Subj : Re: Star Trek
To : Jimmy Anderson
From : Boraxman
Date : Sun May 11 2025 11:18 pm
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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".
JA> I think this is a very astute comment! TOS was more adventure
JA> television, set in space (the final frontier), much like Quantum Leap
JA> was a drama set in the world of time travel. Why time travel? Because
JA> the creator wanted to make an anthology program. Time travel became the
JA> best way to get the protaganist into a different 'setting' each week.
JA> Even The Walking Dead, back when it was new, was the same for me. Once
JA> I started watching it I realized it was a drama set during a zombie
JA> apocalypse. The stories and character development would have worked
JA> even if the setting had been different.
Yeah, Star Trek turned into what could be called "Federation
Beaurocracy in Space". What made TNG interesting, where those strange
surreal anomalies that might pop up, but as a mission, it mostly
looked boring. Kirk got to get in bed with hot space aliens and beat
the bad guy with his fists. I don't remember as much of that with
Picard.
By the way, someone made a good "episide" of TNG here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIRRwEBwuu4
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