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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 : ANIM8Rfsk
Date : Mon Oct 03 2005 20:11:12

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

in article ald513-chk.ln1@gandalf.grey-net.com, No One at
aintnoway@blahblahblah.com wrote on 10/2/05 11:00 AM:

> electrictroy@gmail.com wrote:
> 
>> 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).
> 
> I remember those days.  I didn't agree and liked TNG.  The original
> actors were involved with movies at the time, so why would they want to
> be in the new series.  Bones made an appearance in the first episode,
> though no one called him Bones.  It was more than obvious who he was.
> 
> Picard was a wimp in the beginning and believed he could resolve any
> conflict by talking.  After the was taken by the Borg, however, his
> opinion changed.

Yes.  He became an active traitor, helped the Borg willingly, was
responsible for millions of deaths.  Then in First Contact he gleefully
murdered his own crewman while telling the lie that they couldn't be saved.

> 
>> 
>> Is there anyone out there who, ~15 years later, still thinks TNG is an
>> inferior-quality show & and insult to the original series/fans?
> 
> There were several insults to TOS in TNG, but overall the series stood
> well on its own.
> 

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