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[Sailor Steve]

So Star Trek has become the subject of debate again. I guess I have to say something as well.

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

Confirming that Star Trek is the second stupidest thing that I have ever seen.

Star Trek was a product of its time. Shows like Rawhide and particularly Wagon Train were among the favorites of the period, and ST was designed to follow that pattern. At the time Trek was considered revolutionary. As for the acting, I think the real reason William Shatner gets so much flak is that people today have forty years of comedians making fun of him. Watch something like The Outrage, and he's fine. I recently rewatched the original series, and he's fine. Of course I watched it when it first aired, and I was sixteen at the time, and it was, as I said earlier, revolutionary.

Not long ago I watched Boston Legal, and he's not only fine, he's great.

Next Generation: I thought they tried to hard to make a better Trek and ended up trying even harder, and the harder they tried the worse it got. The only episode I ever enjoyed was the last show of season 1, with the Star Fleet bigwigs taken over by the alien bugs. Other than that, where the original series had truly great episodes, and some truly awful ones, Next Generation managed to have consistently mediocre shows.

Deep Space Nine: More of the same. I couldn't watch past the first season. I've been told that later on they got a lot better, but by then I could no longer bring myself to watch it.