#Star Trek the next generation

[overseer-picard]

I know we beat the "seasons are only 10 episodes now and it sucks" dead horse on the daily but another thing we lost when we stopped making the 24 episode 1 hour drama was the freedom to be narratively risky.

Star Trek, The X Files, and Doctor Who are great examples of this since they had the sandbox of Sci-Fi to play with. There are so many amazing, mind bending, soul stretching episodes that were teetering on the edge of flop or flying and through bold writing they didn't just fly but catapulted into the stratosphere of iconic. These episodes changed expectations and genre boundaries of what Sci-Fi could be for years to come.

We don't get episodes like this anymore because these new shows cannot afford the risk of a flop. The weekly episodic story structure that was once the foundation of television has been abandoned by Hollywood. The beautiful thing about this "simplistic" structure is that it provides a narrative safety net. You can take a risk and afford the miss because you can have a clean slate next week. You can't do that with continual narrative structures where only one story is being told over ten episodes (note to add: both structures are valuable, but total abandonment of one in favor of the other is detrimental).

These production companies gleefully hold the metaphorical gun of cancellation to the writer's heads and this actively ensures that stories are as safe as possible. This is creatively devastating, and ironically, guarantees catastrophic failure of shows. Safety is a bland cage.

Of course, the production think-tanks can't possibly take responsibility for their suffocating creative control so they blame the audiences for *checks notes* being on their phones too much, not subscribing enough, paying too little for ads, being too vocal online, not being vocal enough, being too demanding, being too liberal, being too conservative, whatever it takes to say "these failures are not our fault, you're just bad audiences".

Now, there are the episodes that did flop, but they flopped so spectacularly that we have entire days celebrating them decades later. These episodes took massive risks and instead of trying to back away from that creative intensity, these writers-of-old stepped up to bat, acknowledged they probably didn't have the screen-time to truly flesh out these concepts but by God they were going to try, and then hit so hard they shattered the bat. Sure they lost the game, but wow, what a thing to witness.

When I invariably get asked what my least favorite episodes of Star Trek are, I can't even remember because a "bad" episode to me is one that's simply forgettable.

There is no greater crime in the realm of artistic creation than being aesthetically beige and mind numbingly forgettable and yet for the past 15 years 8 out of 10 productions seem to be repeat offenders of exactly this.

#star trek tos #star trek the next generation #star trek ds9 #doctor who #txf #television #analysis #just some thoughts

[mostly-natm]

Take a minute with Mr. Data in the Holodeck!

Still frame under the cut!

#star trek #star trek tng #tng #star trek the next generation #the next generation #data soong #geordi la forge #spot the cat #star trek data #star trek geordi #star trek spot #daforge #gif #tumblr and their gif quality 😬💛✨ #I’m trying to tell myself it looks charming! #this entire post is based off of a dream I had a few weeks ago 🥺💛✨ #it came to me fully formed! I think it’s because I’ve been working on slowing down and being present #hence…having to slow down for a whole minute to watch the gif in its entirety!

[atarial]

update with all my crew pics so far :D i'm so happy with how they're all turning out and looking together, glad i restarted this series

got plans to add at least 4 more (disco, lower decks, voyager and enterprise) so this project is not done yet

#my art #star trek #star trek the original series #star trek the next generation #star trek deep space nine #star trek alternate original series #star trek kelvin timeline #star trek strange new worlds #TOS #TNG #DS9 #AOS #SNW

[m1lky-joe]

Geordi LaDrip

#star trek #star trek fanart #star trek art #star trek the next generation #geordi star trek #geordi laforge #star trek geordi #geordi la forge #geordi tng #digital art

[vorta-vortex]

Worf: I have never been in a snowball fight before. I don't know the rules. Geordi: huh? Worf: Is there a point system or is it to the death?

