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Originally Posted by SNR
I've actually only seen a handful of the original Star Trek. This may seem blasphemous, but after "discovering" TNG very late in the game (just 2 years ago) and then making my way through DS9 and Voyager (still haven't seen much of Enterprise, either) I just can't handle the original series.
I like the movies just fine. I admire the series for the vision and hope it can give humanity, and I recognize that William Shatner is the greatest damn actor who ever lived. But I just can't do the original series. I've been spoiled by the Borg, Dominion War, and some seriously, seriously fine writing. Some of the best television writing I've ever seen, actually.
I don't know what it is about Kirk's trek. I can handle old stuff just fine. I don't care about 60s production quality. Hell, I love watching those old Lost in Space episodes and Buck Rogers. I... just can't appreciate the episodes the same way I can appreciate stuff from TNG or DS9 (notice how I left Voyager off that list).
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I'm right there with ya really. As a kid in the 70's I watched TOS whenever channel 41 out of KC would bleed through on our limited antenna. They didn't bring cable out to the house I grew up in until the 90's.
Because of TOS, I watched TNG from the start and was completely hooked. Then I watched DS9 but kind of lost interest after season 3 which seems to be when it really took off. I do like Voyager and even liked the first season of Enterprise.
With all that said, every time I try to go back to TOS the production of it drives me up the damn wall. As a kid with limited access to the show I didn't care about that. Now it is hard to sit through. But, I always go back to watch any ep that somebody references or recommends.