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Originally Posted by 70salesguy
Remembering that these episodes were shot in 68 or 69, it was probably pretty hard to look so far into "the future".
The computers certainly look cheesy now, almost 40 years later. 
But some things they had right. In the episode I saw Saturday Night, Requiem for Methuselah, there was a large flat viewing screen, not very unlike the Plasma TV that I was watching it on! |
Star Trek, like Buck Rogers, Flash Gordon, Art Deco, Worlds Fair 1964, Shea Stadium, Bauhaus, etc, was their vision of the future
at that time. The result is that all these shows or art forms, now look like the past even though they were predicting stuff that has yet to come. Ironically, the future becomes the past before it happens. Its funny when you think the Trek looks "dated" yet it has not happened yet.
And yea, I noticed that widescreen tv for the first time myself. Add it to cell phones, stealth technology, desktop computers, cds and blackberries to things that Star Trek predicted or inspired in pop culture.
Now, what would be the best version of TOS to own for home viewing?