Star Trek Continues

I have started episode 2.  It is so astonishing how well they have recreated the original series, right down to the Orion slave girl in episode 2 dressed as though she stepped right out of the episode in ST: TOS where an Orion slave girl tempts Kirk.

The first episode featured actor Michael Forest reprising his role as Apollo from "Who Mourns Adonis?" which I consider one of TOS' most touching episodes.  It was nice to see this reuse of an actor who played Adonis.  His portrayal of an alien who pretended to be a god to ancient Greek peasants was quite impressive.  

Episode 1, like TOS, is awash in 1960s thought patterns unlike the ST: TNG which is very modern in its themes.  Slavery gets a very 1960s condemnation still relevant at a time when Islamic slavery still existed.  You can extrapolate it to human trafficking today and it still works.