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It boggles my mind why creatives seem to always think that the audience wants "something different". You had a good thing going. Change up a few elements, impro

It boggles my mind why creatives seem to always think that the audience wants "something different". You had a good thing going. Change up a few elements, improve a dew things, but give us more of the awesome formula that created a phenomenon in the first place. I would hate to see Stewart's latest effort go down the same drain as Enterprise and Discovery.

petemill 8y ago
Different times. He stated that he’s only now excited about returning to the role, and hadn’t previously been the last 20 years, because he sees how bleak many people’s outlook is about the world right now. He himself has uncharacteristically begun watching the TNG episodes for a dose of hope. So I think we will find the federation in a state of dis-unification (earth exiting the union? immigration problems?) and perhaps even Picard struggling to find and build hope.
- theclaw 8y ago
  That and the fact that his last popular role was an animated poo, which probably made a return to Trek seem like a big step up.
  - cm2012 8y ago
    He is also hilarious as the CIA director in American Dad.
- atomi 8y ago
  > He himself has uncharacteristically begun watching the TNG Yeah. Even while I'm deluged in an ocean of pretty dman good modern tv, I find myself throwing on an old episode of TNG from time to time. It's still a joy to watch.
dilap 8y ago
Nah. It may or may not hit the mark, but it's always better to see great artists strike out for new territory and new things than just serving over rehashes of earlier creative exploration. (I grew up watching TNG and love it, btw, fwiw, etc. etc.)
jdietrich 8y ago
Audiences want something good. TNG added up to 130 hours of TV. Any team of writers and actors would become burned out after telling such an enormous quantity of stories. Die-hard fans might always clamour for more, but they're the first to complain when a franchise is milked dry. There's a reason why "jumping the shark" is a trope. No matter how popular and compelling something might be, there's always a point of diminishing returns. Once you've trashed a franchise, it's very difficult to rebuild; If you end on a high note, you leave the audience wanting more. Rick Berman and Brandon Tartikoff saw what was being attempted with Babylon 5 and recognised the future of television - deep, complex story arcs that span across seasons. They realised that while TNG still had some mileage left in it, they had an opportunity to use familiar elements in a new and exciting way. The results were, in my humble opinion, the absolute pinnacle of the Star Trek canon.
krastanov 8y ago
This fan reaction always surprises me. It strikes me as both "looking through rose glasses" and "get off my lawn". A story needs to grow. Enterprise and Discovery both kept the cute almost naive idealism of The Next Generation, but added in exciting new ways. Both of them had campy bad episodes, but that is also true of The Next Generation.
EpicEng 8y ago
You may not see him at all if the project is "TNG take 2". He probably doesn't want to do it. I'd much rather see an extension to the story with a different angle than nothing at all.
drdeadringer 8y ago
I enjoyed Enterprise, I am enjoying Discovery.
- amiga-workbench 8y ago
  Discovery isn't scratching the same itch as TNG, it has its flaws but I'm still enjoying it for what it is. The Orville is pretty good too.
ghaff 8y ago
Different people want different things. There are plenty of folks who will read every book in endless genre series and complain when some favorite TV program gets canceled after 10 years. Others like me are pretty much ready to move in from a series after 5 years or so no matter how good it is. I just lose interest.
- isostatic 8y ago
  You can't take the sky from me. It was the former fans that bright us TNG in the first place - constantly fighting for more trek throughout the 70s, to be rewarded with Trek's golden era from 87 onwards.
  - rjplatte 8y ago
    I was just watching Firefly yesterday. Thanks for the little moment of joy.

petemill 8y ago

Different times. He stated that he’s only now excited about returning to the role, and hadn’t previously been the last 20 years, because he sees how bleak many people’s outlook is about the world right now. He himself has uncharacteristically begun watching the TNG episodes for a dose of hope. So I think we will find the federation in a state of dis-unification (earth exiting the union? immigration problems?) and perhaps even Picard struggling to find and build hope.

theclaw 8y ago
That and the fact that his last popular role was an animated poo, which probably made a return to Trek seem like a big step up.
- cm2012 8y ago
  He is also hilarious as the CIA director in American Dad.
atomi 8y ago
> He himself has uncharacteristically begun watching the TNG Yeah. Even while I'm deluged in an ocean of pretty dman good modern tv, I find myself throwing on an old episode of TNG from time to time. It's still a joy to watch.

dilap 8y ago

Nah. It may or may not hit the mark, but it's always better to see great artists strike out for new territory and new things than just serving over rehashes of earlier creative exploration. (I grew up watching TNG and love it, btw, fwiw, etc. etc.)

jdietrich 8y ago

Audiences want something good. TNG added up to 130 hours of TV. Any team of writers and actors would become burned out after telling such an enormous quantity of stories. Die-hard fans might always clamour for more, but they're the first to complain when a franchise is milked dry. There's a reason why "jumping the shark" is a trope. No matter how popular and compelling something might be, there's always a point of diminishing returns. Once you've trashed a franchise, it's very difficult to rebuild; If you end on a high note, you leave the audience wanting more. Rick Berman and Brandon Tartikoff saw what was being attempted with Babylon 5 and recognised the future of television - deep, complex story arcs that span across seasons. They realised that while TNG still had some mileage left in it, they had an opportunity to use familiar elements in a new and exciting way. The results were, in my humble opinion, the absolute pinnacle of the Star Trek canon.

krastanov 8y ago

This fan reaction always surprises me. It strikes me as both "looking through rose glasses" and "get off my lawn". A story needs to grow. Enterprise and Discovery both kept the cute almost naive idealism of The Next Generation, but added in exciting new ways. Both of them had campy bad episodes, but that is also true of The Next Generation.

EpicEng 8y ago

You may not see him at all if the project is "TNG take 2". He probably doesn't want to do it. I'd much rather see an extension to the story with a different angle than nothing at all.

drdeadringer 8y ago

I enjoyed Enterprise, I am enjoying Discovery.

amiga-workbench 8y ago
Discovery isn't scratching the same itch as TNG, it has its flaws but I'm still enjoying it for what it is. The Orville is pretty good too.

ghaff 8y ago

Different people want different things. There are plenty of folks who will read every book in endless genre series and complain when some favorite TV program gets canceled after 10 years. Others like me are pretty much ready to move in from a series after 5 years or so no matter how good it is. I just lose interest.

isostatic 8y ago
You can't take the sky from me. It was the former fans that bright us TNG in the first place - constantly fighting for more trek throughout the 70s, to be rewarded with Trek's golden era from 87 onwards.
- rjplatte 8y ago
  I was just watching Firefly yesterday. Thanks for the little moment of joy.