I have no idea. I have all the movies on DVD, DS9 and 7th season TNG (thanks, Scruffy ), so I've seen those. Quite sure I got all TOS as a child. I do think more and more how I'd do a modern Trek show. They all have aged terribly, even DS9 when compared to B5 or BSG.
I assume you mean that they all look dated and not that they have gotten worse with time. I like how dated they look, this adds nostalgic value for me. Also did you compare them to Babylon 5? To me that has dated a lot as well. To answer my original question: I have seen pretty much every episode of all of the series with the exception of VOY and ENT of which I've seen the majority.
Nah, special effects are not really important. But Trek, even up to ENT, never broke from the 80s TNG style in visuals and pacing. It's like, close-up, close-up, wide, console exploding. Yawn. And the pacing? Even DS9 moves like molasses when seen as an entire series. B5 grips you from about half way thru season 1 and never lets go until the end. In all Trek, there are so many useless filler episodes (somebody comes onboard, looks nice, isn't -> here go 50% of TNG) that the gems are too well hidden. And when you find them, they may have high concepts and cool ideas, but the visual style makes them look rather mundane. To think, for example, how brilliant DS9's 'The Siege of ARxxxx' could have been if they had, for once, broken with the classic style and used a handheld camera and not the same old cave set.
I know I've seen all of Enterprise and DS9. I've seen most of Voyager (all of the first 4 seasons anyway), and I'm 90% certain I've seen all of TNG - every so often I come across an episode I'd forgotten about entirely or never seen, like the one where that egomaniac scientist and supposed mentor to Dr. Soong downloads himself into Data ("to know him was to love him, and to love him was to know him. Those who knew him, loved him. And those who did not love him did not know him" - I don't blame you if you've repressed that). Usually from Season 2. I can't remember if I got through all of TAS, and I've seen somewhat more than half of TOS - until I got the DVDs, for some reason I would always see the same ones on TV - Catspaw, Amok Time, and Miri. I've probably seen those three 10 times each. I've got all the DVD's of TOS, TAS, TNG, and DS9. And I've seen all 11 movies, TMP, TWOK, TSFS, TVH, TFF, TUC, Generations, First Contact, Insurrection, In a Mirror Darkly, and Galaxy Quest.
You should really go back and check these two out. You're missing out on some damn good stuff. Teh Good: I've seen all of TOS, TNG, DS9 multiple times. I've seen the first eight Trek movies multiple times. Teh Bad: Saw Insurrection and Nemesis in the theatre and never again after that. I saw all of the first four seasons of Voyager during the first run and sporadically caught some of the later episodes over the years. I still have no desire to go back and watch them. Watched one random episode of Enterprise and never bothered to watch another episode again. I'm familiar with the show's storylines however.
Repressed that? A college friend and I used to quote that bit repeatedly. And it's "And those who did not know him...also loved him. From afar." I now own all of the series and movies on DVD. I think I've missed at most six episodes between VOY and ENT, and I've been watching those series mostly in sequence to make sure that I'll have hit everything at least once. The only one I know I didn't see for sure is ENT's "Stigma" (T'Pol gets mind-meld AIDS).
Star Trek The Motion Picture has a lot of sentimental value for me. It had its flaws, but it was great to see everyone back again. Star Trek The Final Frontier also had some flaws, but it caught the "feel" of the series better than several of the other films.
Now, I'd have thought you'd force yourself to watch it for research sake. Never know when you're gonna be asked to write an Enterprize novel.
The editors are wise enough to position their writers by strength and area of interest. That's why they guide me toward TOS and DS9, though I did swipe a few characters from TNG and VOY for Catalyst of Sorrows. Still, I think they know better than to even ask me to write in the ENT universe.
I have every episode of TOS, TNG, DS9 and VOY on DVD with all the movies. I stopped watching ENT after Mauraders or A Night In Sickbay, but I did see the finale.
I've seen every episode of the four series as well as all 10 movies. DS9 was no doubt the best of the lot, closely followed by TOS with TNG being next and at the bottom Voyager. I think all the movies up to Insurrection were great, but those last were just plain awful and really screwed up any potential for the TNG movies from that point onwards.
I have seen every episode of Star Trek multiple times. I've seen every episode of TAS at least once. I've seen every episode of TNG at least once. I watched the first two series of DS9 then lost interest, I don't think I've seen any ep after series 4. I watched Voyager, with increasing disbelief, till Barbie Borg joined. I jumped ship shortly after. I've seen about half an hour of Enterprise and really don't wish to see any more...
^That's about right, Linda. Although DS9 is definitely worth seeing all the way thru. There was enough greatness to balance the lameness.
I have enjoyed much of Star Trek. I currently own the DVD collections for TOS, TNG, DS9, and TAS. I also own the ten feature films. While TMP is not my favorite of the series, I do enjoy watching for nostalgic reasons. I can remember seeing it when it was originally released in the theaters. I can't say that I cared much for either Voyager or Enterprise. I think Enterprise up until its final season was nothing more than Voyager with the names and characters changed. I think outside of the poor writing on especially the final two TNG movies is simple. The audience had lost interest in the TNG characters. They ran their course for seven years on TV and then through four movies. Unlike TOS which was yanked off of the tube before its time, TNG had been fully developed. I think that All Good Things would have made a better feature film, than either Insurrection, or Nemesis.
I've seen (and own on DVD) all of TOS. I've seen all of TNG (and own 3/7 on DVD). I've seen 90+% of DS9. I've seen 90+% of VOY. I've seen 75%+ of ENT. I have TAS on DVD but not sure I've seen every episode. I have all the movies on DVD and I've seen them all multiple times.
I remember when TOS was being shown for the first time. My friend Eddie Pryzby told me about this new series called "Star Trek". We didn't know what the word "trek" meant, so we looked it up in the dictionary, and were confused when it said a trip by wagon. Huh? Wagons in space? Anyway, I saw TOS on a black and white TV. I haven't seen any of the other series. I had the misfortune of watching one or two of the feature films.
I've seen all of the Trek films, and almost all of DS9. I think there's still a few episodes that I've missed. Luckily, in all the years watching DS9 reruns I've somehow managed to skip over some of what I hear are the shittier episodes, like "Let He Who is Without Sin". Not sure if I'll bother to watch it when I get to it on DVD. I've seen the bulk of TNG, though I quit watching it around the time DS9 came out. Voyager and Enterprise, I've seen a handful of episodes each. Enterprise, I came back to here and there to see if it had gotten any better before losing interest again. I have no idea how much TOS I saw growing up, but I used to watch it with my older brother, along with Doctor Who and some others. I'm watching it again on DVD, and can't remember half the episodes. My recollection from back then is hazy at best. TOS may have some hokey acting at writing at times, but it's by far my favorite of the series. It's nice to see a Trek series with humans being human. I never cared for evolved humanity, but it's down right craptastic compared to the real human characters and the interaction between Kirk, Spock and McCoy.
All of TOS, all of the movies. About 25% of TAS (no excuse, I have the DVD box set). 75% or so of TNG. <10% or so of DS9 Maybe four or five episodes of Voyager. The first two seasons, part of the third, and all of the fourth of Enterprise.
