Generational preferences

[Mattadd]

Some of the comments in other threads have caused me to wonder if one's age has a significant impact on one's preferred Star Trek series. So I'll put it out there: which is your favourite series and which generation do you belong to? Let's split the generations in the following (very general) way:
Born before or during TOS run
Born between end of TOS and beginning of TNG
Born between beginning of TNG and end of Voyager
Born post-Voyager

For the record, I myself am on the cusp of two of these generations, having been a baby when TNG premiered, and my favourite show is DS9.

 

[Vger23]

I was born in the 70s. TNG premiered a few months before I turned 12.

My preferred series is TOS. Here's how it al lines up for me currently:

1. TOS/TAS

2. DS9



3. TNG
4. ENT




5. VOY

 

[The Old Mixer]

I was born after TOS was off the air...but close enough that it was still on when I was conceived. When TNG-era Trek was current, I would have said that TNG was my favorite...but as I and it get older, I lean more toward the original version, without which....

 

[Nyotarules]

I was born in the late 60's and DS9 is my favourite show

 

[DS9ers]

I was born in the early 80s. Prior to TNG airing and DS9 is my favorite show. With TNG a close second.

 

[RedAlert]

I was born at the end of 70's ... for me, the real Trek I love is all of the TMP/TWOK/Spock adventures.
Still, I love the series Enterprise.
Old fashioned science fiction.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Born in 1959. Love TOS, DS9 and ENT.

 

[1001001]

Born in 1966.

TNG and VOY are my favorites.

 

[Push The Button]

According to Memory Alpha, Gene Roddenberry was most likely revising the story outline for The Corbomite Maneuver on the day that I was born in April of 1966. My father was a fan of the show, so no doubt I was near the TV when some of the original episodes aired, though I was too young to remember. I became a fan during the first wave of syndication runs in the early 1970s on WKBG-56 in Boston and WJAR-10 in Providence. I can still remember the grainy black-and-white picture.

The original series is my favorite, but I am
also very fond of The Next Generation and most of the movies.

 

[Greg Cox]

I'm old enough to remember watching TOS during its original run on NBC, and TOS was STAR TREK the whole time I was growing up. The first few movies didn't come along until I was in college and I had been involved in SF fandom and publishing for years by the time TNG and its successors debuted.

So, yeah, while I watched and enjoyed the latter-day shows and movies to varying degrees, TOS is the show that's burned into my brain and the one that I automatically think of when people say "STAR TREK."

(And you'll note that the vast majority of my books are TOS as well.)

 

[Kor]

As I mentioned elsewhere, I'm of the generation that grew up with TNG and came of age with DS9 and VOY.

And to me, everything after "The Cage" is heresy. Well, not quite. But TOS is the only Trek I revisit regularly. In fact, when it comes right down to it, I really only like TV and movies from the '50s and '60s or things that take place in that period, such as Mad Men.

Kor

 

[Ovation]

Born in the "summer of love" (look it up youngsters ). Favourite series, in order (seen them all): TOS, ENT, TNG, DS9, VOY.

 

[Skywalker]

Born in 1983. Grew up watching TNG, but DS9 is my favorite. Followed by TNG.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I was born in 1970. Enterprise is my favorite Trek series.

 

[Balok's Decoy]

Born in 1988, so just after TNG premiered.

I'd rank the series like this:
1. DS9/TOS
2. ENT/TNG
3. VOY

VOY is only at the bottom because I haven't seen but a few episodes of it. ENT and TNG are about on par for me. And I can't bring myself to rank DS9 or TOS over one another because they're both so dear to me. TOS is the crew I grew up watching (the TOS movies were my entry to the franchise) but I've developed a strong connection to the DS9 characters as well. So...call it a draw.

 

[Paul Weaver]

Born post-Voyager

Oh man. I feel old enough anyway.

 

[Greg Cox]

Oh man. I feel old enough anyway.

I feel your pain.

 

[SPCTRE]

Born between end of TOS and beginning of TNG

that's me, my favorite show is TNG (tied with DS9). VOY and ENT are very close, followed by TOS.

 

[Bry_Sinclair]

Born in 82 and DS9 is my favourite Trek by far.

 

[Kaelef]

The main reason we might see generational trends is because they strongly correlate with which series we saw first and therefore most likely to have made the biggest impression. That said, there's obviously a great deal of variation due to individual tastes, and that's reflected here.

I watched TOS reruns as a kid, so that made the deepest, most emotional connection for me, but in terms of overall quality and which series I'm most impressed with watching again, that's easily DS9.