Oh, my poor darling. It was inevitable. You are quite brilliant, after all, and the razzle dazzle can only distract you for so long. Sit down, sweetheart. Are you sitting? Ok--here it goes...Star Trek kind of sucks. The characters are one dimensional, the stories are formulaic, and the continuity is non-existent.
BUT--there is something that saves it, that gives it a cult-like following. It went where no (man) one has ever gone before, in a way never given to them. The stories may not have been original, but the settings were. The production value was far and away above Flash Gordon, and even it's kind of contemporary, Lost In Space. It TRIED really hard. It stretched the imagination, despite those things it failed at. It DARED! Love it for what it is. Ignore the stuff you don't like. That's what I do with my kids and it seems to work out fine. ;)
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BUT--there is something that saves it, that gives it a cult-like following. It went where no (man) one has ever gone before, in a way never given to them. The stories may not have been original, but the settings were. The production value was far and away above Flash Gordon, and even it's kind of contemporary, Lost In Space. It TRIED really hard. It stretched the imagination, despite those things it failed at. It DARED!
Love it for what it is. Ignore the stuff you don't like. That's what I do with my kids and it seems to work out fine. ;)