The Final Reflection which, although rendered non-canon by events

I don’t think it was ever “canon,” though maybe in the early eighties the novels were viewed as canon by some before TNG? I was too young at that point to really be confident. Mainly mentioning it in case you meant something closer to “incompatible with canon.”

Curious what “events” you’re referring to in any case. Not familiar enough with the novel to say for sure.

A few notes on the animated sequence near the beginning:

It has the first appearance of an Aquan since TAS: “The Ambergris Element”. She is notably not underwater. (Or the Andorian next to her is notably underwater.)

It also features an Edosian, though that’s becoming less and less notable.

The Vulcan on the harp strongly resembles Sarek as he appears in TAS: “Yesteryear” down to the jagged eyebrows.

The woman on the couch holding the drink is dressed like Andrea from TOS: “What Are Little Girls Made Of?”

after I calmed my rage (Because real fans would have a top 47…)

To be fair, the list was made for the 57th anniversary of Trek three years ago.

As far as the question goes, “The Game” has aged surprisingly well and is a pretty good introduction.

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the audience ends up being (I’ll allow myself this just once) men rather than women

I know Trek has a rep here for the fans all being guys—specifically guys who can’t get a date—but I don’t know if it holds up to much scrutiny. The campaigns to rescue TOS were spearheaded by Bjo Trimble and I believe the participants were a pretty mixed crowd, including a lot of women who appreciated good sci-fi in addition to those who thought that—in the immortal words of Isaac Asimov’s daughter—“Mr. Spock is dreamy.” I haven’t been to a lot of cons, but the ones I’ve seen felt like pretty mixed crowds as well.

the average viewer is, well, just that—the average person in the country where it’s broadcast

Isn’t the average in most countries a roughly equal split of men and women?

I really liked it.

The Switch version is arguably a step down from the PC version (not sure about other consoles), but both have their distinct charms. Well worth grabbing while you can.

Did they just re-release the 50th Anniversary issue and change the cover? That would track content-wise.

Entertainment Weekly’s “The Ultimate Guide to Star Trek” 60th anniversary issue is largely a reprint of their 50th and 55th anniversary issues if the copyright dates in the indicia are any indication, though they definitely made some updates to keep it current by including more recent shows.

Basically. I have a spreadsheet with 1,300 watch items. Here are the first 10:

All Our Yesterdays The Inner Light Time’s Arrow Time’s Arrow, Part II The City on the Edge of Forever Storm Front Storm Front, Part II Little Green Men Far Beyond the Stars Carbon Creek

It’s been a lot of research and adjusting as I go along. Plus a lot of semi-arbitrary choices between Memory Alpha order, Star Trek Chronology order, etc.

If there’s no new Trek, that means watching old Trek, right?

Trying to finish my full in-universe chronological franchise re-watch for the 60th anniversary, which means an average of maybe 75 minutes of watching Trek per day through September 8 if I want to get it to line up. I started back in April 2024, but there’s a lot of Trek out there, and I’m already falling behind. (Ideally it would’ve been 58 minutes per day. This includes watching some episodes multiple times if they take place in multiple time periods.)

For what it’s worth, we’ll arguably get some new Trek soon whenever the “season finale” of Scouts comes out. 😂 Only one episode left if they don’t get renewed.

If memory serves it started great with season 1, got gradually worse through early season 4, made a shocking comeback in terms of quality for the rest of the season, and then took a nose-dive with season 5. I’m curious how that ends up matching up with your viewing.