It's so bizarre to read this in the present, knowing how incredible TNG was, but I get it - the original crew WAS Star Trek to them.
The dedicated fans revived this series in syndication, well after it had gone off the air in 1969, and felt attached to the characters that they had obsessed over between then and the 1980s. Like modern fans, they thought that departure from what they knew would ruin it.
I wish I could go back in time and tell them that TNG is going to rock.
Levar already looking blind in his photo, he must've been researching the role
Might be wrong but I think they used a picture of Bronson Pinchot instead of Brent Spiner. Now I really wanna see Data acting like Balki from Perfect Strangers.
Leave it to the founder of Wendy's to do a Star Trek hit piece
Whoa, what a weird career path.
The perspective is interesting and enlightening. For me, TNG was MY Star Trek. The first episode aired when I was 5 years old and I watched every episode with my dad over the seven year run.
Part of me grew up on the Enterprise D!
I got into Trek only a few years ago. My son was curious and wanted to watch a few episodes of TNG. It was pretty captivating.
Apparently the most recognisable name was Levar Burton, being in Roots and Reading Rainbow.
That's some tasty retro-nerdiness.
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