Star Trek..Next Generation....loved it or hated it?

[newyawker99]

I loved this show.

Bonus question: Who was your favorite character? Mine was Data although I kinda liked Q too! :-)

[WillParkinson]

1. I liked Dr. Crusher...

Gates McFadden was always my favorite. Then they brought the "other" doctor on board. But, in the end, the good one came back.

On the other side of reality, I served Michael (Worf) Dorn and Marina (Counselor Troi) Sirtis when they were in town for a convention.

[newyawker99]

20. Yeah, she was cool but she and Picard never did

get together. :-(

[WillParkinson]

25. The episode where they were linked...

That one and the one where Picard is taken over by an alien force...

They SHOULD have been together darn it!

And I still think Wesley was Picards son.

[joshdawg]

2. loved it!!!

Picard, Data, Q. In that order.

[emad]

3. I thought Data's brother (Lor?) was cool, and that the show got

got better when the Borg stepped in. Q was ok but a bit to knowall. Pity they didn't have a Salem Saberhagen-type character instead of Data's cat....

[rjbcar27]

4. Still love it.

I think Data was wonderful, Brent Spiner did an excellent job, but you just can't beat Jean-Luc. Patrick Stewart rocks.

[newyawker99]

21. I agree. Jean-Luc was cool!!

:-)

[cspiguy]

5. GOD IT WAS AWWWWFULLL!

Gimme Scotty and 10 minutes to fix it before implosion anyday...

[Shrek]

6. Loved the show, loved Worf.

That show was the best of the bunch, IMO (although Voyager was a close second). I still watch the re-runs whenever I can.

[BlueJazz]

7. Absolutely my favorite of the "Star Trek" Series

Best was Data, although each character had their own strong points.

[commander bunnypants]

8. I love all trek

I am still without power cause of Isabel. I rigged an anttenna just so I could see Enterprise last night I am such a junkie



DDQM

[Rowdyboy]

9. Best of the Star Trek series...

Data is also my favorite. I had the opportunity to meet him when I worked as an extra on Eudora Welty's "The Ponder Heart". My partner served as his stand-in so they could block things in and get lighting set up. He seemed like a really nice guy...

[ProfessorGAC]

10. Loved It

Data or Picard were my faves.
The Professor

[Plaid Adder]

11. Hated the pilot, but loved seasons 4-7

That pilot was BAD and so were the first couple seasons, but I became a real junkie once it got good. Also used to be heavily into DS9 until they hit the difficult years with lots of Ferengi plot lines and dabo girls a go go. Never got into Voyager.

I think Data was probably the best character, but it was a strong cast and you could do an episode around any one of them and have it come out interesting...something you could not say about Voyager.

There's loads of NextGen stuff at my site, if you're feeling nostalgic:

http://www.plaidder.com/oeuvre.htm

C ya,

THe Plaid Adder

[ProfessorGAC]

18. Season Three Hooked Me

I thought they began to hit their stride early into season 3. Don't forget that Best of Both Worlds, Part 1 was the Season 3 cliffhanger.

If that isn't hitting their stride in the 3rd season, i couldn't describe what would be.
The Professor

[bif]

12. Didn't exactly hate it

But liked the original series better.

[trof]

13. Nice tune, but

hard to dance to.
I give it a "5", Dick.
;-)

[newyawker99]

30. The theme music was great!!

:-)

[LanternWaste]

14. I did a lot of dumb things in my youth....

Well, I had just turned twenty or so when the first season started, so I don't think my tastes were as tuned in as they are now. That being said, I did like it and I did watch it during the first run.

But, after watching Babylon 5, I started asking myself questions about Star Trek like, "Why do the women on the away team mission always wear high heels and lip stick?"

By the end of the run, I could only look at it as a very slick, live-action comic-book (and don't get me started on the spin-offs....lol)

[ProfessorGAC]

17. Ummmm! A Slight Flaw In Your Logic

All the central female characters in Bab5 wore make-up all the time too! I like both shows immensely, but if your criticism of STNG was based upon this, then you missed how the Bab5 woman dressed too.

