From: W.O. Khan <Charles_Laine@CCIS.BAYLOR.EDU>
Subject: My Opinion
Organization: Baylor University
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Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 20:11:19 GMT
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( maybe a spoiler or two below.  I'm not sure at this point because I'm
fixing to bitch, and I haven't decided what I'm going to say yet)


In the spirit of r.a.s.c.... 






















The following is a 'stream of consciousness' rambling.  beware.

TNG sucks.  I HATE EVERY EPISODE.  Based on my own infinite wisdom, I
have created a scale from 1 to 10 in which everyone will agree with,
because I know best.  All episodes should be rated no higher than 2. 
Also, my plot synopsis and episode ratings speak for everyone.  The way I
see it is the way you should see it.... Garbage.  Trash.  Rubbish with no
basis in fact or the spirit of "true" science fiction.

And you, Tim Lynch.  You're too nice.  How could you give any episode
such good ratings as a 5.  I am outraged.  Your views are far too
liberal.  

Back to TNG.  There are too many plot holes, scientific falsehoods,
inconsistencies from episode to episode, bad acting, poor lighting,
crummy music, a pacifist Captain (who now, by the way, wants to commit
genocide on an entire species (aw, to hell with spoiler warnings.  We
don't really care about unrevealed plots anyway.  All we're interested in
is flaw finding and nit-picking.  And that goes for the get-a-lifers
too.), an OTR counselor who's beam into other people's souls is becoming
quite annoying, a sentient android(give me a break), and worst of
all... the worst story writing to come down the pike since Dr Who.

I no longer watch TNG these days for entertainment or escape.  No, oh no.
 That would be a waste of my precious talents as an expert analyst as to
what is good or bad for the collective audience of Trek watchers.  No...
these days, I watch Trek at my desk.  I have a notepad at the ready so I
can jot down every minutiae of insignifia.  If a character's skin tone is
off, I jot it down.  If a character's hair 'sticks up' more than usual it
is noted.  If someone speaks with a different inflection or dialect, it
is noted (sensers - sensohrs).  If there are two suns in the sky but only
one set of shadows, it will certainly be put forth to you.  If Saturn is
backlight and sound travels through space and Data says a contraction and
French people sound like the Brits and Crusher's hair goes from red to
orange and back to red and the Borg say "I" and if the Captain is 'good'
with children and if Worf grows a new spine and if monkeys fly out of Q's
butt, it will be noted.  Everyone must know the flaws inherent in TNG. 
We must see it for the filth it really is.  If we as individuals just sit
back on our hardy laurels, trek may become accepted as good SciFi. 
People may actually start to believe that this is the best it can get. 
No.  We must fight for our rights as fans of true science fiction.  We
must oppose this blight of poor writing and sub-standard television with
every thing we can muster.   We must demand that every currently known
scientific fact must be utilized for TV to be considered true 'SF'.  None
of this knees bent, running about, warp 9 advancing behavior.  What I
want to see in deep space exploration is a bunch of people fighting
calcium loss in their bones due to zero gravity.  Also, a good subject
would be the dilemma of radiation exposure inherent in space voyages.  We
could also have disaster episodes.  Someone could 'take a shower' and
floating water beads could come in contact with some electrical
equipment.  Wouldn't that be exiting.

This whole bit about saving the world each week and a utopian future
makes me want to yak.  We are expected to believe each week that this
crew of near-perfect humans goes to hell back with no long term effects
on anybody.  Examples...  Picard: human then borg then human, Picard then
Kamen(sp) then Picard again;  Worf: spine shattered then magically
regenerated, broken neck then fixed by transfiguration dude;  Troi:
soul-beam goes out then comes back;  Pulaski:  young then old then young;
Data: head, no head, head;  Riker: exxon experience, neural virus nearly
eats brain but is eradicated, dies in Yesterday's Enterprise but is still
alive; and a Tasha that wont go away.

I just got tired of typing.