#imnotobsessed

And then I made this:

I can say with no shame, that I am a trekkie. My dad watched it as a kid, his father watched it as a young married man (back when you had to watch one episode per week). It is a family legacy. Before the streaming wars made content its “pawn of separation”, Most of the star trek TV series and films were on Netflix. I decided to watch all of them (listed here, there are more than this out there) and rank them: 

My Ranking: 

1) Star Trek: The Original Series: Nothing beats the original. I love the newness of this series-the old school way of doing things. This also shows the true origin of some of the now iconic Star Trek ideals, like live long and prosper. Amazing how something goes from “Well I am an alien, maybe I should have specific way of doing things” turns into a bumper sticker you would find on a trekkies car today. Also, I have to say, DAMN KIRK-you look good. And the uniforms get better the more formal the event is ;) 

2) Star Trek: The Next Generation: As far as anything beyond my favorite goes, I love the captain here. The cast is diverse, like any star trek cast. Data is also one of my favorite characters in the star trek universe. If I lived in the star trek universe, based on my personality-I would either be a betazoid or vulcan. Picard though, is his own man, but carries on the legacy of how a captain should act (left behind by Kirk). Some of my favorite episodes here are the flash backs they do. 

3) Star Trek: Voyager: Seven of Nine is a very very very close second to Data as one of my favorite characters. The Borgs, villains in this series, are a very very good villain. I first watched this out of order, but watching it in order was awesome. Neelix grows on one too, and a female captain before the age of “because I am a woman I am a feminist” was bold. Tuvok is one of the oldest vulcans to show in this universe, and a full vulcan (compared to spock who is half vulcan). The holographic doctor is amazing. Chakotay is also an interesting add as original star trek doesn’t really touch religions (as much as the federation feels like one sometimes). But he uses his in their crazy story of “how the heck do we get home before we retire” from going out on their first mission.  

4) Star Trek: Deep Space 9: This is one of the more recent ones, in real life and in the star trek universe. And the way I am wired, I don’t tend to like new stuff....even if it is star trek. But you see the white dude in this photo? He is from TNG, with Worf from the same series eventually joining. Now, I know that “we go on one mission and it takes us 7 seasons to get home” can’t be better than life on a space station right? I thought the space station would be better, or even safer than a ship in motion right? NO. The amount of times they are in trouble is insane, and if you asked me to live there...I would do so for a SHORT amount of time. It is nice to see more into cultures like Ferengi, Trill, and Bajor. But the best parts of this play off of things already developed in universe. The changelings are the villains this time. 

5) Star Trek: Enterprise: This looks older, older than TOS right? It is supposed to be. It precedes all other series mentioned but is filmed in the 2000′s, after DS9. You have mostly humans, vulcan, and the doctor is denobulan. The show had to have “star trek” added to it after the fact, and it also plays off of anything already built in universe. Like, the prime directive at this time does not exist so they go through adventures which shape the “prime directive”. Same idea for First Contact, ship design and features. The premise of “how did all the rules come into play” is a very good one, the same way that how does Voyager survive in the wild wild universe. Execution feels weird to me, like in later years the mind meld is used very freely-here its a thing that vulcans “on the edge of society” do and if you participate in it, you get shunned by vulcan society.