@narnian78 just starting The Next Generation and really enjoying it, ironic since I never felt I could get into the OG series. 

@glimfeathergirl 

I think I have seen every episode of The Next Generation and I enjoyed many of the episodes. My favorite is the original series, although I also like Voyager (mostly the first three seasons), Star Trek : Enterprise, and the animated series.  I saw only one episode of Strange New Worlds and it was okay just like the Abrams films. But I think the original series was by far the best for the acting and ideas for the stories.

I have started reading Wounded Sky by Diane Duane.  It looks like a fine novel like Spock’s World and all of the other Star Trek books that she wrote. Hopefully, I will be able to read more of them. I would also recommend reading other original series books which are mostly available on eBay, although some may still be in libraries. Some of the books may be available in used book stores. They are well worth looking up since the older novels have the best writing. I recommend them highly.  🙂

It might be best for people who are unfamiliar with the original series to start with the remastered version.  They would be less likely to be put off by the dated special effects. I kind of enjoy watching the old special effects, but today's generation might like the CGI better.  Either way you still have the great acting and stories that were created in the long ago time, which have endured for decades.  🙂

Some of the fan videos are quite good. The actors from the original series occasionally played older versions of their characters such as Walter Koenig as Chekov and George Takei as Sulu. Some of the stories were written by people involved in the original series such as by D. C. Fontana. I think that the New Voyages fan videos probably recreated the time of the original series more faithfully than the Abrams films, which were made for the big screen.

This episode is one of the better fan videos:

https://youtu.be/b_lYqGQ7iXk?si=efokK2qUX8ZpZRxo

Does anyone here collect the Eaglemoss Star Trek ships?  I have several of them and am quite happy with them.  The details are quite good for something that is only about six inches in length (they are about the same size as the Christmas ornaments).  But they are mostly made of die cast metal and the quality is quite good (especially the detail) I would suggest buying them used on eBay since they are around 35 or 40 dollars, which is much less than purchasing them new on other websites.  They are not cheap, but I considering the quality I think they are worth the money. Although apparently the Eaglemoss company is no longer in existence many of the ships are still available and quite easy to find. They were made from all of the Star Trek series including the original series from the 1960’s.

Here is more information for those who are interested:

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Official_Starships_Collection

https://real-merch.com/en-us/collections/the-official-starship-collection?srsltid=AfmBOopMIOXGVWmYw11RBzBFKlJAUvb6Pg3LpvvGISMkjPxUgY5XaVF4

There is a YouTube channel which has information about the Star Trek ships that were used in the original series. It is called Trek World. if you want to know about what happened to the models of the Enterprise from the original series and the Shuttlecraft it is the channel to visit.  There is a lot of other information on the channel about the making of the original series.  It definitely is worth checking out.

Here is the link:

https://youtube.com/@trek-world?si=7GVBeqiw0oTrL4Wc

I am now rewatching the original series of Star Trek and enjoy seeing it again as much as I did on so many other occasions.  If you haven’t seen the original series in years I would recommend watching it again. It is definitely worth rewatching the early episodes to see how the series began. I would recommend the Blu-ray sets since they have both the old and new special effects and they have the clearest picture available. It is well worth investing the money to purchase the sets if you are a fan of the series.  🙂

I was wondering if many of the people here enjoyed Star Trek: Enterprise as much as the other Star Trek series.  I think it was quite a good series even though some of the stories weren’t the best.  It was always interesting to watch with Scott Bakula as a very believable captain, and the other cast members were very good actors. I liked the show enough to buy all four seasons on Blu-ray and I would have liked it to last longer. My feeling is that it should have gone on for seven seasons. It was unfortunate that it was on UPN, a cable network which few people watched. In some ways it was more realistic and believable than Star Trek: Voyager, which came before it. I recommend it highly. 🙂

I did enjoy watching Enterprise, although it didn't captivate me as much as the other series did, upon first viewing anyway (the same is true for DS9 for me). The show changed a lot after the second season, with the Xindi story arc.

In general, I think the first two seasons have some weak episodes (that's not a terrible review; the first two seasons of TNG were a lot worse). I think the show suffered from "the prequel syndrome" - we know where it has to end up, with the Federation and the races we're familiar with from the other shows. This limits just what new elements they introduce since they can't dramatically change the universe as we know it; I would argue the Xindi storyline breaks this premise.

In hindsight, I think it also suffered from the early portrayals of the Vulcans as petty and dogmatic, so unlike the popular characters from before (especially Spock). To be sure, the fourth season gives the payoff to this, but some die-hard fans had probably given up by then.

A note about its airing: it was on regular broadcast TV in this market and also in the one where my brother lives, but we both live in top 15 US TV markets. But I suspect most of the larger markets offered it over the air given that it was here and in Seattle.

Enterprise remains on the air six nights a week as part of H&I's "All Star Trek" block. That is also a regular broadcast channel in larger markets, but I don't know about other areas.

@stargazer 

Did you like the NX-01 ship?  I thought it was kind of neat looking, and it did look like the early days of the Federation at least on the outside. The inside may have had too much technology in it, but it did have a pioneer appearance, and I remember reading that it looked like the inside of a submarine. The uniforms of the crew looked like astronauts, and I think they were intended to look like those of the International Space Station.  I think the show was pretty realistic, although some of the stories were little too predictable. It was not a perfect series, but I still think it was quite good.

It took me a few episodes to get used to the NX ships, even knowing the show was a prequel of sorts. Perhaps I was too used to the sleek designs of Voyager and TNG. But I came to like it on its own merits.

I didn't mind the interior tech (such as fancy screens and such). Technology is advancing so fast that I imagine a future starship would be very advanced inside (TOS looks positively quaint now, though it was attempting to be futuristic by 1960s technology - but it was also restricted by its lower budget).

Regarding Enterprise, one thing I quite liked is the creative things they did toward the end of the show - specifically, the newsreel of Hitler visiting New York City in the alternate timeline, and the different theme they used in the Mirror Universe episodes (which showed the world at war instead of peacefully advancing).

(Trivia note: I've read that the scene of submarine warfare in the Mirror theme was a shot from The Hunt for Red October - a movie I really like).

@stargazer 

I liked it that Star Trek: Enterprise showed some problems with the new technology of its time, e.g. transporter accidents like Hoshi’s temporary disappearance and the ship’s limitations of speed and travel.  It showed that the new technology wasn’t always perfect.  The original series did this too, but it also had to deal with the limited technology and the low budget of the 1960’s.  But both of these series had a kind of charm about them and I think they are well worth watching if you like a simple Star Trek.  My favorite remains the original series, but I do think Star Trek: Enterprise deserves much respect and is often underrated.  It is in many ways a very good prequel and there are more than enough interesting stories to hold one’s interest. 🙂