I enjoyed the next generation at the time it was new although I have to agree that it has aged horribly. Netflix has allowed me to retroactively watch every star trek series.

I liked DS9 a lot more than I thought I would. Very dark version that I wonder how much the creator of star trek would have liked. The Ferengi were comical relief at times and sometimes dreadful filler.

Enterprise imo was surprisiny the best of any of the series. It was refreshing watching all the mistakes that lead to the need for a prime directive. Also seeing how hunbling early encounters were when they were under gunned, alone and the transporter being rather dangerous and unpredicatable.

Voyagr bored me to tears the first season but got exponentially better as it matured. Hated the end and hated the forced Q storylines but liked it overall. I also loved that they managed to find a species more badass than the Borg

I just assumed that things ended with Star Trek and never watched any of the sequels that followed.

All of them were superior to original plotwise but the original will always have its originality and campiness. I still watch

Considering how much a lot of what we see on TV these days revolves around shocking the audience one way or another and lowering the bar, the Star Trek franchise is a gem. At least it was before JJ Abrams made those horrible movies.
 
It's also a nice form of escapism; imagine, a future where people work to better themselves and just about everyone can appreciate classic literature, classical music and even theatre. Not that it's likely to happen, mind you... Even Star Trek had to be dumbed down for the masses by the aforementioned Abrams...
 

I haven't watched any DS9 in a long time, seems they don't rerun those on the channels I have.  But I did love DS9 when it was originally aired and we watched it all the time.
 
however, I never could get into Voyager.  Seven of Nine was it's only redeeming feature, IMO.  Oh - and the holographic doctor...but seems they may have stolen that idea from somewhere...
 
 

I watch everything online. The CBS web site has practically every episode of every series, minus one or two. But those missing ones can usually be found on Hulu, and they're free too. Though I've had to buy one DS9 episode in the iTunes store as it couldn't be found anywhere (legally, that is).
 
Streaming from CBS is a pain, though. Whatever I can find on Hulu is my first option, though usually they only offer one season for free. We do have a paid account, but I just prefer to watch that stuff on my computer, in the "man cave/studio".

DS9 was indeed cheesy at first but got awesome however the war theme got exhausting after a while. I think should have done more eps off the main storyline to give the watcher a bit of a breather. Voyager also kind of blows but is kind of awesome but I think it's more to do with some of the characters/acting as opposed to the writing.
 
Be sure to watch the movies too in the appropriate sequence because some of those plotlines add to the overall ST universe.
 
You can Wiki for all the timelines and where everything falls into place as far as series and specific eps and there is that alpha site that keeps even more meticulous records on it all.
 
but I swear... I'm a musician... not a dork... DAMMIT!

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You can Wiki for all the timelines and where everything falls into place as far as series and specific eps and there is that alpha site that keeps even more meticulous records on it all.
 
but I swear... I'm a musician... not a dork... DAMMIT!

I'm addicted to Memory Alpha (the Star Trek wiki) as well as all the rest of that stuff. :)
 
I do consider myself a Trekkie in some ways - though I'm not an outcast unless by choice, I don't collect toys, I don't own a Federation shirt and you wouldn't catch me within a ten miles radius of a ST convention. 
 
I do drool over some of those Enterprise models, but who doesn't? :P
 
That being said, DS9 is the first series which made me want to check out the books. The series had ups and downs - one of the last episodes, Extreme Measure, was particularly unbearable - but it's a universe with much potential. 
 
 

I like Dr Who, I admit it. 

Rain

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You can Wiki for all the timelines and where everything falls into place as far as series and specific eps and there is that alpha site that keeps even more meticulous records on it all.
 
but I swear... I'm a musician... not a dork... DAMMIT!

I'm addicted to Memory Alpha (the Star Trek wiki) as well as all the rest of that stuff. :)
 
I do consider myself a Trekkie in some ways - though I'm not an outcast unless by choice, I don't collect toys, I don't own a Federation shirt and you wouldn't catch me within a ten miles radius of a ST convention. 
 
I do drool over some of those Enterprise models, but who doesn't? :P
 
That being said, DS9 is the first series which made me want to check out the books. The series had ups and downs - one of the last episodes, Extreme Measure, was particularly unbearable - but it's a universe with much potential. 
 
 

To be honest I probably never would have been motivated to watch all the ST stuff if I didn't need to do hours of physio a day but it is indeed a very interesting universe especially after spending some time learning about basic astronomy and astro physics. When I was kid ST TNG was new and seemingly on TV all the time but I always ended up falling asleep because I didn't really understand it.
 
As far as the books... I am intrigued because it's all very addictive as far as wanting to figure out what's what and filling in the blanks (even the non canon stuff) but I can't hold books while stretching and flopping about so any reading that gets done is strictly technical manuals and now with the intertubes I don't even really bother with paper anymore anyway.
 
I just remembered though I haven't watched the reboots yet but I hear they broke a lot of the original mythology. Even Enterprise had some kind of dumb things that didn't make sense in a historical concept but I liked that in the last season they put the effort into explaining some discrepancies (like the Klingon virus but if you haven't seen that stuff I won't spoil it). They should have spent more time working on fleshing out the history as a prequel instead of going all weird with species and wars never mentioned before.
 
Toys, shirts and other dealibobs are simply things that I don't get into to. I'd rather spend the money/apartment space on useful stuff like music/computer gack. I did have a pretty cool Star Wars collection as kid.
 
I'll probably rewatch the original series again soon because I've only been through those once. Much lulz to be had with those.
 
Cheers.