Trek of a Lifetime

Two things had me thinking of the classic, 1960s-era Star Trek television series. First BBC America is running mini-marathons every Friday starting late in the afternoon where they run four or five episodes, then loop them for a second showing, ending well after midnight. Second, famous gamer-dude John Wick has been talking on his Facebook page about viewing classic Star Trek episodes, many of them for the first time, under the hashtag #trekforthefirsttime. His reviews are brief, usually insightful, and often pretty amusing.



As I rewatch these episodes myself, I realize how much my world-view has changed since I was a youngster in small-town Wisconsin. Episodes that I LOVED as a kid seem more trite, less well-written, or poorly paced. Perhaps this is a function of greater patience, or of greater...

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