It’s so bizarre to read this in the present, knowing how incredible TNG was, but I get it - the original crew WAS Star Trek to them.

The dedicated fans revived this series in syndication, well after it had gone off the air in 1969, and felt attached to the characters that they had obsessed over between then and the 1980s. Like modern fans, they thought that departure from what they knew would ruin it.

I wish I could go back in time and tell them that TNG is going to rock.

  • Jo Miran@lemmy.mlEnglish
    3·
    3 years ago

    I remember when it first aired. I was not a fan. Having re-watched the entire series in a loop since the first airing (I recorded the broadcasts on VHS), I can comfortably say that the first season is pretty shit. Once it finds its stride though…

    • The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      5·
      3 years ago

      I think there are still a lot of people out there who watched the original and never gave TNG a chance. Yeah, once it grows the beard, it’s peak trek for me.

    • Sanctus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      3 years ago

      I can heavily agree with that. The first season of TNG is kind of stinky. But once it gets going its unstoppable.

    • paddirn@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      3 years ago

      I watched it as an impressionable 6 year old and loved every minute of it, but yeah, watching through it again, the first season was rough.

    • Damage@startrek.websiteEnglish
      2·
      3 years ago

      I rewatched it recently and I found it better than I remembered. My partner who watched it with me for the first time loved it from the start.