What's your favourite Star Trek series and why?

[Aemma]

Ok no, I'm not a total trekker. I mean I don't dress up and go to conferences (not that there's anything wrong with that ). Nor do I speak Klingon (though I would love to learn this modern language for sure ). But I think for most of us who are just even moderate fans of whichever given series in the Star Trek franchise, we're fans for a reason.

So question: What's your favourite Star Trek series and why?

Though I grew up watching the original (Gods, Spock freaked me out as a kid! ), I really caught onto Star Trek: The Next Generation. For me, no other series will surpass the sheer intelligence of themes found in this one. Not that the others are bad; they aren't. But ST:TNG usually had the most incredible storylines that made you think. And this was always something I found refreshing about it. As the series progressed, most of the main characters acquired a certain depth (yes even for TVLand) that I've always appreciated.

So I'll leave the next questions ie., what's your favourite episode, who is your favourite character as other thread topics. (If somebody would like to start them please go ahead ).

But let's start with this one, shall we?

Engage!...Aemma

[Treffie]

I'm not really a fan of Star Trek, but I will watch the films if they're on TV.

The Borg Queen with Alice Krige was fantastic - I'll always remember that one!

[Loki]

I love you for making this thread Aemma! I'm an avid Star Trek fan.

... I really caught onto Star Trek: The Next Generation. For me, no other series will surpass the sheer intelligence of themes found in this one.

Agreed. I think TNG outshines all the others, partially because of Patrick Stewart's excellent acting. Brent Spiner is also one of my favourites.

I love all TNG episodes that have some intrigue around Data. It took me a while to get used to the Will Riker character though, he always stood in Picard's shadow. And episodes that centre around Worf and Klingon stuff do bore me. Not a Worf fan.

Other than TNG, the Original Series is obviously a must for Star Trek lovers. I enjoyed William Shatner's enthusiastic acting performances. Really unparalleled.

Deep Space Nine was surprisingly enjoyable, my favourite being the Odo character. I didn't mind Benjamin Sisko, this is probably one of the few cases where a black actor seems to do a good job. I found Kira to be very annoying. The Ferengi were cute.

Voyager was not too bad either, and I did enjoy the acting of Kate Mulgrew as Captain Janeway. I lost interest in the Voyager series though ...

The Q character is fantastic. I don't like the whole Borg thing ... Star Trek could do without them. Too mechanical for me.

[Æmeric]

I hate Star Trek! A sci-fi series set in a multicultural/racial/species utopian future with total equality! As if this would be the natural & unavoidable course of humanity! 2 I wonder how much the influence of PC bullsh*t like Star Trek (indoctinating of the dumb & weak minded) helped contribute to the unreal election of a 1/2 Kenyan crypto-Muslim named Barack Hussein Obama to the White House!

[Loki]

I hate Star Trek! A sci-fi series set in a multicultural/racial/species utopian future with total equality! As if this would be the natural & unavoidable course of humanity! 2 I wonder how much the influence of PC bullsh*t like Star Trek (indoctinating of the dumb & weak minded) helped contribute to the unreal election of a 1/2 Kenyan crypto-Muslim named Barack Hussein Obama to the White House!

What you say is certainly true. A lot of multicultural indoctrination. Today it is not so visible, but in the days when Star Trek was first launched, it was almost sacrilege.

Regardless of the filthy propaganda, the series was well-made and popular for a good reason -- good acting and story lines.

[lei.talk]

there was a particular character...

[Aemma]

I hate Star Trek! A sci-fi series set in a multicultural/racial/species utopian future with total equality! As if this would be the natural & unavoidable course of humanity! 2 I wonder how much the influence of PC bullsh*t like Star Trek (indoctinating of the dumb & weak minded) helped contribute to the unreal election of a 1/2 Kenyan crypto-Muslim named Barack Hussein Obama to the White House!

Uh oh...one of those Æmeric Explosions again! Oh you lovable curmudgeon. You're giving Archie Bunker a run for his money again, I see! (Oh you know I think you're tops A. ) But I digress....


Well ya see, I never saw ST that way. Not that you're wrong in seeing it that way of course but it isn't what pops into my mind when I think ST. For me it's the different themes that were often presented and that stayed with me because they made me think.

The episode in particular that I most remember is the one where Picard lives an alternate life. He marries, has a child, lives a simple life, he grows old and he plays a flute. It isn't until the very end that we find out, that Picard has lived this very full life within the span of a brief moment of unconsciousness during his real life. Was this real or was it a dream, we are led to ask ourselves. The answer lies in the fact that upon waking up from his brief state of unconsciousness, incredibly, he finds the flute in his pocket.

For me this was a very powerful episode (obviously because it has stayed with me all these years). It spoke to me about the meaning of time, but more so the measure of time and how we value it, how fleeting it can be yet it may seem to last, well, a lifetime. It also spoke to me of other possibilities of being, dimensions within dimensions. And it also reached me in terms of evaluating the fullness of life. This episode was aired shortly after my father had passed on and I remember having watched this episode with my mom. Incredibly, and as odd as this will sound, I think it had both touched us in the same way.

It's incredible how some elements of pop culture can reach something deep inside of people on those few rare occasions. One wouldn't think so given that most TV is junk. But every once in a while, there is stuff out there that can make you think along more metaphysical lines if you're so inclined to thinking that way. And this is what I appreciate about the ST:TNG series. It makes me think.

Cheers Æmeric!...Aemma

[Skandi]

I can't believe that I'm actually going to answer this one!

Yes it's the Next generation that wins for me, probably because I grew up with it, The original series is good but I absolutely loath deep space nine it bored me silly, I don't mind some of the Voyager series either although Janeway annoys me also.

I've even been to a conference

[Lyfing]

I think Star Trek is awesome...

I started watching it as a boy, of course. It gets a lot of credit for activating within me those mythological centers which have led me to being.

My favorite series would be The Next Generation. Because every episode is my favorite.. up

The last one I watched was when Wesley was made an ensign. This one was all about initiation into manhood. At the very end..( I forget exactly )..he's asked if he want's his Mommy to come to the bridge, and he say's "naw, I'll tell her later".

Voyager was alright. I watched it for about a year because it was Star Trek and it came on on one of the four channels I had.

Deep Space Nine was better than Voyager. Odo was interesting. A shape-shifter melting his self in his Self..

Later,
-Lyfing

[Baron Samedi]

Voyager. Loved the characters and their dilemmas.

It was also one of the more action-packed of the ST series.