Writer's Block: Space Wars

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This is always going to be the same answer - Star Trek.

When I was a little girl, before my Dad left and moved down south, when Star Trek came on television I would come running into the front room, perch on the arm of the chair and bounce my foot along with the theme tune. Or so I've been told.
Funny thing is, that for as long as I can remember, up until my early teens, I despised Star Trek. I suppose, in a way, I may have associated it with my Dad, and when he left I just didn't want anything to do with it anymore. It was only when I was really old enough to have a proper relationship with my Dad that I started to like it again.

The original series is a classic, there's no denying that. From the plasterboard and LED bridge of the USS Enterprise to the terrible effects involved in the transporters, and the phasers, it was a classic, like the original Doctor Who. Leonard Nimoy was always my favourite as Spock, particularly those episodes where his grip on his emotions slipped.
Voyager was a different story. I hate Voyager. The acting is more wooden that Keanu Reeves and really, the only thing worth watching it for is Seven of Nine. I have no doubt some will think differently, but really... awful acting.
As for The Next Generation, well, you can't go wrong with Patrick Stewart, can you? He's an excellent actor, an excellent Federation captain, and the Spock of the old series really gets an echo in Data. The plots were, usually, sound and there was none of the faffing around that seems to happen so often in Voyager.
Deep Space Nine always seemed a little convoluted. That's all I really have to say on the matter. That... and, well... Julian Bashir. Yum.

I adored the movie. They really brought the characters back to life, epecially Zachary Quinto as Spock. He really was excellent and there were so many in-jokes in the film, but also things that everyone would enjoy... like McCoy trailing Kirk around the ship poking hypo-spray after hypo-spray into his neck. I laughed so hard at that. And I have to say, that even though it wasn't canon, I liked the relationship between Spock and Uhura. Definitely pandering to the shippers right there. I mean sure, there were some plot holes in that thing you could drive a bus through, but they were mostly quite neatly covered by the whole 'it's an alternate timeline' thing. Haha.

You know what else I always liked, though? FarScape. I always enjoyed FarScape as a kid. There was something else as well... Lexx. So corny, but really neat. Firefly/Serenity too.

Though the Reavers are far too much like zombies for my liking...