TNG as NuTrek

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Yep.
TOS fans in 1987: "This Next Generation show is nothing like TOS and ruins everything about Star Trek!"
TNG fans in 1993: "Deep Space 9 isn't about exploration, so it ruins everything about Star Trek!"
DS9 fans in 1995: "Voyager isn't going to have Klingons or Romulans and the only Vulcan is black, so it ruins everything about Star Trek!"
Voyager fans in 2001: "Enterprise is a prequel, so we know exactly what will happen, so it ruins everything about Star Trek!"
Enterprise fans a few years ago- hell, take your pick of bitching.
- Enterprise fans a few years ago-
  "I wonder if they'll give this show a proper finale? Eh. Probably too much to ask. The intro music isn't bad, at least."
  
  The intro music isn’t bad, at least.
  "The intro music sucks and isn't Star Trek because it's a pop song" was like the very first complaint people made upon seeing the first episode.
- I think it's stayed TNG and ds9 fans
  
  You'd be wrong. There are people who consider each of those their favorite Star Trek.
  
  I think it's mostly still TOS fans who tend to look down on the newer series as never quite living up to the original. We are of course right to do so.
- Ironically the first season of tng was exactly like tos and the show didn't hit is stride until it threw that out and started doing it's own thing
  
  Several of the scripts were adapted from the aborted Star Trek II TV series, which was going to have most of the original crew return. Spock being the notable exception.
- All Trek fans after Abrams, Kurtzman and Orci showed up: Can we get Berman and Piller back please?
  
  Nobody wants Berman back.
  
  Happy if JJ never gets near a Trek set again, but as far as the new series are concerned, I'd rank them all between "pretty good" and "excellent". Except Picard, but even that mess was at least a better send off than Nemesis.
  Berman? Best thing he ever did was stay away from DS9, and that just because he was too busy making Voyager worse.
  
  I would personally think so, but I have talked to people who say the Abramsverse movies are what got them into Trek and are their favorites.
- Enterprise enjoyers today:
  It's been a long road, getting from there to here.
- TBF DS9 did add Star Wars battles as soon as Roddenberry died.
  
  And none of those other predictions were true either.
“Soap opera actress Cheryl McFadden”
TIL.
- I didn't realise that Cheryl was her first name, I thought they'd made a mistake (like how they've spelt it Ryker).
  But Wikipedia informs me that her full name is Cheryl Gates McFadden and she uses both names:
  She is usually credited as Cheryl McFadden when working as a choreographer and Gates McFadden when working as an actress
- Shes a famous dancer and choreographer as well, but TNG does play that up.
  She was the dance choreographer and in charge of puppet movement for Labyrinth as an example.
Also, Levar Burton as the new Spock?
- I guess they didn't expect comedic actor Brent Spiner to be the emotionless Spock-analogue.
Levar Burton - The New Spock
lol as if Spock would ever get lovesick over a hologram of a person, just to have the real person show up and hate him
- I think SNW Spock could manage it
- JustIncelThings-IMeanEngineerThings
It's crazy to me that Levar Burton was the famous one at the start.
- Eh? He still has to be top-3.
This looks and reads like it is from a grocery store gossip rag. Look, I'm sure fans were upset, but I'm old enough to recall the hype for TNG and people were excited AF generally.
"The charm and success were based on the perfect mix of cast!"
Just wait until Riker gets his beard and then you'll notice TNG has the same thing going on!
Difference with every Star Trek that came before and what we have now:
Every first season of Star Trek after TOS was pretty bad. When you have just the first season of a Trek series to go off on then the reaction to something mediocre is pretty normal.
Season 1 TNG had... problems.
Season 1 DS9 is boring as fuck.
But these series got better and earned the respect of the fans with later seasons.
NuTrek has had 17 or so seasons across 5 series and it's STILL trash! The current executives have chosen quantity over quality and don't give a damn about improving anything.
Everything after TOS was a mistake. Myself included

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