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The real reason is after Gene Roddenberry left in Season 2 of TNG the writers didn't stay entirely true to his original vision. When DS9 came about they had zer
by jsz0 16y ago
The real reason is after Gene Roddenberry left in Season 2 of TNG the writers didn't stay entirely true to his original vision. When DS9 came about they had zero obligation to that vision so they went in a different direction. The writers could have done a better job putting it into context on-screen.
- philwelch 16y agoThey couldn't exactly rewrite the fictional rules of a universe where bridge consoles explode whenever the ship gets hit and so forth. I don't know how Gene's presence or absence makes much difference; a lot of the dumb engineering ideas (like the exploding consoles) originated in work beyond his control. The first exploding bridge console in Star Trek history was in the Kobayashi Maru sequence in Wrath of Khan, a film that Gene had virtually no creative control over. Still, even in the original series it's intended that the Enterprise is a capable warship; the original show bible compares it to an imperial warship of the colonial era, and on multiple occasions (the Romulan incursion in "Balance of Terror"; the near-war with the Klingons in "Errand of Mercy") the Enterprise is deployed directly to the front line of potential combat. (The Enterprise-D would fulfill similar roles in episodes like "Best of Both Worlds", "Chain of Command", or even the first season episode "The Neutral Zone".)