46f 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 20:14:53 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos Brian Henderson wrote: > On 29 Sep 2005 05:21:39 -0700, electrictroy@gmail.com wrote: > > >>Is there anyone out there who, ~15 years later, still thinks TNG is an >>inferior-quality show & and insult to the original series/fans? > > > Yes, I still think TNG is vastly inferior to TOS and it always will > be. Not necessarily because it was different, but because it just > wasn't done that well. TOS was fun to watch. A lot of TNG took > itself too seriously and because it took itself so seriously, all of > the really ridiculous plot devices, technobabble and irrational, > illogical uses of superscience became even more absurd. That's right! TOS keep technobabble to a minimum, and it was generally more exciting to watch. People in TNG talk too damn much. > And let's not > forget Wesley Crusher, boy deity. OMG, he was the worst. An abomination. . 0