My roommates watching TNG for the first time

[CetiAlphanEel]

My roommate has seen practically nothing of Star Trek beyond the JJ films and recently she asked to borrow my TNG Blu rays unprompted by me, I never tried to get her to watch them and never really discussed Star Trek. But she knows I like it and for whatever reason, she got interested. We are still on season one, which I feared would turn her off from the series since season one is pretty weak to put it mildly, but no, she likes it! Though she says the Holodeck is truly scary and asks about stuff like how the replicator works and why the french captain has a British accent lol. But overall we are having a lot of fun watching it together. Thought I'd share this

 

[tharpdevenport]

Hopefully she makes it to season three.

 

[AntonyF]

We are still on season one, which I feared would turn her off from the series since season one is pretty weak to put it mildly, but no, she likes it!

This is a recurring motif I see along with advice to skip the first seasons.

But generally negativity about the initial seasons is because we've seen it can be so much better (although I personally like a lot of the first two seasons).

But this is a show that had literally millions of people stay with it as they enjoyed it and that allowed for it to grow and grow. I mean it wasn't like we were sat watching Angel One going "God this is awful but at least we have the Best of Both Worlds coming in a couple of seasons' time." We found enough to enjoy in it.

Yet we always think that no one else can have that capacity. That after later seasons came the old ones sort of 'went bad' like a can of old tuna.

 

[CetiAlphanEel]

This is a recurring motif I see along with advice to skip the first seasons.

But generally negativity about the initial seasons is because we've seen it can be so much better (although I personally like a lot of the first two seasons).

But this is a show that had literally millions of people stay with it as they enjoyed it and that allowed for it to grow and grow. I mean it wasn't like we were sat watching Angel One going "God this is awful but at least we have the Best of Both Worlds coming in a couple of seasons' time." We found enough to enjoy in it.

Yet we always think that no one else can have that capacity. That after later seasons came the old ones sort of 'went bad' like a can of old tuna.

Yep, this is my conclusion as well, plus it's just fun watching these 80s first season episodes, it's almost like watching an artifact of the past and yeah most of the episodes so far are not actually bad, they're just not as good as what comes later

 

[AntonyF]

Oh and I'd be interested to hear what she likes and doesn't. There's a lot of group think, and I don't mean that in a very derogatory way, but as Trek fans we have thoughts that become prevailing over the years. She is untouched by this.

 

[CetiAlphanEel]

Oh and I'd be interested to hear what she likes and doesn't. There's a lot of group think, and I don't mean that in a very derogatory way, but as Trek fans we have thoughts that become prevailing over the years. She is untouched by this.

Yeah I'm curious about this too, will discuss it more with her when we finish the season.

 

[Ray Hardgrit]

This is a recurring motif I see along with advice to skip the first seasons.

But generally negativity about the initial seasons is because we've seen it can be so much better (although I personally like a lot of the first two seasons).

But this is a show that had literally millions of people stay with it as they enjoyed it and that allowed for it to grow and grow. I mean it wasn't like we were sat watching Angel One going "God this is awful but at least we have the Best of Both Worlds coming in a couple of seasons' time." We found enough to enjoy in it.

Season 1 aired in 1987 though, where the competition was repeats of Buck Rogers and Galactica 1980. These days you don't have to have seen Best of Both Worlds to know there's much better sci-fi you could be watching.

 

[CetiAlphanEel]

Season 1 aired in 1987 though, where the competition was repeats of Buck Rogers and Galactica 1980. These days you don't have to have seen Best of Both Worlds to know there's much better sci-fi you could be watching.

Well I tried to get her to watch "For All Mankind" but she wasn't interested lol