Star Trek hit me in the original run in 3rd grade, and it was a perfect sweet spot for my sensibilities at the time. The same is not true of Star Wars. It was funny, but I had a best friend in 1977 who was a year younger than me. He and I saw the trailer for Star Wars and his reaction was over the top. He could think of nothing else until the movie premiered. Me? I didn't find a sweet spot in the genre of SF movies until Outland and Aliens. Star Wars was fun, but just a tad too young for me.
The Next Generation was fine with me, but as Trek has progressed, I haven't seen it age all that well. After TNG, it's been boldly going over the same old ground. However, I have to say The Inner Light, ( the one with Picard and the flute) is to me one of the great moments in TV drama.
