On the other hand no, I won't post this poll for fear of sparking open warfare!
Anyone else go ahead but I won't be held responsible.
Again surprised no-ones posted a poll for it though.
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On the other hand no, I won't post this poll for fear of sparking open warfare!
Anyone else go ahead but I won't be held responsible.
Again surprised no-ones posted a poll for it though.
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Leave a box of used postit notes and a box of paperclips inside the filling cabinet and things won't get nasty.
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Close tie between TNG and DS9. Actually, I love TNG's spirit much more than DS9's (and after all it's the series that made me love Trek. Picard is THE Captain for me), but DS9's serial format is a real plus...
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TNG.Got to see it in its first run, unlike the original.There has been no other show on TV that I could expect to be truly thought provoking every week (not any action series anyway).And I was definetly a Trek fan before that.Got to love the characters after the first season.Except for Wesley.Glad they got rid of him.
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Favorite? Last few seasons of TNG. Never saw DS9, but I suspect I'd like it more; I find some of the political utopia stuff of TNG noxious. I prefer the TOS movies, mostly the Nick Meyer ones.
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In order of greatness.
1) TNG
2) DS9
3) TOS
4) VOY
5) ENT
Voyager only came out ahead of Enterprise by virtue of it not having Trip sodding Tucker in it.
That and I liked the design of the Intrepid class, as opposed to the Akiraprise from Enterprise.
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I like both DS9 and TNG and it's a close call which is better. I like the characters better in TNG, but the plot more in DS9.
Someone on another board once said something I agree very much with about how he felt that somehow DS9 was the best show but TNG was his favorite. I'd agree that's the way to put it.
TOS is in third place, while I personally think VOY and ENT are struggling hard to be the worst they can be (and I don't rightly care which wins...)
"We think we've come so far... Torture of heretics, burning of witches - it's all ancient history. Then, before you can blink an eye, suddenly it threatens to start all over again..."
- Captain Picard, "The Drumhead" (TNG).
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Ah yes, but Neelix didn't have two-thirds of the episodes of Voyager have him as the main character. Tucker's had more to do in season two of Enterprise than Archer.
Not that Archer or T'Pol are much cop either. Doc Phlox is about the only thing Enterprise has going for it at the moment.
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TOS. Always. Sure, it's campy nowadays, but it's the genesis of the franchise and is the show I grew up on. I can sit down and watch a TOS marathon without flinching...I can't do that with TNG...there's isn't the same connection with the characters (which is probably why I wasn't moved by Data's death in Nemesis). TNG has always been the pretender to the throne in my view.
ENT is a solid second, because it's more true to the original series in it's ideals than any of the others could ever be.
1. TOS
2. ENT
3. DS9
4. TNG
5. VOY
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-- The Wizard of Oz
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TOS - This show might have aged effects-wise, but the morals and messages are still strong today.
DS9 - The truer future than Picard's happy-skippy fantasty land.
Beyond these two the others are the things I watch when nothing else is on and I don't have anything to do.
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1)DS9
2) Tie TNG and TOS
3) Tie VOY and Enterprise
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Y'know, I've never understood why anyone would like Star Trek if he or she actively disagrees with its politics. The whole point of Star Trek was to present a progressive social and political viewpoint in an entertaining SF format. Star Trek, for the most part, was always about politics, and social reform. (And, yes, the Federation is socialist but democratically so.)Originally posted by qerlin
Favorite? Last few seasons of TNG. Never saw DS9, but I suspect I'd like it more; I find some of the political utopia stuff of TNG noxious. I prefer the TOS movies, mostly the Nick Meyer ones.
I supposed weirder things have happened; I've met other die-hard Trekkies who believed that since Starfleet life was largely homogenous, Federation life, lead by white American males, must be also. (It's the strangest thing when you meet a racist, sexist, Trekkie. . . .)
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TNG or DS9 for a close second. I never saw DS9 in its first run, but I recently bought the Season 1 DVD Set and am totally loving it. I like the gritty feel to it, although I wish I could shoot Bashir between the eyes.TNG was good.
And my favorite series is Voyager. Janeway will always be my Captain, I started Trek with Voyager and so far have worked backwards.I love the exploration feel, and the true final frontier.
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DS9 & TOS rate pretty equal for me.
Then TNG.
And VOY & ENT rate about even on the bottom.
The meeting of new civilizations, the hopefulness for the future, warts & all, really gets me going. TNG had, for me, even more uneven scripts (percentage-wise) than TOS and far too often went for soft-pedalled answer even when it wasn't appropriate.
Voyager & Enterprise I have only seen a couple times each -- I was not grabbed by either.
OTOH, it's all Trek
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