steerpike opened this issue on Nov 25, 2004 ยท 42 posts
XENOPHONZ posted Thu, 25 November 2004 at 11:05 PM
It's interesting to note that the Wright brothers were convinced that within a few years of Kitty Hawk, the "aeroplane" would become a common means of private transportation. Everybody would have one.
I never was a TNG fan. I objected to the political correctness most of all: but I also found the techno-babble to be extremely irritating. The term "tachyon" was so over-used.........
Voyager made me ill. I only made it part way through the first episode. ((All of the aliens on the other side of the galaxy speaking perfect American-style English? Sure.)) But, once again, the primary offense for me lay in the infestation of PC-ism's throughout the series. Worthless junk.
Classic Trek was a Western in space. That's what made it work, junk science or not -- the stories.
Nowadays, everything has to be painfully PC. And the accompanying techno-babble is just an additional negative ingredient added into the mix.
No wonder the ratings keep getting lower.