Small things you'd've liked to've happened in TNG

I wish we would have had more references to past episodes or characters. Like Data mentioning Lal from time to time.

On the note, I wish the emotion chip wasn't introduced. Have Data develop emotions on his own and try to figure out if it is an error in his programming or is he actually growing past his programming.

 

I liked Picard as the Cha'DIch, it showed his diplomatic diversity but I would rather the Klingons banished the Duras after that trial, instead of banishing Klingon honor.

 

I agree. Although I wouldn't mind if the emotion chip was introduced, and then destroyed.

It's kind of like, we get years of Data trying to be more human, then they just say the hell with it and drop in this "humanity chip"

 

Trois "uniform" get explained as a Betazoid thing... or a councillor thing. Something.

An episode on Geordi's visor, who made it, something like that.

The Bynars leave random popup ads on the main Viewscreen.

Someone get caught in the Holodeck getting intimate with a holo recreation of a crew member because they forgot to insert more quarters.

For the enterprise to run out of gas and they going with the shuttle to make a trip to the nearest Galactic Exxon. What does a galactic tow truck look like?

For Tom Riker to not have had a beard.

For replicated food to be acknowledged as superior to normal food.

More data the bartender. Dispensing drinks and definitions.

Take the enterprise through a drive thru and seeing them eat takeout on the bridge.

 

...have someone, anyone, at tactical interrupt the bridge conversation, point upwards, and ask "Why the hell do we have a skylight in here? You guys know our enemies use directed energy weapons and I'm standing RIGHT UNDER this thing right? Right?"

 

Frakes could have grown the beard back over the summer break, so film all the Will scenes, then shave clean, then film all the Tom scenes. It would have been great.

I'd have gone the opposite way with the replicator food, have repeated running jokes of people new to the ship taste the replicated food, show alarm at the flavor, then choke it down and display a obvious forced smile.

 

I thought there was some kind of acknowledgement that counselors were allowed to dress informally. Maybe that was from a novel, maybe it's in an episode.
Barclay pretty much did get caught in the holodeck. There wasn't any NC 17 content, but it was pretty obvious what he was doing and going to do.

 

Yeah, but it was TV clean

 

Ah, yes...but I've always believed tv should end where imagination begins. Otherwise, there would be no imagination!

 

Deanna said she dressed informally to make her patients feel more at ease. Obviously Jellico felt that was unprofessional and told her to wear her proper uniform.

 

So glad he did, she looked much better.

I'd lived to have seen more aliens in the background, throw in the occasional Vulcan or bumpy-headed alien, something to give the ship more diversity.

 

^I agree with both of those points too.

 

I'd have liked someone to bring up the issue of Troi and her "uniform" a lot earlier than Jellico did, and I'd have liked someone to ask why she was on the bridge.

Also, I wish they hadn't brought up that ridiculous "bridge commander test" into late TNG.

 

Troi frequently acts as an advisor to Picard. He seems to like having her on the bridge, as does everyone else for that matter.
Jellico giving Troi and everyone else grief was interesting though, and he wasn't always completely wrong. Unpleasant as he was, I think he did push Troi to grow.

 

An advantage of having more aliens in the background (but not the foreground) is that their makeup wouldn't have to withstand the scrutiny of a close up, like during a face to face with a lead character.

 

i'd like enterprise a,b,c,d and e, to meet up with ds9 and voyager to have a epic space battle against the borg, wouldnt that be so super special awesome!!!!!!!!