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Question now that people have already seen it: I'm fairly new to Trek, and I've been slowly working my way through the original series for a couple of months. I'm enjoying so far (early season 2 now), and I'll probably finish the original series + movies.
I'm debating with myself whether to watch the new show live, or to wait a little bit until I've seen more of the old Trek (at the very least the best episodes of each series, but I might just go through it all if I like it enough). I don't mind doing this at my own pace but I can see how following this live would be more fun. Would my enjoyment of the new show be significantly improved by having more of a grasp of a history of the franchise, or would hopping back between new and old be fine as well?
I know this is a bit of a silly question of course, but I was just wondering.
That's a perfectly reasonable question given the size of the Trek universe. I think you're fine jumping in on the new show and filling in the back catalog as you see fit. No need to watch the uhh... 600+ episodes. TOS plus the movies is a good starting point. And getting through Trek VI gets you somewhere with the Klingons, which is a major focus of the new show. Who knows how well it will all tie together in the end. But yeah. I vote hop right in.