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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 7596138" data-attributes="member: 22779"><p>Personally, I found the first season of DS9 to be middling at best. Far better than the original season of TNG, true, but, that's a pretty low bar. IMO, it took a season for DS9 to hit it's stride and it peaks about season 4 and then trails off after that, limping to a boring ending.</p><p></p><p>But, about TOS, I thought about adding it to the list, but, since there's only three seasons of TOS and the first is quite often presented as the strongest of the three (does anything think Spock's Brain season is the best <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> ) I left it off. Additionally, so many truly original ideas and the fact that everything they were doing was new grants them a lot of leeway IMO. </p><p></p><p>For example, there's a shipload of inconsistencies in TOS as they were actually trying to cement what things actually were. Is it Star Fleet or Space Command? Prime Directive or General Order 1. So on and so forth. </p><p></p><p>And, really, like you say about DS9 and Discovery, comparing a 1960's TV show to a modern one is difficult. Do we ignore the... ummm... artifacts of the time TOS was made or not? Enterprise was criticized for looking too "modern" but, should Discovery use fifty year old sets? Are we doing some sort of future Steampunk? So on and so forth. So, yeah, I'll leave TOS off the list for the simple fact that I don't have a good answer to any of those questions. It's like comparing Golden Age pulp SF to modern SF. Do we focus solely on plot or should we include the blatant racism and misogyny of the time? </p><p></p><p>Is a show still great if it makes me cringe every time it comes on?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 7596138, member: 22779"] Personally, I found the first season of DS9 to be middling at best. Far better than the original season of TNG, true, but, that's a pretty low bar. IMO, it took a season for DS9 to hit it's stride and it peaks about season 4 and then trails off after that, limping to a boring ending. But, about TOS, I thought about adding it to the list, but, since there's only three seasons of TOS and the first is quite often presented as the strongest of the three (does anything think Spock's Brain season is the best :) ) I left it off. Additionally, so many truly original ideas and the fact that everything they were doing was new grants them a lot of leeway IMO. For example, there's a shipload of inconsistencies in TOS as they were actually trying to cement what things actually were. Is it Star Fleet or Space Command? Prime Directive or General Order 1. So on and so forth. And, really, like you say about DS9 and Discovery, comparing a 1960's TV show to a modern one is difficult. Do we ignore the... ummm... artifacts of the time TOS was made or not? Enterprise was criticized for looking too "modern" but, should Discovery use fifty year old sets? Are we doing some sort of future Steampunk? So on and so forth. So, yeah, I'll leave TOS off the list for the simple fact that I don't have a good answer to any of those questions. It's like comparing Golden Age pulp SF to modern SF. Do we focus solely on plot or should we include the blatant racism and misogyny of the time? Is a show still great if it makes me cringe every time it comes on? [/QUOTE]
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