Breakinger A Brilliant Conflict

Lollivan It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Married Baby Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?

Phillipa Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

simonthenixon This is still one of the greatest shows to ever hit tv. It was deeper than a lot of stuff that was around then, and that lasts longer than production values ever will, even though the production values make me laugh, and I love that. The reason it stuck around is because it has big thoughts and big ideas, and that's worth more than any of that other stuff. It broke boundaries and pushed limits that don't seem like a big deal now, but were back then. I love Star Wars, but it's weird how much more recognition that gets than this.

Dalbert Pringle (*Famous "Star Trek" quote*) - "To boldly go where no man has gone before!"These TV episodes are the very ones that started the whole "Star Trek" craze back in 1966. The phenomenal popularity of this SyFy/Adventure series and all of its many incarnations has managed to endure for 50 years now.Set in the 23rd century - Star Trek's voyage originally started out as a 5-year mission (propelled along on the U.S.S. Enterprise) to explore the vast galaxy beyond our own solar system.Captained by James T. Kirk (played by a 36-year-old William Shatner) and crewed by a team of 430 Vulcans and humans - This fantastic journey to the stars was set into motion through the United Federation of Planets.So - All you eager space-cadets - Buckle up your seat-belts and get ready for the original Star Trek. (To be sure) - It's guaranteed to take you "where no man has gone before" (1960's style).

alexanderdavies-99382 50 years after "Star Trek The Original Series" first hit the airwaves, this highly influential and original television show is still being enjoyed and imitated. It was a new thing back in the 1960s to have a regular cast of characters that included an alien, an African- American and a Japanese- American character amongst others. That was truly a case of creating something new and ground- breaking. I know that out of all the various "Star Trek" shows, it is the original and the "Next Generation" ones that the fans enjoy the most. I would agree upon that. However, for me, "The Original Series" is THE definitive one of all. The writing and the acting are its chief assets. For sheer storytelling, the series that ran from 1966 til 1969 for three seasons is in a league of class of its own. With regards to the main cast, there will never be anyone else who can play those seven different characters. I don't care how many other people are cast in those awful recent films, I can not imagine anyone but William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and DeForest Kelly as Captain James Kirk, Science Officer Spock and Medical Doctor Leonard McCoy respectively. The on-screen chemistry that the three of them have is difficult to describe in words but it is undeniably there. Those actors were born to play those characters and they made them their own. The same applies equally to the rest of the regular cast. What I really enjoy about the characters in particular, is that they are depicted as being rather vulnerable, subject to making mistakes which can be costly or subject to landing themselves in perils of various kinds. They aren't "He-Man" types at all. This makes them all the more believable. It is a credit to the writers that they made their scripts as descriptive as they were, owing to the fact that due to limited time and money, the sets were rather modest. Even so, the sets served their purpose very well. The first two seasons contain the very best that "Star Trek The Original Series" has to offer. I would almost defy anyone to name any other American Science Fiction or Fantasy television series that includes episodes that are consistently great. The only exception I can recall, would be "Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone." The final season has some episodes which aren't so good admittedly but still there are moments of television gold. The recent DVD releases have included some basic CGI moments, mainly for the shots of the Enterprise vessel and for the shots that depict Alien worlds. I am usually against the use of CGI but happily, it doesn't interfere with how the series looks and adds to it. The pilot episode from 1964, "The Cage," isn't terrible by any means but it is a rather talky,overlong and dull bit of television. The only links between that episode and the regular series, are Leonard Nimoy as Spock and the Enterprise. As the first on-screen Enterprise Captain, Jeffrey Hunter makes for a rather boorish, cantankerous, aloof and decidedly unsympathetic character. His rather sexist remarks toward his own helmsman and yeoman are not greeted as harmless camaraderie. Indeed,the reaction of the former is rather telling! As a result of all this, I personally didn't really care about Captain Pike (Hunter) once his life was in danger. After all, if television viewers are to be rooting for the leading man/lady in a regular series, then that character has to come across as being fairly likable. Otherwise, the viewers won't care what happens. Jeffrey Hunter ended up as being the Enterprise Captain who never was. The pilot was deemed a disaster by the television networks - albeit an expensive one. The final budget came in at $700,000, which was a lot to spend on one episode in those days. Thank goodness that "Star Trek" was granted a second chance. The second pilot, titled "Where No Man Has Gone Before," is MUCH better. There is intrigue, action, the characters are more interesting and it's more imaginative. "Star Trek The Original Series" is one of those shows that hasn't really dated at all, as a lot of it is quite relevant in today's world. I shall never stop enjoying it.

Andthatismytwocents Well Today it turns fifty. Fifty years of TrekinI am a Second Generation Trek fan for though I may have seen the third season in Prime Time I was too young to remember. It was syndication in the 70's that introduced me fully to The United Federation of Planets and the explorers on that Starship named EnterpriseEach incarnation I have always been there to watch judging praising All incarnations have there charms BUT The original is to Science Fiction what Disney was to animation Though not the first serious attempt at serious Science Fiction it set a standard for others to followMany a show during since and even before certainly have their charms (Think Twilight Zone) but Star Trek is the Rosetta stone of Science FictionMay it Live Long and Prosper