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Star Trek is possibly one of my favorite scifi shows/legacies.
TOS - Find it okay. Much of it is pretty new for tv back then but is now quite dated. I never really got very much into the original series after I was about 8. The movies helped me remember the characters and they grew on my but overall it was less about scifi and more about Gene Roddenberry's commentary on American society in the 60's. That's fine, but lets call it for what it was. (Favorite character: Bones.)
TNG - This show is why I'm such a big fan of the series. Finally, the show was able to simulate technology to a point that I was able to suspend disbelief for the whole episode. The characters were more flushed out and they replaced the campy portions of TOS with actually scifi. (Favorite character: Data.)
DS9 - A horrible spin-off IMO. They took everything that was cool about Star Trek and flushed it down the toilet. Star Trek was about a scientific journey through the quadrant and this show relied on all the cool stuff coming to them. I would rather it was dubbed Star Trek Fly Trap. The characters were interesting, but this flavor of Star Trek had WAY too much religion for me. It was sickening. (Favorite character: Odo.)
Voyager - This show had a lot of potential but more often than not the episodes didn't pan out. Although it had a better idea behind it than DS9, the characters seemed more shallow and the plots seemed thinner. This series could be called Star Trek 7of9, as she appeared to be the only thing keeping that show alive for the last season or two. (Favorite character: holo Doc.)
Enterprise - For a fledgling show, I think this one is pretty good. The episodes are either really terrible or really good (there doesn't appear to be too much of a middle for me with this show). I like that this one has much more of a pioneer feel to it than TNG did, but it can be very slow. I also have a few continuity worries with this show, but I can save that for another time. (Favorite character: Sub-commander T'Pol.)
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