The characters, particularly Kirk, Spock, McCoy, and Scott. Beyond that, I like the sets, especially the bridge set. It was "comfortable", unlike the larger, more open, hospital white bridge sets in some of the movies, which seem cold and uninviting.
I like the fake outdoor sets too; I like them better than when they filmed outside for real (which always just looked like Southern California). The indoor "outdoor" sets had a surreal look to them, which is fitting for an alien world with bizarre things going on.
Of course, I liked a lot of the stories too.
Star Trek reminds me of another one of my favorite shows: Magnum, P.I., which also had four great characters (Magnum, Higgins, T.C., and Rick), and some similar interplay among the characters (Magnum quarreling with Higgins is similar to McCoy quarreling with Spock). MPI also had comfortable sets, i.e., the main house and especially the guest house at the "Robin's Nest" estate.
Seinfeld is another favorite of mine, and it too had a great quartet and comfortable sets.
On the other hand, I could never get into Star Trek: TNG, mainly because I didn't like any of the characters except for Data. I found the rest of them to be either forgettable or downright annoying. I wasn't a big fan of the beige plastic bridge set and lazy touchscreen interfaces either. Some of the stories were interesting, but I didn't like the overly pacifist/diplomatic approach they often took. I didn't care for any of the other Star Trek series either, with Deep Space Nine being my least favorite.
I like the fake outdoor sets too; I like them better than when they filmed outside for real (which always just looked like Southern California). The indoor "outdoor" sets had a surreal look to them, which is fitting for an alien world with bizarre things going on.
Of course, I liked a lot of the stories too.
Star Trek reminds me of another one of my favorite shows: Magnum, P.I., which also had four great characters (Magnum, Higgins, T.C., and Rick), and some similar interplay among the characters (Magnum quarreling with Higgins is similar to McCoy quarreling with Spock). MPI also had comfortable sets, i.e., the main house and especially the guest house at the "Robin's Nest" estate.
Seinfeld is another favorite of mine, and it too had a great quartet and comfortable sets.
On the other hand, I could never get into Star Trek: TNG, mainly because I didn't like any of the characters except for Data. I found the rest of them to be either forgettable or downright annoying. I wasn't a big fan of the beige plastic bridge set and lazy touchscreen interfaces either. Some of the stories were interesting, but I didn't like the overly pacifist/diplomatic approach they often took. I didn't care for any of the other Star Trek series either, with Deep Space Nine being my least favorite.
