Watching Star Trek: The Original Series with a Die Hard Trekkie (feat. Natasha Reeves)

[@aliceharper707]

I've been into Star Trek since 1966. I remember seeing the previews on TV, and I told my mother, "This is going to be the best show ever!"

[@claudiadarling9441]

There is an episode of Deep Space Nine called Trials and Tribble-ations where the characters have to travel back in time to the events of this episode. More Klingon shenanigans must be prevented! They actually integrate the DS9 characters into shots from this episode and have them interact with the TOS characters. It's really impressive and well done!

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

Oooh, we will have to check that out!

[@RLucas3000]

@@AveryTalksAboutStuff The final 2 years of the original Star Trek series 5 year mission were done in an animated series. The tribbles return in an episode of that series, with a twist! The episode is by the same author, and the twist is very funny but I won’t spoil it. The episodes title is “More Tribbles, More Troubles”

[@brucechmiel7964]

@@AveryTalksAboutStuff The effects for episode were pioneered by the film Forrest Gump. Using a combination of green screen effects with what at the time would be the prototypes for Photoshop and video editing digitally placed Tom Hanks in historical archive footage.

[@olddog330]

Tribbles make a brief appearance in STIII at McCoy's favorite bar where a couple have a pair of them apparently as pets.

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

Cute!!

[@brucechmiel7964]

The uniform is called the captain’s casual tunic. It was a way to distinguish Captain Kirk for the rest of the cast. Over the next 30 or 40 years, the shows have tried to do something similar to the other captains to give them something a little more distinguishable from the rest of the cast, the car got to wear that leather jacket thing that he absolutely hated smelled, and Cisco got to occasionally wear the tactical vest, which Picard also wore in the first contact film. It is still a duty uniform.

[@empirejeff]

The final year of their five year mission is very animated.

[@TheNeonRabbit]

Klingons aren't distant relatives of the Vulcans. Romulans are

[@tomyoung9049]

Romulans are connected to Vulcans by a common ancestor. Not Klingons. A lifetime TOS fan. You got a lot of your points right but that was wrong. Fun watching you both with this. Also, the version you are watching is digitally updated, the intro for the actual first episodes had models used for the exterior shots. Proud to call myself a "Trekkie". There are blooper reels that show the doors not working as well as other mistakes. In Star Trek Deep Space Nine, there is an episode called "Trial and Tribble-ations" ,, the return of tribbles.

[@JarrettBEdwards]

You should now watch Star Trek Deep Space 9 Season 5, Episode 6, from 1996, it is a sequel to this episode and features more Tribbles.

[@scifijunky1979]

The original series got really big until the 70’s due to syndication, reruns is what made the original series popular...and then followed by the motion picture all thanks to a little film called Star Wars.

[@christopheryochum3602]

James Doohan was Canadian (but close enough!). I saw him at a convention and he regaled the audience with different accents. Scotland was renowned for historical engineering accomplishments, so the producers settled on making him Scottish.

[@karidrgn]

So, ST is the 1st show that when fans learned it was canceled after the 2nd season that they started a letter writing campaign that so overwhelmed the studio that they did the 3rd season. Then it was canceled in spite another campaign. But that gave it enough episodes that they could run it in syndication. THAT'S when it REALLY grew. Scifi cons got started in the late 70s. The popularity of Star wars convinced the studio that they could make $$ authentic Star trek and started the movies. Then TNG.

[@shelbymckinney8888]

I am not really familiar with Star Trek on a personal level, but this video was informative. Plus I have seen Wrath of Khan and the fact that its diverse cast was ahead of its time.

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

Making this video definitely made me want to see more. 😊 I love classic sci fi and Star Trek was so iconic.

[@shelbymckinney8888]

@@AveryTalksAboutStuff I really like the colors. The fairy winged serving outfits are really cute and I would like to cosplay it. Atleast after I finally get to cosplay as Uhura.

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

@@shelbymckinney8888 yes! They are adorable! I miss cosplaying since the pandemic shut down cons 😭

[@mrdot1126]

the Romulans have pointy ears and are the sister race of Vulcans...

[@richardrobbins387]

Avery did a short, correcting this mistake.I'm not a huge trekkie, but I knew that much. They even reference it in the 2009 reboot film.

[@vincentsaia6545]

STAR TREK became popular when it was rerun on channel 11 in the NY/tristate area which gave the studio the confidence to make the movies with the original cast

[@ninjabluefyre3815]

Klingons are related to Vulcans? You mean Romulans?

[@goldeneaglesquad7155]

So the mission is five years. But what about the time it would take to get back to earth another five years?

