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Trek watchthrough?!
Aug. 15th, 2024 07:34 pmSo, as you all know, I'm SO good at seeing things through to the end. Like my Pokemon watchthrough that lasted a whopping 34 episodes (but hey, I did one somewhat recently!) or my Sonic the Hedgehog playthrough where I didn't even finish the first game.
And I could name countless others. Do I even have a finished project now that I think of it...?
Probably not. But I just got Paramount+ for the sake of watching Star Trek again. So if I'm gonna be doing it, why not make some blog entries?
The problem I'm having though is a little bit of decision paralysis -- which series should I watch? It was a TOS fan music video that inspired me to pull up the series, so I'm thinking of starting there. But all the other series have their own merits as well, as well as some downsides, too. So let's make a pros-and-cons list to help me decide! Oh, and I'm only thinking of the original 5 live-action shows. I've seen all of TAS already and don't feel like watching that right now, and I don't want to start the newer stuff until I've seen the old 5 first.
+ I love this one, and it's the one that got me in the mood to start with.
+ Great characters, and tons of hotties.
+ Speaking of hotties, SCOTTIE
+ Kirk/Spock
+ It's shorter than the others
- I've seen it before
- Sometimes the camp is even too much for me, a camp lover.
+ Everyone is hot. Like literally everyone. Best Klingons, too. Feelgoody and progressive.
+ The random Klingons-of-the-day are the best in the franchise afaik.
+ Feelgoody wokeness before it was called 'woke.'
- I've seen it multiple times over, so I wouldn't be doing justice to the others
- When it comes to 'hit or miss,' this one 'misses' a lot. I still love it anyway though. (actually that's kinda all trek ngl)
+ This is where I last "left off"
+ A gritty, political story.
- A gritty, political story.
- It's kinda boring, but everyone says it "gets better" (I've watched 2 seasons)
- The lowest sex appeal of the series.
+ The sex appeal is back! Along with The Doctor who is HNNNGGHHH
+ Janeway is such a cool captain
+ It's the one I've seen the least, so I'd be mostly seeing new stuff
- Apparently has a lot of plotholes and contradictory stuff
- I don't know a lot about it, and I really like 'comfortable' things I know my way around
+ Hottest captain, and plenty of good hotties in this one, too.
+ "Faith of the Heart" puts you in such a MOOD
+ Of the ones I've seen, I enjoy the ongoing story in this one the most.
+ Fun to see the 'early days' of Starfleet
+ Shorter than the others (though not as short as TOS)
- I'm just really not feeling this one right now, you know?
- I feel like I should watch the others before this??? IDK why though.
Well... thinking it out more, it seems like ENT (not feeling it) and TNG (seen too many times) are out. VOY feels weird since I still haven't finished DS9, even though it's not relevant to finish it AFAIK. So it's between DS9 and TOS, I think. Plethora of cuties, K/S, and that... nostalgia-for-a-thing-I-never-lived feeling... has me leaning toward TOS, but watching something new, getting through more of the series, and the more serious story has me wanting to watch DS9.
Well, at least it narrowed it down to two to make this post :P These were kinda the two I was leaning toward before making the post, for basically the same reasons stated, so in a way I didn't really get anywhere, hahaha.
It's times like this I need to talk to a fellow nerd who can encourage me in a direction. But my trek-or-nerdy friends are either exclusively on facebook (which I deleted) or live across the world and are sleeping now. And my other nerd friends I don't talk to enough to feel comfortable DM'ing out of nowhere like WHICH TREK SHULD I WACH LOL
I used to be able to just post in my discord server but it's so dead these days. Basically ONE person reads it anymore (it used to have an active community X_X I guess it's my fault for letting it die/not streaming enough...?) and he's kinda busy and doesn't like trek, so...
OK, I chatted it out in a stream on twitch. Looks like I'm going with DS9 :)
And I could name countless others. Do I even have a finished project now that I think of it...?
Probably not. But I just got Paramount+ for the sake of watching Star Trek again. So if I'm gonna be doing it, why not make some blog entries?
The problem I'm having though is a little bit of decision paralysis -- which series should I watch? It was a TOS fan music video that inspired me to pull up the series, so I'm thinking of starting there. But all the other series have their own merits as well, as well as some downsides, too. So let's make a pros-and-cons list to help me decide! Oh, and I'm only thinking of the original 5 live-action shows. I've seen all of TAS already and don't feel like watching that right now, and I don't want to start the newer stuff until I've seen the old 5 first.
The Original Series
+ I love this one, and it's the one that got me in the mood to start with.
+ Great characters, and tons of hotties.
+ Speaking of hotties, SCOTTIE
+ Kirk/Spock
+ It's shorter than the others
- I've seen it before
- Sometimes the camp is even too much for me, a camp lover.
The Next Generation
+ Everyone is hot. Like literally everyone. Best Klingons, too. Feelgoody and progressive.
+ The random Klingons-of-the-day are the best in the franchise afaik.
+ Feelgoody wokeness before it was called 'woke.'
- I've seen it multiple times over, so I wouldn't be doing justice to the others
- When it comes to 'hit or miss,' this one 'misses' a lot. I still love it anyway though. (actually that's kinda all trek ngl)
Deep Space Nine
+ This is where I last "left off"
+ A gritty, political story.
- A gritty, political story.
- It's kinda boring, but everyone says it "gets better" (I've watched 2 seasons)
- The lowest sex appeal of the series.
Voyager
+ The sex appeal is back! Along with The Doctor who is HNNNGGHHH
+ Janeway is such a cool captain
+ It's the one I've seen the least, so I'd be mostly seeing new stuff
- Apparently has a lot of plotholes and contradictory stuff
- I don't know a lot about it, and I really like 'comfortable' things I know my way around
Enterprise
+ Hottest captain, and plenty of good hotties in this one, too.
+ "Faith of the Heart" puts you in such a MOOD
+ Of the ones I've seen, I enjoy the ongoing story in this one the most.
+ Fun to see the 'early days' of Starfleet
+ Shorter than the others (though not as short as TOS)
- I'm just really not feeling this one right now, you know?
- I feel like I should watch the others before this??? IDK why though.
Conclusion
Well... thinking it out more, it seems like ENT (not feeling it) and TNG (seen too many times) are out. VOY feels weird since I still haven't finished DS9, even though it's not relevant to finish it AFAIK. So it's between DS9 and TOS, I think. Plethora of cuties, K/S, and that... nostalgia-for-a-thing-I-never-lived feeling... has me leaning toward TOS, but watching something new, getting through more of the series, and the more serious story has me wanting to watch DS9.
Well, at least it narrowed it down to two to make this post :P These were kinda the two I was leaning toward before making the post, for basically the same reasons stated, so in a way I didn't really get anywhere, hahaha.
It's times like this I need to talk to a fellow nerd who can encourage me in a direction. But my trek-or-nerdy friends are either exclusively on facebook (which I deleted) or live across the world and are sleeping now. And my other nerd friends I don't talk to enough to feel comfortable DM'ing out of nowhere like WHICH TREK SHULD I WACH LOL
I used to be able to just post in my discord server but it's so dead these days. Basically ONE person reads it anymore (it used to have an active community X_X I guess it's my fault for letting it die/not streaming enough...?) and he's kinda busy and doesn't like trek, so...
OK, I chatted it out in a stream on twitch. Looks like I'm going with DS9 :)
