Quote from Captain Jean Luc Picard from Star Trek … wow, I’ve watched so much Star Trek in my life that stuff like this is probably ingrained in memory without me knowing it at this point. I watched all of TNG years ago and honestly, I don’t remember much and hope to rewatch all of it again some day because of writing like this. Thanks for sharing this.
Yeah, it’s cheesy as hell and rough around the edges, but there are episodes that go so hard on a topic and the characters all feel like good role models to emulate.
To this day it’s refreshing to put on old Trek and see characters that behave like grown adults.
They’re not perfect, they don’t have everything figured out, but they have a willingness to be curious and compassionate and humble, to learn and change and improve.
I think people write it off as cheesy and silly because they don’t like admitting the quality of the writing and content that is part of these shows. Some of the episodes are cheesy and fun … but some just hit the nail right on the head and place a big giant mirror in front of society to ask everyone to have a deep dark look at who we really are. I think that insight into ourselves is what upsets people about these shows … most people don’t want to think about things like that and instead want to watch a funny show about some soap opera love story.
It’s been about 20 years since I last saw TNG … I have so much more Trek to watch but I’m looking forward to rewatching TNG again some day.
Same, it has been years since I’ve watched any Star Trek but every now and then I’ll dream about an episode or just randomly remember a scene or quote.
Maybe a rewatch is exactly what I need to restore my faith in humanity right now?
Quote from Captain Jean Luc Picard from Star Trek … wow, I’ve watched so much Star Trek in my life that stuff like this is probably ingrained in memory without me knowing it at this point. I watched all of TNG years ago and honestly, I don’t remember much and hope to rewatch all of it again some day because of writing like this. Thanks for sharing this.
It’s my favourite show of all time.
Yeah, it’s cheesy as hell and rough around the edges, but there are episodes that go so hard on a topic and the characters all feel like good role models to emulate.
I rewatch it every now and then.
To this day it’s refreshing to put on old Trek and see characters that behave like grown adults.
They’re not perfect, they don’t have everything figured out, but they have a willingness to be curious and compassionate and humble, to learn and change and improve.
I think people write it off as cheesy and silly because they don’t like admitting the quality of the writing and content that is part of these shows. Some of the episodes are cheesy and fun … but some just hit the nail right on the head and place a big giant mirror in front of society to ask everyone to have a deep dark look at who we really are. I think that insight into ourselves is what upsets people about these shows … most people don’t want to think about things like that and instead want to watch a funny show about some soap opera love story.
It’s been about 20 years since I last saw TNG … I have so much more Trek to watch but I’m looking forward to rewatching TNG again some day.
Same, it has been years since I’ve watched any Star Trek but every now and then I’ll dream about an episode or just randomly remember a scene or quote.
Maybe a rewatch is exactly what I need to restore my faith in humanity right now?