All star trek is alien to me. My experience with the series is: I've seen the ship made in Minecraft, I watched an episode with friends five years ago (I remember nothing about it), and I recognize Riker, Picard, and Data.
auaurorau, December 06, 2020, 04:23:22 pm
^Gonna say this: there are so many different kinds of Star Trek episode, I bet you will find some that you love. Some episodes I really like that might serve as better starting points:
S3E21 - Hollow Pursuits - Introduces Reginald Barkley, a weirdo with anxiety who spends too much time playing future video games. A fun character and a lighthearted episode.
S4E21 - The Drumhead - an excellent courtroom drama episode, in which investigation of a spy onboard the ship turns into something more sinister.
S6E5 - Schisms - My personal favorite Spooky Episode. Not gonna spoil too much of it because it's fun and spooky.
If it doesn't click , though, you should drop Star Trek and watch Stargate SG-1 instead. Then we can start a Stargate megathread, too.
ANYWAYS
I want to talk about Worf.
I never loved Worf as a kid, I found the Klingon episodes kind of boring and impenetrable, and in the first couple seasons Worf is mostly there to get whomped by the monster of the week to prove the situation is serious.
As an adult, I love Worf so much. This is mostly because Worf is a huge Klingon weeaboo.
Allow me to explain:
Worf, the Klingon, was raised by humans. Specifically, he was raised by the Rozhenkos, a
couple of very bubbly and friendly eastern-European humans.
Worf wasn't brought up in the Klingon empire, and he didn't learn about Klingon values first-hand. He grew up reading about, and trying to absorb Klingon culture into his identity, based on what they *say* they value as a society (honor, valor, courage, etc.)
Klingon episodes are great because you get to see Worf, a very sweet boy, who is trying his best, experience the collision between the values he's been *told* he's supposed to have as a Klingon, and which he personally has tried to uphold, and the reality that Klingons are just people, some of whom are dicks.
It's also so much fun to see how much better Picard is at playing the Klingon game of posturing and politics than Worf. Picard never holds it over him, though.
Also, for real, Worf and Troi make a much better couple than Riker and Troi. I ship it.