Posted on 06/24/2021 9:49:50 AM PDT by CheshireTheCat
Except for watching ME-TV or Antenna-TV reruns, people under the age of 40 missed out on the TV series of the 1950s and 1960s that presented moral dilemmas, dystopian futures, and other think-pieces intended to push the envelope of one’s imagination and possibilities. Science fiction was brought to the small screen in ways that examined current events and controversies of the day while providing “wholesome” entertainment unlike the sex-dominated TV fare of today.
Check out this list to see where your 1960s series favorites rank in terms of popularity. Interestingly, numbers one and two on that list are my favorites, too: The Twilight Zone and Star Trek (Original Series). Alternate earth scenarios, time loops, alien visitations, what-if scenarios, examination of key decisions that changed history, the consequences of moral (or immoral choices), etc.
Many of the episodes of those series were prescient and very insightful, and the lessons from those shows remain applicable even today. A lot can be learned from those old reruns! Take for example “The Omega Glory” (Star Trek Season 2, Episode 23) which was first broadcast on 1 March 1968. That episode depicted an alternate Earth in which a worldwide biological war devastated the planet, leaving two groups pitted against each other a couple of hundred years later – the “Yangs” and the “Kohms.” CAPT Kirk and Mr. Spock deduced that the Caucasian-appearing Yangs and Chinese-appearing Kohms corresponded to 20th century Earth’s “Yankees” and “Communists,” and that these two groups remained at war even after biological warfare had devastated their civilizations.
The storyline of the episode is not as important as the parallel context and the subsequent analyses and opinions of people who interpreted the meaning/intent of the episode’s author based on their own ideological biases....
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Guess I did; what scene(s) was it used in?
That sort of goes to the third overlap of exclusively movie acting.
Stage actors have to memorize the entire play (I was amazed at some high school drama kids who had memorized entire Shakespeare plays.)
Since movie actors rarely shoot scenes in order, they need a continuity person to arrange scenes and coach actors on what has happened and is going to happen before and after the scene, and how to emote the lines for that scene. Plus costume and makeup changes.
TV actors do more scene fragments, different camera angles and focus. Like in movies, sometimes they will only shoot some of the actors bits, and do other actors bits later in the same set.
Rudyard Kipling wrote a very prescient short story around 1912, “As Easy as ABC”.
IIRC - and I may be overplaying what I seem to recall as a subplot to the story as main theme - the Aerial Board of Control was founded ostensibly, to prevent the spread of infectious diseases from groups isolated/cordoned off into cities and regions controlled by the global(ist) government.
Little pandemic here, little mask mandate there, little shelter in place and lockdown there and drone and satellite control of movements, voila, globalism.
Easy as A.B.C.
Any Freepers who are DS9 fans might remember that the Bell Riots are due to happen in September 2024, when the government decides to intern a lot of San Francisco’s homeless residents within a couple of city blocks.
Original series, and Enterprise fans can look forward to eugenics and genetic engineering bringing us a warlord like Kahn Noonian Singh.
Yoeman Janice would bring Kirk an iPad most episodes. He'd look at it and sign it. Interesting, in TNG the only paper you saw was a book.
We reach.
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