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Their shooting schedule was crazy, no one shoots high budget densely written serious TV like TNG anymore and certainly not 23, 24 episodes a year

I've run the numbers time and again as well and season 1 always edges out season 7 for total number of better episodes. Even though Pegasus and All Good Things are 2 of my favorite episodes, gotta go with season 1 for the win overall. Much maligned for the uniforms and a couple of big turd...

Nimoy was not a great actor but he totally embodied the character of Spock in a way no one else has done in Star Trek history, Brent Spiner comes the closest. Those characters lack of obvious emotionality forces the actors to give subtler, deeper performances and if done correctly leads them to...

When it comes to ship variations, it was extremely challenging and expensive in TNGs era as all the ships were physical models and re-using Miranda or Excelsior shots was a lot cheaper than building custom models for each episode, so I forgive TNG for not showing us as much as it probably could...

Definitely see some similarities, especially the comparison you made between Paul and Siskos visions, but comparing the white to the spice is a bit of a stretch. The white is a simple command and control mechanism, spice is a much more powerful product and more integral to the story. Probably...

Bajorian farm boys and Federation security flunkies are no match for the Synthahol King.

I thought by season 3 he should have been promoted but it was also great to see a younger officer age into a captain role over the course of the show as DS9 grew in importance.

Yes, sorry got my Bees mixed up. Benzites, Bynars, Bolians all those blue people, well sorta blend together. Was telling tales out of school anyways.

Avery Brooks and his character Captain Benjamin Sisko have always been in my mind the most direct successor to William Shatner and his character of Captain James T. Kirk. Both actors are trained stage performers who used exaggerated emotional responses to bring life to sometimes bland and...

TNG did not really feature the concept of NCOs very often, despite 'Chief' O'Briens eventual designation. It was DS9 that fleshed out the more logical structure of Starfleet as a fuctional quasi-military organization.

Pretty sure the Benzite homeworld was invaded by the Borg just before the battle of Wolf 359 and their main computer system was assimilated, which given the nature of their computer network reliance, essentially renedered the species immediately extinct even though the planet was soon abandoned...

Chief O'Brien was one of the best characters in TNG despite being a supporting player, which is a massive compliment to the acting of Colm Meaney. Many of my favorite episodes of TNG heavily feature the Chief including Power Play, The Wounded and Disaster. He was able to convey so much with...

I don't know about totally ruined but why did the writers need to make Bashir a quasi-Data once his generically engineered status was revealed? The way the reveal story was written it sounded like Julian was a dull kid upgraded to Harvard honor grad and fencing champ, not necessarily Khan...

TNG: Yesterday's Enterprise

Equating Kira to Skyler is a step too far IMHO.

Feels like we are there already, the only thing missing is internet passports...

They all take place after the events of of the series so are best watched afterwards, the series is best enjoyed on its own anyways. Unlike TOS, the TNG films never really lived up to their parent series in the same way. They are worth a look but don't really add much to the characters or the...

I grew up watching old TOS with my dad during cold Canadian winters and found TNG around age 9 when Farpoint premiered on TV and was hooked from day one. Really loved DS9 as well and when both shows aired it was truly Trek paradise. Also watched VOY and ENT but both of those were a mixed bag...

Absolutely agreed, Pale Moonlight is also one of the best episodes in all of Star Trek, I would put it up against the best any other show has to offer. What single Trek episode even comes close? City on the Edge of Forever? Yesterdays Enterprise?

That's a memorable and funny episode that really humanized Picard and provided lots of humor and some serious action stuff. Not every episode can be space battles with Romulans.