STAR TREK Recap: The Whole Story EXPLAINED
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Star Trek has a long, rich history spanning movies and television shows. After all, it's the original cinematic universe. But it can be very overwhelming, trying to start watching this 55 year franchise. So we've compiled a recap of all things Star Trek, leading up to the beginning of Picard Season 2.
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Written and Hosted by Ryan Arey ( / ryanarey )
Edited by Harriet Lengel-Enright
0:00 Star Trek, Explained
1:00 Ancient AI, Eugenics Wars, and World War 3
2:54 Zephram Cochrane, Vulcans, and Utopia
4:30 Star Trek: Enterprise and the Birth of the Federation
5:35 Discovery and the Klingon War
7:18 The Original Series, Kirk, Spock, and Khan
8:52 The Next Generation: Data, Q, and the Borg
11:36 Deep Space Nine
14:25 Voyager and Seven of Nine
15:30 Mars Attack and Romulan Supernova
17:31 Picard Recap
Star Trek Picard is about to debut it’s second season, after a couple years’ worth of COVID delays. So, maybe you forgot a lot of what happened in season 1.
Or maybe you’re a Star Trek novice, and you’re not sure where to begin in this nearly 60 year old cinematic universe. Or maybe you’re just like me, you love Star Trek, and you think it’ll be fun to relive the history and then nitpick in the comments with quotes from memory alpha.
Star Trek takes place in a Utopia 3 to 4 hundred years in the future, when humanity has finally sorted itself out and we’re exploring space. It’s a series about exploration, discovery, and believing in the best of humanity. This recap will try to cover the basics of all the main shows, while focusing on what you’ll need to know for Picard season 2.
So, eons ago, before humanity existed, a very powerful race of artificial intelligent beings moved 8 suns near one another, and left a message at the center. The message is intended for other artificial life forms, and basically said:
Hello, we are other super intelligent life forms from the distant past. If you ever want to, like, kill organic life forms or stuff, you should summon us. That would be cool.”
Let’s fast forward to the 1990s, when the timeline splits off from our own timeline. Genetic manipulation created a race of super-beings called the Augments, who rose up to conquer huge chunks of earth, kicking off the eugenics wars. Millions of people died, and humanity entered a new Dark age as one of these Augments, Khan Noonian Singh, conquered over a fourth of the planet. But humans fought back, overthrew Khan, and he fled earth with a bunch of his fellow supermen.
After this, wealth inequality choked the government, and the US forced people into slums called Sanctuary districts. In 2024 a riot broke out in San Francisco, dozens of people were killed, and this made people start focusing on actually improving the world instead of sweeping their poor people under the rug.
But, a couple years later that didn't matter much, because world war 3 kicked off and lasted nearly 30 years, reducing huge chunks of the planet to radioactive waste.
Afterwards America was fractured into smaller firms, led by tyrants like colonel green. And then in the post atomic horror that followed, many societies were reduced to barbaric tribes that held witch trials
But then, from a small refugee camp came a rock n roll loving scientist named Zephram Cochran who invented warp travel, which allows you to travel faster than light.
IN the year 2063 his first flight caught the attention of some aliens who were passing by. They were called Vulcans, and they are a race that has expelled all emotion and operates slowly on logic. Except for like, once every seven years during the pon farr and then they fuck like people.
Thousands of years before the Vulcans had a civil war, where they split off from another group who became the secretive, emotional Romulan empire.
But back on earth, things are great. First contact with an alien race unites humanity, and people finally put aside weath, money, racism, and influencers to build a perfect society. Cochrane becomes a hero, and he gives a speech that’s a mission statement for space expiration.
Over the next 90 years, the Vulcans are very slow to share their technology with earth, until we get our shit together. Finally-in the year 2151-we created our first deep space ship, the Enterprise-with a Vulcan advisor on board. And there is a weird sexually tense massage gel scene in the first episode.
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What's your favorite Star Trek?
@mrgreatbigmoose
2 жыл бұрын
I could watch TOS anywhere, anytime. TNG used to be #1 but I've like DS9 more and more every time I watch it. So I guess TOS is my favourite.
@dandeckr
2 жыл бұрын
My favorite to re-watch is TNG, but the Best Trek™ is Deep Space 9. I enjoy TAS without irony, and I'm really digging all the modern Trek we're being treated to.
@acolytesounds
2 жыл бұрын
Next Gen and Voyager followed by DS9, then TOS, Enterprise. For the new shows, probably Discovery followed by Picard. Still need to watch the Lower Decks!!
