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Should I watch Star Trek, and which one? (lemmygrad.ml)
submitted 1 year ago by AlbigensianGhoul@lemmygrad.ml to c/comradeship@lemmygrad.ml
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I really like sci-fi, specially the bits where the aliens whip out guns and shoot at arrogant humans, or the heavy-handed real world allegories, but I never quite got into Star Trek. If it helps, I really liked the first couple seasons of new Doctor Who and some random episodes of the old one, but I'm definitely not looking for some Star Wars space-fantasy stuff.

I tried watching the JJ Abrams's movies (felt like Marvel with a sci-fi skinmask), the new Amazon reboot thingy (was completely lost in a sea of references) and the original series (2horny4me), and neither of them seemed like the same show that most people talk fondly about.

I've seen a lot of references to it here, so I assume it's actually enjoyable to leftist nerds, I just didn't find the good stuff. Any recommendations on where to start?

I also would love other recommendations of other non-reactionary sci-fi film/tv, preferably with politics flowing from the barrel of a gun.

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[โ€“] OrnluWolfjarl@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The best Star Trek is Next Generation, Deep Space 9 and Voyager. If you start Next Generation, you might find parts of the first 2 seasons a bit tiring, but after that it gets really good.

TOS has some great episodes, but others can be found dated and boring. TOS episodes don't follow a particular narrative arc, so if you want, you can watch a few select episodes to get a good taste.

[โ€“] AlbigensianGhoul@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Seems Next Generation is overwhelmingly the favourite here. I'll take a look at those 3, thanks y'all!