Subj : Re: Star Trek
To   : Boraxman
From : Jimmy Anderson
Date : Fri May 09 2025 10:22 am

-=> Boraxman wrote to Nightfox <=-

Bo> I think the first Star Trek series I watched was The Next Generation,
Bo> in the early 90s.   I didn't actually know there had been an earlier
Bo> series.  I thought
Bo> at the time that "Star Trek" prior to that was just the movies.  I
Bo> stumbled onto
Bo> the original series later, and it was different.  Star Trek the
Bo> original series was more of a space adventure, with heroism and
Bo> exploration.  The Next Generation had that element, but also was more
Bo> "beaurocratic".

I think this is a very astute comment! TOS was more adventure television,
set in space (the final frontier), much like Quantum Leap was a drama
set in the world of time travel. Why time travel? Because the creator
wanted to make an anthology program. Time travel became the best way
to get the protaganist into a different 'setting' each week.

Even The Walking Dead, back when it was new, was the same for me. Once
I started watching it I realized it was a drama set during a zombie
apocalypse. The stories and character development would have worked
even if the setting had been different.



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