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I'm actually rewatching TOS with my wife (which is a miracle)
I love seeing Shatner again .... every single scene looks like he's about to do something, say something important, the ship is about to be destroyed or his toast is on fire .... every camera shot of him is overly dramatic and looks like the last image we'll ever see of him.
I love it.
Even the set designs make it all feel like a stage play. I think that's why my father still likes TOS episodes so much.
One of the consequences of a wisely used ~~but small~~ budget. Simple sets and costumes, plus a LOT of creative lighting. All that's left are actors to fill that otherwise empty-feeling space on the stage.
Also, color TV was in its infancy, so networks used the medium to compete for viewer attention. It really looks like NBC made sure that every scene was as vibrant as possible. But now that I think about it, it also had to "read" well in B/W too.
Edit: @StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website corrected me here. TOS was indeed an expensive show, which upon rewatching (as I am today), becomes more evident the longer you look at it.
Star Trek was considered big budget television in the 1960s. It was early peak broadcast television made to show off colour technology.
Roddenberry modeled and pitched the original pilot (The Cage) on MGM’s movie Forbidden Planet, which was the most expensive science fiction movie to date when it was made in the mid 50s.