What do you LOVE about Star Trek?

[BillJ]

I love the fact that in Trek, technological advancement is almost always portrayed as a good thing.

Unless it's someone other than the Federation developing it.

 

[BigJake]

Another thing I love about Star Trek is the attempt to have a franchise continuity over the films and shows.

It really is astonishing, and easy to forget how unusual it is, just how long a run Trek had for this.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

People sometimes talk about the continuity like it's utter fail but it's been a very well done universe full of attention to detail, shout outs to other series and obvious effort put in to be faithful to what's been established as well as build on it.

 

[lurok]

Initially...Janeway, EMH, Kes, Seven.

Later, everyone. Yes, even TNG. And Bill Ware Theiss costume design (heaven!) and TOS production design and lighting (so much with so little).

Passion. Drama. Sex. Humour (lots of it). Even the technobabble can be occasionally sexy. The allegories/metaphors?...not so much...

I LOVE the way the movies made the TOS TV crew even larger-than-life. Kirk et al finally found their perfect medium (as JJ has proved).

T'Pol.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

Oh that is such a good way of putting it, the TOS movies really did make them larger than life! I think that's part of what attracts me to the TOS movies. They're clunky but they all about the Big Three in a Big Way!

 

[Delta Vega]

T`Pol

Seven of Nine

Helen Noel

 

[urbandefault]

A question not just about what drew you into being a fan of the Star Trek franchise, but what has sustained that fandom? What about Star Trek do you love?

I'll start with a few random things that come to mind:

-I love the adventure of the whole thing. Something that every version of Star Trek has maintained (even JJ-Trek) is a sense of adventure, and I love that about Star Trek.

-Great characters! It amazes me that with so many characters, the various powers that be have been able to populate this fictional world with not a few, but a great many wonderful, well written characters. I was lucky enough to work at Star Trek: The Experience for a short time and I remember one of the interview questions I was asked was "Who is your favorite character?" My answer was that it was a hard question to answer because it's like asking who your favorite child is? And it's so true, far to many great characters to put just one on top.

-I love that the same show that some have (maybe unfairly) labeled as "a Godless Atheistic program" could also come up with a line like this from Deep Space Nine:

“That's the thing about faith. If you don't have it you can't understand it. And if you do, no explanation is necessary.”

-Kira Nerys

That's the awesome thing about Star Trek, not just that it deals with social issues, but that it's not afraid to explore all sides of an issue and nearly ever possible point of view. A rare thing for a major Hollywood tv show to do, and it basically set the standard for it.

Those are but a few of the reasons I love Star Trek. I may list more, but what about the rest of you? Why do YOU love Star Trek?

All of the above, and add the NCC-1701, the refit, and the -A. The JJ Enterprise ain't no slouch, either.

 

[F. King Daniel]

People sometimes talk about the continuity like it's utter fail but it's been a very well done universe full of attention to detail, shout outs to other series and obvious effort put in to be faithful to what's been established as well as build on it.

Since I'm the one who's been shitting on Trek's continuity recently, I should point out that they DO create a very good illusion of everything taking place in one big universe (so long as you don't look too closely) and spotting all the references and callbacks is one of my favourite things about Trek.

 

[2takesfrakes]

The one thing I've always been aware of is what STAR TREK means to people. I'm not even sure what it means to me ... why I love it, so much. I suspect that it's because it's always been there, partly. But mostly, because of the optomism. Even when it's necessary that someone dies in STAR TREK - a star wants to leave the show, etc. - there's some uptick to it, to ensure that hope lives on.

For example, Yar gets killed in TNG, which sucks. We're not getting her back ... Denise Crosby's going onto other things. BUT ... Yar gets a funeral where her hologram message to her friends, not to be manipulating, but to restore a sense of hope to the proceedings.

And STAR TREK, in general, has given a lot of people not just entertainment but hope. Hope that these ideas that we're seeing of people who accept eachother and work together in peace for mutual advantage and understanding are shared by other people calling themselves fans of the show. And just the fact that STAR TREK genuinely wants to entertain, I think. That always speaks to me.

 

[Pondwater]

A lot of things to love.