As others have said, DS9, Lower Decks, TNG, Voyager, are all great choices. Strange New Worlds isn’t bad either.
Now some potential dealbreakers: Lower Decks is a cartoon and heavily references other shows (but does explain most of those references), TNG is very libbed up and side-steps a lot of the moral questions Startrek is known for, Voy solves those questions with warcrimes, SNW tries to be too inoffensive and is very much directed at fans. I can’t think of anything bad to say about DS9.
deep breath
So I’m not the most star trek nerd by any measure, but I grew up watching the next generation (TNG), but also some of the original star trek series. And then deep space 9 (DS9) and enterprise. Also the one with the one which is not the enterprise and they got lost (forgot the name). But I’ve lost interest with the recent series.
So not a uber nerd but I’ve watched quite a bit.
I think starting with the MOVIES of the first series is good. But also starting with the series of TNG is ok.
I literally started due to lemmy posts. I just went in order and watched TOS and TNG. Now I’m going through DS9. I’m really glad I did, because it’s amazing!
Ok, I’ve never watched Star Trek and feel left out. Where do I start?
As others have said, DS9, Lower Decks, TNG, Voyager, are all great choices. Strange New Worlds isn’t bad either.
Now some potential dealbreakers: Lower Decks is a cartoon and heavily references other shows (but does explain most of those references), TNG is very libbed up and side-steps a lot of the moral questions Startrek is known for, Voy solves those questions with warcrimes, SNW tries to be too inoffensive and is very much directed at fans. I can’t think of anything bad to say about DS9.
@alcoholicorn
Sisko intentionally bombed an entire planet into uninhabitability. He’s no stranger to war crimes.
@Opisek
That’s different
spoiler
because he was preventing settlers from colonizing it, he wasn’t actually attacking civilians, just preventing them from colonizing a couple planets.
When they assassinated that Vulcan (no spoilers), that was a pretty good example of Perfidy though.
Is there any order to watch Star Trek in or can I just pick any and roll with it. Will I be missing any important information?
Lower decks! Lower decks!
deep breath So I’m not the most star trek nerd by any measure, but I grew up watching the next generation (TNG), but also some of the original star trek series. And then deep space 9 (DS9) and enterprise. Also the one with the one which is not the enterprise and they got lost (forgot the name). But I’ve lost interest with the recent series. So not a uber nerd but I’ve watched quite a bit.
I think starting with the MOVIES of the first series is good. But also starting with the series of TNG is ok.
Voyager.
I literally started due to lemmy posts. I just went in order and watched TOS and TNG. Now I’m going through DS9. I’m really glad I did, because it’s amazing!
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