I’ve never been the biggest Star Trek fan but I occasionally would watch the original series when it came on TV and watched J.J.'s 2009 film when it came out. I really enjoyed the film as a casual viewer and found the TV series to be fine but nothing earth shattering. I never really truly got into it but recently I decided to watch clips for the original series and I found I like it a lot more now. I do find I like Next Generation the best of what I’ve seen with the shows but we’ll see as I watch the original series properly if it overtakes it. I definitely want to watch the movie for Star Trek: V at some point as the premise intrigues me more than it seems to most Trekkies.

What would Trekkies say are essential things about it that I need to know?