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Rank the series in your order of Preference
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A bit early todo that. There are only 12 episodes out.
DSC over ENT just sounds wrong. At least there they tried to make it match with the one screen continuity with ship design etc.
DSC is in a bit of a tough spot, I think they set it in the wrong time period and they made a lot of changes which are inexplicable but overall I see it as a net positive.
I think its too early to judge that show too though as season 2 looks like it could be a lot better than season 1.
All the continuity in the world doesn't help if I find the writing dull, I don't like the characters, and I don't care about the premise. Archer and Trip never clicked with me and I can't figure out for the life of me why T'Pol would've wanted to stay on the NX-01. If I were her, I would've been out of there! I don't give a shit about the Suliban or The Temporal Cold War. The decontamination sequence is tame and not fooling anyone (if you want people having sex, have them have sex!). I can't get even remotely excited about the "new" tech Reed develops. And I thought the Klingons in this series were just dull, dull, dull.
Then there's the Xindi in the third season. They look like muppets and I can't take them seriously. In the fourth season, it served as more of a prequel to TOS and TNG but all that did was make me want to watch TOS and TNG instead.
ENT is just the one Star Trek series I couldn't get into. I stopped watching after six episodes and then didn't watch the series again until 2010.
Basically, take the opinion some people here have of DSC and that's my opinion of ENT. Shran was my favorite character in the series. By a long stretch.
And I thought the canonistas who complained non-stop about continuity errors in ENT gave a bad name to those of us who honestly didn't like the show because it wasn't to our tastes. Give me a story I like and I won't complain. I present DSC as Exhibit A.
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TOS
TNG
TAS
DISCO
DS9
VOY
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TNG
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DISCO
DS9
VOY
ENT
The characters in DSC are miles better. After four seasons of ENT, the only characters I liked even a little were Phlox, Hoshi, and T'Pol (and Shran and Soval, if we're counting guests). And Hoshi was never given the solid stories she deserved, while half of T'Pol's stories seemed almost deliberate attempts to ruin her character. Archer was easily the worst captain in the entire franchise as well.
On DSC, I count Georgiou as one of my favorite captains ever and Burnham and Tilly both as among my favorite characters in the franchise and I also already really like Stamets, Culber and Saru (and among the guests, Sarek). That's after only 15 episodes. Plus, Lorca was a great character, too, until his last episode screwed him over.
And while the season long story arc in season one was botched, it did still produce a number of really good episodes, like Vulcan/Battle, Butcher's knife, Lethe and Magic. I would put it on roughly the same level as the Temporal Cold war arc, which was a decent concept, but the writers clearly never really knew what to do with it (just as these writers didn't really know what to do with Klingons or the war), and it fizzled out in a big way when the best ending they could come up with for it was the totally un-built-up generic nazi alien thing (not unlike the totally un-built-up generic blowing up Kronos plan). Except: the TCW dragged on for years and never really produced a truly memorable episode, whereas this story is at least already done and wasn't entirely pointless.
1. DS9 - Trek at its very best, all been kinda downhill from there.
2. TNG - I really must get around to a rewatch, its been ages!
3. VOY - Prophets know it has it's issues and missed opportunities, but when it was good it was very good.
4. TOS - Really through nostalgia filter of when I watched it as a bairn in the 80s.
5. ENT - The prequel no one was really asking for. It got better, but even by then it was tarnished by the weak start.
I've not ranked the newest Trek, seeing as how it's not been easy to catch over here, so I'm waiting for the boxset. But I will say that from what I have seen, Seth MacFarlane is doing some good work on it.
2. TNG - I really must get around to a rewatch, its been ages!
3. VOY - Prophets know it has it's issues and missed opportunities, but when it was good it was very good.
4. TOS - Really through nostalgia filter of when I watched it as a bairn in the 80s.
5. ENT - The prequel no one was really asking for. It got better, but even by then it was tarnished by the weak start.
I've not ranked the newest Trek, seeing as how it's not been easy to catch over here, so I'm waiting for the boxset. But I will say that from what I have seen, Seth MacFarlane is doing some good work on it.
I would've loved to have seen the early days of the Federation, forming out of the ashes of the Romulan War,
TNG - The best imo, so many classic episodes, I've seen many up to ten times and they're still good.
VOY - A lot very good and memorable episodes and a very likable cast.
DS9 - Also very good but due to the serialized wtory it has much less rewatch value for me.
TOS - It's okay but not that great.
ENT - Meh
I'm not ranking Discovery because it's too new but so far I like it a lot.
VOY - A lot very good and memorable episodes and a very likable cast.
DS9 - Also very good but due to the serialized wtory it has much less rewatch value for me.
TOS - It's okay but not that great.
ENT - Meh
I'm not ranking Discovery because it's too new but so far I like it a lot.
Jason Isaacs killed Fred Pierson in Highlander:The Series! I'm just about forgiving him for that crime! Especially when I saw old Fred in York back in 2004!
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TOS - Nuff said
TAS - An extension of TOS
TNG - Introduced Star Trek for a new generation of viewers.
