Not my OC

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        15 days ago

        It’s rough. When my wife set out to get me into Trek, she explained about TNG (and Voyager for that matter) taking a while to get going. That did help me get through until it got good.

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      14 days ago

      If you insist on watching TNG from the beginning, be warned the first two seasons are a bit rough and there’s that one “Then we went to the black people planet and got blacked at” episode which even the cast of the show hates that episode.

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    16 days ago

    This is incorrect.

    If you are new at this point “Lower decks” is the right place to start.

    After that you can go to any series, even if TNG is the right next step. You can pick anything.

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      16 days ago

      Lower decks has soooo many references to the other series I feel like it would be a very confusing place to start.

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    15 days ago

    I have never watched a single star trek thing and the only knowledge I have about it comes from you guy’s memes

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      14 days ago

      I never was into it, always a Star Wars kid. My gf dad had episodes of TAS going one day and I got sucked into it to my surprise, i didnt think I’d appreciate a show that I always saw as old and kinda cheesy. I watched a few more episodes and really liked it. He did me a big favour, told me even if I wasn’t going to watch it all at once, he said watch space seed the episode, then go watch the first two movies. What an epic, you get a great introduction to Star Trek and one of its greatest villains Khan.

      After that I tired TNG but didnt like it, don’t like most Star Trek, I always go back to the original. I did watch discovery with my wife and it was ok, but strange new worlds is my second favourite now.

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    15 days ago

    The Star Trek universe is based on the premise that a peaceful, united mankind is acting as a benevolent, civilized partner and friend of all alien species.

    But let’s be honest, we all know we would behave like the aliens from Independence Day - mercilessly conquering and harvesting alien worlds and spreading destruction across the universe.

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      15 days ago

      But let’s be honest, we all know we would behave like the aliens from Independence Day - mercilessly conquering and harvesting alien worlds and spreading destruction across the universe.

      This would be true, except that Star Trek assumes a truly post-scarcity world where nobody needs to harvest alien worlds. Hell, the capitalists (Ferengi) are depicted as ruthless and conniving (oftentimes outright cartoonish) villains most of the time.

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    15 days ago

    Yeah, but the answer is TNG, Season 3, Episode 2, The Ensigns of Command. That’s about when they hit their stride. If you’re very brave you could start with Season 2, Episode 9, The Measure of a Man, but that season is pretty hit or miss (if I remember right, the season finale was a clip show).

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      16 days ago

      Nah, start from the beginning. When I introduced my partner to star trek, she loved the first TNG seasons, despite recognizing that the latter are better

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        The first episode also introduces every character.

        It would be a miss for new watchers to skip it, even if some of you don’t like the episode.

        The dish separation was what made me understand there was a lot more to Star Trek then I first thought and made me continue watching, even if it didn’t happen again.

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      16 days ago

      Even though I think DS9 is objectively better than TNG, I would still recommend TNG to get into it, as the more exploration focus should appeal to a wider audience.

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      16 days ago

      A few of my very favorite episodes of Star Trek ever are in season 1, though. I wouldn’t skip it entirely!

      • s01e11 Haven, because I love Lwaxana when she’s being mischievous
      • s01e13 Datalore, for Spiner in his early glory
      • s01e18 Home Soil, for a decent “murder mystery”
      • s01e22 Symbiosis, seriously one of the best episodes of the whole show with a lesson on why the Prime Directive is important, plenty of Crusher vs Picard moral discussions, and an attempt at a sympathetic view on drug addiction (though a dated one now)
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    16 days ago

    i am a very late bloomer to ST. i watches TOS and loved it; i startrd up TNG about a month ago.

    im in season 3 episode 4 and councillor troy hasnt died yet. i hate her with a fiery passion for ruining what seems to be a really good show. my friends have confirmed she doesnt die and told me to leave TNG behind and move on to DS9.

    i guess i get DS9 tomorrow.

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      16 days ago

      I’m going to be the serpent in the grass and say give Babylon 5 a go before DS9. The first season will feel slow because the show is structured like a novel; exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, conclusion. There are small things like newspaper headers that hint towards future developments, and every main character undergoes a major arc. I enjoy DS9, but it’s never felt as cohesive as B5 to me. You may throw your stones now.

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      16 days ago

      It’s such a weird choice to put “ships councilor” on the bridge.

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    16 days ago

    Lost, confused, disturbed, unsettled, baffled and eve a bit turned on.

    This could describe every decon scene in ENT.

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      16 days ago

      I loved when they got tired of putting the eye candy in those scenes and started throwing in random characters like Porthos.

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    16 days ago

    If you’re going to do a “courtroom” TNG episode, no way it’s Devils Due… The Drumhead all day long.

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    15 days ago

    What?

    You just start at the beginning of one of the series.

    If you like new stuff: Strange New Worlds

    If you like animation: Lower Decks

    If you enjoy older series: The Next Generation (+Deep Space9 + Voyager)

    If you enjoy really old series: The Original Series

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      15 days ago

      What?

      You just start at Star Trek The Animated Series

      If you like new stuff: Star Trek The Animated Series

      If you like animation: Star Trek The Animated Series

      If you enjoy older series: Star Trek The Animated Series

      If you enjoy really old series: Star Trek The Animated Series

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      15 days ago

      I only very casually like Star Trek and have never been confused when watching any series from the first episode.* I don’t know about all these fancy new Treks, but TOS, TNG, and DS9 were intentionally designed to be picked up during any random episode because that was how TV worked at the time. If you found a show during its fifth episode, you had no means of going back to the first four unless you happened to know someone who recorded them on VHS.

      Lower Decks was also completely enjoyable to me even though my knowledge of the franchise is limited.

      * I think it was Discovery we tried watching somewhat recently (not 100% sure on the title) where I was confused from the first episode, but it was in a “What the fuck are these creative choices?” and “Do people like this?” way.

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      15 days ago

      Yeah, I started with TNG a year or two ago. I’m now halfway through season 4 of Voyager, just from watching an episode every few days whenever I have time. Eventually I’ll move on to DS9, before digging into the movies (which I have simultaneously heard are incredible and hot garbage, depending on the individual user’s preferences) and the newer stuff.