I know nothing about star trek but I am at the absolute fucking edge of my seat to hear your takes on it regardless
first of all, i love that you are perpetually willing to listen to me ramble about whatever tv show i’m currently obsessed with, even if you haven’t seen it; thank you for your service.
anyway, like i said i’ve only watched s1 + a bit of s2 of tos at this point so i don’t have anything insightful to say about it yet, but here are some drive-by thoughts:
it’s fun to see just how many sci-fi tropes i’ve encountered in other places came from star trek, from sex pollen to aliens going into heat to parallel universes where everyone’s evil (as marked by the presence of a goatee, even!)
i’m bizarrely charmed by how obviously and unapologetically cheap all the futuristic technology looks. the computer files are just colored blocks, for god’s sake!
relatedly, all of the outfits are insane, and i can’t decide if i love it or hate it
i do really want a starfleet badge lapel pin, though
i know in a lot of ways the show was pretty progressive at the time but man does the gender politics leave a lot to be desired
i’m already 100% invested in kirk/spock and i’m already excited by the prospect of shipping the most popular thing in fandom. there’ll be so much fic to read!