Writing in 2021, it is great to see that I am not the only person taking a retrospective look at Star Trek, the Next Generation. When this series was first released in 1987, a little less than twenty years after the end of the Original Series, many people thought that, without Captain Kirk and his crew, it couldn't really be Star Trek. However, original creator Gene Roddenberry, was fully invested in the casting, writing and overall look of the new series, so let's see how it shaped up:
This is an excellent, classic science fiction story written by alumni Diane Duane and Michael Reaves, with input from Gene Roddenberry himself. (If only modern Trek writers would take note). The vignettes of the Terror at the End of the Universe are extremely well realised, NOT IN SPITE OF but perhaps BECAUSE OF limitations of budget and special effects. (if only modern Trek producers would take note).
Eric Menyuk as the mysterious Traveller and Stanley Kamel as his hapless sidekick, Kosinski play extremely well against each other and we are introduced to the concept of Wesley Crusher as a teenaged mathematical genius. OK, so not many people were all that thrilled at the time to have such a smart-ass kid on the bridge of the Enterprise but actor Will Wheaton has grown up to become such a genuine, warm hearted adult that we have completely forgiven him.
(Senior Trekker scores every episode with a 5)
This is an excellent, classic science fiction story written by alumni Diane Duane and Michael Reaves, with input from Gene Roddenberry himself. (If only modern Trek writers would take note). The vignettes of the Terror at the End of the Universe are extremely well realised, NOT IN SPITE OF but perhaps BECAUSE OF limitations of budget and special effects. (if only modern Trek producers would take note).
Eric Menyuk as the mysterious Traveller and Stanley Kamel as his hapless sidekick, Kosinski play extremely well against each other and we are introduced to the concept of Wesley Crusher as a teenaged mathematical genius. OK, so not many people were all that thrilled at the time to have such a smart-ass kid on the bridge of the Enterprise but actor Will Wheaton has grown up to become such a genuine, warm hearted adult that we have completely forgiven him.
(Senior Trekker scores every episode with a 5)