TOS is so timeless I forget how old it is
Sometimes it hits me that the original Star Trek was created and aired in the sixties. SIXTIES. You know, the same era that had this cheesy ass fashion:
And then there was the music. Some examples:
- My world is empty without you by The Supremes
- Boots by Nancy Sinatra
- I feel good by James Brown
- Hand on sloopy by McCoys (see what i did there ;) )
- You dont have to say you love me by Dusty Springfield
- When a man loves a woman by Percy Sledge
I could go on and on because I’m a little old lady at heart and I love music from this era BUT YOU GET THE POINT.
The movies and the dance styles and way of living. Like. The ideal date was going to the movies and sharing a super tiny cone shaped box of popcorn, teens made friends by hanging out at gas stops. It was still not forbidden to smoke and people were still not convinced it was unhealthy, and so everyone was smoking everywhere. Like at work, in the trains, at the office, and restaurants were filled with smoke all the time.
And the values. Not so good. But it started looking brighter with martin luther king, feminist movement, and the funtime crazy hippie era. Some of these things bleed through in Star Trek, but in general this series feels a lot more modern, timeless and relevant than these other things. So much that it’s sometimes easy to forget because they have the diversity, language, filming style and values that differed from the era it was made in and is closer to what we have today. Some things have actually downgraded since then, one thing that comes to mind right now is with the lack of racial and gender diversity in casting today.
Like this hits me sometimes and it’s just so wild. I can’t. I just love star trek TOS so much. That’s all.
TL;DR Star Trek is super old and I sometimes forget, enjoy some history
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