Which Star Trek series do you like best and why? Who is your favorite commander?

I know I started the All Things Star Trek thread, but this thread is too specific a discussion I believe to simply go under the other thread.  I will link to it in the first post for archivists' sakes.

So the questions:

Which series is your favorite: TOS; TNG; DS9; VOY; ENT; TOS cast films; TNG cast films; Abrams films?

Why?

Would you like to see another film in the Prime Universe, perhaps following the TNG cast, or maybe instead following the DS9 or VOY cast?

How about commanders?  Do you like Shatner's Kirk, Picard, Sisko, Janeway, Archer, or Pine's Kirk?  Or perhaps one of the lesser/lesser known characters/commanders, such as Spock, Riker, Pike, Decker, etc.?

Personally, I really love TNG.  I think it really develops its characters in an interesting way, doesn't get too silly (most of the time), had a number of interesting moral dilemmas, explored fun theories, and simply was a great show.  Sadly, my view is somewhat ignorant, as I've not had much exposure to DS9, VOY, or ENT.  I'm not terribly interested in Enterprise, to be quite honest, and my interest in Voyager is probably mostly for its Borg-related episodes.  Deep Space 9 really is a series I'd like to learn more about, as I heard it got very interesting, especially when it dealt with the Dominion War, interaction with the Klingons, and religious topics that Roddenberry wanted to avoid.

For me:

TNG - Nothing to say about it, if you haven't seen it, then it probably isn't your thing. If you have seen it, then you know all about it.

DS9 - It does get pretty good. I haven't even seen all of it yet, but I really enjoy it.

VOY - So much crap in that series, but hidden among it all is some really good stuff. Being lost in an unknown part of space allowed the show to explore "strange new worlds" and tell some pretty interesting and bizarre sci-fi stories. I missed the last few seasons of the show, but I did download and watch the finale at one point.

And Picard will always be my favorite. I like the intellectual captain angle, the classic literature, and the earl grey tea.

So far, I like TOS the most; it's the most fun, the chemistry between the characters is excellent, and it tries to think big even if it doesn't entirely succeed.

After watching almost four seasons of TNG, I've come to appreciate it a fair bit more than I did when I first started watching it (Data is awesome!); it does take itself too seriously, though, most of the aliens are lame, and I don't like Roddenberry's "perfect" vision of the Federation, so I can't rate it as highly as TOS.

I've only seen a few episodes of DS9 and that was some years back, so I can't really comment on it, except to say that I remember it was more in the spirit of TOS and that the weapons looked like cheap plastic toys.

I have no interest in VOY, ENT, or Abrams' Trek, so I'm not going to watch them, therefore I can't comment on them (take from that what you will).

As for my favourite commander - that's Spock (he's my favourite character in the franchise, though, so that can't come as any surprise).

TNG - Favorite Series

TOS- Favorite Movies

Kirk will always be top dog in my book.

I haven't seen much of DS9, however I hate most of the secondary characters judging from what I've seen.  Can't wait for the remastered story-arc involving Sacrifice of Angels...

I only vote for Captains.

Without any doubt... the original series. Spock is the coolest character of all. Gotta love William Shatner's cheesy acting. I personally love camp! Batman 1966 anyone? I love my campy, cheesy bullshit. haha

TOS Captain Kirk.

The original and the best.

TNG and DS9 are tied for my favorite, each captain sits in that spot as well.  Voyager is next, and TOS is my least favorite, although that's not to say I didn't enjoy it because I very much did.  Haven't seen Enterprise.  I enjoy abram's star trek movies as well but I don't really have a ranking for them.

My preference

1. TOS & TNG - it's hard to decide, I love them both

2. TOS movies - yeah, even 5 has some fine moments

3. Enterprise - I loved the first 3 seasons and was bored by the 4th

4. DS9 - weak start, actually VERY weak, but when they started to concentrate on the Dominion story arc it got really, REALLY good

5. TNG movies - they look pretty, but except First Contact and some parts of Insurrection nothing makes any sense

6. Voyager - I never liked the show, actually this was the first Trek show where I HATED some characters (the Borg kids, Neelix, that Naomi whatshername kid, the holographic doctor, the Borg - OMG they managed to maked the Borg BORING - how is that possible?). I started to like the final episodes spread over the last 2 or 3 seasons, the story arc when they started to show the team in the Alpha quadrant trying to bring them home

7. TAS - some episodes are really great, but most of them are just too childish, the animation is full of errors, the score is repetitive and actually annoying...

8. JJ movies - there are 2 things I like about the new movies - the score and the new McCoy. Everything else sucks imho.

Commanders

1. Kirk & Picard - I love 'em both, each of them for different reasons

2. Archer - if I was in a military organisation, this is the kind of guy I would follow to battle

3. Sisko - I didn't like him originally but I got used to him very quickly

4. Janeway - never liked her, don't know why, maybe because of her "inconsistency" - in some episodes she's the good mother of the crew, in some episodes she's an action hero, in some episodes she's a very "girly" woman, in some episodes she follows strictly the Starfleet principles, in other episodes she's like "to hell with the Prime Directive" ...

5. JJ Kirk - I still think Pine's version of Kirk is simply an asshole, not sure if it's JJ's fault or Pine's

pittrek said:

TAS - some episodes are really great, but most of them are just too childish, the animation is full of errors, the score is repetitive and actually annoying...

Welcome to the wonderful world of Filmation. ;-) 

It's been a number of years since I submitted my first post in this thread, so I guess it's time for me to provide an update.

TOS is still my favourite Trek series, and for pretty much the exact same reasons I mentioned far up above. DS9 comes in second, TNG comes in a distant third, and TAS ... *shrug*

Still haven't seen -- and still refuse to see -- VOY, ENT, and Abramstrek.

Sisko is now my favourite Trek commander (It must have something to do with his awesome voice.).

For a moment, I thought CP3S was back. :(

Tobar pretty much shares my views. TOS is definitely the most fun for me to watch, all the others don't come close. TNG is probably the better show, but you can't help what you fall in love with.

As for commanders, I'd love to hang around Kirk, but I'd much rather be Picard.

Handman said:

TOS is definitely the most fun for me to watch, all the others don't come close. TNG is probably the better show, but you can't help what you fall in love with.

Nah. It's stronger than TOS in some ways (TNG's entire roster of characters got more time to shine in their own stories than TOS' ever did, for example.), but when it's weak, it's weaker than TOS ever was. 

DuracellEnergizer said:

Handman said:

TOS is definitely the most fun for me to watch, all the others don't come close. TNG is probably the better show, but you can't help what you fall in love with.

Nah. It's stronger than TOS in some ways (TNG's entire roster of characters got more time to shine in their own stories than TOS' ever did, for example.), but when it's weak, it's weaker than TOS ever was. 

 I'd argue that the very best of TNG outshines the best of TOS (Guardian of Forever notwithstanding). So, TOS is the more focused of the two, while TNG is much more varied. It makes sense, given that TNG lasted a whole lot longer than TOS.