@EduardoMedradodeAndrade
2 жыл бұрын
Deep Space Nine is the best!
@matthewLkidder
2 жыл бұрын
Probably next generation, but the Original is really good as well.
People can nitpick, but as a 45-year-old lifelong Trekkie, I think anyone would be hard-pressed to summarize the entire Star Trek universe in 20 minutes better than this. Mind-blowingly fantastic job!! Wow!! 😀👍
@nvonliph
Жыл бұрын
Don't cover Discovery or Picard. Improved.
@HansLemurson
Жыл бұрын
@@nvonliph I concur.
@cactustree505
Жыл бұрын
totally agree
@oneflowerninjamagic1912
Жыл бұрын
co-$ign . thumbs up#10
@spaceace1006
Жыл бұрын
65 here!!
The Enterprise C was captained by Rachel Garrett. Fraiser was the captain of the Bozeman, the ship that kept coming out of a timeloop and destroying the Enterprise D.
@jasonstadnyk2348
2 жыл бұрын
And when they needed a random ship to be close to help the enterprise it was the Bozeman (or in ST8)
@drkoala
2 жыл бұрын
If they were looking for a similar joke that works in canon, the Enterprise C was also briefly captained by Shooter McGavin.
@davechan8613
2 жыл бұрын
@@drkoala When he went back in time, he told the Romulus that he eats pieces of shit like them for breakfast.
@jerrronimo3861
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Although I think they did that on purpose. For “engage”ment :)
@jliller
2 жыл бұрын
There's a Star Trek novel where Morgan Bateson gets to be captain of the Enterprise-E because of his seniority caused by the time travel accident. It doesn't go well. But technically Screen Crush isn't wrong.
Why wasn’t Archer’s contributions more highlighted here? His crew wasn’t even introduced. He literally helped found the beginnings of the Federation. I thought ST: Enterprise was highly underrated.
@duelinglectrics
Жыл бұрын
Considering Johnathan archer went on to not only form the alliance through that treaty but helped form and then became the first president of the federation of planets . I feel like an entire show on that whole bit is warranted . And a bit on the progression to how they became so widely spread and the beginnings of the idea that it should continue and prosper
@tiestofalljays
Жыл бұрын
Say what you will about Enterprise, but I honestly enjoyed it. I guess it kinda came out at a bad time (“Star Trek fatigue” and all). Archer, Tucker, and Phlox were well-done characters imo. I’d put Phlox as my #2 fav Star Trek Doctor behind the EMH from Voyager. The tech in the show felt appropriately “prequel”, unlike Discovery Season 1. *spolier below I just wish we knew what Archer’s speech was at the end of the show :(
@ocirontariocryptidinvestig8010
Жыл бұрын
I was 13 when Enterprise came out and 17 it ended it was the first star trek I ever got to watch all the way through it will always be my favorite star trek. girls always thought it was surprising I was a huge star trek fan I used to force them to watch it, keep in mind this was before being a nerd was cool.
@whom382
11 ай бұрын
Half Archer's crew are so bland I can't tell you one character traits about them.
@apostolicfaithworx6756
11 ай бұрын
Underwritten unfortunately
One of the highlights of my nerdiness life was having dinner with Gene Roddenberry. Yes, the Great Bird of the Galaxy himself. It is a fond memory and a story I love telling, even to this day.
@bethanygee6939
6 ай бұрын
That's amazing. I've often wondered what he was like in real life.
@cagedraptor
6 ай бұрын
@@bethanygee6939 He was a very friendly and personable guy. After the showing of "The Cage" and the talk he gave we all went to a large dinning room where we sat. It was the friend I went with and two others, at our table. Gene came walking by and stopped at our table. He looked at us and asked if we would mind if he would sit and chat with us. He sat there for about 45 minutes and we talked, not about Star Trek or anything but just normal everyday things. Such a wonderful memory.
@testfire3000
5 ай бұрын
@@cagedraptor Super cool! They say you should never meet your heroes, you proved them wrong.
Wow. You just summarised my entire life (I'm 57) I saw the original Star trek on a black & white TV. Brilliant summary!
One point that was a big reveal in TNG was that all humanoid life was seeded by an original race that traveled the galaxy and found they were alone and they hoped the message they encoded in the DNA of their progeny would allow them to treat each other better through that shared link.
@MarkShank
Жыл бұрын
very good point. the video should start here before it gets to the 1990s.
@jeffk464
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, That was a good episode and explained how you could have mixed species children. That should be impossible, although in the original series Spock had green blood and I think they said his organs were different than humans, so should still be impossible. Remember how bones was always talking about how he wasn't familiar with Vulcan physiology.