Also, remember, that STNG, even when their were problems with other races were STILL basically explorers not warriors. No such dilemma existed for the Bab5 folks. They were at war and they knew it. They were on a stationary space platform. They weren't explorers at all.

So, the overall premise is so radically different that it's easy to explain how the STNG woman would be a little more concerned about mundane, day in the life, type of things. The men too! Riker playing the trombone? Not during wartime.
The Professor

[LanternWaste]

19. Well...

Make-up? O-kay. I guess all women do that regardless (a girl-friend I had once brought her make up kit on a camping trip...lol) But I still can't, in good conscious accept justifications for Away-Team members wearng high-heels. It seems almost absurd.

But, it's all subjective opinion. Simply because I think Star trek is a campy show, prioritizing thinly veiled moral preaching doesn't mean that I think everyone else should think that, also. Gads, that would make life boring...lol.

[ProfessorGAC]

23. I Understand

That was always one of my criticisms of Bab5. And, i liked the show. I thought IT was a little preachy. Although, they did blow more stuff up. You gotta like that.
The Professor

[dani]

15. I love it

I love all the Star Treks. My fave character from Next Generation is Picard.

[ArkDem]

16. Data

.

[cprise]

22. Loved it

But probably my favorite from the series was ol' Gene Roddenberry himself! Here is an excerpt from a fundamentalist website:

Parents, in a loving, but firm manner, teach your children to love the Lord and hate the lies of the world, and then throw all the atheistic "Star Trek" trash out the window! Gene Roddenberry, the creator of "Star Trek" has illustrated in his very life, the historical movement from humanism to pantheism. Having rejected Jesus Christ in a Baptist church as "largely nonsense", Roddenberry became a devout humanist. Like modern man in general, he finally ended up a devout pagan. The following are a few quotes that document his pantheism:

"It was at Denver that someone wrote a question 'What is your religion?' My answer was: 'I do not belong to any church but I do consider myself a religious man. I believe that I am a part of you and you are a part of me and we are a part of all life... also a part of the creative force and intelligence behind life."

snip
http://www.kingdombaptist.org/SciencePhilsophyandMysticism627.cfm


No folks, this is not the Landover Baptist parody site. :evilgrin:

[amazona]

24. just not for me

I liked the goofiness of the original and also now Enterprise. Next Gen was too serious for me or something.

It's my best friend's favorite so go figure.


more anti-gravity shower scenes please

[tsakshaug]

26. liked it

I liked TNG. The best part of the first two seasons was watching the weapons girl (Denese Crosby?) in here uniform.......
Data was great.
Deanna was useless-I sense you are upset.....

[Kamika]

27. Loved it

Infact ive been for the last month been watching it from episode 1 1st season im on the 13th episode of last season as we speak. will see ep14 in a min :)

It has its ups and downs.. some episodes are horrible (few thankfully) ALOT of mediocre episodes and some really good ones.

And as most ppl i HAVE to say Data is my favorite i love him :)


Will start watching ds9 asson as im finished with tng

[short bus president]

28. I will join you in the "Q" fanclub

a superfantastic quasi-villain if ever there was one. And the holodeck Moriarty - quality stuff.

TNG remains the ONLY Star Trek series I can bear to sit through.

[newyawker99]

31. I loved the holodeck too. Imagine having that

in real life! :-)

[Ratty]

29. Loved it

Season 1 was deplorable but, exactly the opposite of TOS, it got so much better. Captain Picard was without doubt my very favorite. He brought such an understated authority to the role. I liked the calm way he made tough decisions. Best Enterprise Captain EVAR!

I found the Q-Episodes tiresome. Except for Q-Who. That was my very favorite episode.

[newyawker99]

32. I loved when Q dressed up in their uniform. I wish he was

in more of the shows.

[Xithras]

33. TOS, TNG Good. DS9, Voyager Bad.

Juries still out on Enterprise, but it's looking up this season.