Poll First lasting exposure to Star Trek?

[DonIago]

Then syndication in the 70s for a long time on WPIX 11 in NYC.

I was a WPIX kid myself!

 

[ST-321]

TOS when it was in its syndication in the early 70s. It was on TV every day.

 

[JirinPanthosa]

Watching TNG syndicated after school in 1993.

 

[HGN2001]

I was there in September of 1966 when "The Man Trap" aired. It was dazzling on the old Sears color TV. I wasn't actually hooked to STAR TREK until "City On The Edge Of Forever". From then on, I've liked just about every iteration of STAR TREK. (Not crazy about JJ-Trek, but I'm keeping an open mind.)

Harry

 

[Nerys Myk]

I watched off and during TOS's original run. I was only seven and liked Batman more.
Rediscovered it in the early 70's when it was in syndication. That's when I really got hooked.

 

[borgboy]

When ST:TWOK came out in theaters I was eleven. A local channel did a late night Trek marathon and the commercial for it looked really interesting. My parents let me stay up alone all night to watch it and I was hooked for life, seeing the movie - a coupleish years later ST:TSFS was the first movie I was allowed to see alone (probably because my mom didn't want to have to watch it), and reading all the Trek novels I could find.

 

[bbjeg]

TNG kid here.

 

[cultcross]

Although my age would suggest TNG I was sufficiently familiar with TOS when I first saw Encounter at Farpoint to know it was a 'different crew' so I must have seen at least some TOS beforehand.

 

[Disco]

TNG kid as well

 

[Joanna McCoy-Kirk]

TOS in syndication in the mid-70s.

 

[RAMA]

The first "LASTING" exposure was TOS in 1982-83 or so on WPIX and WPHL. I'd seen it since the 70s (maybe '76 at the earliest).

 

[JoeCabby]

TNG when I was a kid/preteen.

 

[Kor]

TOS as a kid.

Kor

 

[Vger23]

TOS, almost from birth, in syndication in the late 70's. I was born in 75 and I can remember when TMP was released like it was yesterday. I didn't see it in the theaters, but I remember the hype and marketing. I was hooked from the very first glimpse.

 

[DonIago]

I'm a little surprised by the results so far. I expected a lot of TOS and TNG votes (perhaps the obvious choices), but thought the Abrams films might have been some people's first exposure and garnered fans. Thus far that doesn't appear to be the case.

 

[Tracy Trek]

It was the second and the third original series movies that got me interested in going back to watch the series in it's entirety. I was aware of the series before that, but I could take it or leave it. And I have vague memories of seeing the original series in black and white on prime time TV somewhere between the ages of 2 and 3. I was born about 2 weeks before the original series premiered.

I remember what really sealed the deal was Star Trek 4, the Voyage Home.

 

[Rhaenys]

My first lasting exposure was Voyager, while I was a kid (I was born in 1987). Our national television was buying the episodes and showing them on a TV with 1-2 years delay, I think. I watched it almost from the start, I was a kid and I absolutley loved it. I never missed an episode, and many times I wished I could be there with them on Voyager. At the beginning, I didn't even know that there are more series. I guess if I knew and I had the chance I would have watched other Star Trek series, but as it wasn't showing on tv, I had no chance to watch it then.

Then, they bought all the Star Trek series, and started showing them on TV from the beginning, from TOS, I think it was early 2000s. And I had to give it a chance because I loved Voyager, so I watched it and I liked TOS a lot too. And after that, TNG came, and that was "love on the first sight". I absolutley loved it, even the early seasons, but especially later. It's my favorite Star Trek show now. Although I watched Voyager first, it didn't take me long to like TNG even more, I love the stories, their vision of future, philosophy, the look of Enteprise (it was a surprise for me how bright and comfortable it looked, after dark corridors of Voyager) and of course, I love the characters, and especially Data. I had a big crush on him, as seen from my avatar (and I always have a crush on him when I rewatch TNG again ).

Then came DS9, and I was really curious and looking forward to watch another, new (for me) Star Trek show - but I didn't really like the characters, I missed TNG, and DS9 characters were not likeable for me. First few seasons were bereable, but not really special or interesting. I was pretty disapointed. I also disliked the stories about faith with prophets and Kira's faith, I didn't like their politics, I wasn't interested in the Ferengi stories either, and the concept of money being reintroduced. I think until that, Star Trek for me was an utopian future, and I liked that positive vision. And when the Dominion war started, I didn't like their choices, and I started to actually hate both the show and characters. I guess after TNG philosophy and future vision, DS9 was totally different for me, and not in the spirit of Star Trek, as I see it.

I loved seeing Voyager again later, though. And the last was Enteprise, which I found ok, but pretty bland and boring.

I voted for Voyager, which was my first Star Trek show, and helped to introduce me in sci-fi in general, and also got me to watch all the other Star Trek shows. Voyager gets it's first vote here.

 

[fedCentauri]

For me it was TNG. After many years on the Star Wars bandwagon I decided to give TNG a go.

I clearly remember the lasting impression Picard had on me. Cool headed, thorough and encapsulating everything I would expect from a Captain, Picard not only captured my imagination, but changed my life. If it weren't for TNG I wouldn't be progressing through my PhD in Astrophysics.

 

[stardream]

My first memory is the Orginal Series on first airing. I was very young but it made enough of an impression on me that I was glued to the TV every day after school when it went into syndication in the 70s.

I'm not the nostalgic type but I remember the days of talking about Kirk, Chekov and Spock with my friends in school the next day. Reading over some of the experiences other fans have had I realize I was very lucky.

 

[Horizons96]

For me was the early movies and especially TNG that got me intrigued in the 80s and early 90s. An exploration of the Omnipedia cd-rom in '96 led to me being a full blown Trekkie and wanting to watch all the different series.

If it weren't for TNG I wouldn't be progressing through my PhD in Astrophysics.

I love hearing stuff like this!!