I know there is watch guides, but I’m still in the struggle of choosing the next Star Trek serie to watch next. I was thinking in skipping Star Trek: Enterprise.

  • veee@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    I wouldn’t sleep on Enterprise. Sure it starts off a bit lousy, but by the end you’ll be upset that it was cancelled.

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      1 year ago

      I don’t think it’s as lousy as most people remember. Just that S1 can feel a bit of a letdown coming off of Voyager Season 7.

  • data1701d (He/Him)@startrek.website
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    1 year ago

    Watching Enterprise (currently on season 3), I’m not sure I can blame you, despite the plot getting interesting.

    Each 90s series has their fair share of “I want to put Rick Berman in my trunk and [redacted]” moments, but Enterprise takes it to a bit of a disgusting level.

    Like, with 7 in Voyager, you learn to tune out the unnecessary catsuit after a while and just enjoy an otherwise good character, but they take the sexualization of T’Pol’s character to such extremes that it interferes with her just being a person on the show.

    I’m watching ENT because I’m a sucker for canon, but I totally don’t blame you if you skip it.

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      1 year ago

      I couldn’t get through Enterprise when it was first airing, and it remains the only Trek series I haven’t watched in its entirety. Tried to get through it again with my partner a bit ago, and we switched off after that first decon chamber scene. We aren’t prudes, but it’s just so skeevy.

    • data1701d (He/Him)@startrek.website
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      1 year ago

      I second this. It’s basically just an extra TNG-era spinoff that fits really well after Voyager.

      The first season is a bit rough (though you’ve got to watch it at least once - important info for the rest of the show’s plot) but then the show starts doing its characters really well and has a sincerity to it you wouldn’t expect from its genre.

      When I first heard of the idea of an adult animated Star Trek comedy, I thought it was a terrible idea, but they executed it so darn well, and it’s my second favorite series behind DS9.

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      1 year ago

      I also enjoyed Prodigy, although I will warn the first half of season one is a little difficult to get through, but the rest of the series welds you to your seat!

  • brucethemoose@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Obviously make sure you have watched DS9, the best Star Trek (fight me!).

    Star Trek: Enterprise is not bad like the internet would lead you to believe. I say watch it, and skip around if you find you don’t like it. But if you watched all of Voyager, I think you will like all of Enterprise.

    …But if you skip it… hmm. Chronologically and character-wise (other than movies) ST Picard seems like the next step. It kinda ‘picks up’ from where TNG and Voyager left off. Discovery and SNW are more standalone.

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      1 year ago

      Of course I already watch Deep Space Nine, I’m following the order of Next Generation, Deep Space Nine and then Voyager.

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        1 year ago

        Ah, right!

        I’ll also add that Enterprise is pretty ‘standalone’ too. It’s not like how Voyager and DS9 directly continue TNG’s politics/characters; you can go back and watch it later. You can watch other series without missing much from Enterprise.

        If I were you, I’d watch Picard as “scenery change” to modern, high res, serial Star Trek, while all those characters and plots are still fresh. Call it a breather after your Voyager marathon, and a farewell VOY, DS9, and TNG, as it’s basically built on Voyager and TNG lore.

        Then I’d go back to classic, more episodic ST and watch Enterprise.

        I dunno about movies, as I am not an expert on those (and which ones are good or not).