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Star Trek TNG rewatch
Posted on 11/12/26 at 9:41 pm
Posted on 11/12/26 at 9:41 pm
With Patrick Stewards passing there were a lot of posts that hit X so after finding the whole series is on Roku free, I started watching from the beginning. I’m probably halfway through the first season.
It’s a little bit clunky here and there but man, the stories are so good. Thought provoking…no easy answer… very similar to the original (thanks Gene).
Also, I love the sense of authority on the Enterprise. Picard is fricking in charge and they follow orders. So much more impressive than the childish running, screaming, fighting and crying that modern Star Trek has become in both the movies and streaming series. New Star Trek just isn’t serious.
Forgot how good this was overall and a looking forewarn to running through it.
It’s a little bit clunky here and there but man, the stories are so good. Thought provoking…no easy answer… very similar to the original (thanks Gene).
Also, I love the sense of authority on the Enterprise. Picard is fricking in charge and they follow orders. So much more impressive than the childish running, screaming, fighting and crying that modern Star Trek has become in both the movies and streaming series. New Star Trek just isn’t serious.
Forgot how good this was overall and a looking forewarn to running through it.
Posted on 11/12/26 at 10:08 pm to SquatchDawg
1st season of TNG is pretty rough at times, but once TNG got its feet wet, they delivered some bangers.
Posted on 11/13/26 at 1:01 am to sportsaddit68
I think that I'm in that group that thinks DS9 is probably a better show, but TNG is my favorite.
Somewhat related, but I just finished watching Voyager about a week ago (I had only seen maybe one or two random episodes previously). Watched all of them over the course of 1-2 months. People rag on it, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. I think most of the criticism is because it wasn't as good as TNG or DS9, but it beats the shite out of 95% of other TV shows.
Enterprise was the worst of the pre-Kurtzman era, but I still liked that one too. I've only seen about 10 episodes of ToS, so that's my next binge. I know that S3 of Picard is supposedly pretty good, but I'll never watch any of the Kurtzman stuff. IMO, the most recent (and likely final) episode of Star Trek was the penultimate episode of Enterprise.
Somewhat related, but I just finished watching Voyager about a week ago (I had only seen maybe one or two random episodes previously). Watched all of them over the course of 1-2 months. People rag on it, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. I think most of the criticism is because it wasn't as good as TNG or DS9, but it beats the shite out of 95% of other TV shows.
Enterprise was the worst of the pre-Kurtzman era, but I still liked that one too. I've only seen about 10 episodes of ToS, so that's my next binge. I know that S3 of Picard is supposedly pretty good, but I'll never watch any of the Kurtzman stuff. IMO, the most recent (and likely final) episode of Star Trek was the penultimate episode of Enterprise.
Posted on 11/13/26 at 7:12 am to SquatchDawg
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but man, the stories are so good.
I was never really into any of the ST shows. But in late high school/early college (late 90s), ST:TNG would air in syndication on some channel and would come on at like 10:00 or 10:30 at night around the time I went to bed. And I would watch it almost every night. And man, there were some awesome episodes.
I think my favorite one was where everybody started to de-evolve due to something in the air (S7E19: "Genesis"). That one was cool as shite.
Posted on 11/13/26 at 7:56 am to SquatchDawg
I found TNG to be a slog if you are binging it because there are about 6-7 stock stories used for scripts and it becomes very obvious if watched back to back.
I’m more of a DS9 guy because there was more of an overarching story with the rebuilding of Bajor and the whole Dominion conflict.
I’m more of a DS9 guy because there was more of an overarching story with the rebuilding of Bajor and the whole Dominion conflict.
Posted on 11/13/26 at 8:26 am to SquatchDawg
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It’s a little bit clunky here and there but man, the stories are so good. Thought provoking…no easy answer… very similar to the original (thanks Gene).
The only thing that holds back the early 1 1/2 to 2 seasons was deus ex Wesley. Once they shed that silly plot device, it was off to the races.
It's no secret that I, somewhat unpopularly on here, have TNG as 3rd (after TOS and DS9), but that doesn't mean I don't think it is a great show. At its best, it is a extraordinary example of just how good episodic, dramatic, adventure television could be.
And it is a close 3rd behind DS9. The distance between DS9/TNG down to ENT and VOY is pretty significant, although those lesser classic trek shows could also be great at times.
Posted on 11/13/26 at 8:55 am to Ace Midnight
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Wesley
He's easily the worst part of the show. Even when I was a young teen, who I assume Wesley was supposed to appeal to, I hated him.
Posted on 11/13/26 at 9:00 am to SquatchDawg
At its best, it is absolutely incredible.
However, with seven seasons and 178 episodes, there are a lot of mediocre and forgettable ones. although, that same complaint can be said about a lot of long running shows.
I might recommend a limited rewatch, maybe top five or ten of each season.
However, with seven seasons and 178 episodes, there are a lot of mediocre and forgettable ones. although, that same complaint can be said about a lot of long running shows.
I might recommend a limited rewatch, maybe top five or ten of each season.
Posted on 11/13/26 at 9:17 am to THRILLHO
I love DS9 as well. Both shows (TNG and DS9) had slow first seasons with some good and some bad. Second season started picking up. Third and one are top notch. But while the second seasons of both aren't as good as some of the other later ones, they produced some great one offs. Measure of a Man in TNG is an all time great episode of TV. DS9 spent their second season setting up the political world and what's to come in their second season.
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