• Guitarfun@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Oh yea, I remember that show. I couldn’t really get into it, but I heard a lot of good things from other people while it was airing.

    I thought you might have been talking about TNG. I’ve heard people recommending skipping the first 2 and half or 3 seasons of TNG to newcomers. I wouldn’t recommend that just because you’d miss out on a lot of character development and plot development. It’s pretty bad though. I always recommend DS9 to newcomers instead.

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      18 hours ago

      Early TNG was a bit rough. They had the right people, but some of the plot lines were strange an in some cases quite prejudiced.

      Around season 3 they got their stride going.

      Not every episode of season 1 is good. They were trying stuff and seeing what resonated with a new generation of trek fans.

      I’m not saying anyone should skip it, but there are episodes that make me question why they even thought it was a good idea to do that.

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        11 hours ago

        I do remember some decent moments in early TNG, but there’s a lot of racism and prejudicial bullshit. Also a lot of cheesiness. In general, I skip way more episodes of TNG when rewatching than I do with DS9 or Voyager, but I still think it’s all essential to watch at least once if you’re invested in the lore of the Star Trek universe. I’d still take all the bullshit and cheesiness a thousand times over in place of the current generation of Trek shows.