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TOS had something that non of the other shows had. That being a sense of being. I can't specifically describe it, but for me TOS, not counting the lame episodes, had more of a real human experience to it. People died, sometimes without meaning, as in real life. I believed that Kirk cared about his ship and crew above all else, and the relationship between Kirk, Spock, and McCoy was real. You had humor, pain, love, action, drama, basically everything. There was no commanding the ship by committee, Kirk was in charge, and everyone knew it. It was more real to me as it was more military based and not so politically correct as TNG was.

I loved TNG because of the cast and stories. Indeed there were many fine episodes that really had heart to them. The Picard one where he lived a lifetime on a planet in 20 minutes was a true visceral classic. Yesterdays Enterprise was the closes TNG ever got to TOS in respect to military feel. Both shows had their own personality and I loved them both very much.

DS9 was, and is in my opinion, one of the best character driven series of the franchise. I loved this show because it had dealt with deep character flaws and human emotion on a grand scale, war. It was depressing, uplifting, challenging, strange, and fun all at the same time. DS9 was also the only series to truly keep a linear story line. They had continuity throughout the seven years it ran. And no one can deny the appeal of seeing a dramatic space battle can bring to a show on the scale that DS9 had brought it to us.

I enjoyed the characters, all of them, and felt that throughout the seven years DS9 paid more homage to the Original series than all of the others had combined. We had the Mirror universe revisited on several occasions, and we finally found out what happened to the four Klingons from TOS. Koloth, Kang, Kor, and the weasel one from Trouble with Tribles.

The series was a grand experience.

Voyager, well I really did not like this series. I felt that it had the greatest potential out of all of them, but it lacked continuity and attention to detail on a grand scale. It is hard to believe the credibility of a show that pays no attention to the finer aspects of plot lines and established fact. A ship lost in space for over seven years, constantly doing battle and losing crew members should look the part. They should have concentrated on that a lot more than they had. Voyager looked brand new in the end, and despite the loose of life they had to endure throughout the series, they still managed to have nearly a full complement of crew. (Trek Fans kept count and the official number of counted crew members is well over 200. Another credibility issue.)

Never the less, Voyager had some damn fine episodes and was in the end, Star Trek to the core.

Enterprise is a nice series. I like the music at the start even though I thought I would not. The series seems lost though with no direction. Even with this rip off story arc from Crusader/Starblazers the show still feels as if it is rudderless.

The nice thing about Enterprise is the cast. Well done. The stories are ok, although a bit boring. The special effects are by far the best of the all the series and movies. The continuity issues can all be explained away with the Temporal Cold War. For in the end, Archer's adventures may not have ever happened. We won't know until the end.

As for the movies:

STTMP - What a dismal depressing movie this was. Love the Enterprise and it was Star Trek so I will not complain further.

ST II TWOK - Hot damn fine movie.
ST III TSFS - A stepping stone and ground breaking movie. New ships, new possibilities, humor, and Nemoy at the helm.
ST IV TVH - I did not like it.
ST V TFF - Oh brother! Someone should have taken Shatner out to the back lot and smacked him around. There are not 200 decks on the Enterprise!
ST VI TUDC - Damn fine movie with some major plot holes the size of a super nova, but what the hell, still fun to watch.

ST VII STG - I loved this movie because it dealt with something close to my heart, loss.

ST VIII FC - I hated this movie from start to finish. Horrible story, dumb concept, dismally depressing. Nice Enterprise and some good humor though.

ST IX Insurrection - I enjoyed this movie because it was a well done movie. I hated it because it has no action.

ST X - Nemeses - Well now, Data died.

From the first episode, the Cage, to the Last book released Star Trek has been, and I hope will continue to be, one fantastic ride.