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Star trek and culture

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My mom hated star trek and never let me watch it when me and my twin were little.

so many people the world over love it though. both star trek and star wars are classics yet i have never seen either. Where should i start? are they as worth it as people say they are? I dont get a lot of culture references to begin with and if I’m missing a good amount because i dont know these films then i would like to catch up.

and if reading this something pops into your head: what other movies and shows are very prominently referenced in culture? I probably wouldn't know them either

  • in reply to mael

    Trek 5 is pretty awful too.   I prefer Trek 4 - the 'Carry On Star Trek' film.

  • in reply to mael

    I forgot about the first star trek film. Think I might have blocked it from memory it truly is so bad. The voyage home was a good one but they are a certain level of cheesy to be honest. 

    Some of the Marvel films are great - good shout. 

  • Watched the first star trek film recently ,Slow is overstating it ,half the film is the ship docking or kirk staring at something.

    My 16 and 14 year old daughters now use this film as a benchmark to grade awful films only the first superman film has been labelled worst so far .

    I have been told the series are better ,at least shorter anyway.

    I would recommend marvel  films . 

    There are so many classic [not always good] films , 007 films ,Italian job ,trainspotting, and series porridge, the good life,etc

  • Always been a huge Star Trek fan (and anything sci-fi/fantasy) I think it's the escapism of it that appeals to me. Everyone will have their own likes and dislikes. Personally, the Original series is cheesy and very of its time. Next-generation is the star trek I grew up with and the first few seasons are awkward and cheesy but it gets better and is a great show. I also loved Deep Space Nine and voyager but they're very different - bit slower and can be tedious but it's fairly easy to skip through boring episodes. Enterprise is the sort of prequel tv series - it has fans (myself included) and alot of people hate it. I also love (and this is a controversial opinion but loved Star Trek Discovery (on netflix) its very "woke" I guess you could say which bothers some people but if you're new to star trek you might like it. There's also the star trek movies from the original series and Next-generation. They're awesome but helps if you've seen the tv show for context. 

    As for Star Wars I never understood the hype. 

    Like I said though everyone will have their own likes and dislikes about the various Star Trek franchises so it's worth just diving in and seeing if they appeal to you or not. I think all of the Star Trek TV series are up on netflix if you have it. 

  • Do it sequentially - the original Start Trek is a classic that almost ALL later series can trace their episode plots back to.    It's very 'of its time' so gung-ho captain-  very 'Murrican - gets the girls and kills the bad guys.

    STNG (Next Generation) - technically better but really wandering the universe as intergalactic social workers.

    ST Voyager - clever but slow and tedious.

    Enterprise-  don't bother - cheap scripts.

    Star Wars-  absolute classics - watch the original trilogy ep.4,5&6.  'A New Hope' to 'Return of the Jedi'.      If you *really* like them, maybe watch ep. 1,2&3

    Forget the rest of the later ones when Disney took over - utter PC preachy left-wing propaganda garbage - terrible in every way.    Totally forgettable, lazy scripts, wooden actors-  I could go on but I'm getting PTSD flashbacks from them.

    When my daughter was little, I used to record classic films and tv episodes just to show her the bits she needed to see that would be made into a parody years later - like the original King Kong film of him climbing the Empire State building at the end or the original Planet of the Apes when he found the Statue Of Liberty at the end - "You maniacs, you blew it up...."