[@Asher8328]

I don't mean to nitpick, because most of the things in your introduction were correct, but saying that Star Trek only became big because of TNG is not really true. Most of its success came after the original series went into syndication. After that, a strong push for another series came about, which was going to be called Star Trek 2. That idea fizzled out, but it led to ST: TMP. And afaik, it was really the box office success of the films, particularly TVH, that made TNG a reality.

[@victore6242]

very interesting info on the Star Trek medical compendium. gonna check that out.

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

Oh yeah, Natasha's the queen of Trekkies

[@victore6242]

@@AveryTalksAboutStuff my second eldest sister introduced me to STOS. fell in love with the ship immediately. Spock is my favorite. and was my role model. Jackson DeForest Kelley (January 20, 1920 - June 11, 1999), known to colleagues as "Dee",[1] was an American actor, screenwriter, poet, and singer. He was known for his roles in Westerns and as Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy of the USS Enterprise in the television and film series Star Trek (1966-1991).

[@sasamichan]

I would love you to see more of the Star Treks any episode is fine as I would want many episodes looked at. BTW that Salesmen was Ilya Klarpe on The Addams Family (1964). and I recall he was up for the roll of Uncle Fester.

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

We definitely have to come back to star trek...it's always so fun to talk about.

[@sasamichan]

@@AveryTalksAboutStuff Tribles do come back. In DS9, the movies, the cartoon series and the prequils

[@BossRedRanger]

Trek got big due to the movies. The Motion Picture was supposed to be the reboot TV series called Phase II. It primed the fan base as a film and led to the other films. Assets from THe Motion Picture later were used in The Next Generation including the theme music. Also the ship design for Discovery is the discarded version of what would have been the Enterprise refit.

[@StellaGardiner]

It got very big during syndication - was i think the most successful series i syndication to that date. Which is why they decided to revive it in the late 70s.

[@richardrobbins387]

I hadn't seen this episode since I was a little kid. The similarities between this and the "Squish-face" Sealab 2021 are hilarious.

[@mrdot1126]

in the series Enterprise ( from the 2000's) they made sure there is a plausible explanation why the Klingons in the original series looked like humans, instead of the later movies and all of Star Trek.

[@timy.4818]

You may want to do a collaboration with The Galifrey gals !

[@Adam-lc6mk]

What a wonderful way to end a 10hr work day!

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

:) Enjoy!

[@victore6242]

A 33" model was produced as a pre-production reference model, and for publicity shots. This model did make it onto TV, though, as "stock footage", part of the intro, and also as a desktop model in one episode. (The production notes say this is about 1:192 - but that scale was based on an original design of only 540' for the Enterprise. The final design had the Enterprise had 947', so this scale is actually 1:344) An 11' model (your 1:4 scaling there (11' = 4*33")) was used for actual production. Only the one model was made, but it was heavily retrofitted once the series was picked up after the pilot to allow internal lighting (instead of having painted on windows).

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

Super cool!

[@visionaryventures12]

Check out the book The Trouble with Tribbles by the writer of the original episode. It’s a book in which he explains the evolution of the episode from inspiration to aftermath. He gives some interesting anecdotes.

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

That's so cool! I'll check that out 😊

[@herbertkeithmiller]

17:17 Oops it was another ailen race the Romulans that were related to the Vulcans. Klingons were their own thing. Allegorically rhe Klingons were the Russians and the Romulans were the Chinese.

[@AntonWongVideo]

ouu 45min video! It's fun watching you two bouncing off each other and Natasha being the "DID YOU KNOW..." person Trekkies are one of the early TV fandoms wherein people wrote to keep the show on the air! Trekkies are deeply devoted people! 9:40 yeah, the things that film crews and event AV people call things are confusing: half-apples, baby plates, redheads, cheeseboros, and C-47 (which is just a clothes pin) I'm stumped for "dead hooker", tho. I feel like it's a localized Georgia film crew term cuz I haven't heard it in Toronto film crew circles. Probably a clamp or grip equipment

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

Thank you! We had a lot of fun doing this one and Natasha has so much Star Trek knowledge I decided to let this one go long. 😂 Yeah the whole half apple/pancake thing always makes me chuckle and I think my favorite is calling the foldable LED squares "aladdins" because it looks kind of like a magic carpet haha. It's hilarious the things they come up with.

[@bfdidc6604]

I enjoyed the commentary, but as a historical correction, the Cold War was not just getting started when this show was made. It had been going on for about 20 years at this point. There is an episode of the cartoon series where we see a tribble predator.

