The Original Series was brilliant.
The Next Generation was dull.
(Dont tell me about Voyager or DS9 I'm watching them next)
Having never before seen any Star Trek I recently started watching the
entire franchise in chronological order and now I am near the end of
TNG. I have been very disappointed, I had heard it was the definitive
incarnation! The characters are dull and shallow, even Worf never gets
any action! Since they made him Head of Security he has been
constantly humiliated and belittled. Even Data, for whom I had high
hopes, tends to get bogged down in all the social issues.
Oh and when theyre not debating some social philosophy theyre using
the Holodeck to justify a terrible storyline! Gangsters? Sherlock
Holmes?
I realise TOS had a lot of sociology too, but TNG has no sense of fun,
it is too moralistic, the characters (Dr Crusher is awful, Ryker,
smug, Geordie, boring, Troi, smarmy. I could go on) are hollow, the
storylines weak.
What have I missed?
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