@Bill_Woo
Жыл бұрын
How does this tie to the Q "goo" as the species was formed, taking Picard there (in time) to torment him as the eliminator of their very formation? Or is that what you're already talking about.
@ralphralpherson9441
Жыл бұрын
@@Bill_Woo That was the creation of life on EARTH, not the design of DNA for all humanoid life in the cosmos.
@nathanieldaiken1064
Жыл бұрын
The reason Picard is French with a British accent is because countries as such no longer exist.
And a red headed doctor, 'shut up wesley'. Nearly mad me slit my drink out 😂😂😂
Great episode! Seriously so much work out into this. As a long time star trek fan who has other things to do, it’s tough to stay on top of all the content. Love this refresher!
@jplonsdale7242
Жыл бұрын
You can skip everything after Enterprise and that will save you time
@---oq5kb
Жыл бұрын
@@jplonsdale7242 lower decks, SNW, and prodigy are all better than enterprise lmao.
"We do not discuss it with outsiders." The best line uttered in Star Trek!
@seasidescott
2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely! I laughed so much at the wannabe trek fans who made such a fuss of the different appearance of the Klingons in Discovery. For me it was a great uptake on Worf's old joke. I think only equaled by the line in the 2009 Star Trek movie "screw the timeline!".
@jfess1911
2 жыл бұрын
@@seasidescott Although, as an old guy, the continually changing Klingons annoyed me for a long time. In the late 60's and though most of the '70's some of us literally grew up watching TOS after school. We had internalized that universe and its races. It is difficult for younger people to understand, but during the Cold War, when nuclear annihilation seemed very probable, the mere idea of Humanity surviving to the Star Trek era was hopeful and comforting. It was quite a shock to see the changes that each new director seemed to add with each new movie or series. I still see it mainly as a sign of the vanity of a director or art director to change previously existing designs. I have no problem with adding new things, like different races of Klingon. To change well known race and creature designs in an established series is merely an egotistical move. On a lighter note I will never forget a friend's reaction to the Klingons in Search for Spock: "The Bad Guys (Klingons) are BALD! Now kids are going to be afraid of bald men and run away in terror!" As you might guess, my friend was nearly bald at the time.
@antoniojones6256
2 жыл бұрын
It's right up there with, "I AM NOT A MERRY MAN!", also said by Worf in Sherwood Forrest attire.
@wadeepperson6906
2 жыл бұрын
I'm glad they finally told the story eventually even if we had to watch a completely different series 😆
@robi6317
2 жыл бұрын
i dont know about the best line
It just warms my heart when I encounter another who appreciates DS9 for what it is. Thank you for your contribution, good sir.
@captainnes8520
2 жыл бұрын
All real Trekkies.. aka non Kelvin lens flare fans... Know ds9 was truly the best Trek!
@TChalla616
2 жыл бұрын
@@captainnes8520 DS9 has always been my favorite.
@captainnes8520
2 жыл бұрын
@@TChalla616 for me.. not always.. big Generations/Picard fan, but when Netflix first came out with streaming, circa 2009, i rewatched every ds9 episode and was like whoa.. not only best Trek.. but possible best TV of all time.. amazing!!!
@thirdcoast6513
2 жыл бұрын
DS9 is one of my favourites. When i watched the shows for the first time i went back and forth between TNG and DS9. Was a good time
@aliengranpa
2 жыл бұрын
I remember liking ds9 just fine, but the whole Dax character concept bugged me for some reason I can't remember.
Glad to see DS9 get the love it deserves!!
@elphiegleason3899
Жыл бұрын
Best show
The description of the crew for NG is amazing delivery and why I love this channel.
Born in 1976 I have grown up loving Star Trek and I’m just thrilled to see Steve Carell‘s cousin chronologically recap the Star Trek universe. Great video!
@raven4k998
Жыл бұрын
find him and kill him🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I love how, with all the technology, poor Captain Pike can only communicate with a light that beeps once per yes and twice for no. I guess they no longer knew the ancient form of communication called Morse Code. 😁
@DiscoTimelordASD
Жыл бұрын
I can not believe I missed this!
@sagesheahan6732
Жыл бұрын
Not even a vocalizer... Like, wtf man. 😂😂
@doesntmatter6736
Жыл бұрын
Vger had to come back from Cybertron to teach them
@catherineeden6079
6 ай бұрын
I thoight he could only blink yes or no because he was so very damaged not even space technology could do better. Like he had been reduced to slime mold level.
