What a fucking breath of fresh air. Never watched it because I thought it would be lame since there's never any fighting. But fuck me it stands in stark contrast to all other media. It shows a future I actually want to live in. Everything else is some dystopian, violence ridden, dim look on humanity. Don't get me wrong I love a good dystopia but wow.
Fuck now I'm a nerd send help.
I knew about the way they pretended Worf was a different Worf in TNG but I didn't know about the Oliver North joke nor the part where they reused the SFX shot of Chang's ship blowing up. Awesome trivia bits, thanks for those, I'll have to tell my Trek (original series and the old movies) father about those bits the next time we talk. He was the one that introduced me to Star Trek because he used to watch it in its original broadcast back in ye olden times. When the Sci Fi channel re-ran the original series we'd tape it on VHS and watch it together later on after he got home from work (it used to air in the mid afternoon if I'm not mistaken, back in like 1998/1999)
The real joke is that he doesn't quite understand why I am such an ardent socialist. Sorry dad, you showed me a better future, don't blame me for doubling down.