#tng worf #lieutenant worf #worf rozhenko #worf #geordi laforge #st tng #star trek next gen #star trek the next generation

[cosmonautroger]

Jean-Luc Picard, Star Trek The Next Generation

#Jean-Luc Picard #Star Trek The Next Generation

[changbin69]

#data #data cute moments #<- i think im just gonna post all the clips i record under this #i record too many #hes so moe #also this is my first watch if anyones wondering so this is real time fangirling #data soong #star trek #star trek the next generation

[spacedocmom]

Doctor Beverly Crusher @SpaceDocMom Rest is not a reward. You cannot "earn" it. You need it to live. It is essential for your physical and mental health. Get more rest and stop treating it like a sticker. If you need reward stickers, come to my office, I will give you stickers. But REST. emojis: black heart, blue heart, masked, spoon, unicorn 4:32 PM · May 10, 2024

#star trek #doctor crusher #star trek the next generation #star trek memes #star trek tng #kindness #support #care #compassion #rest #get some rest #reward stickers #spoons #spoonies

[gallwithapall]

Gang Its my 22nd birthday, and I got a star trek mystery box, fucking LOOK AT THIS SHIT OKAY CAUSE THIS IS PHENOMENAL (it's like an 8 items or more for £25 which, is a fucking STEAL BECAUSE WOW) i feel like a proper fan now,

AND A FUCKING NECKLACE WITH SPOCKS QUOTE?!

Currently sobbing

#star trek #star trek the next generation #st voyager #sulu #tos spock #tos star trek #tos bones #st tos #star trek voyager #star trek the original series #star trek sulu #brent spiner #data tng #star trek data #star trek brent spiner #data soong #star trek tng #tng cast #st tng #tos #tos sulu

[beverlygifs]

Star Trek: The Next Generation [3x24 "Ménage-à-Troi"]

#gates mcfadden #star trek #beverly crusher #gates #mcfadden #beverly #crusher #star trek the next generation #star trek tng #the next gen #the next generation #dr crusher #dr beverly crusher #wesley crusher #wil wheaton

[fluxationsart]

I started watching Star Trek TNG

#data soong #data star trek #star trek #star trek the next generation #star trek tng #star trek fanart

[overseer-picard]

One small perk of no one caring about Star Trek novels is that bookstores tend to throw the new ones on the shelves weeks early.

#star trek the next generation #ds9 #Star trek books #garak #picard #Dayton ward

[manmadedonut]

Q is so gay for picard its disgustingly obvious

#qcard #q star trek #jean luc picard #star trek tng #star trek the next generation #star trek #'I NEED YOU' says picard #q: #ALLLLRIGHT FINEEE ILL GIVE YOU WHAT YOU WANT #i love their dynamic tbh

[mostly-natm]

WIP!

#star trek #star trek tng #tng #star trek the next generation #the next generation #data soong #geordi la forge #star trek data #star trek geordi #daforge #I still have quite a bit of work to do on it! #but now I have to go celebrate my birthday with my friends so I leave you with this! ☺️💛✨

[ksksdldndkfn]

#star trek #doodles #star trek the next generation #star trek tng #oopsie daisy #data tng #daforge #geordie la forge #geordi star trek #geordi la forge #cringe #:3

[trekkie-polls]

There’s a lot of characters in star trek, and therefore a lot of moms! I often try to include most series, but this time snw, prodigy, and ent didn’t get an example. And, I left one of my own favorites off - K’ehleyr, Alexander’s mom. I’m sorry if I left your favorite off.

Also note that - like real life - sometimes Star Trek parents make bad choices, and it’s ok to have a variety of feelings about that. Some people may find some mistakes understandable and others may not.

#star trek #poll #star trek poll #trekkie polls #tng #star trek the next generation #ds9 #star trek deep space nine #tos #star trek the original series #voy #star trek voyager #Voyager #disco #discovery #star trek discovery #lower decks #star trek lower decks #picard #star trek picard #Data is spot’s mom #ack I got Kirayoshi’s name wrong! so sorry!