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Fans reacting to the announcement of Star Trek: The Next Generation (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by to c/startrek@startrek.website
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It's so bizarre to read this in the present, knowing how incredible TNG was, but I get it - the original crew WAS Star Trek to them.

The dedicated fans revived this series in syndication, well after it had gone off the air in 1969, and felt attached to the characters that they had obsessed over between then and the 1980s. Like modern fans, they thought that departure from what they knew would ruin it.

I wish I could go back in time and tell them that TNG is going to rock.

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[–] 3 points 3 years ago (2 children)

@Hazdaz @BeigeAgenda the hippie vibe was part of the general campy tone those days - see The Man from U. N. C. L. E., Rowan and Martin's Laugh In, That Was The Week That Was, or The Wild Wild West for other variations on that theme. Hi-tech, Steampunk, SciFi, variety, news spoofs - all had similar tone

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    Oh I get that was the tone of shows back then. Get Smart was another one. It's just not my cup of tea for the most part.

    Of course the irony is that I think shows (especially movies) these days are too serious and I almost wish they were a little more fun and playful like they were back in the 60s/70s. Just as long as they don't go too silly.

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