> They recycled a *LOT* of stuff. Even from other shows. For example some of the > musical scores were made for Dragnet (another show that recycled actors). They also > had to move pretty fast as they were filming one week, laying in the effects/audio > reshoots the next week and showing it the next week. Most episodes took 2-3 weeks to > make (unheard of at the time). > > Most of their budget went for the special effects. A guy shooting a phaser could eat > the budget quick as you had to have some one draw a cartoon on each frame. > > At this time I can not justify buying the show again (got the DVD ver). I barely > watch it anymore. Plus I filled my 20TB NAS recently so I do not have the space for a > 3 year show on Bluray. I watched it quite enough when I was a kid
Which DVD version did you get? My ST:TOS DVDs take up two shelves, with each one being two trailers and episodes. It includes an extra "reconstructed" version of the pilot, made while it was "lost."
Makes sitting down to watch a bunch of them a bit of a chore.