Wow! What a great summary! Kudos to the writer and the editing. The images very illustrative, the only error was showing a non-relevant ship while referring to the Enterprise E (which had one of my favourite designs). Also, as previously mentioned in the comments, a relevant plot was the humanoid seeding DNA - which was a great idea to explain why almost all beings are humanoid in the Star Trek universe (besides being performed by human actors).
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@RAZR_Channel
Жыл бұрын
B'Elanna...
Would love a longer version of this where you don’t have to speed through all the history and lore. Like I never knew any of the history of the nuclear war and all that stuff before the Federation was created.
@montithered4741
2 жыл бұрын
A separate video on each race history would be fantastic!
@jasonscott7527
2 жыл бұрын
It's not the same time line as TNG the contract for the rites states it has to be x amount different. This video dosent mean anything.
@DaveMalkoff
2 жыл бұрын
They have this great version on Paramount + where they go in-depth into each series. Each episode is, like, an hour long.
@seasidescott
2 жыл бұрын
It's all from quick references that don't always agree with each other so ScreenCrush actually did a fine job not spinning into those debates and giving the agreed upon general timeline. What is very interesting is the prediction (off by many decades) of the desperate decline of neoliberal capitalism and the slow brutality that is actually happening as they try to squeeze the last bits of power from it.
@robi6317
2 жыл бұрын
take the time to watch the shows?
Glad to see someone acknowledge the masterpiece of film that is The Voyage Home
@sethaldrich6902
Жыл бұрын
Yep, even numbered movies of star trek were great, odd numbered sucked.
@xsu-is7vq
Жыл бұрын
and never mentioned that thing between the voyage home and undiscovered country
@cecilj4129
Жыл бұрын
@@xsu-is7vq the only good part of that thing is Kirks talk with 'God' But we were robbed that sybock wasn't played by Leonard Nimoy in a Mustache. That would have made that movie at least hilariously bad and not just bad
@ViroVV
Жыл бұрын
@@sethaldrich6902 The Voyage home is by far the worst TOS cast film hands down.
@mikester1290
Жыл бұрын
@@ViroVV Well, it's my favourite one.
Everything I hear those first few notes I from the OG trek get a warm fuzzy feeling.
Mate! Hands down the best Star Trek breakdown on youtube!
7:22 Capt Kirk *did not* take command of the Enterprise due to Capt Pike being injured. The accident that disfigured Capt Pike happened some time after Pike was promoted to Commodore and given another assignment off ship. Same thing that happens to both Kirk and Picard being promoted to Admiral and leaving their respective Enterprise.
@spaceace1006
Жыл бұрын
08:50 - Another error! Fraiser😁 Never commanded any ship called Enterprise! He commanded the Bozeman!!
@Robert08010
Жыл бұрын
@@spaceace1006 "On an interesting side note, ummmm, John Ratzenberger was tapped to play his ummmmm cyborg engineer. He practically saves the whole universe. "
@lorenzwinterhoff8049
Жыл бұрын
Point of order: Kirk takes over for Pike in the KELVIN timeline, so it is correct, just not in the context of preparing for Star Trek Picard.
@lesyankee6129
Жыл бұрын
& and in the "mirror" universe, Kirk takes command of ISS Enterprise by killing Pike.
@bamfordsteele555
Жыл бұрын
Mr. Spock could beat Captain Kirk in a fight.
I've been a Trekkie since the first episode of the original series and have loved them all since. This is the number one best synopsis I've ever seen and now I want to watch them all again from beginning to end! :)
@dawnturner7010
Жыл бұрын
@@NecessaryTruths Quite possibly!
@DrG65199
Жыл бұрын
You loved them all? You watched the majesty of TNG and ds9 and somehow enjoy discovery? Disappointing
@elgueydelaesquina
Жыл бұрын
@@DrG65199 and what right do You have on other person likings?
@hollaifyahearme5771
11 ай бұрын
Discovery's characters are lame
@sabrewolf4129
8 ай бұрын
@@elgueydelaesquina After decades of actual Trek, we get Jar Jar Trek, Rick and Morty Trek, Prodijunk and Star Drek Pecan. @DrG6519 is right, NuDrek is garbage.
I am old enough to have watched the original series on TV when I was a kid. My favorite chapter was Voyager as it did not have all the political ties with all the alliances and enemies that the others had. However, you have shown glimpses of storylines I have not even been aware of. I will have to look into those.
