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Strange New Worlds is a welcome change on this trend. About TNG, who am I to argue with Ursula Le Guin but it lost me after only a few episodes because it was

Strange New Worlds is a welcome change on this trend. About TNG, who am I to argue with Ursula Le Guin but it lost me after only a few episodes because it was all talking talking talking, nothing interesting to see. Plenty of shows like that (no scifi.) My friends loved it.

ghaff 4y ago
In fairness, S1 of TNG was with some exceptions not great. It got better.
- midoridensha 4y ago
  "Conspiracy" was good; the rest was bad-to-horrible.
otikik 4y ago
It gets better after number 1 grows a beard.
npunt 4y ago
Perhaps by the standards of what entertains you, TNG's talking isn't entertaining - I can understand that based on the current media landscape and the strong visual culture we're in. But if you know it carries a different POV that many people feel is meaningful, and you're curious about having that feeling as well, maybe you might be open to exploring different ways to be entertained and approach it with different expectations? It can take some time and active effort to attune to different perspectives but can really be worth it. Also, best to start with season 3 :)
yamtaddle 4y ago
> About TNG, who am I to argue with Ursula Le Guin but it lost me after only a few episodes because it was all talking talking talking, nothing interesting to see. Plenty of shows like that (no scifi.) My friends loved it. The show gets by on the reputation of later seasons, and handful of excellent episodes, and that era of TV being pretty mediocre, especially for sci-fi. S1 has basically zero good episodes (though, unfortunately, several that you kinda need to watch anyway) while S2 only has a few, and in S3 it finally really gets going. Even then, in the "good" seasons, a solid 1/4 of the episodes are pretty bad.
darepublic 4y ago
Did you watch from the beginning or did you jump to one of the classics? If the former I suggest you give one of the well rated episodes a try.
- pmontra 4y ago
  I watched from the beginning as they were aired in the 80s. Actually I only watched the beginning of it, plus some random episodes in the next decades in random encounters on tv channels. DS9 went about the same route. Voyager was more interesting. I watched all of Enterprise. Then season 1 of Discovery, maybe 2? I stopped when the red things started appearing (no time) but I might start again. Strange New Worlds, all of it so far.
TheOtherHobbes 4y ago
S1 is pretty bad. S2 isn't much better. But it really takes off in S3 and it's a solid ride to the end, with some episodes that are stand-out best-of-era TV. DS9 has a few of those too, but it's grittier and less obviously utopian.

ghaff 4y ago

In fairness, S1 of TNG was with some exceptions not great. It got better.

midoridensha 4y ago
"Conspiracy" was good; the rest was bad-to-horrible.

otikik 4y ago

It gets better after number 1 grows a beard.

npunt 4y ago

Perhaps by the standards of what entertains you, TNG's talking isn't entertaining - I can understand that based on the current media landscape and the strong visual culture we're in. But if you know it carries a different POV that many people feel is meaningful, and you're curious about having that feeling as well, maybe you might be open to exploring different ways to be entertained and approach it with different expectations? It can take some time and active effort to attune to different perspectives but can really be worth it. Also, best to start with season 3 :)

yamtaddle 4y ago

> About TNG, who am I to argue with Ursula Le Guin but it lost me after only a few episodes because it was all talking talking talking, nothing interesting to see. Plenty of shows like that (no scifi.) My friends loved it. The show gets by on the reputation of later seasons, and handful of excellent episodes, and that era of TV being pretty mediocre, especially for sci-fi. S1 has basically zero good episodes (though, unfortunately, several that you kinda need to watch anyway) while S2 only has a few, and in S3 it finally really gets going. Even then, in the "good" seasons, a solid 1/4 of the episodes are pretty bad.

darepublic 4y ago

Did you watch from the beginning or did you jump to one of the classics? If the former I suggest you give one of the well rated episodes a try.

pmontra 4y ago
I watched from the beginning as they were aired in the 80s. Actually I only watched the beginning of it, plus some random episodes in the next decades in random encounters on tv channels. DS9 went about the same route. Voyager was more interesting. I watched all of Enterprise. Then season 1 of Discovery, maybe 2? I stopped when the red things started appearing (no time) but I might start again. Strange New Worlds, all of it so far.

TheOtherHobbes 4y ago

S1 is pretty bad. S2 isn't much better. But it really takes off in S3 and it's a solid ride to the end, with some episodes that are stand-out best-of-era TV. DS9 has a few of those too, but it's grittier and less obviously utopian.