Melodrama is low, goofy sci-fi hijinks are high, camp is off the charts. There's a lot of morality tales and vague (and not so vague) inferences about politics and social stigmas. Up until DS9 (and even for a large portion of that) the series are very episodic, rather than serial, so long-term stakes are generally pretty low. They're good shows to throw on occasionally if you want something relatively low stakes to watch but enjoy being forced to think about things.
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001100010010@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
What is this scene? I never watches Star Trek, but this image looks so funny out of context, but what’s the scene? I don’t mind spoilers since it’s so old anyways. I really want to watch Star Trek but not sure if it’s really the type of stuff I’d like to watch. I mean, the only space themed shows/movies that I liked are: The Martian, Interstellar, The Expanse, and For All Mankind. Is this similar, or is it just gonna be too outdated for my liking? (I’m 19-22 years old)
Zorque@kbin.social 1 year ago
theinspectorst@kbin.social 1 year ago
I think if you liked The Martian then there's a good chance you may like Star Trek - it's filled with a similar spirit of optimism and science and progress.
My suggestion would be to start with Star Trek: The Next Generation (by far the most mainstream successful Star Trek show) and pick a few episodes to test it out. Don't watch in chronological order to begin with, as to be honest the first season (and to some extent the second) is very hit-and-miss.
Perhaps try these episodes first, and if you like it then you can go back to the beginning and watch a few more (or otherwise just carry on into season 4 and circle back to the earlier episodes later):
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s1 ep25 'The Neutral Zone' - note this is not a top-tier episode but it involves some 20th century characters being introduced to the 24th century so might do some helpful introduction to the universe.
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s2 ep9 'The Measure of a Man'
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s2 ep16 'Q Who'
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s3 ep4 'Who Watches the Watchers'
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s3 ep15 'Yesterday's Enterprise'
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s3 ep26 + s4 ep1 'The Best of Both Worlds (part 1 and 2)'
I think generally TNG peaks around season 4-6 so this would give you some highlights from the earlier seasons to test whether you like it, and then a run of stronger seasons to carry straight on to if you so want to keep going.
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Datas_Cat_Spot@startrek.website 1 year ago
I’m in my 30s, but I was around your age when I really started to appreciate Star Trek. The original series is from 1966-69, so it’s campy like most shows back then, but it’s good.
Gene Roddenberry’s idea was to make a show that wasn’t reflective of society, but was representative of what we could become. Humans had put aside their differences, achieved post-scarcity, and decided to explore space together. Men and women in starfleet served as equals. The crew of the ship were all different races/nationalities but acted like it was no big deal (which it definitely was in the 60s). This is what that started it all, and then Star Trek: The Next Generation really matured the series in the 1980s. The show is at its best when it gets philosophical, but it also has a lot of goofy moments.
If you like sci-fi, I’d say give it a chance. Also, based on your username, I think you’ll pick up on a lot more references in Futurama. Futurama is like 30% Star Trek references, lol. (I think the scene in this meme might be from the episode where Spock is feeling weird because he needs to go back to his planet to perform his Pon Farr - so, basically that episode where the same thing happened to Zoidberg.)