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[-] Cosmonaut_Collin@lemmy.world 29 points 10 months ago

I enjoyed Enterprise. It was the first Star Trek I watched and I watched it with my dad. Next Gen and Deep Space 9 are still better. I don't think TOS is better though.

[-] limelight79@lemm.ee 17 points 10 months ago

I've always liked Enterprise. Not perfect by any means, but I thought they did a good job overall of capturing the feel of early space exploration in the Star Trek universe. Underpowered, outgunned, no rules...they had to invent the concept of a red alert at one point.

They did almost lose me at the start of season 4. After the Xindi arc in season 3, they had those two episodes where it looked like another long story was being set up, and I was like, OH NO, I can't commit to this. In fact, I didn't watch them in their entirety until much more recently.

Of course, now, practically everything outside SNW is one storyline...but the seasons have far fewer episodes.

[-] marcos@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Of course, now, practically everything outside SNW is one storyline

It's not a problem anymore, because you don't need to catch every single episode on the day and time your local TV would care to show them, if they cared enough to show them all and in order.

Now you can just go to Netflix and watch seasons 3 and 7 of a new show on any time you wish.

[-] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

But seasons 1,2, and 4-6 won’t be on there until six months from now, and the subscription price will raise again, and you have to cope with the fact that episodes of certain seasons will just be missing because they don’t feel like it agrees with their company beliefs.

[-] limelight79@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago

Yeah, but there are times when I just want a monster-of-the-week episode...I get tired of the longer storylines sometimes. And you can't just go back and watch one of them and have it make sense.

[-] EmergMemeHologram@startrek.website 3 points 10 months ago

Oh, it's not one long story after? I stopped watching when they came back to that whole nazi thing on earth.

[-] limelight79@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

Yeah, it's just the two episodes. Which were actually not bad episodes.

[-] Infynis@midwest.social 1 points 10 months ago

You missed Dr. Soong and the augments! A very good couple episodes

[-] armus@startrek.website 13 points 10 months ago

I find TOS hard to compare to the others just because it was the trailblazer, it launched a franchise that is still going strong 60 years later. I'm slowly making my way through Enterprise, the theme song is out of place obviously, but its been enjoyable so far.

[-] DharkStare@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

TOS feels like a completely different franchise when you compare it with TNG through ENT. I blame the tone shift on when it was created. There's almost 20 years separating TOS and TNG while TNG, DS9, VOY, and ENT were back to back.

It's probably not a popular opinion but I consider TOS to be the weakest entry of Star Trek (that I've seen) and completely understand why it got cancelled.

[-] ares35@kbin.social 4 points 10 months ago

the years when both ds9 and voyager were on was peak trek tv time

[-] BaronVonBort@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

I know it gets shit but I loved ENT. Sure the first two seasons were rocky but the last two showed they were getting their footing - I would have loved them to dive deeper into the beginning of the Federation.

[-] Aganim@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Apart from the intro tune, I also didn't share the hate. Sure, the tone was different and it had a bit of a rocky start indeed, but ah well.. people often forget that the first season of TNG was hardly a bastion of solid writing and consistency, definitely rough around the edges.

[-] psvrh@lemmy.ca 16 points 10 months ago

I note the absence of Voyager and Discovery with interest and satisfaction.

[-] armus@startrek.website 14 points 10 months ago

Dating myself a bit here but Voyager will always be the new kid on the block. Disco could play the role of Meg here

[-] loopedcandle@lemmynsfw.com 10 points 10 months ago

My sweet brother I'm christ, it's been almost 30 years since VOY premiered

[-] armus@startrek.website 12 points 10 months ago
[-] EmergMemeHologram@startrek.website 9 points 10 months ago

It's been 25 years since this movie came out

[-] armus@startrek.website 17 points 10 months ago
[-] MelodiousFunk@startrek.website 7 points 10 months ago

I just want you to know that you are not alone. Now please pardon me while I go yell at the clouds to get off my lawn.

[-] GladiusB@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I'll have what she is having

[-] EmergMemeHologram@startrek.website 5 points 10 months ago

It’s been 65 million years since these gorgeous creatures were released on earth.

[-] TwoCubed@feddit.de 4 points 10 months ago

Voy is much better than TOS, fight me.

[-] sploosh@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Silver and gold baby, no losers there.

[-] kwedd@feddit.nl 0 points 10 months ago

I like Voy better than DS9. Bajor sucks! There, I said it.

[-] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

They’re a bit far away, we didn’t want to go long distance with it.

[-] xkforce@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

Op strikes me as someone old enough to hate enterprise and young enough not to remember the first animated series.

That's Meg.

[-] itsnotits@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago
[-] Telodzrum@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Swap TOS and Ent, please.

[-] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago

I guess Stewie or Brian would have to be Voyager?

[-] DustyNipples@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Kinda like seeing the Phoenix in the titles tho

[-] LopensLeftArm@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

Enterprise is definitely better than TOS

[-] ares35@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago

it took awhile to get used to sam beckett as captain, though.

[-] AndiLeudedadraussen@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Because they are. And its starts with the song. Nobody is getting pumped for whats coming. The opposite of Mission: Impossible OG. Same era, same actors, better outcome than new Trek.

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