Did anyone else dislike TOS in their youth but came around to it when they got older?

Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨startrekexplained@startrek.website⁩ to ⁨startrek@startrek.website⁩

I was born in 1989, so I grew up with the TNG era and ENT, and I always dismissed TOS as a kid as the cheesy 60s original version that TNG remade and left in the dust. It wasn’t until high school that I actually sat down and watched TOS and fell in love with it. I even now wonder if Kirk is better than Picard, it’s a debate I have with myself often. Was wondering if anyone else had a similar experience with TOS?

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riot@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Well, this is making me reconsider if I should give TOS a chance one day. Maybe once I’ve caught up completely on everything else, I’ll sit down and give it a shot.

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- startrekexplained@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  I’d recommend it if you can get past the 60s special effects
  
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  - RojaBunny@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    I honestly think the 60s special effects are one of my favorite aspects about TOS. They’re silly and corny and the suspension of disbelief is nonexistent but it wouldn’t be the same without them. That, and also the dramatic lighting in the closeups and the extravagant eye makeup on literally everyone lol.
    
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DiogenesTheIdealist@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I didn’t dislike TOS when I was a kid (watched sporadic re-runs growing up in the 90s), but I am doing a full re-watch now and I definitely appreciate it more. It’s kind of amazing how it often manages to be goofy and extremely deep at the same time. Like the actors have a way of lending urgency and seriousness to what seem on the surface to be silly interactions.

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WhoRoger@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I respect it more, but I still can’t get into it. I find that the feeling they were going for - wild west in space - just doesn’t gel at all with the story of a futuristic utopian Federation and (essentially) a milliary grade ship with professional personel.

There are episodes where it’s one or the other, and not the combination of both, that work the best.

I think the TNG era managed to get away from this weird sense very well while still paying homage. But on ENT it shows how trying to follow in those footsteps can give weird results. All the criticism ENT has gotten is really the result of trying to make sense of TOS.

Ironically, VOY had the most opportunity to run with the wild west theme, and I guess they couldn’t figure it out either. Maybe SNW has, from what I’ve heard.

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Corgana@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I was the opposite. TOS was my favorite as a kid. I imagine the bright colors and simpler plots (“fight the gorn”) Probably helped a lot.

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- Nmyownworld@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  As a child, TOS’ space exploration and the Federation’s society engaged me.
  
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GoodAaron@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I didn’t dislike it, but I think a lot of it went over my head in a way that TNG did not, for whatever reason.

I tacitly understood TOS had a different vibe and aesthetic — but I was also raised on Nick at Nite, so television from the 1950s and 60s felt like comfort food to me.

Now, I love it for many reasons.

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DLSchichtl@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
My dumb ass thought this meant Terms Of Service, which was weird, but I don’t judge.

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- startrekexplained@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Hehe
  
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kd637_mi@leminal.space ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I’m around your age and TOS is my favourite series, although SNW is getting close from what I’ve seen so far. Glad to see people giving it a watch.

Also Kirk>Picard no question.

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