[@THATGuy5654]

Imagine going around the fabric stores looking for just the right shades and textures, then spending hours and hours putting together the jacket and shirt, then going to the costume party and having absolutely no one recognise you as Cyrano Jones, the tribble guy from season 2, episode 15 of Star Trek the original series.

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

That person is the true hero of the story 😂 I actually love when people cosplay as obscure characters.

[@funnyml3356]

Natasha is so adorable. Please do more episodes together!

[@jdlewis3706]

Wonderful video. I only have two very minor nitpicks: The Romulans & the Vulcans are interrelated, not the the Klingons & the Vulcans. Also, James Doohan was Canadian, not American. Otherwise, this was a very nearly perfect review! In fact, I was so impressed, that I hit the "subscribe" button. I eagerly look forward to future reviews!

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

Thank you and welcome to the channel! We apologize for any incorrect trekkie knowledge. 😅

[@CaptGage]

In The Search For Spock and Star Trek 2009, there are brief glimpses of Tribbles.

[@dezzconnor8360]

@36:31--they aren't Post-It notes. Post-It notes did not exist then, but those colorful squares were intended to represent computer data cassettes (think CD-Rom, or Floppy Disks if you're of a certain age and you'll be close enough.)

[@PaulonotPaul8]

I wouldn't call myself a trekie but I watched and liked a lot of Star Trek the Next Generation. Maybe you two can do a video on that series someday.

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

That would be fun!

[@aliceharper707]

Klingons don't have pointed ears. You're thinking of Romulans.

[@daniellel230]

Like you, I really don't know much about Star Trek, but I feel like I should

[@daniellel230]

Also I love Natasha and if she wants to be a recurring guest I'd love to see more of her

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

I know, I should watch more episodes 😂 Natasha will love hearing that and we will definitely have her back soon!

[@christopheryochum3602]

The model used in the hero shots of the Enterprise was actually 11-feet long, though, they spent $2-million dollars to redo a lot of the effects with CGI, so that model in the new intro was most likely a CGI representation. (I saw it suspended from the ceiling of the National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC. They took it down and are refurbishing it, which is a lot of work, making sure the colors and markings are authentic. I'm not sure, but I think I read they took it down because it was made of wood and was under strain by being suspended from above with wires. I believe they may also be working on internal lighting systems, which is difficult, as they don't want to tear it apart to get at them. So it's still in one of the workrooms as of today, as far as I know.) By the way, this is very enjoyable to watch; and very unusual. I watch several reactors doing Trek, and it's annoying because of the jokes and comments that have nothing to do with the show, but serve to entertain the reactors. i've stopped watching them, so I'll give this channel a try. It's really nice just to see someone who watches to try to understand what's going on without making smart-a** remarks or other unfunny comments. Again, this just popped up in my suggested videos and I didn't know this channel existed. By the way, I saw Star Trek when it aired originally.

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

Welcome to the channel! We do a very casual style of commentary here. I really enjoy star trek even if I don't know too much about it but even when I don't like something I try to balance being honest about my opinions and understanding why someone else likes it.

[@RobAGabor]

I don't know about Nancy Drew, but William Schallert did play Patty Duke's father on The Patty Duke Show. And her uncle. It's complicated.

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

Oh, I didn't know that! My Gramma loves the patty duke show.

[@falcychead8198]

The show is set in the 23rd Century, well after the solar system had been thoroughly explored and colonized. The _Enterprise's_ mission was to seek out strange new worlds, new life, new civilizations, throughout the galaxy. There are different versions of what happened behind the scenes with the interracial kiss. NBC executives were worried about the trouble it would cause with affiliates in southern states, so they tried to film an alternate version of the scene without the kiss. The actors were against this, and repeatedly flubbed their lines and did what they could to derail the re-shoot. Eventually they did the scene without the kiss, but it was only in the "dailies" that the director realized that they had done the scene with their eyes crossed. They had no choice but to release the version with the kiss to all the affiliates. The resultant brouhaha was absolute zero. There were no complaints at all. Execs had not understood that the kind of people who care about such things are not the kind of people who watch _Star Trek,_ and fans of the series are better than that. Nichelle Nichols, who played Uhura (RIP) was considering leaving the show at one point. The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. called her up and talked her out of quitting, because Uhura was such an important role model for black people in America. Though some people would still call it a "cult following," the series went on in syndication for over 25 years, and had spawned an animated series, 4 theatrical movies, several novels, and had millions of fans world wide before _Star Trek: The Next Generation_ premiered.

