Which Star Trek series do you enjoy?

[Sal1950]

I didn't always have time to watch shows, but we're hooked on those. The other ones, not so much.

That's one thing that streaming is good for. No commercials and the ability to review entire seasons in order.
I enjoy my Paramount + subscription for exactly that reason.

 

[john2017]

I would vote nut I am afraid whatever choice I make will be met with a chorus of "where is the science to support your claim".

 

[Mart68]

I would vote nut I am afraid whatever choice I make will be met with a chorus of "where is the science to support your claim".

Nielsen Ratings?

 

[Keith_W]

Came across this today. My feelings exactly. All the great captains on the left, all the rubbish ones on the right. Chuck 'em in the brig!

 

[WillBrink]

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Came across this today. My feelings exactly. All the great captains on the left, all the rubbish ones on the right. Chuck 'em in the brig!

I wish I could agree, but I don't. Only two series I didn't like, one being Voyager. I'd put her on the right, and Pike on the left. I also find Lower Decks a lot of fun.

 

[JayGilb]

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Came across this today. My feelings exactly. All the great captains on the left, all the rubbish ones on the right. Chuck 'em in the brig!

I know this is sacrilege, but never liked Kirk. He's a product of the time and is what would be expected.
Spock and Scotty were the ones I admired.

 

[CuteStudio]

I prefer the original series.
In general, they always end up in a fist fight, with Kirk - I've always appreciated that

I also like the Twilight Zone and Outer Limits of those times!

 

[Chagall]

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Came across this today. My feelings exactly. All the great captains on the left, all the rubbish ones on the right. Chuck 'em in the brig!

 

[Sal1950]

I wish I could agree, but I don't. Only two series I didn't like, one being Voyager. I'd put her on the right, and Pike on the left. I also find Lower Decks a lot of fun.

I was just about to post that switch when I saw yours. IMHO Janeway was a stinker, Pike has grown into the roll well. Jean-Luc was the best.

 

[WillBrink]

I was just about to post that switch when I saw yours. IMHO Janeway was a stinker, Pike has grown into the roll well. Jean-Luc was the best.

Janeway was bad, but other than 7 of 9 for obvious reasons, I didn't like a single character on that show. I found them all sub par to downright annoying. Even Jeri Ryan in that outfit could not save that POS show.

 

[tineared]

For me, all of the series' had some great characters and some not so great
I didn't like Deep Space Nine at all
But the J.J. Abrams films have it all
I hope there will be more of them...

 

[Keith_W]

I will defend Janeway. I thought she was great. I didn't care much for Neelix, Ensign Kim, or Tom Paris. Kim didn't seem to grow very much during the season, and the actor seemed really wooden. Janeway had a rather annoying voice, but that can't be helped. The Doctor was by far the best character, I loved him. He was egotistical, arrogant, had a terrible bedside manner ... think about what an achievement it was for the actor and the writers make a character like that seem likeable! And the less said about Reginald Barclay, the better.

 

[Sal1950]

Even Jeri Ryan in that outfit could not save that POS show.

Now that may be going a bit too far. LOL
But even at her age, Jeri still looking good in the Paramount "Picard" series trilogy which I enjoy very much.
"Make It So" number one.

 

[DWPress]

I'm old enough to have watched them all when they aired thou didn't have time (at the time) to get through DS9 which I think I still need to do. Through the magic of streaming I've caught up with many of the newer series, haven't made it through Picard or Discovery yet but currently on the last few episodes of Strange New Worlds which I find hilarious. I like how they've introduced the crew from TOS into the timeline pre Kirk. No interest in Lower Decks.

I'll throw in a love for The Expanse as a great series to add to the suggestion box.

 

[TimF]

I find Janeway irritating. There were 172 episodes of Voyager and there were many great scrips. But I like Next Generation more. With 172 episodes of Voyager that means Janeway was on-screen no more than about 85 hours in total.

 

[Mart68]

Janeway was bad, but other than 7 of 9 for obvious reasons, I didn't like a single character on that show. I found them all sub par to downright annoying. Even Jeri Ryan in that outfit could not save that POS show.

It is unwatchable until she comes into it, I agree. I suppose they thought having lots of annoying characters would create conflict and drama.

The doctor was probably the best character since at least he was annoying in an amusing way.

 

[Chagall]

The premise of Voyager is great - a single Federation ship in the Delta quadrant with a mission to get back home should have been a perfect playground to test the Federation’s principles. But the problem is that Voyager’s scripts didn’t really do anything with it.

Interesting moral questions come up and are immediately abandoned. Do you trade technology for safe passage? Bend your ideals to survive? They can't decide - they give replicators to the Kazon and then fight them in the same episode. They ally with the Borg, to drop it half an hour later. They fight Species 8472 and then team up with them. Nothing sticks.

The Maquis are another wasted idea. A mixed crew should have been a constant source of tension, but apart from Seska (and Chakotay’s embarrassing plotlines), it’s ignored almost entirely.

Most of the characters are weak or static. Torres is always angry, Chakotay is neutralized and neutered, Kim never advances, Paris constantly resets, and Neelix kills the tone. Only characters with real growth are Doctor and Seven. And Janeway is whatever the plot needs her to be - a scientist, a moral absolutist, a pragmatist with no consistency - sometimes in the same episode. Even Picard, constrained by Voyager's scripts couldn’t have saved this.

Voyager failed because it didn't commit to it's own premise.

 

[Sal1950]

Maybe some or many of you know but I just caught a quick preview on Paramount last night of a new series set to start in
Jan, Star Trek, Starfleet Academy. As a big Trek fan I'm hoping for the best, lots of possibilities, Could be interesting.

 

[BolusOfDoom]

A lot of people say Star Trek influenced them to go into aerospace engineering and so forth, but what I remember as a concrete social change is that Patrick Stewart opened a social lane for balding men. The 80s was a time of big hair, and when TNG came on in '89, all my balding friends cropped their hair short like Picard and threw away their caps like coming out of the closet.

 

[tineared]

A lot of people say Star Trek influenced them to go into aerospace engineering and so forth, but what I remember as a concrete social change is that Patrick Stewart opened a social lane for balding men. The 80s was a time of big hair, and when TNG came on in '89, all my balding friends cropped their hair short like Picard and threw away their caps like coming out of the closet.

AKA: the stars or the bars