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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 don't blame you one damn bit. If you watch them in reverse order like that, it's hard. Many of the original series episodes seriously, seriously suck.
That said, there are a few good ones that you might want to check out just so you know what people are talking about when they come up, or because they really are good entertainment.
1. Amok Time
2. Mirror Mirror
3. City on the Edge of Forever
If you try those three and aren't interested then STOP -- there is clearly nothing there for you to work with.