Spent 20 minutes trying to find a thread that fit what I wanted but everyone seems to be willing to watch all of Star Trek. I tried TOS and while it’s not bad I don’t want to watch every single episode of Star Trek to get into the show…

What’s the best order to watch the most universally enjoyed Star Trek series’ and movies? I really enjoyed Lower Decks as a fan of Final Space and Strange New World’s looks incredible. I want to start with the earlier series but not have to watch all of it!

  • BarqsHasBite@lemmy.ca
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    2 years ago

    TNG season 3 onward.

    Movie First Contact.

    DS9. Skip around if you want. Look at the ratings. There’s a lot of seasons and you don’t need every episode

    Voyager. The first 1 or 2 seasons were weak, then it’s ok. You can watch based on ratings I think.

    You can skip TOS. It has its own campiness. Watch if you want to understand Trek at its most uh Roddenberry.

    Somewhere along the way:

    Movie Wrath of Khan, just for the history.

    Movie The Voyage Home. Just a fun feel good movie.

    • emmetpdx@beehaw.org
      3·
      2 years ago

      I’m gonna throw Star Trek V in there under the label of “so bad it’s kind of good”.

      spoiler

      I mean… where else can you see Kirk fight a catgirl and kill (?) her by chucking her into a shallow pool of water, Spock nerve pinch a freaking unicorn, a screaming satellite, jet boots, a weird little marshmallow dispenser, very cheesy dialog, etc?