I agree that trying to learn to love a work of fiction that you don't find appealing isn't worth the effort. That said, if you do decide to watch any more episodes of the original series, you may find you enjoy episodes from the first two seasons more than those from the third.
IMO, the new movie is closer to the spirit of the original series and Next Generation. DS9, Voyager, and Enterprise are Berman's view of the original Star Trek reality. The original series and Next Generation are Roddenberry's. My personal preference is for Roddenberry's view of Trek. I enjoyed the later series, but don't feel the strong attachment to them that I do TOS and TNG.
Now I'm hoping that as additional movies and television series are developed in the new reality, they'll incorporate more exploration of philosophical ideas as the first two series did. I'm also hoping they'll return to the original series' practice of having stories written by various authors rather than having the same team write all of the stories, and that they give the authors the time needed to write works of which they can be proud.
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Date: 2009-05-17 07:06 pm (UTC)IMO, the new movie is closer to the spirit of the original series and Next Generation. DS9, Voyager, and Enterprise are Berman's view of the original Star Trek reality. The original series and Next Generation are Roddenberry's. My personal preference is for Roddenberry's view of Trek. I enjoyed the later series, but don't feel the strong attachment to them that I do TOS and TNG.
Now I'm hoping that as additional movies and television series are developed in the new reality, they'll incorporate more exploration of philosophical ideas as the first two series did. I'm also hoping they'll return to the original series' practice of having stories written by various authors rather than having the same team write all of the stories, and that they give the authors the time needed to write works of which they can be proud.