Hi there! Kevin linked me here from the comments section on one of the viewscreen.com TOS rewatch posts, so I thought I’d check it out.
A little background on my ST fandom: My father was 9 when Star Trek premiered in ’66, and he pretty much became an instant fan for life. As a kid, my greatest exposure to Trek was through the movies; my siblings and I would watch our VHS copies of II through VI over and over.
Every now and then we would watch a TOS ep with my dad, but as a kid I didn’t think they were as much fun as the movies. Thus there were only a handful of TOS episodes that stuck with me into adulthood (Trouble With Tribbles, Devil in the Dark).
I was a big fan of TNG as a kid, but I was fairly young for the early seasons and so I don’t remember a lot of details. Again, there are really just a smattering of episodes that stand out in my mind, mostly from the later seasons (Yesterday’s Enterprise, Ship in a Bottle, All Good Things).
DS9 premiered right after I turned 11. I eagerly tuned in to watch the first episode….and was immediately turned off to the show after the scene where it is revealed that Sisko hates Picard. To my little pre-teen brain, Picard was the BOMB, so my thought was, if you don’t have time for Picard, I don’t have time for you. I never really watched DS9 after that, although many of my friends were into it. Voyager and Enterprise likewise mostly slipped by me, unwatched.
So, a year or two ago I decided to watch….everything. It’s been slow going (although I anticipate picking up the pace here soon), and right now I’m about 5 or 6 episodes into season 3 of TOS. It’s been a revelation….my kid self was turned off by the production value, but I’ve been very impressed with the series watching it now as an adult. I’m excited to watch TNG through, as I really consider that “my” Trek, and yet there’s so much of it I haven’t seen. I’m also excited to go back and give DS9 a fair shake, as many of my friends tell me it is the best Trek. I’m doing release order so I plan on alternating episodes of TNG and DS9 when I get to that point. I’ve also been following various rewatches as I go (AV Club, Viewscreen, Tor.com, and now Relive the Majesty!).
Sorry, that was longer than I expected. Glad to be here!
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