There’s plenty of Troi, Beverley and Geordie episodes in the mix, and worf episodes are typically excellent if few.
But I think the big three you mention dominate the story lines as they’re running things whenever a story isn’t about a particular crew member
daq2@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I think they did a better job than TOS did writing stories for the other crew members, but the last few TNG movies are basically the Picard and Data show
setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 1 year ago
There is a sharp divide between TNG and the TNG movies, in terms of quality and writing style.
In TNG, Data is most heavily paired with Geordi. However, he is paired with other characters or has his own isolated adventures. Pretty much all the main cast characters get the same. The movies are more, let’s politely say “streamlined” in how they treat characterization.
circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
I’ve always felt like the TOS movies were better than the TOS show, but the TNG show was better than the TNG movies.
My reasoning is: the TOS campiness was great, but the 2-3-4 trilogy especially highlighted the strengths of the cast, and the slightly more militaristic Starfleet actually worked (and don’t even get me started on them red uniforms… Mm). STVI is likely the best political story in the entirety of the TOS canon.
Meanwhile, TNG the show was tackling themes that TOS would have never touched. I suspect it actually may have a lot to do with the fact that the last few TOS movies and the TNG show were made at roughly the same time.
setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The TOS movies seemed like labors of love. The TNG movies seemed like chasing in on a brand name.
I don’t have specific examples on hand, but I do believe Patrick Stewart had a lot more clout and creative control in the TNG movies, and Stewart seems like he’s got an ego, and doesn’t care about the integrity or legacy of Picard as a character beyond being a vehicle for Stewart to either do the acting he wants, regardless of its appropriateness to TNG, or as an excuse to drive dune buggies around for fun.
cyd@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yeah, and the problem with the Picard and Data show is that those characters don’t really have a relationship, at least not an emotional connection like Kirk/Spock/McCoy. They basically just had a professional relationship, which was fine for the series. But in a movie narrative you have a very short amount of time to make the audience care about the main characters, and Picard/Data simply could not provide that emotional core.