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<blockquote data-quote="Blue_Kryptonite" data-source="post: 2707236" data-attributes="member: 10949">Thematic coherence. TOS, TNG, and DS9 appear to me to have as much in common as Holmes, Poirot, Wolfe, and Fletcher. The Trek series each involve a central government composed of multiple species wherein brave individuals in a specific profession (Starfleet) follow established tropes and storylines. However, the Federation of TOS does not behave like the Federation of TNG, which, although ostensibly set in the same universe, does not quite behave like the Federation in Ds9. That Federation is &quot;The United States&quot; or &quot;Scottland Yard&quot;. Its a name and broad outline, with each new series re-interpreting it for its genre. Internal series canon is self-contradictory at multiple points. Star Trek, in my opinion, is a specific genre. I think Ds9 and Voyager captured it, TNG and Enterprise not so much.Then again, I could be wrong. The Green Hornet was a relative of the Lone Ranger after all, despite the vastly different settings.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blue_Kryptonite, post: 2707236, member: 10949"] Thematic coherence. TOS, TNG, and DS9 appear to me to have as much in common as Holmes, Poirot, Wolfe, and Fletcher. The Trek series each involve a central government composed of multiple species wherein brave individuals in a specific profession (Starfleet) follow established tropes and storylines. However, the Federation of TOS does not behave like the Federation of TNG, which, although ostensibly set in the same universe, does not quite behave like the Federation in Ds9. That Federation is "The United States" or "Scottland Yard". Its a name and broad outline, with each new series re-interpreting it for its genre. Internal series canon is self-contradictory at multiple points. Star Trek, in my opinion, is a specific genre. I think Ds9 and Voyager captured it, TNG and Enterprise not so much. Then again, I could be wrong. The Green Hornet was a relative of the Lone Ranger after all, despite the vastly different settings. [/QUOTE]

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