Star Trek Thoughts: Space Seed

Being aware of another Star Trek movie opening soon might have been what I needed to get around to the "Best of The Original Series" DVDs I had bought back around when the previous movie made a big deal of giving the whole thing a new start. (Having finished commenting on all the episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000 did help there too, of course.) I suppose I've been aware in a general way of Star Trek for quite a while, starting with reading a tatty copy of "The Making of Star Trek" and some of James Blish's short story adaptations in my home town's library perhaps as far back as when Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan was new. That wasn't that different from how I'd started off with The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, but when it came to Star Trek on TV I never quite got around to watching any more of its series than very occasional episodes. My family not having cable might have had a role to play there, but with the first series in particular the impression of stiff and poorly composited period special effects might have counted too. I did therefore take a bit of interest in news of "Remastered" episodes with new computer-generated effects, even if a certain amount of discussion of them seemed to pack veiled or not-so-veiled jabs at the Star Wars Special Editions.
( 'We can be against him and admire him all at the same time.' )

( 'Illogical.' )