Best Star Trek?
The Original Series is the best one imo. You got the classic Kirk, McCoy, Spock trio. Uhura's super hot, the production design just oozes that cool Raygun Gothic vibe because its from that pre-swedish minimalism era where the future still looked visually enriching. Also that episode with Apollo is pretty sad even though he was kind of a dick.
Your thoughts?
DS9 Is great for being kind of a forebearer to modern TV, but I feel it just lacks the iconic feel of TOS
TNG though, I'd say is about equal. Just again it lacks the iconic value
There is something special about TOS that I struggle to put into words. Despite it looking and sounding very "aged" it somehow feels the most believable or genuine I guess. I don't really know.
I've noticed this too. In the good episode of TOS, there's just "something about it." It almost seems like the actors—or even everyone involved—just really, really, really goes for it in those episodes. They give it their all. They seem to take it completely seriously, but in a good way. They almost feel like little kids playing imaginary games outside. The sets may look incredibly cheap, and the style may be painfully antiquated, but the dedication of the people involved makes it seem real. Bad episodes of TOS or other shows, in contrast, sometimes feel like everyone is just sort of going through the motions.
I showed my kids the Gorn episode a year or two ago, and to my great surprise it scared the shit out of them. They were like leaping off the couch and screaming in terror. We also watched "Balance of Terror," the one where Kirk fights the Romulans, and all of us were totally into it, even if the costumes for the Romulans looked completely ridiculous.
Its one of the last shows where stage acting is used rather than realism. Also the makeup and lighting angles aren't like that anymore. Every once in a while I catch Dr Crusher stage acting but thats her background from what I recall reading.