Should they have cancelled TNG?

[Orphalesion]

^ Ah, yes, the "appear thin and see through" does sound more severe than a style that was simply unflattering on camera as I had presumed.

 

[Lance]

It's doubly ironic because, like I say, the idea on paper was that the show would actually have been easier and cheaper to start up than DS9 was, due to them rolling over so many production elements directly from TNG. But 'easy and cheap' didn't turn out to be the case at all.

 

[STEPhon IT]

I've sometimes wondered if Season 7 should have been the last season.

At the time, I was a senior in high school. As a matter of fact, my graduation day was the SAME DAY as the premiere of "All Good Things..." and so I had to leave it recording.

What a great episode.

Since that time, I've been under the impression---possibly incorrectly---that TNG was cancelled so that the cast could be shoehorned into its feature film franchise ASAP.

And then of course, Generations was rushed into production and the movie was not as good as it could've been and it set the TNG feature film franchise into a lukewarm start.

I'm currently in the middle of rewatching the show and I'm in the middle of Season 4.

But do you guys think the show was running out of gas and that the Season 7 SHOULD have been its last, or do you think it could've and should've continued, delaying the start of its feature film franchise for a couple more years.

Although "All Good Things..." was a fantastic way to end the series, I really think the show it could've continued.

One thing is for sure, they should NOT have rushed Generations.

I thought season 7 was the worst of TNG, the exception of All Good Things... Every episode, to me, felt like series fatigue. The best writers moved on to DS9 developing some bold, intriguing stories from the first and second seasons, and it lacked Michael Piller's enthusiasm for thinking out of the box.

As for the films, I thought Viacom made a huge blunder allowing it's television division to produce feature films. They should have hired movie producers, writers, and directors in their feature division to produce those films; the films felt like TV. If they were smarter or wiser it would have been a better idea to start the TNG films 7 years after "All Good Things..." and start off fresh.

This would separate the fan-wankery nature of the intertwining of the movie franchise and it's TV spin-offs.

Having DS9 share the First Contact uniforms simply kills the allure of the outfits. This was pure laziness from the Berman camp. I don't want to see feature designs seen every week ON TV.

The writing was terrible and uninspiring, the movie series' stories and plots didn't make any sense. Also I hated Data, in the films, he was an uncoordinated asshole in the first two films and quite frankly his character was interesting in short spurts. Frakes and Levar Burton's roles were minor. Data is not Spock and it will NEVER fill his shoes.

Characters from TNG were all out of character in the films and it hurt my interests in seeing them on the big screen. The four films were NOT worth my money to see, and I'm glad I didn't pay one dime to see them.

Go to Red Letter Media's review of TNG movies and that is exactly how I felt about those horrible films.

 

[Kobayshi Maru]

It's doubly ironic because, like I say, the idea on paper was that the show would actually have been easier and cheaper to start up than DS9 was, due to them rolling over so many production elements directly from TNG. But 'easy and cheap' didn't turn out to be the case at all.

Looking cheap can be an expensive business.

 

[Lance]

As for the films, I thought Viacom made a huge blunder allowing it's television division to produce feature films. They should have hired movie producers, writers, and directors in their feature division to produce those films; the films felt like TV.

This has always been a beef for me as well.

The TOS movies were crewed by a different team to the TNG series. And yet, in 1994, somebody made the decision to merge the two branches, and suddenly there was a single 'Star Trek Team' (made up of the TV show people) that did everything. IMHO it spread the talent pool even more thinly than it already was (because now the same few guys were making two consecutive TV shows and a motion picture every couple years).

A degree of seperation between the branches is healthy.

 

[Isolinear]

The series ended after 7 seasons with the original cast (largely) intact. That's pretty impressive. Anything longer than that.... just watch the last two seasons of the X-files. It wasn't the same show anymore. No, it was the right choice to start over with a new crew when they did.

 

[Kobayshi Maru]

The series ended after 7 seasons with the original cast (largely) intact. That's pretty impressive. Anything longer than that.... just watch the last two seasons of the X-files. It wasn't the same show anymore. No, it was the right choice to start over with a new crew when they did.

Well, there was a two year overlap.