Season ONE OFFICIAL TNG Blu-Ray Discussion Thread

[davejames]

Absolutely loved this shot from Naked Now:
http://tng.trekcore.com/hd/albums/1x...now_hd_206.jpg

Looks as good as any effect from the recent Trek movie.

[tomalak301]

A full second season that was cut short because of a writers strike. Another thing I want to see as part of this new in depth documentary, that I am praising to no end because it was just so good, is a footage filled discussion on the writers strike (Heck, that can be part 2 if they split it in parts like they did here) and how that impacted the season. I've heard stories of them using plots from Star Trek Phase II and various reasons for the clip show, but if this Doc is allowing them to go in depth, than do it. Yeah it might be stuff we've heard before, but there was a lot from the documentary last night that I hadn't heard before so indulge me.

[BriGuy]

davejames wrote:

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Absolutely loved this shot from Naked Now:
http://tng.trekcore.com/hd/albums/1x...now_hd_206.jpg

Looks as good as any effect from the recent Trek movie.

Rats. I thought you were linking a pic of Yar's wiggling hiney...

[Sagart]

Has anyone noticed a problem with the opening credits? The Enterprise seems to move in and out of, well, a dullness, the brightness of the ship changes. The names of the cast lack brightness as well; the picture gets brighter as the Enterprise moves into shot after Wil Wheaton's name. Anyone else seeing this?

[Angel4576]

tomalak301 wrote:

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A full second season that was cut short because of a writers strike. Another thing I want to see as part of this new in depth documentary, that I am praising to no end because it was just so good, is a footage filled discussion on the writers strike (Heck, that can be part 2 if they split it in parts like they did here) and how that impacted the season. I've heard stories of them using plots from Star Trek Phase II and various reasons for the clip show, but if this Doc is allowing them to go in depth, than do it. Yeah it might be stuff we've heard before, but there was a lot from the documentary last night that I hadn't heard before so indulge me.

The Child was originally written for Phase II.

[BillJ]

davejames wrote:

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Absolutely loved this shot from Naked Now:
http://tng.trekcore.com/hd/albums/1x...now_hd_206.jpg

Looks as good as any effect from the recent Trek movie.

That is stunning.

I'd love to see a set of trading cards based on the remastered episodes.

[BriGuy]

BillJ wrote:

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http://www.tvobscurities.com/articles/syndicated_1987/

An unqualified hit right out of the gate.

I don't see it that way. I see it as highly anticipated, heavily promoted, but not an "unqualified hit." Out of the gate, it was a huge unknown, with an uncertain future - even the actors knew that.

It was a big, high profile gamble. That's why the debut numbers were so high. There were many questions swirling around it, many doubts, many questions.

TNG stumbled, soared and fell through its first two seasons; it became a hit in its third season, as it found its own footing, came out of the writer's strike-affected second season, and outlived its predecessor.

[tomalak301]

Angel4576 wrote:

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The Child was originally written for Phase II.

I know, and to go more in depth on your sentence is something I'm finding myself looking forward to. If they don't do it, fine, no loss but it would be a nice wish for Season 2.

[BillJ]

BriGuy wrote:

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I don't see it that way. I see it as highly anticipated, heavily promoted, but not an "unqualified hit." Out of the gate, it was a huge unknown, with an uncertain future - even the actors knew that.

It was a big, high profile gamble. That's why the debut numbers were so high. There were many questions swirling around it, many doubts, many questions.

TNG stumbled, soared and fell through its first two seasons; it became a hit in its third season, as it found its own footing, came out of the writer's strike-affected second season, and outlived its predecessor.

You just don't want to be wrong, but the numbers simply state that you are (unless you can produce something that says differently). You don't renew the most expensive series, which is millions of dollars over budget at that point according to the documentary, on TV six to eight weeks into its first season unless it is pulling in exceptional numbers.

Just because the first two seasons aren't up to your standards doesn't mean the series wasn't pulling good numbers every week. Hell the article I quoted said some network stations decided to leave TNG in primetime over network offerings.

I'm a huge TOS guy, but that doesn't change the fact that TNG was pulling great ratings right from the beginning.

[Angel4576]

BriGuy wrote:

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Rats. I thought you were linking a pic of Yar's wiggling hiney...

There's a larger version of the pic, and lovely it is too.....

[BillJ]

BillJ wrote:

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You just don't want to be wrong, but the numbers simply state that you are (unless you can produce something that says differently). You don't renew the most expensive series, which is millions of dollars over budget at that point according to the documentary, on TV six to eight weeks into its first season unless it is pulling in exceptional numbers.

Just because the first two seasons aren't up to your standards doesn't mean the series wasn't pulling good numbers every week. Hell the article I quoted said some network stations decided to leave TNG in primetime over network offerings.

I'm a huge TOS guy, but that doesn't change the fact that TNG was pulling great ratings right from the beginning.

Seems like Stewart knew it was a hit in season two at least...

http://blastr.com/2012/02/why-patrick-stewart-panic.php

"I'd heard of actors who'd stayed away from the stage for a number of years who'd lost their nerve and never went back. I was horrified that might happen to me," he said. "In my second season of Star Trek, I began creating a series of one-man shows to get myself back on stage. The only condition was that there would be no other actors, so that I didn't depend on anyone else, and that the whole production could fit into the trunk of my car."

[Pindar]

I'm watching Naked Now properly right now, so many good moments in this episode. My favourite thing about this is how Riker is just to damned tough to give in to the disease.

[Sho]

^ Riker has always been my favorite character on the show. You tend to not notice him, but when you think a bit about it, he's had a surprisingly large number of really solid episodes in the series. Kind of in the way how superficially the big things in Best of Both Worlds are the Borg and Locutus, but really when it gets down to it, it's a Riker story. He forms the emotional core of that story and Frakes delivers a damn fine performance.

[Pindar]

Sho wrote:

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^ Riker has always been my favorite character on the show. You tend to not notice him, but when you think a bit about it, he's had a surprisingly large number of really solid episodes in the series. Kind of in the way how superficially the big things in Best of Both Worlds are the Borg and Locutus, but really when it gets down to it, it's a Riker story. He forms the emotional core of that story and Frakes delivers a damn fine performance.

He's always been my favourite next gen character too. I think probably because he reminds me of Kirk.

[BillJ]

Pindar wrote:

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He's always been my favourite next gen character too. I think probably because he reminds me of Kirk.

He was my favorite up until the end of season 3, after that he just felt redundant.