Phazael
Confirmed Beta Shitlord, Fat Bastard
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TOS was done on a tight budget and heavily hated by the management at Paramount. Remember this show came out around the time when they basically were purging successful shows purely because they wanted more sophisticated shows. This caused the shelving of shows like Hee-Haw (would go on to syndication to great success) and Beverly Hilbillies in favor of a bunch of urban themed shit. But sci-fi was still not mainstream and it was always on the bubble and starved for cash. They made due with what they had and did their best to avoid cancelation. This is reflected in the show at times with some of the inept special effects, simple plots, and questionable guest star acting.
But the core story writing on it was usually very good and would never really pick sides on social issues. And more importantly, it was not so on the nose with its messaging like Woke Trek is. Episodes like Let this Be my Last Battlefield and Balance of Terror were very even handed and subtle. Voyager, for all its many flaws, was the last trek to hit that mark. Enterprise had some good stuff, particularly later on, but it never hit the mark on story telling like the better Treks did. And TOS had many of its stories done as adaptations from fairly heavy hitter sci-fi writers of the era, which helped. It also had genuinely likable characters in the lead with good chemistry, something only DS9 has come close to equaling.
But the core story writing on it was usually very good and would never really pick sides on social issues. And more importantly, it was not so on the nose with its messaging like Woke Trek is. Episodes like Let this Be my Last Battlefield and Balance of Terror were very even handed and subtle. Voyager, for all its many flaws, was the last trek to hit that mark. Enterprise had some good stuff, particularly later on, but it never hit the mark on story telling like the better Treks did. And TOS had many of its stories done as adaptations from fairly heavy hitter sci-fi writers of the era, which helped. It also had genuinely likable characters in the lead with good chemistry, something only DS9 has come close to equaling.
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