Subj : Re: Trek
To   : DaveW
From : Kurt Weiske
Date : Thu Jul 15 2021 07:24:00

-=> DaveW wrote to All <=-

 Da>     Someone brought up Wesley and hinting that he was annoying. He was
 Da> an OK character at best. One thing that i thought was just dumb was
 Da> kids and families living on the Enterprise in TNG. I know what was a
 Da> popular thing in the first 2 seasons (i think) but it is a dumb
 Da> decision. How often are Starfleet ships going into danger. To me, it is
 Da> like families living on battleships during World War 2!!!

The idea was that the Enterprise was the flagship and more of an explorer 
than a warship. Very Roddenberry-esque.

They also dropped men wearing skants by season 2, as well.   :)

In "Prelude to Axanar", Captain Garth mentions something about "We didn't 
sign up to be warriors. We proved that we could do what we needed to do to 
defend the Federation".

I think that sentiment describes Roddenberry-era Trek well.




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