Still have not watched the first two seasons of Discovery...I will admit the constant Klingon subtitles were off putting and the spore drive plot at the beginning was not strong enough to hold my interest, but I have heard it picks up considerably. Picard was much more accessible.
Let's be honest everyone is still waiting for the version of TNG to TNG. A quantum leap in history and technology that moves things forward like TNG did to OTS. New ship, new tech, new Federation and most importantly new villains and a new exploration of the galaxy. Guest appearances by aged Patrick Stewart in first episode ala Deforest Kelly plus recurring roles for Admiral Riker and Captain Worf would have worked as well.
It has been 33 years since TNG longer than the gap between TOS and TNG. Last time they had Gene Roddenberry to breathe life again into the idea, this time for a distinct reboot of the universe they do not.
I have actually been watching TNG again and even the early seasons 1-2 have some real gems in them like Elementary Dear Data, The Big Goodbye, Peak Performance, Conspiracy, The Battle, 11001001, A Matter of Honour, Contagion, Time Squared, Q-Who, The Emissary.
It really gets going in the third series as the tone changes slightly with Roddenberry taking more of a back seat. The strength of TNG and why it is still broadcast along with DS9 and Voyager is the heart of the storytelling and tight script writing.
Classic TNG episodes can be rewatched again and again as the production and set of actors were literally perfect. I remember the wait between the original Best of Both Worlds series finale broadcast and watching it live. It was like a 90 minute movie on your television set back in the early 90s.
DS9 was different in an excellent way and had an equally strong cast of talented actors. I even grew to appreciate Voyager in retrospect in honesty.
An updated TNG to TNG is what everyone really wants but Paramount and CBS have just done their very best to distort things in my opinion.
When I heard they were going back to a similar era as Enterprise with Discovery I was pretty disappointed in honesty. I will give it another outing this week though.
I think they may be bold enough to hit the future reset button once Discovery finishes actually and they have concluded Picard after 3-5 seasons.
Singer's Star Trek Federation might have been interesting as well.
https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Trek:_Federation
What we left behind is also worth watching the documentary on DS9. Shows you what an HD remastered version of DS9 would look like as well. No Sisko appearance though.
Let's be honest everyone is still waiting for the version of TNG to TNG. A quantum leap in history and technology that moves things forward like TNG did to OTS. New ship, new tech, new Federation and most importantly new villains and a new exploration of the galaxy. Guest appearances by aged Patrick Stewart in first episode ala Deforest Kelly plus recurring roles for Admiral Riker and Captain Worf would have worked as well.
It has been 33 years since TNG longer than the gap between TOS and TNG. Last time they had Gene Roddenberry to breathe life again into the idea, this time for a distinct reboot of the universe they do not.
I have actually been watching TNG again and even the early seasons 1-2 have some real gems in them like Elementary Dear Data, The Big Goodbye, Peak Performance, Conspiracy, The Battle, 11001001, A Matter of Honour, Contagion, Time Squared, Q-Who, The Emissary.
It really gets going in the third series as the tone changes slightly with Roddenberry taking more of a back seat. The strength of TNG and why it is still broadcast along with DS9 and Voyager is the heart of the storytelling and tight script writing.
Classic TNG episodes can be rewatched again and again as the production and set of actors were literally perfect. I remember the wait between the original Best of Both Worlds series finale broadcast and watching it live. It was like a 90 minute movie on your television set back in the early 90s.
DS9 was different in an excellent way and had an equally strong cast of talented actors. I even grew to appreciate Voyager in retrospect in honesty.
An updated TNG to TNG is what everyone really wants but Paramount and CBS have just done their very best to distort things in my opinion.
When I heard they were going back to a similar era as Enterprise with Discovery I was pretty disappointed in honesty. I will give it another outing this week though.
I think they may be bold enough to hit the future reset button once Discovery finishes actually and they have concluded Picard after 3-5 seasons.
Singer's Star Trek Federation might have been interesting as well.
https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Trek:_Federation
What we left behind is also worth watching the documentary on DS9. Shows you what an HD remastered version of DS9 would look like as well. No Sisko appearance though.
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