Awesome
I cant really say anything about this show that doesn't make this show
awesome. I like every show as much (almost) and it has some kind of
magic that some of the movies don't have. <br><br>The special effects are very good from the second season and the acting
is very good, near perfect from everybody on the show. <br><br>I am sure that this show will always be in the memory of people as the
best or second best Star Trek show. Sometimes I cant understand people
who are afraid to like them like my friend and my brother. They are
afraid to like so they don't watch it. <br><br>I will always love this show more than any of the movies or other Star
Trek show and I can say that I am proud of being a Trekkie.
Star Trek The Next Generation Complete SeriesA "bold" start for a new generation
The Star Trek franchise is most often associated with The Original
Series - ironically, a short-run franchise which only lasted a few
seasons. To me, the truly defining series of Star Trek is Star Trek:
The Next Generation, and its stellar cast. Although I am personally not
a "Trekkie" or an obsessive fan, I have always appreciated Trek as a
vision of the future that is not altogether common science fiction - a
utopian view of the universe not often held by modern science fiction.
Although I am a huge fan of the "darker" sci fi series (like Battlestar
Galactica and the like), ST: TNG is the show that really got me into
science fiction in the first place, along with Star Wars.<br><br>The show's new cast is, as I said before, stellar. Captain Jean-Luc
Picard is portrayed by Patrick Stewart, a renowned Shakespearean actor
with a talent for acting in all sorts of roles, with an Oxbridge
education and refined British sense of taste (even though he plays a
Frenchman on the show, oddly enough - Q even mockingly refers to him as
"mon capitaine"). Commander William Riker, the second in command, is
played by Jonathan Frakes, an exceptional director as well as actor,
who time and time again shows that he is a master of the set. Various
others, including Greco-British actress Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner as
Data the android, and Michael Dorn as Worf, the Klingon, bring their
own sets of talent to the bridge, as it were.<br><br>The purpose of the show is almost identical to The Original Series -
the Enterprise is on a (vaguely unspecified length of time) mission to
explore the Beta Quadrant for new civilizations and worlds, and to
explore new phenomena wherever they encounter them. They make friends,
and many enemies, including the militaristic, praetorian Romulans, the
Cardassians, and most strikingly, the most powerful enemy of Star Trek
to date, the Borg, a ruthless collective of consciousnesses housed in a
Hive foundation. The show tackles concepts like secession (with the
Maquis), sexuality, xenophobia, and even individualism. Not only does
it serve as a purposeful view of the future, it also allows us to view
our faults and show how shameful our weaknesses are and that we can
move past them.<br><br>A great show, worthy of extreme praise. 9/10
the Next Generation Complete Series
