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- 1987
- TV-14
- Syndicated
- 1987
- TV-14
- Syndicated
Summary "Space... The final frontier... These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. Its continuing mission: To explore strange new worlds... To seek out new life; new civilisations... To boldly go where no one has gone before!" Monologue of Captain Jean-Luc Picard in the opening credits Star Trek: The Next Generation is a science fic...
Created By: Gene Roddenberry
- 1987
- TV-14
- Syndicated
- 1987
- TV-14
- Syndicated
Star Trek: The Next Generation
7 Seasons
Season 1 Premiere: Sep 26, 1987
51
8.7
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Summary "Space... The final frontier... These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. Its continuing mission: To explore strange new worlds... To seek out new life; new civilisations... To boldly go where no one has gone before!" Monologue of Captain Jean-Luc Picard in the opening credits Star Trek: The Next Generation is a science fic...
Created By: Gene Roddenberry
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
51
25% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
50% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
25% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
51
25% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
50% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
25% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
It has captured much of the original magic. Right off the launching pad, Roddenberry has sent his crew into a dandy, suspenseful story with an original and satisfying ending and even some romance. [29 Sep 1987]
Re-visiting Star Trek on television holds the same nostalgic, socko appeal that the boffo-box-office movies do. I didn't miss Kirk, Spock and friends. [28 Sep 1987]
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 432 User Ratings
8.7
91% Positive
392 Ratings
392 Ratings
6% Mixed
24 Ratings
24 Ratings
4% Negative
16 Ratings
16 Ratings
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 432 User Ratings
8.7
91% Positive
392 Ratings
392 Ratings
6% Mixed
24 Ratings
24 Ratings
4% Negative
16 Ratings
16 Ratings
Only the first season is rated but it doesn't really get good until 3rd season. It is really good after that.
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The gold standard for Star Trek. A show of hope for humanity and built upon reason and diplomacy
Star Trek is best when the budget is limited, and the focus is on characters and dialogue.
Any episode of TNG can be built on 15 different topics that the show encompassed. All of which were important and earnest.
New Trek is about violence and marvel-esque villains.
I cannot sadly say I'm a Star Trek fan anymore as the show is unrecognizable. At Least Voyager and Enterprise tried to keep with Roddenberry's vision of hope for mankind.
Incredible show. Glance at a viewing guide if you are starting it for the first time. The show really starts at S2-3, but S1 is important.
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I like the old "Star Trek" better than the new. I also think the new show is somewhat boring and derivative. ... The new "Star Trek" tries to make the characters "realistic," and they turn out to be unbreakably plastic. [3 Jun 1988]
The crew of the new Starship Enterprise doesn't seem as intriguingly colorful as the original bunch. ... "Star Trek" aims to fill the eye and engage the mind; it has a long way to boldly go at both. But the new beginning is not without its rejuvenating properties, and there's nothing else on the air quite like it. [3 Oct 1987]
The new cast is fine (Stewart is a very interesting actor) and the story, although not very deep, inspired or mind-melding, has a nice payoff. But getting there takes much too long. ... Although handsome, this is a slow, thudding two hours badly in need of energizing.
On this initial voyage, the Enterprise and its new crew simply fail to take flight. [5 Oct 1987]
The ... special effects are impressive enough and the cast is likeable, so maybe it will catch on with new and old fans. But for character development and true excitement, Bowling for Dollars is more interesting. [1 Oct 1987]
One of the most important pieces of art in human history. Star Trek: The Next Generation is phenomenal.
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Best tv show ever. better as it goes alongit's every characters is iconic. the Enterprise D is a beautiful design.
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This Starfleet sets the age of the lap of luxury. A galaxy class starship full of famlies travelling in comfort. Considering the danger of the known and the unknown? That made as much sense as sending a cruise liner with guns to hostile and dangerious waters. Though as a plot device with famlies onboard it should of allowed for many more possible interactions beyond the regular command crew. The thing is they never really did anything with the family option beyond Wes character.
As for the crew well the Captain, First Officier and the Doctor are the least interesting/likeable characters this time around. The support staff like Worf, Jordie, Data added that much needed TOS comradery factor, but they are no Kirk, Spock and Mc'coy. Seriously the most interesting character was the non-emotional android lol.
World building wise TNG tends to wraps up things a bit to neatly and takes much of the magic and tension out of confronting the unknown. Also the techno babble is no replacement for good writing/story. Yeah TNG is fairly watchable, but not a all time classic say like DS9.
After a recent watch of the remastered edition of TOS in 2022 that show really highlights the flaws of TNG even more. Did nobody from TNG area read the TOS crew logs? Space is full of overpowering aliens/tech, lethal diseases, deadly spacial anomalies and KYS prime directive restrictions. In TNG the wife or hubby & kids now come for the ride!? Seriously how was that even a sensible idea? Watching TOS in current day has diminished TNG as a bit silly in concept with a lot more lazy writing problems. I would still take TNG over New Trek any day of the week though.
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Production Company:
- Paramount Television
Initial Release Date: Sep 26, 1987
Number of seasons: 7 Seasons
Rating: TV-14
Awards
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 18 Wins & 58 Nominations
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 8 Wins & 13 Nominations
Young Artist Awards
• 2 Wins & 7 Nominations
