With hindsight, TNG can fee very sterile at times. Part of it's the art direction and lighting style - but it's very placid and calming. It's an aesthetic that works for some episodes, especially when there's a lot of thinking involved which needs a calmer environment. It doesn't work for others. TNG was, a lot of times, the anomaly of the week, with a puzzle to solve. It didn't really feel about people.
Except for episodes such as 'The Wounded' were people are the problem. Or the one with the Indians. Or where Troi actually changed into a uniform......
But we do live in a morally ambiguous world, and our stories should reflect that. Because what's the value in doing the right thing if there's no other option? And why do people sometimes do the wrong thing?
We're not asking for Battlestar trek the next Toasterphile or something like that. But humans are better when they are being human - they are flawed on some level and can be challenged by those flaws - and not be the stepford people of TNG era. It's almost like their actions didn't matter. They existed in a vacuum.
They're relatable to people who feel far more depressed and uncertain of themselves and live in a world that feels likes it's on the brink - even as it's subtly getting better. We need to know how people like that can deal with things and overcome them. We need to see that it's possible to become better, even when you're in the shit.
Unlike those smily, happy robots on their cruise liner. It's not a joke, that I think Data was the most human thing on that boat.
Except for episodes such as 'The Wounded' were people are the problem. Or the one with the Indians. Or where Troi actually changed into a uniform......
But we do live in a morally ambiguous world, and our stories should reflect that. Because what's the value in doing the right thing if there's no other option? And why do people sometimes do the wrong thing?
We're not asking for Battlestar trek the next Toasterphile or something like that. But humans are better when they are being human - they are flawed on some level and can be challenged by those flaws - and not be the stepford people of TNG era. It's almost like their actions didn't matter. They existed in a vacuum.
They're relatable to people who feel far more depressed and uncertain of themselves and live in a world that feels likes it's on the brink - even as it's subtly getting better. We need to know how people like that can deal with things and overcome them. We need to see that it's possible to become better, even when you're in the shit.
Unlike those smily, happy robots on their cruise liner. It's not a joke, that I think Data was the most human thing on that boat.
Oh sweet meteor of death
Fall upon us.
Deliver us in fire
To Peace everlasting.
Fall upon us.
Deliver us in fire
To Peace everlasting.