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Old 01-22-2006, 12:57 PM   #23
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Originally Posted by YOUR Hero
TNG, while great, is too pussified.
Star Trek in general is flavorless. Roddenberry knew his shit, but the characters are either too B-Movie, too Tolkien (ST:TNG is a good example), or just plain uninteresting.

Basically, Trek is big only because it's the first, it's the franchise, and fanboys will watch it no matter how shitty it gets. See, also, the folks who wanted to save Enterprise.

Farscape gets points for being the most imaginative of the bunch. Bab 5 gets points for the crafting of a brilliant story. And Stargate...Well, it's fucking Stargate.

I initially avoided BSG because Iwas turned off by the miniseries. The real problem is that while it was a good story, it suffered from horrible editing and an inability to tell astory that felt like it filled 3-ish hours. Felt like it could have been told in about half the time.

Having seen more of the series now, I can easily say that it's a solid series. I don't think it beats out Stargate or B5 or Farscape, but it's a well crafted story with solid execution. I also never watched the original series, so I'm judging it off the cuff. I saw the movie once, but it was when I was still young and I have no memory of it.
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