We rented Star Trek: The Original Series Volume 1 ("The Corbomite Maneuver") on Netflix this weekend.

The kids have been watching Gilligan's Island for the past few months and they love it, so I thought they'd enjoy this one too. I know it was my favorite show back when I was their age.

It's one of the original episodes from the 1960's and boy does it seem whacky and low-budget. By today's standards, all the technology seems humorously low-tech. A countdown timer is one of those faux-digital rolling digits that were sometimes used in clock radios before LEDs were available. Even the set looks like its made from wooden furniture mocked up to resemble a pre-plastic persons idea of the future.