What is your favourite Trek series, and why?
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Aaron L
Hero
Close tie between TNG and DS9, but DS9 finally won out. TNG was amazing, but the first season, and much of the second, was really horrible! 
DS9 had a much more consitently good career. TOS was way to sporadic, with some episodes being so good as to be classic, and some being... well, Spocks Brain.
Watch out, what's this?
M.O.R.R.U.S.:
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DS9 had a much more consitently good career. TOS was way to sporadic, with some episodes being so good as to be classic, and some being... well, Spocks Brain.Watch out, what's this?
M.O.R.R.U.S.:
Mechanical Organism Responsible for Repair and Ultimate Sabotage
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Scribe Ineti
Explorer
DS9 all the way
For so many reasons, but especially for this one...
(paraphrasing Ira Steven Behr)
TNG showed us what a Paradise the Federation is, but DS9 showed us how hard it is to maintain that Paradise.
DS9 had the strongest supporting cast and some of the best Trek writers. It detailed the Cardassians and the Bajorans. It's one of the few TV shows that featured a strong father-son relationship (and even more rare that it was a black* father and son). Aaand, the series lead and captain was also a religious figure. How often do you see that on TV?
The continuity from show to show is unique among Trek series (though Enterprise is working on it). And, the writers had guts. The second season opened with a three-parter, the sixth season opened with a six-part arc, and the seventh season closed with a monster multi-episode arc (I think it was 8 or 9 episodes). That's TV story-telling at its best.
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* - Please note that no disrespect is intended by this term.
For so many reasons, but especially for this one...
(paraphrasing Ira Steven Behr)
TNG showed us what a Paradise the Federation is, but DS9 showed us how hard it is to maintain that Paradise.
DS9 had the strongest supporting cast and some of the best Trek writers. It detailed the Cardassians and the Bajorans. It's one of the few TV shows that featured a strong father-son relationship (and even more rare that it was a black* father and son). Aaand, the series lead and captain was also a religious figure. How often do you see that on TV?
The continuity from show to show is unique among Trek series (though Enterprise is working on it). And, the writers had guts. The second season opened with a three-parter, the sixth season opened with a six-part arc, and the seventh season closed with a monster multi-episode arc (I think it was 8 or 9 episodes). That's TV story-telling at its best.
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* - Please note that no disrespect is intended by this term.
Hmm... Tricky one...
The original series was fantastic - predictable, but fantastic. It was certainly more action orientated than any following series.
Next Generation I grew up watching and so will always be good. Much more character orientated, with depth to all of the people and plots.
Deep Space Nine I also really enjoyed. I liked the overall story arc in it, it had new interesting ideas. It was a grower - took me a good few episodes to get into when it first started but once I did I was hooked.
Voyager - obsolute load of tosh. Can't stand the characters, can't believe they made the first female captain on Star Trek sooo irritating (at least she didn't command The Enterprise), no really good aliens species, infact the only redeming feature was the holodoc. I found him really interesting - but maybe that was because he's very like Data and I LOVE Data.
Enterprise has only had two episodes on terrestrial tv over here so I can't comment on that yet - but I like it so far. I'm a big Scott Bakula fan, he just has pure charisma!
I've never seen the animated series either.
So who gets my vote.....
It just has to be The Next Generation!! Picard and Data every time!
The original series was fantastic - predictable, but fantastic. It was certainly more action orientated than any following series.
Next Generation I grew up watching and so will always be good. Much more character orientated, with depth to all of the people and plots.
Deep Space Nine I also really enjoyed. I liked the overall story arc in it, it had new interesting ideas. It was a grower - took me a good few episodes to get into when it first started but once I did I was hooked.
Voyager - obsolute load of tosh. Can't stand the characters, can't believe they made the first female captain on Star Trek sooo irritating (at least she didn't command The Enterprise), no really good aliens species, infact the only redeming feature was the holodoc. I found him really interesting - but maybe that was because he's very like Data and I LOVE Data.
Enterprise has only had two episodes on terrestrial tv over here so I can't comment on that yet - but I like it so far. I'm a big Scott Bakula fan, he just has pure charisma!
I've never seen the animated series either.
So who gets my vote.....
It just has to be The Next Generation!! Picard and Data every time!
LostSoul
Adventurer
I'm surprised that so many people like The Next Generation. I've been watching reruns lately, and I can't tell the characters apart. They all seem to act the same way (that is, in the "Starfleet Approved" way) every time they face some kind of conflict. Sometimes they don't, and it doesn't make any sense at all.
Star Trek (the original series) dealt with mature issues, especially for the time. I don't think any of the other series were as risky, considering the day and age.
Star Trek (the original series) dealt with mature issues, especially for the time. I don't think any of the other series were as risky, considering the day and age.
Black Omega
First Post
1. TNG. Part nostalgia, I suppose, but it made me like Trek. I liked Picard, Data, Worf, and Riker did get better... It had it's glitches and continuity issues but captured the spirit of Trek well.
2. DS9. I missed alot of it after the first season totally lost me. But it did get much better, though using many of the same things I thought B5 did better. And it had Worf, so I can't say anything bad about the show.
After that it goes downhill quickly. TOS is hard to rate because for the time it was groundbreaking, daring. And for someone who wasn't even born when it was being all daring, it's not all that groundbreaking and daring anymore. I liked it at the same time I liked Dark Shadows, another show I have difficulty watching now.
Voyager was just bad. As was TAS, from what little I saw. Enterprise has just been boring me, but even when I like something he's in I tend to dislike Bakula's acting.
It had it's glitches and continuity issues but captured the spirit of Trek well.2. DS9. I missed alot of it after the first season totally lost me. But it did get much better, though using many of the same things I thought B5 did better. And it had Worf, so I can't say anything bad about the show.
After that it goes downhill quickly. TOS is hard to rate because for the time it was groundbreaking, daring. And for someone who wasn't even born when it was being all daring, it's not all that groundbreaking and daring anymore. I liked it at the same time I liked Dark Shadows, another show I have difficulty watching now.
Voyager was just bad. As was TAS, from what little I saw. Enterprise has just been boring me, but even when I like something he's in I tend to dislike Bakula's acting.
Ranger REG
Explorer
In defense of TNG, the series also tackles social issues of our time as well as moral issues, such as one society selling "addictive" medicine to another society, the right to die, challenging the Prime Directive, the mistreatment of prisoners of war, etc.
The power of the relationship between the characters of TOS will never be matched by any other show, let alone any other star trek series.
TNG started off crap but became enjoyable enough. I never watch the reruns though.
Voyager was absolutee. Enough romance and self-gratifying good deeds to make even a paladin squirm.
DS9 had its moments and I enjoyed some of the grit, but the whole wormhole aliens thing was bogus and again, way too much in the harlequin department.
Enterprise started off on the right foot, then quickly stumbled and proceeded to hobble onto its left foot, becoming so much more romantic intrigue, lawful stupidity, and becoming entangled in its own bogus time travel theme (down with time travel.. down with holodecks.)
TNG started off crap but became enjoyable enough. I never watch the reruns though.
Voyager was absolute
e. Enough romance and self-gratifying good deeds to make even a paladin squirm.DS9 had its moments and I enjoyed some of the grit, but the whole wormhole aliens thing was bogus and again, way too much in the harlequin department.
Enterprise started off on the right foot, then quickly stumbled and proceeded to hobble onto its left foot, becoming so much more romantic intrigue, lawful stupidity, and becoming entangled in its own bogus time travel theme (down with time travel.. down with holodecks.)
