I'll raise my hand and say that I actually enjoyed all three seasons. I felt like 1 and 2 had a sense of melancholy at times, but that was welcome. Kind of felt right at that time in my life.
3 I really liked for the interpersonal relationships, and that sense of wonder in space.
7of9@startrek.website 5 months ago
Well, 1 and 2 both dealt with deep themes of grief and generational trauma … I appreciated that they tried to write a story with a deep meaning to it, even if it didn’t 100% work it was better than a lot of the recent things I’ve watched
astroPug@hachyderm.io 5 months ago
@7of9
Yes, I found it resonated with me.
I was a kid when I first watched TNG reruns, and things seemed safe and optimistic to me. It was also the nature of television to almost reset characters from episode to episode, no matter how difficult or traumatic the previous episode was. (An exception would be the episode where Picard mends fences with his brother and begins facing the trauma of having been assimilated.)
And I think that was good tv in its own right.
1/2
astroPug@hachyderm.io 5 months ago
@7of9
But Season 1 Picard took a different approach, and showed Picard dealing with past disillusionment (the loss of his career which was his purpose, et .) in a more long term manner. It wasn’t just gone. And to me, it made sense in the context of my own life. As I aged, I didn’t recover from past hurts quite as quickly either. But we work through it and grow, at any age, and I think that’s what Picard as a character did as well.
2/more
astroPug@hachyderm.io 5 months ago
@7of9
He’s a different person at that age, definitely more careful, and he’s older - and that’s ok. He still does good, reconnects (and makes up) with old friends, and dates. He’s doing pretty well!
Plus, he reminded Starfleet and the Federation a little of ideals.
All that, I found very hopeful and more effective as if neither Starfleet nor Picard had ever met failure.
Lol, sorry that was long!