[@toriweiler1950]

Captains get other uniforms. I LOVE the Original, the New and Voyager the movies-very excellent.

[@victore6242]

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[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

Super interesting! Thanks for the info!

[@MrJohn8032000]

Original Prop Tribbles are still around, they are very Rare a Expensive

[@Grexsome]

Love Star Trek! So excited to see you cover this!

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

Thank you! This one was extra fun!

[@karidrgn]

Best star trek writers include Diane Duane, Diane Carey, A.c.Crispin. some stand alone novels i liked Uhuras Song, Ishmael, Enterprise and Federation.

[@brucechmiel7964]

In the time of Captain Kirk only about 10% of the galaxy, the Milky Way has been charted not explored. By the time of captain, Picard 100 something years later, only about 25% of the entire galaxy had been charted not explored.

[@christopheryochum3602]

Actually it was the Romulans who were distant relatives of the Vulcans.

[@bookbook9495]

Yay! You made more friends! May we multiply like tribbles!

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

Yes 😂

[@karidrgn]

The model is about 3 ft big and is hanging in the Smithsonian. Youre watching the enhanced version with the effects replaced with CGI.

[@mrwidget42]

Sorry, both Shatner and Doohan were from Canad.a

[@mrdot1126]

in DS9 they have an ep...

[@visionaryventures12]

18:32 You’re confusing the Klingons with the Romulans. The Romulans are an offshoot of the Vulcans. There’s a book about the making of this episode written by the episode writer.

[@brucechmiel7964]

The enterprises on patrol near the Klingon Federation border. This is a few weeks to a month after the Oregonian treaty that was established in the episode errand of mercy. With a Klingon Federation war lasted all but 32 hours. The cold war between the Federation and There Imperio adversaries continues as both sides continue to build their spheres of influence around the galaxy. A very important planet, rich in natural resources called Shermans planet is right inside the border. An agreement was made that which ever side can best colonize the planet will get the right. Federation scientists developed a new type of grain that can grow on any hostile planet. Space Station K7 is the closest outpost to Sherman’s planet very little of the station is habitable as it’s primarily a manufacturing plant. The enterprise received a priority, one distress signal. Which basically equates to drop everything and come to the rescue. Kirk can only assume that the Klingons had broken the treaty, an attack the station.

[@StellaGardiner]

I have to say unfortunately your friend has said a lot of stuff that isn't true or accurate. I see others have pointed out the biggies. One that comes to mind for me is that James Doohan isn't American, he's Canadian. And I suspect she flunked at history as the cold war started in the 1940s, not the 1960s, and the war that James Doohan served in was a little thing called world war 2.

[@vincentsaia6545]

William Shatner and Nichelle Nichols did kiss, although it was not the first interracial kiss on network TV.

[@gailseatonhumbert]

Relying just on Shatner's book is not necessarily very accurate. He has a tendency to make himself the center and hero of every event and that is not true. Leonard Nimoy, Nichele Nicoles, James Doohan, George Takei, Walter Koenig and several other cast members have written about the series besides Shatner. Tribbles recur in a bar scene in the original series movie Star Trek 3 The Search for Spock and in an episode of Deep Space 9 "Trials and Tribulations".

[@victore6242]

introducing an animal into an environment without its natural predictor has dire consequences. European rabbits were brought over to Australia in the 1800s, and they have caused great environmental damage since then. Experts have even stated European rabbits' introduction to Australia was one of the fastest spreading instances of an invasive mammal. sent as sport for hunters to this day the introduction of the rabbit to australia is known as one of the greatest ecological blunders of white men not taking into account the ecology of the environment they invaded. and why people rebuild houses in an area called "Tornado Alley" is a mystery to me. our at least adopt dome home architecture... which is impervious to high winds.

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

I never knew that about rabbits in Australia...learn something new every day. White people interfering in stuff is a pretty big reason for most of our problems to this day I think.

[@josevelez5598]

Klingons are not related to Vulcans. Romulans are.

[@mosesknows2062]

The acting is kind of like, "Space Shakespeare"... not... to say I'm not a fan of the show... Though "Enterprise" is my fav of the franchise... Thx, live long and prosper, Moses...

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

I want to watch more. I'm a big nerd for sci fi. 😊

[@Better_callMe]

Checkov's Russia facts are always or mostly always wrong.

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

I know, bless him. 😅

[@fredklein3829]

Many errors by the girl on the left who was advertised as more experienced.

[@patrickdepoortere6830]

Die hard? Hmm. Less than two minutes in, that seems dubious. We'll see.

[@Vi5hnujan]

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