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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
While OST, and TNG and even to an extent Voyager were an extension of the Roddenberry vision of this utopian future where realistically man had done away with famine and war and to an extent corruption. They flew around in these super comfortable space ships with their families in tow. Conflicts were short and were dealt with non violently for the most part.
After a while you get sick of it, its boring and it ignores human nature as you know it.
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Agreed. It drove Star Trek writers nuts (especially when Rodenberry was still alive) that they couldn't introduce genuine human conflict between the characters. Talk about limiting your storylines.
I only watched a handful of DS9 episides, but now that they're on Netflix I'm working my way through TNG in anticipation of watching the whole DS9 series.
Ideally, a new Star Trek would keep the basic premise of exploration and science, and dial back the Utopian vision of Rodenberry's to DS9 levels to allow for more rounded characters and interesting storylines.