Star trek - 1967 - 69 - only aired two seasons.

POSTED BY: vman
UPDATED: Saturday, July 24, 2004 03:08
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VMAN

Monday, July 12, 2004 8:34 PM

Hello all!!! I am REALLY enjoying this discussion!!!

How about the cast chemistry? I think the old Star Trek cast and the Firefly cast are in love with each other - platonically or otherwise. They really appear to have fun together. Comic timing in both casts is excellent.

Both casts had/have good Karma.

Aside from comparing the two captains, anyone see any other approximate comparison between original Star Trek and Firefly characters?

DEWSHINE

Monday, July 12, 2004 9:11 PM

I can't find anything about the individual characters that are the same. Firefly's characters are not just "formula" enough for that. But both cast of Star Trek and Firefly have some special type of magic that few shows ever get. The actors like each other, and they seem to be devoted to the characters they play. There is some hint of this chenistry with Farscape too. The best scifi shows all seem to have it.

NESS

Monday, July 19, 2004 8:24 PM

I never realized how much Firefly and the original Star Trek series had in common until my dad bought Star Trek: The Motion Picture the other day.

Both shows had two pilots. Thankfully we were able to see Firefly's original pilot fully unlike the Star Trek one which was cut up in an episode.

Both shows were cancelled in their prime. Though Star Trek managed three seasons as where Firely didn't even last a season.

Both shows have hordes of rabid fans. The dedication of the fans is what keeps shows running. Without the fans, I don't think Star Trek would have made a movie.

Both shows, after cancellation, got to make a movie out of the series. Of course, it took like 10 years before Star Trek got a movie so thankfully Firefly fans don't have to wait that long. Having watched the first Star Trek movie the other day I hope Firefly will be much better; the first Star Trek movie is so slow.

And one final similarity...

Both shows had Canadians portraying their captains!

"Sir, I think you have a problem with your brain being missing." - Zoe

VMAN

Tuesday, July 20, 2004 12:43 AM

I think it's important to remember, as has already been mentioned, that it took ten years to finally get the Star Trek movie. The thrill of simply seeing the crew together again is hard to put in perspective today!

The movie was heavily critisized for being simply an extended Star Trek episode - and so it was, and so what! Simply seeing the crew together again was thrilling. Notice how they are individually introduced in the movie - most at or near the beginning, with Spock coming a bit later in the film. Remember also how so much movie time was taken simply by Kirk looking over a re-fitted Enterprise in space dock. In short, Star Trek the movie was a true Trekkie film - it just wasn't for everybody.

Star Trek the Movie, is hardly the best in the series of six. But taken for its all in all, it was fundamental in our getting five more films!

I do hope Firefly has a good run of more than six movies!!!

GHOULMAN

Thursday, July 22, 2004 7:58 PM

I'm just like you Vman, though I thrilled to Star Trek in the Seventies when they first reran that show.

I too see a great correlation between Star Trek, a smart Sci-Fi show with the best writing on TV and characters you can love immediately, and Firefly... er, ditto.

I'm pretty familiar with the history of Trek and the posts above are really accurate.

Nice to see some old time fans around.

HLGEM

Saturday, July 24, 2004 3:08 AM

Well this brings back some old memories. I did see Star Trek in it's orininal incarnation. And loved it. Yes some of it doesn;lt stnd up well almost 40 years later, but it was very cutting edge at the time. Yes there was great chemistry between the cast members. The relationship between Kirk, Spock and McCoy seemed very real.

But I think my favorite memories of ST were in my college days when it was playing in endless syndication. My sorority sisters and I saw those episodes so many times we would just sit there and chant the lines aloing with the actors. It was fun and until Firefly, I hadn;t done anything like that since I graduated lo these many years ago.

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