You have to do it the way everyone else had to. If I was born in the 1950s I wouldn’t have had a choice but to watch them that way.
I also think there’s a little more cohesion in it, maybe not in the “timeline” but for sure in the progression of production and character development (TOS had very little, TNG had some, DS9 was heavy with it). I feel that watching TOS -> TNG -> DS9 helped me understand what Roddenberry and Berman we’re trying to do a little more clearly, and they got better every time. It also makes me feel like a true Trekkie by doing it this way. I get to experience it the way the rest of the community did, who loves it so much. Maybe watching it as it aired offers something that makes it so lovable? I didn’t want to possibly miss out on that by watching it in timeline order.
Additionally, watching them in production order makes it easier to accept the quality of the older series. If I was to watch ENT first, then TOS, it would have been hard to buy into the plastic looking props and sets or the poor quality picture next to ENT.
I feel that the thread I linked was pretty on point, the advice I was given by some of those guys was great. Some of them even went into great detail about vital episodes and stuff like that. Definitely worth a read. Some of them are still posting on here which gives me a lot of joy, honestly.
@MANT! @Forbin @Deckerd @King Daniel Beyond
In my timeline I didn't place "Carbon Creek"'s "past" parts in the 1950s but rather on April 12, 2152 where the framing story takes place. The reason for that is T'Pol speaking over the footage from the 1950s which to me signals that we are not seeing actual stuff from the past but a mere visualisation of the words T'Pol says to the others.
