10 Harsh Realities Of Rewatching Star Trek: The Next Generation 29 Years Later (screenrant.com)
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10. the holodeck dangers being problematic
Forget "The power of love", as "the power of plotting" is more convenient than those safety overrides that constantly fail.
Indeed, if the show were reality, that ship (and Data, since I expect him to show up later in the list) would have been mothballed a lot earlier on.
9 . Geordie and his creepy obsession with Leah Brahms
Thank the computer for giving a 9.37%-inaccurate representation, especially as the same 'puter told Geordi earlier that personal files were classified. Apparently, the available information that Geordi could indirectly be told about had nothing citing her sex life. Even Geordi states her backrub was inappropriate. Not too shabby considering all that creepy stuff?
8. the Naked Now being a bad sequel to the original series. What does she mean by that exactly? How is it a "sequel"?
The episode clunkily explains it, as being a "variant", complete with stupid references to "the old Enterprise". Just enough that I'll buy into the claim, but - as with the original episode - explanations for this mystery mind-altering substance get spread and how come no other Federation ship would have figured it out? Because they're on a ship not named "Enterprise"? Again, that's stupid. Not nearly as stupid as how Data can be acquiring it or how Yar wants to bang it, but I'm avoiding the bunny trail and summarizing with: I don't think the questions are worthy of thought, but why not-- Other species spread the virus, which lies dormant, then in comes the rare Federation ship and the fun continues.
I guess.
Nope. It's an indulgent, stupidass drunkfest that's half-typical of season 1. Another shining example of (pejorative-filled, adjective-laden) dirge is "Justice".
TNG turned itself around, though the writer strike of the time ensured that some of season 2 would still be sullied. But I digress. Indeed, given season 1, how many people may have poked fun at that strike of the time as well? There's a fun question...
7. Angel One fails in critique of gender roles
How much of it was due to a rewrite, or how clumsy and token an effort put in - a high school creative writing class kid submission wouldn't have been much better...
Angel One (episode) | Memory Alpha | Fandom
(there's a fun yet read over a making-of that's more complex than what most would believe...)
6. Barclay and his holodeck fantasies
Barclay's holodeck fantasies, certainly.
Often, as means of catharsis, people don't create imagery of the people they want to beat up and/or screw, and thankfully this was made when censorship was stronger as - for once - what limited content was shown leaves more to the imagination, rendering it more creepy than anything Geordi ever did.
5. Dr Crusher's relationship with the family ghost being weird. ?
Even season 1 didn't get this awful. At least season 1 was finding itself, and lumbered with overtly and oversexualized drivel.
4. Civilian and casual clothes being laughable
You try designing clothing that may be popular from people hundreds of years from now. We've seen real life outfits deemed popular that look far worse )hello, 1960s and 1970s and 1980s and 1990s before the bland rot kicked in.) Hell, look at the 1600s. There's far more sartorial creativity, whether or not you like the visage or not. Modern shows that keep it "plain" have already dated worse.
Besides, older shows compensated for future sartorial designs by keeping then-popular hairdos. Again, 1960s and 1990s are flagrantly obvious in this regard,
3. the female characters got the worst storylines.
Is there an exception to every rule? Guinan often got the best material, either as being Troi's unofficial replacement or when dishing out some cool sci-fi ideas (e.g. a number of items from the Yesterday's Enterprise episode and the handful that followed in seasons 4 and 5.)
2. the episode structure hurt important character arcs
Conversely, arcs are tougher to do - especially if you throw in key concepts into **** epiosdes.
Not to mention, the arc better have a good payoff that also explains every instance credibly.
Not to mention, if enough audiences leave then the show is axed. "Babylon 5" is the perfect example of this, and fans were bummed. It was restarted for a 5th season, but too late to continue the arc as intended as season 4 rushed to close everything.
Arcs are overrated. Maybe that's why they weren't always done in the past, save for occasional references in a later episode but otherwise not getting overdone.
1. Code of Honor is racist. No duh, Rachel
So is "Justice", treating a race of beings with only specific and oversimplified attributes. Hell, that sums up the bulk of Star Trek races from the 60s and 90s too. Granted, people seem to miss CoH's point in that it's showing the "simpler" race being true to its codes all while Picard is violating the prime directive, either throwing volleys of photon torpedoes across the planet or interfering with the fight to the death... "Justice" (in both original draft and the slop that was filmed) also brought this up. Indeed, there's a payoff in a later episode of the season. Season 4 went back to the well of the prime directive for the Jean Simmons episode as well.
), it didn't even occur to him to get to know the real person (including that wise question "are you married?") And he didn't delete that "understandable but a bad idea" hologram of her, and when she discovered the truth, he should have simply, profusely apologized, because he was way, way, WAY out of line.
