RIP Leonard Nimoy (Spock) Live Long and Prosper.

"A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP"
— Leonard Nimoy (@TheRealNimoy) February 23, 2015

https://twitter.com/TheRealNimoy/status/569762773204217857

Even though this was the one that started the whole franchise, it's by far the worst thanks to its never ending sexism. There's no real development for any of the supporting characters, there's just Kirk looking for a new hookup and women who are there just as his love interest dressed provocatively. The show might as well be called _Kirk and the ladies_. If this show had been my first venture into Star Trek world, I would have given up watching 2-3 episodes in. Thankfully, I decided to follow the suggestion found online and started with TNG, DS9, VOY, etc. and left this one for the end. I managed to finish it just because I was already very much invested and in love with the franchise. There is however one good thing about this show and it's Spok. He's the most interesting, the smartest and kindest character, not to mention the only one we learn something about besides Kirk.
Either way, the show doesn't have a rewatch value for me at all.

To the person who disliked the show - and for all the right reasons (sexism, racism etc).... You might actually enjoy the movies. They were directed and written by different people. Also made a lot later - so the problems you spoke of, aren't really in them. Especially the one directed By Leonard Nimoy (The Voyage Home) Star Trek IV.
Highly recommended.

watching this from-start-to-finish in 2021 with no nostalgia factor is a chore. like many old, highly influential things, it seems boring now, at least compared to everything it inspired

definitely worth watching if you're into classic kitschy sci-fi stuff. there are a lot of really funny moments, intentional and not

It is simply wonderful!

TOS is one of my very first childhood memories. I grew up with Cpt. Kirk and his crew, the show, the characters, the legend has been with me all my life.

Sure, the series hasn't aged particularly well technically and from today's perspective, some would call it trash. But it's not - it's cult. And it is part of my life, part of me.

Science fiction show with one of the best casts ever put together on TV. It's use of color and sounds make it trapped in it's own bubble and give it a timeless cartoon feeling even fifty years later. Smart stories (for the most part) with great plots and some great inventions. It had one of the most beautiful starships ever designed and the series is full of iconic moments and legendary dialogue. Words that got created here now exist in everyday life. Several episodes have some pretty risky sexist costumes on highly attractive girls that is everything but political correct. Even the worst episodes (most of them during the series' last season) are so hilariously terrible they become Grade Z-fun like a perfect Ed Wood movie. Low budget make the puppets look like something made in kindergarten and there are blank studio-sets of colored background that are terrible to look at and make the series look much cheaper than it deserves to be. The moralizing can sometimes ruin an otherwise highly entertaining episode. Still, it is impossible to take away the importance of this show and most of the episodes are treasures to look at.

Just watching Spock's brain...Kirk says "Is he dead " Bones comes back with "He's worse than dead" what a line lol

I love these series, after getting absorbed into Star Trek after watching TNG, I thought it was time to start the Original Series. And that was a perfect decision. It's amazing, of course you have to place it in its time, effects and such are far outdated. But it still is an amazing serie to see.

I just watched the whole show. It was truly amazing. There were some boring moments, but I guess that is normal when you watch a season in a day. I was impressed with quality - which is amazing for that time.

Great

So good!

If you read my comments on episodes of Star Trek you'll find I've put many points of critique in. Why still give it a 10 ? Because for what it stands for. The kind of future it predicted. And for what it started. Althought that point no one could foreseen, or would have believed, they are still here in whatever form of show.

And a lot of critique stems from the fact I'm writing this over 50 years after it aired. I'm putting on a form of measurement that probably isn't justified. I've watched this show many times before, always enjoyed it, and still do. Even if I don't like certain aspects I still like this show as a whole. And there are episodes that I like today that I didn't before.

And that's one reacurring trademark of Star Trek for me - it changes everytime I watch it.