tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066888134509330432.post6260841320913673791..comments2024-02-12T15:32:07.208-05:00Comments on The Comic Book Catacombs: Star Trek: The "Alternate" Generation!Chuck Wellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04529750105224374839noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066888134509330432.post-88608060108005899562010-08-29T10:43:17.029-04:002010-08-29T10:43:17.029-04:00ST:TNG actually didn't start becoming "wa...ST:TNG actually didn't start becoming "watchable" until late in the fourth season, if I'm remembering correctly. About the time that Wil Wheaton's "Wesley Crusher" character was written out, I thought that the show was finally getting its legs.<br /><br />Wesley was another character that I absolutely hated from the beginning, but by the time he left, he had become one of the better realized characters. After his departure, only Worf and Data received ongoing & substantial character development (Picard to a lesser degree). For the most part, everyone else on the show was pretty superfluous.<br /><br />I think that's why so many people responded favorably to Michelle Forbes "Ro Laren" character. She only appeared in eight episodes, but at least she was interesting and not duller than hell during her all-too brief stay on TNG. Riker, Dr. Crusher, and Troi were all vastly underutilized. They should have left Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis) in the throwback mini-skirt that she wore in her first episodic appearance since she was really only "eye-candy" on the show.Chuck Wellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04529750105224374839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066888134509330432.post-87887843554568830512010-08-27T22:02:33.169-04:002010-08-27T22:02:33.169-04:00I didn't watch much of ST:tNG, but one bit tha...I didn't watch much of <i>ST:tNG</i>, but one bit that I caught was when there was a reference to French language, and Data began to explain to Picard that French was dead. An irritated Picard cut him off.<br /><br />Of course, a distinctive French <em>accent</em> could none-the-less endure, much as there is an Irish accent even though most with it know relatively little Irish Gaelic.<br /><br />I didn't watch much of <i>ST:tNG</i> because it quickly alienated me. I felt that it took some of the worst aspects of the original series, expressing Roddenberry's amateur philosophizing and sexual fantasies, and amplified them (as was possible in a climate of greater tolerance for such things). I was told that it got <em>much</em> better after Roddenberry's passing, but I wasn't moved to watch much more of it.Daniel [oeconomist.com]https://www.blogger.com/profile/06763094285750736837noreply@blogger.com