Should you watch Star Trek?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.

Star Trek
Series · 1966
Space. The Final Frontier. The U.S.S. Enterprise embarks on a five year mission to explore the galaxy. The Enterprise is under the command of Captain James T. Kirk with First Officer Mr. Spock, from the planet Vulcan. With a determined crew, the Enterprise encounters Klingons, Romulans, time paradoxes, tribbles and genetic supermen led by Khan Noonian Singh. Their mission is to explore strange new worlds, to seek new life and new civilizations, and to boldly go where no man has gone before.
The sides of Star Trek
- A starship on a five year mission
- A captain, a Vulcan and a grumpy doctor
- A new planet almost every week
Star Trek is good for you if…
- you like exploring strange new worlds aboard the Enterprise.
- you like the bond between Kirk, Spock and McCoy.
- you like a strange new problem every week, from tribbles to time paradoxes.
Star Trek is bad for you if…
- you find 1960s sets and effects dated.
- you roll your eyes at Kirk's big moral speeches.
About: exploration · friendship · humanity
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