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Posted: **Mon Jul 02, 2007 1:06 am**

ST:TOS is now on the local FOX affiliate here every Sunday at 1 a.m.

So, I've been watching it whenever I can over the last few months and I have a simple question:

Do any of the episodes actually take place in space or in a futuristic setting?

The last five episodes I've seen involved a planet of Nazis, a planet run by Mongols, a planet stuck in the Dark Ages, a planet of 30s Chicago era mobsters, and time travel back to 60s Earth.

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Posted: **Mon Jul 02, 2007 8:32 am**

Posted: **Mon Jul 02, 2007 9:22 am**

Just wait until Apollo shows up. Pesky Greek gods.

Posted: **Mon Jul 02, 2007 7:07 pm**

They had some serious budget issues. "The Trouble With Tribbles" almost had to be rewritten to place them on an "Old west" style planetside outpost rather than a space station. Money for sets and such. I think that's why I was so disappointed with TNG after a while. They should have been able to do more with the writing without the constraints TOS had.

Posted: **Mon Jul 02, 2007 11:46 pm**

I get the budgets thing, but I think TOS could've reused more sets rather than constantly "going back in the past".

I agree with you on TNG. I think for as much as it revitalized the Sci-Fi genre, and it did, it could've been even better than it was. Maybe a new Trek series could actually explore alien worlds rather than a bunch of Earth clones. I doubt they'll get there though since the people running the show seem to think Trek's past is the way to go.

Posted: **Wed Jul 30, 2014 9:53 pm**

Been watching the remastered HD series on Amazon. Just finished Miri. 60's sensibilities of a young teenage girl's crush on the Captain and his harmless flirting with her seems a whole lot creepier in 2014.

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