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I recall this being posted ad nauseum on r/startrek, and the comments were always full of people using it to dismiss any and all criticism of Discovery and/or Picard. Nice to see that not being rehashed here.
At least it reads like they were upset about diversity
I remember when it first aired. I was not a fan. Having re-watched the entire series in a loop since the first airing (I recorded the broadcasts on VHS), I can comfortably say that the first season is pretty shit. Once it finds its stride though...
I can heavily agree with that. The first season of TNG is kind of stinky. But once it gets going its unstoppable.
My feelings exactly.
I saw TOS when I was 9-10 years old and it was mindblowingly good compared to almost anything else you could see on TV at the time in my backwater country.
Few years later I learned that this new series TNG will start airing and I was very excited. My disappointment was endless when I saw the pilot.
I strongly disliked the general production aesthetics and Enterprise-D looked just stupid compared to the iconic original/refit Enterprise of TOS era. The characters felt so empty compared to the old crew and the first season scripts weren't so great, so I gave up on the series after seeing few episodes. This was in the early 90's.
15 years later I saw a few episodes from the later seasons and to my surprise found that they were good. So I watched the entire series and enjoyed it. I still prefer TOS and love the new SNW, there's something about the older era setting that just hits me in the feels.
Nostalgia is a powerful thing.
Really fond memories tend to hit the right Spock.
I watched it as an impressionable 6 year old and loved every minute of it, but yeah, watching through it again, the first season was rough.