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Subj : Re: TNG vs TOS - anybody still think Next Generation sucks?
To   : rec.arts.sf.tv,rec.arts.startrek.current,alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From : ToolPackinMama
Date : Fri Sep 30 2005 12:42:13

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

electrictroy@gmail.com wrote:
> ToolPackinMama wrote:
> 
>>Michael Bowker wrote:
>>
>>>ToolPackinMama wrote:
>>>
>>>>IMHO the one thing that spoiled Trek universe the most was the descent
>>>>into soap-operaism.  And TNG did it first.
>>
>>>Ok, that's a good point.  That really is what I object to in the later
>>>ST.  It moved away from adventure and into soap-opera.  Good call!
>>
>>Thank you.
> 
> 
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> The original Trek had plenty of soap opera, especially between the trio
> of Spock Kirk, McCoy.  There were plenty of sappy scenes.

A sappy scene or two is not what makes a soap opera.  It's the way a 
story that could have been told in one episode (TOS) is instead 
stretched out over many weeks.

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