I'd generally agree with this.
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So that's why people call TNG cerebral
I've been in a zoom organic chemistry safety briefing for the past six hours, my brain is melting and I am free of blame for all bad puns.
Conspiracy was not fun, and definitely a poor way to try and get in to TNG.
It was also amazingly gory for Trek. Easily the most explicit violence in Trek until the Kurtzman era.
That is true. I'm amazed that something like that got through, when you still couldn't say certain words or show an adult's butt.
And TUC. And Khan's face being half melted off.
I didn't mind the gore. I just didn't care for the whole storyline.
Which was not enjoyable for me. Every time I tried to get in to TNG early on it was something of a "Eh..."
Contrary to most other shows TNG was given license to fail, at least two seasons, and still be kept on the air. Most shows are canceled in mid-first season, sometimes after only a couple of episodes.
I guess I was a Kurtzman Trek fan over a quarter of a century before I even knew it.
I thought TUC was worse for the gore. Even Conspiracy couldn't beat TWOK for body horror either.I guess I was a Kurtzman Trek fan over a quarter of a century before I even knew it.
I didn't think twice about the "gore" in TUC. I saw it in the theater when I was 12 and what I thought to myself at the time was, "This looks like Pepto Bismol!" TWOK, on the other hand, yeah, that was gory. Anyone who thinks New Trek is gory but TWOK isn't is full of shit. Not that anyone here has said that.
I think the difference between "Conspiracy" and TWOK is that the exploding head in "Conspiracy" is so over-the-top that you can't take it seriously at all. Whereas in TWOK, it's all done for dramatic effect, serves as symbolism for the story, and hits a lot harder as a result.
I'm not the "Masterpiece Theater" type. I like Oscar Bait as much as anyone, but I'm not above loving things that are completely ridiculous. Have I not said I'm a fan of "Spock's Brain"?
And I really hate Film Snobs. I work for public access TV, but I also do (very) independent film on the side. So many people in my circles love, love, love Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorsese, and the like. And if I hear someone talk about The Shining one more time...
Except The Neutral Zone was the finale...
In other words, an anticlimax. Even more appropriate, really.
The Shining is one of the greatest stories of all time, but maybe I'm biased because the author lives 1 town over.I'm not the "Masterpiece Theater" type. I like Oscar Bait as much as anyone, but I'm not above loving things that are completely ridiculous. Have I not said I'm a fan of "Spock's Brain"?
And I really hate Film Snobs. I work for public access TV, but I also do (very) independent film on the side. So many people in my circles love, love, love Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorsese, and the like. And if I hear someone talk about The Shining one more time...
The Neutral Zone cemented my view on TNG for a long time. So, appropriate, I agree. Painful but appropriate.
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