Question above. My only experience is with a handful of episodes from the original series. They were OK, but I'm not sure I want to watch the whole thing. It's a little too low budget for me. Can I just jump into the movies or one of the later series?
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I would start with the Original Series. If you don't like it, start with TNG but beware the first few seasons are camp. There is no big story detail you'll lose out om by watching a s2 ENT episode or whatever without watching all the rest first... the writers show and tell viewers the important stuff over and over actually, so that it can be watched out of order.
So do what you want, but I say try it out in chronological, because imo the series slowly lost itself with time. But your choices are about you and not about me so, why not poke around.
I'm gonna sound old and crotchety and judgemental here, but if you need CGI and expensive sets in order to enjoy TV then instead of skipping old, campy, low budget stuff you should intentionally limit yourself to it. Because it offers you a chance to improve your mind in an important way.
To take it further, if you need the tele-play fiction to look slick and modern you should consider reading books (maybe 1950's sci fi schlock novels and short stories) instead of exacerbating the problem with more endless television. There is essentially a muscle in the brain that is weak and lethargic from having its work done for it, and it needs to be engaged and do work in order for it to get stronger. This muscle is very important and its health will have an incredible effect on your life in ways that have nothing to do with consuming entertainment.
TNG had books when I was in hs. You can enjoy the universe without CGI.
Plenty of people in my life liked TOS. But, TNG came out when I was in middle school. The school must have had TNG books, because I can't remember going to the public library for them. I read a whole lot of TNG books before anyone else realized they were in the library.