8th September 1966...a curse is born. The first ever Star Trek episode was shown on a US television channel, it's writers little knowing that they were inviting viewers into a whole new era of obsession, from cult uniforms, to exotic languages destined to successes far beyond that of the doomed Esperanto, to one of the largest commercial markets the world has ever seen. It may not have turned out this way - the show was cancelled at the end of the third series due to poor viewer ratings - the Big Bosses hadn't counted on the popularity of the show by a rabidly obsessive minority, demanding reruns and a feature length film, which eventually materialised ...  Read the complete review

How do you write an opinion on Star Trek without going over the same old ground? Everyone has seen the show and the characters, Captain Kirk, Mr Spock etc. have become cultural icons. It's all been said, well I thought I might give some information about the making of the original series and a few bits of trivia that I have come across rather than simply give the readers a straight review. So here goes with some trepidation, this is my first opinion on dooyou after all ***In the beginning? The original idea for the series was put forward by Gene Roddenberry in1964. Rodenberry had been involved in TV work before and had some experience in ...  Read the complete review

Wagon Train to Stars. Pure Escapism. Sometimes the themes repeat, but overall it is engaging & fun. - Advantages: Innovative, Hopeful, Fun - Disadvantages: Sometimes repetative, Sometimes predictable

I can clearly remember a the first time I watched a Next Generation Episode, my horror at the idea of a Klingon on the bridge, my scepticism of the plausability of having an Enterprise with no Mr Spock. I think, however, amongst people my age I am in a minority, of the few of my friends who watch Star Trek, most discovered the Next Generation first, then later tuned in to the original series and found it somewhat laughable. After all, times have changed, and the costume designers did seem to use a bit less material back then.... Having grown up with the original series (well the reruns anyway) I see past the occasional plot flaws and less realistic monsters, ...  Read the complete review

I was introduced to Star Trek at a very early age, as small children should be, and grew up with it. Up until Voyager my favourite series was the original Star Trek and even though I prefer Voyager now I will still always be watching Mr Spock, Captain Kirk and Dr McCoy. Star Trek has obviously done very well, the first ever episode, 'The Cage' was filmed in 1964 and didn't have Kirk in it. Instead Captain Christopher Pike was in charge, he was replaced with Captain Kirk in the second episode and later appeared as a guest in another episode. When I watch the original series now it seems to be a bit cheesy with the polystyrene ...  Read the complete review