973 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 : Amun Date : Sat Oct 01 2005 23:23:12 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos "Magnus, Robot Fighter" wrote in message news:1128135066.134024.305330@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > > Amun wrote: > > wrote in message > > news:1127996499.895183.200500@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com... > > > I was just reviewing a website about the New Galactica.... about how > > > the old fans feel "betrayed" by this new series, and it's inferior to > > > the original show, and "please sign this petition to bring back the > > > original actors". That reminded me of the Usenet newsgroup > > > rec.arts.startrek back in 1987/88/89. Back then Trekkies were up in > > > arms & saying the Next Generation was an insult to the original Trek > > > series with Kirk, Spock, et cetera (and Picard was a wimp). > > > > > > Is there anyone out there who, ~15 years later, still thinks TNG is an > > > inferior-quality show & and insult to the original series/fans? > > > > > > Next gen still sucks, but just not as badly as voyager or enterprise. > > > > AMUN > > Someone else here said it best: rewatchability factor. I saw every > episode of TNG in its original run and enjoyed it very much. BUT it's > hardly rewatchable. Best of Both Worlds for sure cause it's got a great > pace. And wretched as the first 2 seasons of TNG are it's interesting > to watch for little things they stopped doing in the later seasons. The > music was more bombastic. Picard more of an asshole. Frakes > performances get better upon viewings. > > But I could watch Kirk all day. And that episode with Frank Gorshin! > OMG what an eccentric performance. > Actually on that note of eccentric performances. The few versions of TNG that I did like were the QUE ones. Perhaps that was what was missing in TNG, a real off the wall type regular character that had a distinct personality. In any situation, you always knew what Kirk, Spock, Bones, Checkov, Sulu or Scotty were going to do or say. In TNG, ???? Even though I hate Whoopi goldberg, at least the guinan character was consistent, but that was only a guest part occasionally DSN at least had Quark Voyager ???? Enterprise (retch) AMUN . 0