@FLPhotoCatcher
Жыл бұрын
I like Voyager a bit better than DS9. It's not my very favorite Star Trek - it has a few issues. *Everyone* seems to pick on that one wacky Voyager episode in order to pan the whole thing. It's like the detractors are all *Borg.* DS9 was too focused on one place, had too many impossible things, and was too cheesy for me. Voyager did what Star Trek was supposed to do - explore new worlds, new tech, and new civilizations. ...With a little ♫Baby!♪ thrown in.
@Klokinator
Жыл бұрын
@@FLPhotoCatcher My biggest issue with Voyager was and still is its failure to capitalize on several unique premises it could have followed, to develop villains properly, and to have longform plotlines instead of boring episodic content. But it was still a good series and had some of the greatest individual episodes in all of Trek. To me, the finale of Voyager concluded the era of Good Star Trek. Now we just have the soulless moneymaking spectacles.
@egustafson
Жыл бұрын
@@Klokinator have you seen strange new world?
@quantumvideoscz2052
14 күн бұрын
@@egustafson Have YOU? The show is better than Disco and Picard, sure, but not by THAT much. It's basically a soap opera / CW show, but in space. The "best of the best of the best of Starfleet" act like goddamn teenagers. That show managed to make Spock worse than what Abrams did to him. And it straight up steals from other stories, quite interesting ones, like Those Who Walked Away from Omelas.
so glad this recap. never seen so now i saved lots of time not needed to waste. ty
Vulcans still have emotions, they just keep them tightly under wraps and use logic as a framework for decision-making. That's why Tim Russ portrayed the best Vulcan yet seen on screen.
@daxbradley4346
Жыл бұрын
Russ's Tuvok was the greatest thing about Voyager. Unfortunately, producers brought in 38DD of 9 and every episode became an attempt to bring in the 13-year-old boys and good stories with characters like Tuvok went to the back-burner
@mikester1290
Жыл бұрын
You say Tim Russ, my brain says "WE AI'NT FOUND SHIT!"
@jdhenge
Жыл бұрын
@@mikester1290 Combing the desert??
@hydmonger2816
Жыл бұрын
@@jdhenge That was then. This is now.
@pat34lee
Жыл бұрын
How about Spock's brother on the last ST movie? Of course, the movie itself wasn't that good.
Brilliant recap! Please consider making individual ones for each series, especially DS9 - it’s my favourite as well and there’s a lot that got skipped over
@lectornox
2 жыл бұрын
Your favorite what are you crazy lol jk it's my favorite too well one of them lol
@becausepuppets
2 жыл бұрын
We third this! A recap of each individual iteration would be awesome!
@mgrids455
2 жыл бұрын
@@lectornox it really got good with Way of the Warrior and the new upbeat intro, really marked a turning point for the series. Ryan can skip all but the essential bits of seasons 1-3 :P
@markrothenbuhler6232
2 жыл бұрын
DS9 is the best! Highlighted best episodes: Duet, The Wire, The Visitor, Our Man Bashir, Rules of Engagement, Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places,
@sallgoodman2323
2 жыл бұрын
I'm trying to get into ds9 right now
7:49 Australia getting called out from the 1960s were wild! 😂
Awesome video explaining everything about Star Trek.
Wow! I didn’t think a video this short could cover so much Star Trek. Awesome job!
Fraiser did not Captain the Enterprise C, he was Captain of the USS Bozeman. The Enterprise C was commanded by Captain Garrett played by Tricia O'Neil who basically made a living guest starring on every single TV show in the 70s and 80s. The Voyager didn't fall into a wormhole - it was pulled to the Delta Quadrant via the Care Taker. And Voyager didn't go so fast - it was the Delta Flyer. Never made sense how the Synth was able to do a Vulcan Mind Meld... she's telepathic? And why didn't they just upload Data into a new body?
@amybiblewski6038
2 жыл бұрын
Good job. Maybe Screencrush should hire you.
@maryham6533
2 жыл бұрын
Any real fan already knows this so they either aren't that into Star trek or Ryan and co. are messing with us.
@amybiblewski6038
2 жыл бұрын
@@maryham6533 They have to be messing with the fans, right? Even if you were vaguely aware of Star Trek wouldn't you use Google or Memory Alpha to research what you didn't know?
@brightross
2 жыл бұрын
Ryan I love you but has the Frazier reboot made you really confused?
@mathisb2889
2 жыл бұрын
I think (and I have to admit, I hate the First season of Picard), they didn't uploaded him, because he wanted to finish his journey towards a full grown human. Death was his last step.
Yo Ryan!! Excellent job my man, also: you are on fire man pumping out vids everyday day it seems like :)
Thanks for breaking down "Star Trek" Universe, I really do appreciate this.
