<p>This is one show which really has never been recognized which is a shame. It is my opinion that TNG is one of the greatest television series ever made. The characters, plot lines, etc thrill a viewer to the highest possible degree. We live in such a STAR WARS day in age that Star Trek is often shoved into the corner (Star Trek came out before Star Wars, a cheap copy of the Star Trek series). Why? To not give this show credit is a high crime in my personal belief. So, anyone here like the Star trek The Next Generation series?</p>
<p>Ensign, lay in a course for the Beta Quadrant, Warp Seven. ENGAGE!</p>
<p>Lieutenant Worf, fire photon torpedoes, full spread. Captain, shields are at 34%. All power to shields, Mr. Data. Sir, life support is failing on decks three through nine.</p>
<p>TNG had better plots but the original had better characters.</p>
<p>Both shows were definitely products of their time. Kirk ran a fairly loose ship but Picard was all business. I didn’t like TNG at first because I found it so militaristic. Everyone was stiff and formal and obeyed all the rules. During the first season, Data was the only character trying to be human. However, the show grew on me and I think they loosend up the characters after a while.</p>
<p>Did you notice how every so often when Kirk received an order he didn’t like, he would pretend that communications with Starfleet was down and he went and did what we wanted to do in the first place? I don’t think I ever saw Picard do that.</p>
<p>I think my d preferred DS9, I did like Next gen- the original was so campy that it has to be viewed from that perspective.</p>
<p>( she even has gone to the conventions when she was in high school and they were in the area- she met Q & Data & don’t take my word for it * from reading rainbow* Geordi )</p>
<p>I really like William Shatner though- didn’t like him on Star Trek so much as after- when he could show his sense of humor</p>
<p>Dh and I and at least one son are Star Trek fans. TNG is probably our favorite of the series, although, as Dadguy mentioned, the characters on the original series were so great that they carried the show through the sometimes silly plots. Dh has a whole barrel full of quotes he pulls out from time to time. (like whenever he has Earl Gray tea…)</p>
<p>Yeah I’ll admit I’m a Star Trek fan. Don’t really care for the original series (or most of the early seasons of TNG), but I definitely have enjoyed TNG and DS9. Don’t know about the rest of you, but I really enjoyed Enterprise - I was bummed when they cancelled it, and with such a crappy last episode.</p>
<p>I miss Spock terribly. Funny, I didn’t - don’t - like Leonard Nemoy (sp?), but I loved Spock. I went through a stage where I wished Vulcans were real so that I could marry one.</p>
<p>Well, it appears we have quite a following for Star Trek The Next Generation. Personally, I prefer Picard over Kirk mainly because of the militaristic atmosphere on the Enterprise. My personaly favorite character is Worf, followed by Data. I never much cared for Wesley, BLAH!</p>
<pre><code> WARP NINE POINT NINE, ENSIGN! Retreat from the Borg cube.
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<p>OK, if we nerds are going to come out of the closet, have you watched Battlestar Galactica (the new one on Sci Fi, not the stupid old one). It is a really great show with a pretty intense story line. I cannot wait til it picks up again in October. If you haven’t seen it, I highly recommend renting or buying season 1 and 2 on DVD. It is addicting like 24 and you had better set aside plenty of time because as one episode ends, you will want to see the next to find out what happens next!</p>
<p>I liked Spock, Chekov and Scotty in the original series, but Kirk and the doctor were such hams I find them difficult to watch. And lets not talk about production values! I like TNG, loved Picard, but my favorite of all the series is DS9. I love the friendship between Miles and the Doctor, and I adore Garak. What’s the lesson of “The Boy who cried wolf”? “Never tell the same lie twice.”</p>
<p>I liked Scotty and Chekov too, and I did like Kirk - his willingness to break the rules was very appealing to me. I loved the battles between Spock & McCoy. I didn’t care much for TNG, never got into it. Not enough Vulcans, and no one who had anywhere the appeal of Spock.</p>
<p>Battlestar Gallactica is great, but sorely lacking a sense of humor. We’re still waiting for the 2nd half of the last season to come out on DVD. Silly us, we don’t have cable. In the meantime we are rewatching old Babylon 5s. Another fun show with another cute Russian.</p>
<p>We loved Babylon 5! After it switched to cable, my husband would have a friend who had cable record it for us each week. We were sad when that ended. We enjoyed the mystery and depth of it. and such interesting characters!</p>
<p>We were X-philes at our house. After it managed to divebomb itself into the ground, I finally weened myself from any television serieses at all. Just can’t take the stress.:)</p>
<p>Back in the 60s the original Star Trek was way ahead of its time. Compared to its very lame contemporary competitor, Lost in Space, Star Trek was fabulous.</p>
<p>Star Trek really had only about 4 main subplots:</p>
<ol>
<li>Bad guys seize control of the ship</li>
<li>Some social injustice gets corrected</li>
<li>Kirk gets the girl</li>
<li>Spock’s long-suppressed emotions come to the surface</li>
</ol>
<p>These were mixed and matched and recombined to form pretty much every Star Trek episode.</p>
<p>TNG was very good once they got past the first season and got rid of Tasha Yar. She was far too aggressive and hostile to be an effective security officer. And I never liked having kids on the ship and especially Wesley Crusher serving as a bridge officer. It just wouldn’t happen on a real ship. I especially liked episodes featuring the Borg. Adding Seven of Nine was a nice touch.</p>
<p>DS9 was kind of boring. No compelling plots or characters. The Ferengi were especially tiresome. When they were first introduced on TNG the Ferengi were dangerous. By time they got to DS9 they were merely irritating and greedy.</p>
<p>I watched only about 3 episodes of Enterprise. I just never got into it.</p>