Would TNG have been appreciated in the sixties ?
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Actually, average runtimes were around 10 minutes longer in the 60s than the 80s. 60s audiences would have wondered where the rest of the episode was and why it was so short.
And talky.
I'd say that judging by the current state-of-play between the United States and Russia, TNG's suggestion about the thawing of the cold war being analogous to the relationship between the Klingons and Federation becoming friends is more than a little premature. But I disgress.
One startling thing I realized a while back that seperates the NextTrek era from that of TOS was of course a much more diverse cast of characters. Sure there's still a majority of 'Earth humans', but beginning with TNG there was greater diversity.... two aliens in the regular cast (Deanna and Worf), plus the android. The spinoffs followed suit. TOS, in the 1960s at least, really only represented the 'alien' with one character out of a main cast otherwise dominated by humans. I wonder how a more diversely non-human cast would've been recieved in the sixties? I always adored that TAS addressed that, but of course that was the 1970s, not the sixties.
One startling thing I realized a while back that seperates the NextTrek era from that of TOS was of course a much more diverse cast of characters. Sure there's still a majority of 'Earth humans', but beginning with TNG there was greater diversity.... two aliens in the regular cast (Deanna and Worf), plus the android. The spinoffs followed suit. TOS, in the 1960s at least, really only represented the 'alien' with one character out of a main cast otherwise dominated by humans. I wonder how a more diversely non-human cast would've been recieved in the sixties? I always adored that TAS addressed that, but of course that was the 1970s, not the sixties.
I was talking about the pacing of the show, rather than its length. But funny.
TOS episodes usually clock in at 50 minutes. TNG in its first season was 47 minutes, there was only a difference of three minutes.
I was talking about the pacing of the show, rather than its length. But funny.
I was thinking there were some 54 minute TOS episodes and TNG was at 45 minutes. I didn't go check so was just off the top of my head.
OH, and TOS seasons were longer.
Season 1 was, 29 episodes. Season 2 was 26, the same as an average season for the other shows while season 3 was in fact 24 episodes, slightly less than the seasons in the other shows.
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