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Re: Startrek & Trekkies
You have to go a long way to beat ST:NG (the series, less so the films). While its first two seasons were a bit patchy, you can absolutely see that it’s a faithful continuation of the original, and as it matures, the main cast are all solid, believable characters who are allowed to grow rather than being forced to keep repeating the same two-dimensional cliches so as to drive plot (unlike certain later characters, like Neelix aboard Voyager for example).
The chemistry between the main cast is perhaps best summed up by the TV series’ final sequence, in which Picard finally joins the rest of them for a card game - something which the writers hadn’t even used to create artificial tension at any previous point. It was understated, and presented as continuing natural growth in relationship. Superbly measured and executed.
And having recently re-watched it all on Netflix, even the Q episodes have grown on me.
Dunno about which series I think is better but my fave episode is Trials and Tribulations( I think it was a 2 parter) DS9 where they went back in time and were on the original Enterprise. The part where they are sat in the cantine and the old Klingons walk in and they ask Worf how and he just said don't ask lmao
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Re: Startrek & Trekkies
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Originally Posted by alanbjames
The worst startrek in my opinion also was Enterprise.
I expect it sounded like a good idea in the pitch meeting but the reality is that many of the technologies invented for Star Trek were convenient storytelling devices, and devising a series in which they were at least partially absent was always risky. Photon torpedoes and deflector shields ensure you don’t write yourself into a corner every week, even if you’re creating stories with believable peril. The ability to blow stuff up while not getting blown up is very handy. Likewise, the transporter is the absolute classic example of simplified storytelling and many sequences especially in early episodes of Enterprise demonstrate just what an inspired device it was in the original series and how the writers struggled to maintain pace and interest in Enterprise.
Then of course, when they finally got bored with the restrictions of the period they themselves had chosen to write in, they threw in the towel and invented time wars as an excuse to bring in all the convenient high tech and spangly effects they thought they could do without.
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