Have Viewers Changed Too Much?
Have the viewers changed too much for Star Trek? That's a not so simple question. And I'm curious what you think.
It seems to me that every season that goes by the posts I read on Trek message boards just get more and more hostile towards the show.
I'm sitting here recalling the various series and I can't grasp why people are just so hateful of the shows anymore.
I like Enterprise, Voyager was good too. DS9 gets the least heat of the series while TNG seems to be the overall favorite. In my opinion the first couple seasons of TNG were not that great. It just seems kinda of odd how no one connects Berman taking the reigns of TNG with when it started to get better.
I'm not saying that Berman is the sole reason, or for that matter, a part of the reason that TNG got better. It just seems like people don't want to think about that when Gene took a more back seat role, and Berman stepped up, TNG improved.
I guess it could be the "me too" scenario. The "keeping up with the jones'" if you will. Everyone bashes Trek so others do it too?
I don't know, I guess I'm in the minority that sits down to watch TV and is entertained by the story and not entertained by trashing the story later on the net.
"Get a life will you people? I mean, for crying out loud it's just a TV show! I mean look at you, look at the way you're dressed. You've turned an enjoyable little job that I did as a lark for a few years into a colossal waste of time. I mean how old are you people, what have you done with yourselves. You, you must be almost 30, have you ever kissed a girl?" - William Shatner on SNL