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Post A Reply Login Name: Password: Message: HTML is enabled. UBB Code™ is enabled. [QUOTE]Originally posted by Dukhat: [QB] Of course, at the time, TNG didn't need to be brilliant, striking, or daring. All it had to be was a sequel to TOS. This all goes back to the argument about just why TNG was such a hit. Because like Middy states, it wasn't very thought-provoking, could have been better, etc. It was a hit because the last time a Star trek series was on the air, women were wearing beehive hairdos. The success of the movies made it crystal clear that there was a good enough fanbase to warrant making a new show. Realizing this, however, TPTB knew that they didn't have to "wow" people, they just had to produce something that the fans would watch. And that's what they did. They got away with rehashing old scripts and remaking old characters into new ones (i.e. Riker/Troi=Decker/Ilia, Data=Spock, etc.) But that didn't matter to us, because it was "THE NEW STAR TREK!," and we wanted to see it. These days, however, it is obvious that that same type of rehashing cannot be done anymore for TPTB to expect fans to keep watching. [/QB][/QUOTE]

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