302754773160472..comments2023-11-02T10:31:11.830-04:00Comments on (Some of) Ryan Wynns' Assorted Thoughts: What I've been watching: the original Star Trek...Ryan Wynnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00477919968924048814noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2756369649414088624.post-35678858475938045632015-04-08T04:40:34.225-04:002015-04-08T04:40:34.225-04:00Ryan:
I think you’ll find, as you delve deeper an...Ryan:<br /><br />I think you’ll find, as you delve deeper and deeper into sixties era episodic television, more and more such similarities. <br /><br />It’s certainly understandable, given the times in which such series were produced. Like the theatrical cartoons of old, such episodes were intended to be seen perhaps not exactly ONCE, but certainly only TWICE. Fall/winter premiere season and maybe spring/summer rerun season – if you weren’t sampling something else. I’m certain little or no thought was given to a possible (for certain fortunate series) <i>“endless life”</i> in the syndication market, which had just begun to prominently emerge as a force that would permanently cement such series into our mass consciousness toward the latter part of the decade. <br /><br />It was then inconceivable that STAR TREK would still be playing (…presently on ME TV, along with its contemporaries LOST IN SPACE and VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA) about FIFTY YEARS LATER, and would have continued life on DVD, Blu-Ray, and other online and downloadable media. And, perhaps equally inconceivable that devoted “fandoms” would develop around such series to obsessively catalog them, write about them, and ceaselessly discuss them. <i>(I think we’re ALL a little guilty on that score – and proud of it!)</i> <br /><br />So, if the type of similarities you describe tended to creep in to the various episodes – and “creep in” they certainly did – it’s just part of the fun (…and dare I say <i>“comfort”</i>) these series provide! <br /><br />Oh, and I have always preferred <i>“A Private Little War”</i> to <i>“Elaan of Troyius”</i> (despite the latter’s clever variation on “Helen of Troy” – the genuine article you’ll get to meet in in THE TIME TUNNEL). One need look no further than your furnished photos for the reason why. <br />Joe Torciviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.com