I’ve been watching the Next Generation for a while but on my dad’s recommendation I started SNW and I love it. I’m getting through it really quickly and thought about jumping straight to TOS after.
Is it going to be really jarring or do the two sync quite nicely? Do the characters feel a bit flat after all the exploration they get in SNW?
No but I did watch the TOS episode Balance Of Terror after watching the associated SNW episode and I HIGHLY recommend it, it is great fun to watch one right after the other.
Just remember the truth of Futurama:
“79 Episodes, about 30 good ones”
That would be an interesting way to do it. I think you have to do it, just to report on it for the rest of us.
Just be aware that tv shows in the 60s were not big budget affairs, and tos has campiness.
I watched TNG first and going back to the 60s was… something. Luckily I am a huge fan of Twilight Zone and season 1 of TOS is like Twilight Zone in space.
Spock vs Bones is also a great dynamic in any TV show. There’s some garbage episodes though. But that’s the case for the first few seasons of all the Star Trek.
Might be best to find a “Greatest Hits” list and jump around to see if you like it first. The best episodes (Balance of Terror, the Doomsday Machine) of TOS are as good as the best in any series in my opinion.
That’s a good call, with a caveat.
I started watching TOS after seeing the 2009 movie and was quite, er, taken aback with the change in pace lol. I was still able to handle old Trek because I watch a lot of older TV, but I’ve tried to show certain classic episodes to my husband and the pacing frustrates him even when he’s otherwise really enjoying the story.
I became a fan of star trek when I started watching star trek TNG couple of years ago. That is when I tried watching TOS. Couldn’t watch beyond the first episode. I, too love SNW.