TAS - An extension of TOS
TNG - Introduced Star Trek for a new generation of viewers.
I grew up on TOS... and it has a special spot in sci-fi for me. I can still enjoy episodes from time to time, even though I've seen almost every episode a dozen times or more (the only ones I haven't seen much are those I can't stand, like Turnabout Intruder, The Children Shall Lead or Cat's Paw). But... despite it aging well, it is OLD. And limited. So I have to start with TNG.
1. TNG - this was the series that "saved" Star Trek. Not only that, it features Patrick Stewart, who I still feel has been the best Starfleet captain ever to appear in the franchise. While I can't stand Season 1, and Season 2 has only a few redeeming episodes, the 5 seasons to follow are all terrific with only a few "lemon" episodes here and there.
2. TOS - It's 2nd, only because TNG displaces it. The early Captain Kirk with Spock and McCoy was such a phenomenal team. There is much to appreciate in Shatner's Kirk. Once you get to the point where you're so familiar with all the episodes, you don't have to pay attention much to the main plot and instead focus on all the little interpersonal details. And there's quite a bit to it. Sure, it has its flaws and its dated... but this, this is the wellspring that started it all.
3. VOY - I know a lot of people don't care much for Voyager relative to the other ST series, but this was the last of the prime universe series and it had a very good run of 7 seasons. I didn't care much for season 1 and I just couldn't wait for them to get rid of the Kazon. But Mulgrew "grew" into her role and became a very likable, believable captain. Robert Picardo was stellar as the EMH. I think he really made VOY. The supporting cast was generally OK with moments of really shining. But VOY got to explore so much that TNG did not.
4. ENT - I had high hopes for this one. Didn't like the first 2 seasons. I really think seasons 2 and 3 should've been "merged" and the "fluff" taken out. It moved too slow and lost viewers. Season 3 really started to hit stride, but by then the writing was already on the wall. I felt a little mixed about this "pre-universe", but there were so many great episodes created. And the crowning achievement, "In a Mirror, Darkly"... It was cancelled before its time. It should have had a 7 season run. Definitely.
5. DS9 - I had to put this last, just a hair behind ENT, despite it having so many redeeming qualities. DS9 explores a lot of territory that the other ST series didn't get to do. I also think Benjamin Sisko was probably the 3rd best captain of all. The only thing was just the soap-opera like quality this series fell into from time to time. I guess it was inevitable given the context. But the last few seasons did a great job of breaking out of that. The Dominion War was an epic story arc. This is an important series in the Star Trek canon and I'm glad it exists.
X. DSC - I've only seen the first few episodes because I don't have a CBS subscription. I'm not very keen on it and I absolutely loathe the "spore drive" idea. Still... I'm looking forward to one day watching it. Until then, I can't really rank it.
1. TNG - this was the series that "saved" Star Trek. Not only that, it features Patrick Stewart, who I still feel has been the best Starfleet captain ever to appear in the franchise. While I can't stand Season 1, and Season 2 has only a few redeeming episodes, the 5 seasons to follow are all terrific with only a few "lemon" episodes here and there.
2. TOS - It's 2nd, only because TNG displaces it. The early Captain Kirk with Spock and McCoy was such a phenomenal team. There is much to appreciate in Shatner's Kirk. Once you get to the point where you're so familiar with all the episodes, you don't have to pay attention much to the main plot and instead focus on all the little interpersonal details. And there's quite a bit to it. Sure, it has its flaws and its dated... but this, this is the wellspring that started it all.
3. VOY - I know a lot of people don't care much for Voyager relative to the other ST series, but this was the last of the prime universe series and it had a very good run of 7 seasons. I didn't care much for season 1 and I just couldn't wait for them to get rid of the Kazon. But Mulgrew "grew" into her role and became a very likable, believable captain. Robert Picardo was stellar as the EMH. I think he really made VOY. The supporting cast was generally OK with moments of really shining. But VOY got to explore so much that TNG did not.
4. ENT - I had high hopes for this one. Didn't like the first 2 seasons. I really think seasons 2 and 3 should've been "merged" and the "fluff" taken out. It moved too slow and lost viewers. Season 3 really started to hit stride, but by then the writing was already on the wall. I felt a little mixed about this "pre-universe", but there were so many great episodes created. And the crowning achievement, "In a Mirror, Darkly"... It was cancelled before its time. It should have had a 7 season run. Definitely.
5. DS9 - I had to put this last, just a hair behind ENT, despite it having so many redeeming qualities. DS9 explores a lot of territory that the other ST series didn't get to do. I also think Benjamin Sisko was probably the 3rd best captain of all. The only thing was just the soap-opera like quality this series fell into from time to time. I guess it was inevitable given the context. But the last few seasons did a great job of breaking out of that. The Dominion War was an epic story arc. This is an important series in the Star Trek canon and I'm glad it exists.
X. DSC - I've only seen the first few episodes because I don't have a CBS subscription. I'm not very keen on it and I absolutely loathe the "spore drive" idea. Still... I'm looking forward to one day watching it. Until then, I can't really rank it.
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