Best Star Trek?

The Original Series is the best one imo. You got the classic Kirk, McCoy, Spock trio. Uhura's super hot, the production design just oozes that cool Raygun Gothic vibe because its from that pre-swedish minimalism era where the future still looked visually enriching. Also that episode with Apollo is pretty sad even though he was kind of a dick.

Your thoughts?

  • abc [he/him, comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    Holy shit I was literally ranting about this to my roommate last night because I mentioned having a hankering for watching an episode or two and she said something along the lines of "it just isn't my kind of show if I wanted that kind of stuff I'd watch Star Wars" and I proceeded to spend fifteen minutes talking about how I wouldn't even consider the two the same type of science-fiction & capped it off by showing her Sisko's 'All it cost was one senator, one criminal, and my self respect' log scene and explaining the context of the captain being a fucking war criminal. DS9 was the series I remember laying on the couch on Saturday afternoons eating lunch and watching (but barely following) the episodes as they aired with my dad.

    It probably goes DS9 > TNG > Voyager > Enterprise > Original. I have yet to see Discovery or Picard.

    • zeal0telite [he/him,they/them]
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      4 years ago

      I have yet to see Discovery or Picard.

      Don't lol

      On top of just being some of the most scatterbrained stories I've ever watched, they're also extremely lib. I just wish all the discourse surrounding them wasn't alt-right shit heads who hate the fact the main character is a woman. Their criticisms aren't even always off either, they just keep shoving racist/sexist crap inbetween. Almost makes me want to make my own video about them tbh

      • SimAnt [any]
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        4 years ago

        Almost makes me want to make my own video about them tbh


        You should do it. I'm also frustrated by the lack of thoughtful criticism of CBS-All-Access-era Trek. Despite watching every episode, I barely have any idea what's happening in either series, and the aesthetic/tonal issues are...notable.

    • Gay_Wrath [fae/faer]
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      4 years ago

      I wouldn’t even consider the two the same type of science-fiction

      honestly, same. IMO, Star Wars is basically just fantasy with a space setting. Jedis are literally just wizards in the future.

    • Goovis__young [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      I was always a big Star Wars fan and could never really get into Trek until recently. I'm still working my way through everything but with as much of a mess Star Wars has been recently, every new episode of TNG I watch is like a big breath of fresh air.

      Following Star Wars lately has almost been like a chore.