Star Trek

[chionos]

it's definitely one of the better shows - though it suffers greatly by being incessantly western-centric, sexist and sometimes racist.

Kinda funny given Star Trek's history as being progressively non-sexist and racist. Like showing the first interracial kiss on television. Having a female Captain. DS9's lesbians. (the Dax character had some interesting things to say about sexuality, given that it was essentially the combination of several people, both male and female, with varying sexual preferences).

Oh, yeah, and I'm a Trekkie 4 life, son. I've watched every episode of every iteration. Enterprise was atrocious though. I think I'm a big enough fan to get away with hating it. I don't feel guilty or anything. Before it, Voyager or the first season of DS9 were the worst that ST had to offer, and I even enjoyed Voyager thoroughly. My mom has a growing collection of tribbles that I hope to inherit some day.

I've never rated Trek as highly as some other sci-fi, like Babylon 5 and Space: Above and Beyond

You, sir, are a cad and an imposter. I once had something akin to respect for you, good sir, but now...

Oh, yeah, best Captain is Jean-Luc, nobody else even comes close. To compare Picard and Kirk is to compare a three course meal at a five star restaurant to a happy meal from mcdonalds. Only hipster trekkies prefer Kirk.

[theundeadhero]

I agree that TNG was the best but I've watched a lot of Deep Space 9 too.

[fire_of_avalon]

I'm in the TNG/DS9 boat too. One of the best things about my summer vacations as a kid were getting to stay up late and watch TNG in syndication with my great grandma so even as I watch it now there's a nostalgia factor for me. I catch the odd episode of TNG here and there, but I think it's coming time to sit down and watch them all.

I was also named female Will Riker for the summer of 2002 among my group of nerd friends. I was pleased.

[sharkythesharkdogg]

You only got that name because you can grow a thick goatee.

[Freya]

Yeah I grew up with it. My mom has been a trekkie for forever and a day. I agree with the comments about TNG/DS9.

[Sephex]

I'm in the TNG/DS9 boat too. One of the best things about my summer vacations as a kid were getting to stay up late and watch TNG in syndication with my great grandma so even as I watch it now there's a nostalgia factor for me. I catch the odd episode of TNG here and there, but I think it's coming time to sit down and watch them all.

I was also named female Will Riker for the summer of 2002 among my group of nerd friends. I was pleased.

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[Værn]

My dad has all of The Original Series on BluRay, so I decided to start watching it a few months ago. After finishing it, I began watching The Next Generation on Netflix, and am currently about halfway through season 3. It's full of awesome ^_^