Star Trek TNG is like panning for gold, you have to sift through the sand and rocks to find the gold. You can go through 4 or 5 episodes and nothing much really happens and then boom, out of nowhere comes one of the best pieces of sci fi you have ever seen.
This past year, with more time on my hands I have re-watched every single episode of every single Star Trek series and TNG is the most important of all of them as it forms the core of the whole Star trek universe. Without TNG, the other's like DS9 or Voyager would not be able to stand up.
I noticed that the series really gets better and better episode by episode, season 1 and 2 are a bit meh but then it gathers pace and the characters (and the actors) really start to form and bond with each other and by the time you get to the end you will be amazed at the quality of the show and sad to see the end but now you can watch the movies and get stuck into one of the others.
It's a genre defining show of huge cultural significance, ST has always pushed the boundaries of what people will accept, culturally speaking and it continues to do so even today with later series (Discovery) albeit in a strange and off putting way but TNG remains pure and wholesome instead of shoe horning the latest culteral whim into a story to be relevant. I actually stopped watching Discovery because I kept expecting Ensign George Floyd to be restrained and die in custody or something.
This past year, with more time on my hands I have re-watched every single episode of every single Star Trek series and TNG is the most important of all of them as it forms the core of the whole Star trek universe. Without TNG, the other's like DS9 or Voyager would not be able to stand up.
I noticed that the series really gets better and better episode by episode, season 1 and 2 are a bit meh but then it gathers pace and the characters (and the actors) really start to form and bond with each other and by the time you get to the end you will be amazed at the quality of the show and sad to see the end but now you can watch the movies and get stuck into one of the others.
It's a genre defining show of huge cultural significance, ST has always pushed the boundaries of what people will accept, culturally speaking and it continues to do so even today with later series (Discovery) albeit in a strange and off putting way but TNG remains pure and wholesome instead of shoe horning the latest culteral whim into a story to be relevant. I actually stopped watching Discovery because I kept expecting Ensign George Floyd to be restrained and die in custody or something.