{"id":13170,"date":"2016-09-08T18:10:38","date_gmt":"2016-09-08T22:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13170"},"modified":"2016-09-09T17:22:40","modified_gmt":"2016-09-09T21:22:40","slug":"video-star-trek-50th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13170","title":{"rendered":"Videos: Star Trek&#8217;s 50th anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>50 years ago today the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Where_No_Man_Has_Gone_Before\" target=\"_blank\">first episode<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series\" target=\"_blank\">Star Trek<\/a> was broadcast on network TV. Here is a documentary from the Smithsonian about the Star Trek show and cultural phenomenon:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GDLU7T0U1NY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[ <strong>Update<\/strong>: See also this <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/xYXRkwY9zfs\" target=\"_blank\">new Smithsonian program<\/a>\u00a0(its embedding is disabled)\u00a0about Star Trek and the technologies that it has inspired.]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hobbyspace.com\/TV\/index.html#FanFiction\">Fan made\u00a0versions of Star Trek<\/a> have greatly improved in production quality and story making over the years. This is especially true of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.startrekcontinues.com\/\" target=\"_d\">Star Trek Continues<\/a>\u00a0series, whose episodes\u00a0often include recognizable professional actors.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some episodes\u00a0in the Star Trek Continues <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/StarTrekContinues\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">video collection<\/a>, including <em>Embracing the Winds<\/em>, just released this week:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yMasSzFXaKQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dJf2ovQtI6w?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jUbEzLaDyjM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent&#038;listType=playlist&#038;list=PL4ldm8SuhCO5r7Oq_To6-9kScA56qodXR\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>50 years ago today the first episode of Star Trek was broadcast on network TV. Here is a documentary from the Smithsonian about the Star Trek show and cultural phenomenon: [ Update: See also this new Smithsonian program\u00a0(its embedding is disabled)\u00a0about Star Trek and the technologies that it has inspired.] Fan made\u00a0versions of Star Trek &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13170\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Videos: Star Trek&#8217;s 50th anniversary<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[38,33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-solar-sci-fi","category-space-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-3qq","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8796,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8796","url_meta":{"origin":13170,"position":0},"title":"Video: Star Trek Into Darkness gag reel","author":"TopSpacer","date":"September 11, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"This blooper reel from the movie,\u00a0Star Trek Into Darkness, is quite fun: [ Update: Apparently Paramount objected to the posting of the clip and it was removed. 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