What Trek show are you looking forward to the most?
@dandeckr
2 жыл бұрын
Now that we have some Prodigy, I am looking forward to Strange New Worlds! Both it, and a show about some desert hermit named Ben both premier in my birthday month.
@fernandofsalvia
2 жыл бұрын
Im already watching discovery, and the story for this season is very cool but i still can't digest Michael. It would be way cooler if she had died and the leading character was Saru. Im kinda scheptical for the piccard, but I still going to see it.
@mrgreatbigmoose
2 жыл бұрын
I want to see more Lower Decks. It has proven to be way more than the one-off joke I initially took it for. It has proven to be real Trek.
@iant4281
2 жыл бұрын
All of them
@Picard102
2 жыл бұрын
Lower Decks
This was really good, thanks step-pepper!
Wow. This sums up everything. Thank you for sharing. Love it.
I've been a trekkie my whole life but this was fun to see its history mapped out like this. I needed a reminder of the first season before picard season 2. Also I didn't know so much about pre federation history. Thank you!! 🖖
@violacharlie
2 жыл бұрын
needs more tribble..... :)
@katykat1313
2 жыл бұрын
@@violacharlie I love all the trouble with Tribbles(ds9 one too)! 😍
@RLucas3000
Жыл бұрын
I thought this was fantastic. The two things I would have found time to add: The Organians (and the Organian Peace Treaty), and Lore (Spot gets several mentions but zero for Lore)?
For those who say they don't like or get it, or care - the point is outlined at the start: it's supposed to show a better, more promising side to humanity - ironed out some problems, still working on others, etc. & riddled with metaphor (as accentuated in 'Darmok' S5 e2).
30 year Star trek fan, highly approve. Excellent work.
Loved hearing your comical take on the ENTIRE series of series LOL. In Quora, some have asked, what is the best way to start watching Star Trek, I shall take them to this video in KZread...
"A Piece of the Action" was my favorite Star Trek episode. The original Star Trek, along with Laugh In, filled our college dorm TV room to the max.
"... three to four hundred years in the future, when humanity has finally sorted itself out." That's the most farfetched aspect of this show's premise.
@Terminator484
Жыл бұрын
Sadly, things are far more likely to end up looking like The Expanse in 300 years. (sigh)
@AramisWyler
Жыл бұрын
@@Terminator484 We should be so lucky. Humanity will be sorted out in 70 years when there's nothing left but radioactive dust.
@jrus690
Жыл бұрын
What, no confidence. Granted, our history is not a great indication, but it is our history, not our future. We might actually be doing fine.
@mundanestuff
Жыл бұрын
I'm a pessimistic optimist? An optimistic pessimist? I think we'll do fine, and in the Star Trek universe, we don't start out fine, we stumble quite a bit until some key technologies are brought to bear that eliminate scarcity and subsequently quite a bit of need for competition. Sure it'll look more like The Expanse, dirty, gritty, smelly, but iron/steel, water, energy etc will be trivially inexpensive, and not what they are made out to be in The Expanse because most of the solar system has easy access to water if you're able to accelerate at more than 1G for extended periods of time. The problem won't be cost of resources, cost of transportation, cost of energy. The problem will be political.
@Cthulhu4President
Жыл бұрын
...No it's not... Part of that "humanity getting their act together" involved a war to keep people from augmenting their bodies with technology and gene manipulation.
It's an amazing job, it made my day 😊 thank you.
This confirms that ST:TOS and ST:TNG are head and shoulders better than subsequent productions by far. Even in hyper-compressed format they're far more interesting. Honorable mention for Voyager, which has always been underrated.
@thunderofgr
Жыл бұрын
Even the Voyager video games were criminally underrated.
Became a fan because of the movies and it's lovely to know that the series had a lot more to offer.
I cracked up at Geordie being a blind reading enthusiast 😂
@Cthulhu4President
Жыл бұрын
Not sure why that's funny... blind people read, it's called Braille. And no, I didn't miss the obvious reading rainbow reference.
@jeffk464
Жыл бұрын
Being blind with augments that make it so you can see is not exactly the same thing as being blind.
@chumgrinder25
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for calling that out. I listened to that line four times and still couldn't make out the middle word.
@richardthomas5362
Жыл бұрын
In the beginning of TNG he was the navigator, I believe.
Watching this is like having a constant stream of flashbacks to the best parts of my Star Trek youth... 😂
Thanks for this. Saved me so much time.
