As the headline says, this is a single video that contains all 56 episodes of Star Trek, the original series, playing at once. With sound. For each of theme. I have no idea who made this, or why, or why anybody would spend their time watching it, but it seemed to bizarre not to mention. Incidentally, the "Impressive Acts of Nerdery" tag isn't really for whoever assembled the video, but for any of you folks who actually manages to sit through the whole damn thing. Thanks to Da Bearon for the tip.
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This was NOT a copyright infringement. It was a new derivative work--an artistic expression--falling under fair use. Shame on CBS!
So.... I guess that's 56 counts of copyright infringement...
I would have loved to have seen this. Did anyone save a copy somewhere else?
Indeed. That other missing knight from Monty Python's Holy Grail, "Sir Video removed due to copyright claim."
At least it's not his cousin, "Sir Not appearing in your country, you fucking foreigner."
The only thing I could think of while watching/listening is:This is what being a Borg is like!
We should all keep an ear and eye out for news reports of Nerd Rage riots. This could be like the beginning of 28 Days Later, but a significant percentage of the not-zombies will get winded after running a half-block during any chase.
That was fucking ANNOYING! And as annoying as that was I'm more annoyed with myself for watching as much of it as I did.
Either Data, or Leelo from the Fifth Element. Luckily, Data never wore a sexy outfit made of bandages, not even when he was explaining all of the "ways of pleasure" he was versed in.
...so now it's possible to watch classic Trek episodes in a manner that'd make Data proud. Fair enough...
Glad I'm not the only one who thought of Data listening to 20 peices of classical music simultaeneously at this news.
Thank God Data never got a hankering for further "immersing himself in Earth culture" by watching all of Earth's NBC sitcoms. "Ah, yes, there was a moment similar to this in an episode of Friends titled, 'the one where...'"
That got interesting as hell right around the 49:10 mark when the cacophony of voices began to swirl into music and at 49:30 was the trippiest version of the Star Trek theme ever.
Huh. The audio of all of those episodes playing at once sounds exactly like the background noise that I've heard at every Star Trek convention that I've ever attended.
This seems to be the new fad in YouTube videos - showing dozens of examples of something all at the same time.
I eagerly await the next fad.
See, what I don't understand is why only 56 episodes? Is he too good for the third season? Huh? Maybe the third season is too good FOR HIM.
*ahem*
Or is it a limitation on space in the video frame? Does he not have the third season to be able to rip and throw on YouTube?
WHY?!
I WANT ANSWERS.
To clarify: Only the title of this post states that this is the complete TOS. The header on YouTube makes no such claim and its liner notes state flat-out that it's the complete first and second seasons only.
On the youtube page he says "all 56 episodes of the two first seasons". (I actually enjoy this very much. I could probably watch the whole thing with the volume turned down very low...)
Just think - it's formulaic sixties television! We should expect to see 56 fistfights spontaneously breaking out starting around the 35 minute mark :)
There actually are some pretty similar circumstances at times: a swell in music, The angles the Enterprise arrives at, How many shows start on the bridge facing kirk, etc. Not super formulaic, but interesting in how it follows peaks and valleys.
That is almost exactly what a crowded space sounds like to me, sans musical bits. (Unless there's music.)
Isn't that because overlapping unrelated voices and sounds (aka noise) is what a crowded space sounds like? I think you're just normal - I'm not an expert on normal though - it reminded me of a mall food court.
I can. Personally I find that whatever charm William Shatner had burnt out a very long time ago.
There are 79 episodes of ToS plus the pilot, a nine by nine would have left a spot blank I suppose"A Taste Of Armageddon" is still my favorite - it's seven over and three down
