a5c7b9f00b Set decades after Captain Kirk's five-year mission, a new generation of Starfleet officers set off in a new Enterprise on their own mission to go where no one has gone before. Set in the 24th century and decades after the adventures of the original crew of the starship Enterprise, this new series is the long-awaited successor to the original <a href=">Star Trek (1966). Under the command of Captain Jean-Luc Picard, the all new Enterprise NCC 1701-D travels out to distant planets to seek out new life and to boldly go where no one has gone before. Decades after Kirk's five-year-mission(that only lasted three... oops), a new crew(you might say that they're the "next generation"... eh? Eh?) is travelling space in a new Enterprise(it was evidently a bad move to call it the same as the original, because Trekkies responded(at first) with the indignant fury that only hardcore nerds and pious religious folk can muster). They are led by the seemingly chronically bald Stewart(no, even in the future, a cure has not been discovered... however, apparently no one will care) as the calm and diplomatic Captain Picard, with the charming Frakes as his more action-driven(there are very well-done sequences of that here) second-in-command(and the one who takes over for the Shat in teaching alien women to love), with the smokin' hot Sirtis as the empathic "counselor"(read: therapist and mind-, er, emotion-reader) Troi(with an utterly indeterminable accent), Spiner(who does amazing work here) replacing Spock as the "not quite human, albeit looking darn much like one" regular, as Data, the android that *desperately* wants to be exactly like us, who yearns to properly "feel", Burton as the slightly socially awkward techie, Geordi, perpetual bad-ass Dorn as the Klingon warrior Worf who... well, I'm not sure what the heck they have him doing(my theory is that they hired him, then realized they had nothing for him to do, but they didn't dare fire him. I don't blame them), and McFadden as the kind if also at times pragmatic Dr. Crusher(yes, ouch), who, unfortunately, brought along her intolerable kid, Wesley(who goes back and forth between being the whiz kid and the one who asks the questions that the dumbest audience members might want to). They go on many adventures, exploring themes and psychology, treating important subjects(as with all science fiction, perhaps all of ST, this is greatest when it's relatable, based on something you can understand, and compare to reality properly) with just the right amount of subtlety that viewers don't turn it off, and that the impact is not lost. There are countless great guest stars, including frequent appearances by a surprisingly good Whoopi Goldberg. The characters remain the best aspect, and there is an appropriate amount of self-irony about the ones that need it. Casting is spot-on and acting is spectacular for the most part(John DeLancie as Q is priceless). It is no longer a futuristic Western, we are now in pure sci-fi territory. Like TOS, there is food for thought, we get techno-babble(the viewers still have to figure out stuff from piecing together what the different technology does and how it works), misogynism, arrogance, heavy-handedness, and, well, Roddenberry(R.I.P.) clearly didn't get less naive with age, as this adds socialism to the condescension and better-knowing(seriously, you can practically sense the raised, wagging index finger), without taking the consequence of it, with big holes... this is very much a utopian view of the future. The tone is different, and there is an emphasis on continuity. When this works, and that is the majority of the time, it is smart, sweet, funny or all of the above. We're blessed with higher production values, with less corners cut and enough FX that it is easy to tell what's going on. This is especially the case from the second season(when changes for the better were made, relating to make-up, cinematography and such... the exposition gets an increase in smoothness, as well; you can really tell when it begins) and onwards, and from the third, this *really* got to be excellent; it found its voice. The writing can be really tight. There are missed opportunities, plots that could have been followed up on. Among the episodes are *perfect* ones. The ending is fairly satisfying. Oh, and teen problems and emo does *not* belong in this franchise. There is disturbing content, mild to moderate violence and relatively direct, if not graphic, sexuality in this. The DVDs come with special features, and these tend to be well-done, informative and contain cool anecdotes. I recommend this to any fan of the genre. There are far worse ways to spend hours of your life. 8/10 This is, in my opinion, the greatest series of Star Trek there was, mainly because Gene was still alive for most of it. The graphics aren't the greatest, in comparison to what we have now, however, they aren't nearly as bad as the ones in ToS. All in all, this is an excellent series. I suggest watching it all. <a href="/name/nm0001420/">DeForest Kelley</a> appeared asin <a href="/title/tt0094030/">Encounter at Farpoint (1987)</a>.<br/><br/><a href="/name/nm0000559/">Leonard Nimoy</a> appeared asin <a href="/title/tt0708835/">Unification I (1991)</a> and <a href="/title/tt0708836/">Unification II (1991)</a>. His appearance was tied to the release of the film <a href="/title/tt0102975/">Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)</a>.<br/><br/><a href="/name/nm0501697/">Mark Lenard</a> appeared asin <a href="/title/tt0708769/">Sarek (1990)</a> and <a href="/title/tt0708835/">Unification I (1991)</a>.<br/><br/><a href="/name/nm0001150/">James Doohan</a> appeared asin <a href="/title/tt0708764/">Relics (1992)</a>.<br/><br/><a href="/name/nm0000854/">Majel Barrett</a> appeared as(nearly all episodes) and(8 episodes) in <a href="/title/tt0092455/">Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)</a>.<br/><br/><a href="/name/nm0611707/">Diana Muldaur</a> who appeared asin episode <a href="/title/tt0708433/">Is There in Truth No Beauty? (1968)</a> and asin episode <a href="/title/tt0708445/">Return to Tomorrow (1968)</a> of <a href="/title/tt0060028/">Star Trek (1966)</a>, appeared as , a recurring character, in most episodes of season 2 of <a href="/title/tt0092455/">Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)</a>, replacing(<a href="/name/nm0000533/">Gates McFadden</a>) as Chief Medical Officer. <ul><li>The state of war with the Klingons was effectively ended in 2293 by the Kithomer Accord, as seen in <a href="/title/tt0102975/">Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)</a>. An uneasy peace with the Federation remains, as there were still frequent skirmishes with the Klingons over time. The Klingon Empire remained an independent government outside of the Federation.</li></ul><br/><br/><ul><li>Around 2300, the cooperation that existed between Klingons and Romulans since the 23rd century started to gradually degrade, perhaps fueled by the weakened state of the Klingons following the Praxis Incident, and their subsequent willingness to reconcile with the Federation.</li></ul><br/><br/><ul><li>An event known as the Tomed incident occurred in 2311. Although details were never provided, known facts suggest that it concerned a violation of the Romulan Neutral Zone, involvement of cloaked ships, and the death of thousands of lives, both Romulan and Federation. It led to the Treaty of Algeron, which reaffirmed the Neutral Zone as a no-fly zone and prohibited the Federation from developing cloaked vessels. The treaty also ceased virtually all dialogue between the Romulans and the Federation for the next 50 years.</li></ul><br/><br/><ul><li>In 2344, the Romulans attacked a Klingon outpost on Narendra III. It is unknown what sparked the incident, but the intervention of the Enterprise-C, a Federation vessel, despite being destroyed in the battle, was perceived as particularly honourable by the Klingons. As a result, relations with the Klingons improved drastically. About two years later, Romulans attacked the Klingon outpost at Kithomer (possibly over a territorial dispute) and killed nearly all inhabitants, leading to the start of the Romulan-Klingon war around the 2350s.</li></ul><br/><br/><ul><li>In 2363, the Enterprise-D was launched.</li></ul><br/><br/><ul><li>In 2364, Jean-Luc Picard assumed command of the Enterprise-D and a continuing mission of space exploration is started.</li></ul> It takes place from 2364-2370 A.D. 95 years after the events of the original TV series, 94 years after the events of the animated series, & 71 years after the events of the Undiscovered Country movie.
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