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captainlezbian@lemmy.world 11 months agoI really wish I could get into TOS, it’s charming. George Takei and Nichelle Nichols were amazing in it. But yeah I’m gonna start with TNG when I get to it. Old tv was so episodic it was rough
The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 11 months ago
TNG is a great place to start too! It’s more matured and gets into the philosophy of trek more thoroughly. Although, fair warning: it’s pretty episodic as well. Like TOS, there will be a handful of characters that show up every so often or events that change things, but most episodes’ stories wrap up within the 50min runtime.
In both cases, it was largely so that people could watch stuff out of order back then and not feel lost.
GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
You people dislike episodic shows?
It’s by far the thing I miss the most about the older shows. Way more episodes, that aren’t always pushing an overarching narrative and story arc. Just loosely connected, sometimes referencing each other later on, the occasional two parter.
I hate how streamlined modern shows are now. 10 episodes if you’re lucky, and they are all crammed to the brim with narrative and plot details. Everything tidied up nicely in the end, everything you see serves a purpose.
No time to just spend an episode watching a minor character do something unrelated to the overall plot, like barclay and his shenanigans.
The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 11 months ago
Oh, I love them. It makes it easier to throw on a random episode without having to worry about remembering everything that has happened.