This was the best star trek overview i've ever seen....and that ending was awesome lol...had me rolling
For new fans to clarify some language: The Enterprise from the 60s show had the serial number NCC-1701. Over time, new Enterprises were built and given the same number, but with a letter appended, eg NCC-1701-A. In the show, and among fans, we'll say eg "Enterprise D" when we need to be clear about which one we mean. There's some debate about which is the best or coolest of course, but they share the most important feature of all: You treat her like a lady, and she'll always bring you home.
@ChrisPyle
2 жыл бұрын
Unless you use the auto destruct sequence to kill Kahn lol
@brettlovell8761
Жыл бұрын
@@ChrisPyle or play too rough with the Klingons. Or fight too many Romulans. Or crash her in to a planet...
@JohnFourtyTwo
Жыл бұрын
That's not how ship hull number sequences work in real life. The shipyard that builds ships has their own hull numbers for each ship build that corresponds with the number the customer finally gives them, they're never the same number. Also when ships reuse previous names, they get a new unique hull number.
@xp8969
Жыл бұрын
What did you do to make your mother decide to abandon you at the grocery store?
@L1z43vr
Жыл бұрын
@@JohnFourtyTwo Uh, dude. We talking about Star Trek. Not the Navy. In fact, the Navy would probably scowl at the sight of the 60’s and TNG’s “space pajamas” because they’re not proper uniform. Along with the crew’s sometimes weirdly unprofessional behavior in TOS. ( Mitchell calling the captain “Jim” in “Where no man had gone before” and McCoy and Spock fighting come to mind), also are we forgetting about Starfleet ships who are supposed to be made before the Constitution and Enterprise (NCC-1700 and NCC-1701 respectively) having registry numbers like NCC-1684, it’s clear Starfleet doesn’t use the Navy’s hull code
Thank you for this. I just finished watching all of the new shows (including Lower Decks.) Now I am just confused with the whole timeline and series of events. I had to watch this twice to really get it. Great video
@alexcontreras8189
6 ай бұрын
What is confusing? The alternate Star Trek universe is mostly consistent, only the years/ stardates have varied. History is often off by a few years.
OMG! THAT WAS TOTALLY WICKED! Thank you for the post
That was exactly what I was wondering after having bingewatched in a random order. Thanks for laying it out so perfectly.
This is a cool quick recap. I like how you went through the time line and think even if you did an hour episode just like this there would still be stuff left out.
This was an outstanding, informative and entertaining summary. The next installment will have to explain Lower Decks, Prodigy, Strange New Worlds and the Kelvin universe. :-)
You did a great job on this video. Thanks!!
Never got into Star Trek although I sometimes wish that I did. Thank you for an excellent overview and mad props to whoever edits these 😂🙌🏻
@luthandondarala6270
2 жыл бұрын
Time
@ZoeyZoco
2 жыл бұрын
It’s never too late! Start watching now :)
@robertcartier5088
Жыл бұрын
@@ZoeyZoco @LeeTele I second this... It really is worth it. And do it in the order of release dates. That's the way the story is told. Be patient with the older stuff, allow for the growing storytelling and production styles that evolved as television itself did. It's truly, _"fascinating"_ .
@ForceMaximus84
Жыл бұрын
TOS and TNG are great. The rest? Not so much.
@Sorc47
Жыл бұрын
@@ForceMaximus84 DS9 is amazing, just in a different way.
Great stuff! I’ve seen probably about 70-80% of Star Trek and knew most of this but you filled some gaps and reminded me of some important details in time for the new season of Picard. Thanks :) Oh my favourite Star Trek will always be TNG and Picard will always be mon Capitaine.
Just.. i love it... "...baby..."... and back to the story... lmao.. thank you for the smiles throughout this program.. great stuff.. 💜🙏💜
Thanks for this excellent recap. I have been away from Trek too long.
Maybe I missed it, but I did not hear any mention of temporal cold war from the 27th century. You are going to have to do another recap of all the alternate timelines and mirror universes. Good luck sorting it all out.
This was actually awesome. I actually didn't think it'd be possible to recap everything relevant to the Picard series in 20-ish minutes but yeah, you did it.
For a casual Trek guy like me (who mostly appreciates the movies and does not follow the various television series) this was very cool and informative Maybe I'll check out one of the series.
Cool and thanks for putting this up.
Ryan, your videos enhance my viewing of things so much...this video is going to be my go to for explaining trek to people from this point on. I love this so much.
This was an absolutely fantastic review. Amazing job.
I enjoyed this. DS9 was by far the best. Grew up watching Next Gen, DS9, and Voyager. Watched Enterprise some time later. Haven't kept up with it beyond that, so this was fun.
just finished Picard ! was great , now re watching all of the old ones me and my dad used to watch when i was younger!
