I first got into Star Trek with Voyager (ya, I know...), then delved into DS9 and absolutely devoured it. When I tried to get into TNG after that I just couldn't, the writing and acting of everyone save Picard just didn't compare to DS9. I really liked how in the latter there wasn't a made-up science solution for everything, they didn't have a magical deflector array to solve all of their problems. Sometimes the DS9 crew just lost and had to deal with the aftermath, it made the series have some real weight to it instead of every episode ending with a reset so they could have a clean slate for the next
I really liked many episodes of TNG, but the series as a whole definitely suffers from old school TV formatting issues. It has a ton of filler episodes, with 26 episodes per season, and yes, doesn't have too many episodes that form a coherent story arc that lasts for more than a few episodes.
Can you imagine if this new Picard show was structured in a similar way. Entire episodes devoted to characters going on dates or encountering tribbles.
I gave up on Discovery half way through S2, but would give anything for the Star Trek of my youth- as much as CP speaks highly of DS9, Star Trek hasn’t been the same for me since maybe First Contact.
I gave up on Discovery half way through S2, but would give anything for the Star Trek of my youth- as much as CP speaks highly of DS9, Star Trek hasn’t been the same for me since maybe First Contact.
You made it farther than I did. I think I watched most of Season 1 and maybe 3 or 4 episodes of season 2.
I vaguely remember an episode where the one guy spends most of the episode gradually dying very, very, very slowly......and then doesnt and is fine.
I always meant to try again but I'm only human, I know at times I seem Superhuman, but I have a limited tolerance for BS.
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Looks extremely well made as far as shows go. You can sense from these a lot of care has been put into it. The most questionable thing has been Data's extreme makeup job, so that's pretty amazing all things considered.