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Why were the TOS movies better than the TNG movies? (startrek.website)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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(Not including the reboot trilogy as that's a different altogether topic)

I was recently in a mood to binge the first ten Star Trek films as I hadn't seen any of them in several years, and I notice that the TOS films are better than the TNG films. Which is weird because when it comes to the tv series, I far prefer TNG and its spin-offs over TOS but when it came to the films, it's the opposite. I love First Contact, and like Generations but Insurrection and Nemesis are pretty bad IMO, whereas the only TOS film I truly dislike is V. (My favorites are IV and VI) Was wondering what others here thought, I think this may be the standard opinion in fact.

As for why they're better, I think for whatever reason the TOS movies feel more cinematic, whereas the TNG films were mostly trying to capture the TNG feeling and not as much be cinematic?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Reminding me of how much the TNG movies sucked actually makes me a bit less critical of the Picard series.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The first two seasons of Picard are far worse IMO

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Let's face it, apart from nostalgia, season 3 was also pretty bad. I couldn't believe they did the long-lost son thing for the third time (Kirk, then Picard, then Picard again), then did a bait-and-switch Borg thing which still doesn't make sense. It was nice to see some of the Enterprise D crew reunite and give the fans some closure, even if the writers ignored years of character development, in some cases.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Season 3 wasn't great, but it wasn't the surreal painful experience the first two seasons were. I'm not a fan of the series in general though