Great job. As a star trek fan who hasn't been able follow the story since the ng movies, this was helpful and really enjoyable to watch. Thanks!
@jplonsdale7242
Жыл бұрын
Trust me you haven't missed anything
I'm so used to seeing just Marvel here that seeing Star Trek content feels so strange :'D But I LOVE seeing it in Ryan Arey style :'D DS9 was incredible.
Loved it. mate. thanks. Cheers from the land Downundah. ;D
Loved this, thank you
What an excellent recap for the franchise! A class, indeed!
That was excellent. I never watched Star Trek except maybe one or two episodes and I was not expecting such a detailed story line.
great job really enjoyed it! Voyager was my fave along with ds9
Best Recap Ever!!!
THIS is pure GENIUS! Thank you guys SO MUCH!!! 😂
Wow. Jus wow. You did all that in 20 minutes. Kudos.
Brilliantly done
This is as ambitious as it gets. Well done!👍👍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Best, and funniest, Star Trek recap ever!
This man just broke down *50 plus* years of Trek🤯
Been sleeping on this Star Trek episode of ScreenCrush
Can't help but feel more time is spent summarizing Picard than all of DS9...
That was awesome. I like ST but was never totally immersed. Mostly a Next Gen guy. But seeing the entire history laid out like this was pretty freakin cool. Thank you.
This is so good, Ryan. I had hoped we'd have clear aluminum by now.
That was handy! Well edited sir!
Loved the clips from Star Wars and Mars Attacks!
@14:55 I thought they kind of soft canon'd that Tom Paris is the same guy from the Wesley episode, with some kind of name change or whatever to give a fresh start. Also, amusingly, Dukat's actor played a completely different and basically identical Cardassian in an episode of TNG as well. Also also Tuvak's around as a human in First Contact. Star Trek series are quite liberal with their reusing of actors.
@liwoszarchaeologist
2 жыл бұрын
Tim Russ also appears as a lieutenant on the Enterprise B, which makes me wonder how badly Tuvok f'd up that he's STILL a lieutenant on Voyager some 80 years later....
@AlMcpherson79
2 жыл бұрын
@@liwoszarchaeologist According to Jeri Taylor's 'crew backstory' books, (her first being mosaic for janeway, the second, pathways, for the rest), tuvok retired and eventually returned to starfleet. I dont recall much else, only that they created a short-range transporter that slowly created a cavern nearby a cubic inch at a time to escape a prison, the beamed-in material being left on the prison's "field" as dust like its bloody The Shawshank Redemption.
@vashisl33t
Жыл бұрын
He was supposed to be the same guy but they couldnt get the rights for the character So they changed his name.
@masere
Жыл бұрын
@@liwoszarchaeologist And was in the TNG episode "Starship Mine".
Would love to have you cover Star Trek more regularly.
I am a long time passive fan. Born in 60s and grew up with original on TV. I had never mapped out the whole story. Thanks.
I don't think Roddenberry would have steered the shows the way they've gone. His outlook was a lot brighter.
I feel like I was just given an extensive homework assignment on watching star trek. I've always wanted to get into Star Trek and im glad this video shall guide me into becoming fan
@ariellekolodzinski6947
2 жыл бұрын
Have fun!!! It’s given me ENDLESS hours of enjoyment
I'm a very, *very* casual fan of the Star Trek universe having only seen, heard, read a small part of it but I was quite surprised by how much I already knew. This was superbly done though and you helped fill in the missing bits. Massive kudos.
This video was awesome!
Love this !.
9:54 Poor Lore, everyone forgets about him. :(
@phillipponcejr5247
2 жыл бұрын
Also B4, who was in the box.
@arvindmv7166
2 жыл бұрын
I guess that is why he became evil 🤣
@carlmagrath6389
Жыл бұрын
Who? lol
Kelsey Grammer was Captain Bateson of the USS Bozeman, not the Enterprise C, that was captained by Rachel Garret
@EPogue6
2 жыл бұрын
Good call you beat me by 5 minutes I was just heading here to say the same thing. 🖖🏻
@MrMann0123
2 жыл бұрын
Ditto
@FuccoTheClown
2 жыл бұрын
Yep. Also, Voyager didn't get there by wormhole- it was the Caretaker.
@Arnewyn
2 жыл бұрын
Good catch, I was actually thinking about this tidbit when I saw it in the video, that I have a different memory - a woman captain for Enterprise NCC-1701-C
This is the first video of yours that I have seen. Good job.
Really fun video!