Subj : Re: TNG vs TOS - anybody still think Next Generation sucks?
To   : alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From : George Peatty
Date : Thu Sep 29 2005 11:57:06

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos

In article <-7Odncczz5jwZ6beRVn-qg@comcast.com>, ToolPackinMama says...

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>> Absolutely.  I think it's way worse than I thought it was when it was on.
>> Any time an ep starts, I find it almost completely unmemorable, and then
>> when I finally do remember, I say "Oh, this one.  This is a lousy one" and
>> turn it off.  There probably aren't more than a dozen, two dozen eps tops
>> with any rerun value at all.  Way less than real Trek, and TNG got a LOT
>> more times at bat.  It's still better than Voyager or Enterprise.
>
>I pretty much agree with that assessment.

I don't.  TNG is by far the best Trek series by any standard I understand.  TOS
had ten great episodes; TNG had 50, and ten better than anything ever done on
TOS.  I don't think TNG holds up very well because of its repugnant PC
smarminess.  When the audience reaches a point where there is no cultural
context for those sentiments .. and TNG can stand alone on its own merits .. I
think you'll see a resurgent appreciation for TNG.  Probably won't happen in my
lifetime, though ..

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