Help r/startrek! my girlfriend doesn't anything about Star Trek!

unijambiste · 1 year

I'm a 19 year old girl, and this is how I got into Star Trek:

I'd ignored it for my entire life as something stupid and geeky. Then my guy friend brought me to go see Abram's movie. That's what hooked me. After that, I devoured TOS (because it was the same characters, and it was interesting to see how the reboot movie changed the timeline). I loved the sort of campiness of it (I'm a fan of Doctor Who, new and original series, so it had that same appeal). The fact that the episodes are mostly standalone helped, because it wasn't a huge commitment to watch just an episode here and there.

Now that same guy friend forced me to watch the first episode of Star Trek Enterprise (I'd made myself a promise to only watch stuff with the Kirk crew, haha). But I loved it. :( So now I'm steadily working my way through Enterprise, with plans to watch TNG in the (far) future.

Um. So basically my advice is the Abram movie first. It's what'll appeal to her most, and once you get her hooked with that, you can move on to the admittedly more geeky parts of the franchise.

mypetrobot · 1 year

my girlfriend is the one who got me into trek. do you think intercourse has anything to do with it?

winterflower · 1 year

Female POV here:

I say Star Trek IV is the best thing to get a girl into the series. I'm a female who is a huge trekkie - IV was my first exposure and I loved it. It's got the humor element going for it. I personally wouldn't start with II - there's a lot of violence, fighting, great for action, but not necessarily the kind of thing that would lure a female in to wanting to watch more. After IV, I'd say VI, because it's so much similar to a mystery/suspense movie.

I also would recommend Abram's film - it's got all the usual elements; most of the girls I'm friends with that have seen it have liked it a lot - even the first timers.

modusponens66 · 1 year

You need to tell her "TOS or GTFO!"

Seriously though, go the beginning. If she doesn't like The Cage or Where no Man Has Gone Before or some of the other early gems, well...there are other fish in the sea. ;)

meteors · 1 year

Wrath of Khan is obviously required viewing, and she'll probably really enjoy the The Voyage Home. But you should should probably make her suffer through Search for Spock, just so it all makes sense.

StochasticOoze · 1 year

Uhm. Maybe you could just accept that you and your girlfriend have different interests and that that's probably for the best?

I mean, can you imagine what you'd say if some girl posted to r/television that she was on the verge of breaking up with their boyfriend because he didn't know anything about Sex and the City?

I'm not saying that you shouldn't try to introduce her to a show you like (in this case, Trek), but if she's not interested you shouldn't shove it down her throat (insert your own blowjob joke here).

Anyhow, I don't know that the movies are a great starting point. I'd probably start with some of the better episodes of TNG and go from there, if she enjoys them.

aamo · 1 year

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DrJulianBashir · 1 year

I like your movie plan. Don't start with Encounter at Far Point. If you want to throw some tv in there, I'd say go for a 'best of' each series - TOS and TNG at least.

lingrush · 1 year

One word.

KHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!1!!

zanknits · 1 year

I agree with unijambiste - I'm a 20 year old girl, and I first got hooked by Abrams' movie. Then I went out and watched TOS. To be honest, at first I was all about the eye candy and heroics, which TOS has a lot of.* Then do the whole Wrath of Khan/Search for Spock/Voyage Home bit. If she likes it, point her towards http://community.livejournal.com/ontd_startrek, 'cause it's less dude-dominated than most star trek websites, and they are full of wonderful, flaily, girly glee for the series.

*I have to note - not because I'm a girl, but because I'm me. And if she's like me, than that's a good place to start. I didn't want to seem like I was making general declarations based on gender, since that's all shit :)

EDIT - particular favorites that I would recommend starting with in TOS - Balance of Terror, Trouble with Tribbles, Doomsday Machine, Menagerie I and II, The Corbomite Maneuver, This Side of Paradise. If you want to start with Next Gen, start with something awesome like A Matter of Honor. I remember watching Encounter at Farpoint and nearly giving up, because it was so boring and blaaaaaurgh.

MrDanger · 1 year

Show some to her. She'll either get it or she won't. That's just the way it is.

jswhitten · 1 year

I'd start with a few of the best TOS episodes, just because Wrath of Khan will make more sense if she's seen Space Seed first. Also, don't skip III because IV doesn't make as much sense without it (why were they on Vulcan? why are they on trial? when did the Enterprise blow up?)

lingrush · 1 year

She accidently the whole Star Trek?

Oh, sorry, misread.

yougotpurdyhair · 1 year

24/F here:

Abrams first. That's going to be the easiest transition in and there are hot guys which is generally a good selling point. Then some episodes from the first season of TOS where Kirk is looking foxy and Spock is a fucking bad-ass, move on to the highlights of TOS and then Khan and the better ST movies. TNG is going to be a slightly harder sell I think.

DaveBowman · 1 year

I think you accidentally verb.

pteridine · 1 year

If you are going to watch the movies you have to already know the characters. I would suggest picking your favorite earlier season of your favorite ST flavor (TOS or TNG if you really want to watch the movies) and watch the whole season first. If she cannot make it through a season then you need to beam her back to where you found her.

Lurial · 1 year

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