Lots of people say they can't watch the original series because of how dated and campy the acting is. All I can say is brother you are MISSING OUT. The series feeling very 1960s is what makes it so enjoyable. It's very silly but also still super progressive for the time. Peak 60s sci-fi right here. Spock is my favorite character. He's so sassy and I love him. Him and Kirk are so in love and you can NEVER change my mind. If you're new to Star Trek I actually wouldn't start with the original series because it can be slow paced. And with modern video quality you can realllyyyy see how cheap the sets look. But I would say come back to this one after watching Next Generation and Deep Space Nine.
Everyone say thank you to 'Amok Time' for inventing modern fandom culture.
FAVORITE EPISODES: "Metamorphosis"-"Amok Time"-"The City On The Edge Of Forever"-"The Trouble With Tribbles"THE NEXT GENERATION
The series gets off to a ROUGH start, but by season three it finds its footing. I have a lot of nostalgia for this series since it aired while I was growing up. My dad would jokingly say “Resistance is futile” when I refused to eat dinner or go to bed on time as a kid. Data is my favorite. Him and Geordi are QPPs to me. My 2nd fav is definitely Q. He’s such a drama queen and you can tell John Delancy is having so much fun in the role. 'Deja Q' is one of my favortie episodes of any Star Trek because Data and Q’s viewpoints totally differing from each other is really fun to watch. I want to buy the remastered Blu-ray set eventually but it's also over $100. This series is super rewatchable, and if you want to get into Star Trek, this is definitely the series you want to start with. I would watch “Encounter At Farpoint” (pilot episode) and “Datalore” from season one to get a feel for the characters; then “Elementary, Dear Data”, “Measure Of A Man”, “Q Who”, and “The Emissary” from season two. Skip everything else early on and go right to season 3 after that.
FAVORITE EPISODES: "The Offspring"-"Q Who"-"The Inner Light"-"Clues"-"I,Borg"-"Data's Day"-"Deja Q"DEEP SPACE NINE
This is my favorite series. My friends who’ve also watched the show describe it as “Star Trek mixed with Mass Effect”. Fans will say it’s “darker” or “more serious” than Next Gen, and it KIND OF is because of the Dominion War and the themes of upholding your morals in the face of danger, but it still retains the optimism of Star Trek. “It’s easy to be a saint in paradise” goes so hard. Garak and Bashir are my favs. Though honestly every character is a fav. Everyone grows so much and every setup pays off. As my one big complaint about this series I will say that I will NEVER forgive Rick Berman making everything Very Cis And Straight and making huge changes like reducing Garak’s role and giving an out-of-the-blue female love interest so he and Bashir seemed ~less gay~. You can REALLY tell Bashir was set up with Ezri way too quickly just so there could be a hetero romance. God. I think that's honestly my biggest complaint about DS9. All the main hetero relationships (especially toward the end of the series) feel so forced and unnatural. I never liked Odo/Kira and thought they worked best as friends who bonded over their “ousted from culture” similarities. Worf and Jadzia makes sense I can see it but that's IT. Too much hetero. It could’ve been a perfect series if not for Rick & CBS’s meddling in the writer’s room.
FAVORITE EPISODES: "Take Me Out To The Holosuite" - "The Wire" - "It's Only A Paper Moon" - "Far Beyond The Stars" - "Past Tense" - "Explorers" - "The Visitor"VOYAGER
Ok Voyager gets a lot of flak for not ~being as good as TNG and DS9~ but this series is DEFINITELY still worthy of a watch with some really good episodes and settings. Tuvok, Chakotay, and Janeway are so #gaslightgatekeepgirlboss. Neelix is definitely annoying and weird early on, but his character mellows out after season 3. My fav character by far is The Doctor, with Seven Of Nine being a very close second. I love when they have to team up for anything. My one biggest complaint is that I feel like there's no falling resolution. I won't spoil but let me just say that the last episode feels like it ends rather ubruptly with no breathing room. Whatever Voyager is still good and you should still watch it.
FAVORITE EPISODES: 'Eye Of The Needle' - 'Death Wish' - 'Message In A Bottle' - 'Distiant Origin' - 'Tinker, Tailor, Doctor, Spy' - 'Blink Of An Eye' ENTERPRISE
Currently watching. Unlike the series from the 90s Rick Berman is a producer AND a writer for this and it shows. Oh BOY does he have his slimey little hands ALL over this one. This series has been uhhh kind of a slog to get through but I'm commited to this now. ‘Faith of the Heart’ does slap tho.
THE J.J. ABRAMS MOVIES
I’m going to be honest I don’t like these very much. The first movie I would give a 6.5/10, only because I think most trekkies were desperate for new movies/shows since Enterprise wasn’t The Best and also got canceled. Also I’m sorry but I cannot get behind Chris Pine as Kirk and Zachary Quinto as Spock. They’re just too, pretty-boy-ish? For me? If that makes sense?? The sequels suck sorry. There’s just way too much focus on action and big bombastic sets and the plot goes WAY too fast. Cumberbatch wishes he had the charisma of Ricardo Montalban. These movies feel way too much like they’re trying to pander to the widest audience possible instead embracing its true sci-fi roots.
DISCOVERY
Yikes.PICARD Just go watch the RedLetterMedia videos cause Jay and Rich perfectly encapsulate how I feel about this series.STRANGE NEW WORLDS
I have yet to watch this one but I’m going to be honest I’m kind of also not interested enough to start. From what I've heard it starts off strong but very quickly devolves into more Kutzman slop.PRODIGY
All I know about this one is that it's animated and Janeway is there, but idk if I'll ever watch this one considering Paramount is currently trying to nuke its existance off the face of the earth.LOWER DECKS
Honest to god I love this series and think it's the best Star Trek since Voyager. You can REALLY feel how much the crew loves Sar Trek and this has a lot of heart put into it. I LOVEEEEE all the characters. I was so sad when I finished this series omg. I felt like I was saying goodbye to friends. Since these eps are only 30 min long it was over way too quickly. I did like how it ended tho it felt fitting. My one complaint is that the 1st season starts off not great and the pacing feels SUPER fast. But other than that no notes I honestly might watch this again honestly.FAVORITE EPISODES: "We'll Always Have Tome Paris" - "First First Contact" - "Parth Ferengi's Heart Place" - "Upper Decks" - "An Embarrassment Of Dooplers"STARFLEET ACADEMY
Listen I'm willing to give this one a shot but............bruh
