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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 : Steven L.
Date : Sat Oct 01 2005 21:10:05

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

ToolPackinMama wrote:
> Mike wrote:
> 
>> I still enjoy TNG today. Although on todays DVD and high def technology,
>> TNG is more dated because it was mastered to broadcast videotape and
>> can't be mastered in high definition like TOS which was mastered to
>> film. 
> 
> 
> Hmm!  I hadn't thought of that angle.
> 
>> On a deeper note, I think TOS did a lot better in combining the best of
>> conservative and liberal ideals into the shows concept. Kirk was a
>> "warrior", that none the less found there was a time to "not kill
>> today". Klingons were mean, evil bastards but there was always hints to
>> the fact that one day the Klingons will be our friends (the biggest
>> hint, of course was from the Organians).
> 
> 
> That's right.
> 
>> In TOS, you got Kirk and a Romulan Commander in a battle to the death
>> with a certain amount of regret between the both because deep down
>> inside they respect each other and could be friends in another reality
>> but are duty bound to their own sides. Both hate war but both know thier
>> responsibility. One of these people will die at the hands of the other.
> 
> 
> Yes...
> 
> TOS was to date IMHO the most "fair and balanced" of Treks.  Both 
> liberals and conservatives had their issues dealt with.  Kirk was not a 
> liberal nor a conservative: he was both/neither.  He's a moderate.
> 
> Kirk is still IMHO the ideal Trek hero, because the overall message of 
> ~standing up to bullies without becoming one~ found its embodiment in 
> him.  Kirk was decisive, tough, and effective as a warrior:  intolerant 
> of bullies and jerks, and capable of kicking their butts in a contest. 
> But Kirk was not sadistic, nor power-hungry, nor a war-lover.  He's 
> generally a gentleman - a tolerant man who prefers peace and civilized 
> methods.

In fact, of all Kirk's decorations, the one he's proudest of is the Palm 
Leaf for the Axanar Peace Mission.  (cf. his discussion of that mission 
with Captain Garth in "Whom Gods Destroy")


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