It was transparent at the time, kinda cringey actually.
At least ToS focused more on the Greek morality play part, though it had cringe transparent moments too.
There’s a fine line between exploring ideas and preaching, so I tend to give them some leeway - but damn if TnG didn’t rub me the wrong way from the start with the stupid costumes.
Fair take. Trying to include a moral lesson is like walking a tightrope: it’s cool when it feels like a natural part of the story or world-building, but it’s sooo cringy when it feels like a direct lecture from the writers to you.
TNG does get more subtle, but it also does have occasional moments that practically feel like He-Man turning to camera at the end of the show to tell you why drugs are bad or crime doesn’t pay.
The “drugs are bad” speech from Symbiosis is cringey-funny. But then you get the terrorism conversation from The High Ground that makes you expect another cringe speech, but then it gets really good and controversial, all of a sudden. TNG S3 is the season with the best writing!
More like grasping at anything to be progressive.
It was transparent at the time, kinda cringey actually.
At least ToS focused more on the Greek morality play part, though it had cringe transparent moments too.
There’s a fine line between exploring ideas and preaching, so I tend to give them some leeway - but damn if TnG didn’t rub me the wrong way from the start with the stupid costumes.
Fair take. Trying to include a moral lesson is like walking a tightrope: it’s cool when it feels like a natural part of the story or world-building, but it’s sooo cringy when it feels like a direct lecture from the writers to you.
TNG does get more subtle, but it also does have occasional moments that practically feel like He-Man turning to camera at the end of the show to tell you why drugs are bad or crime doesn’t pay.
The “drugs are bad” speech from Symbiosis is cringey-funny. But then you get the terrorism conversation from The High Ground that makes you expect another cringe speech, but then it gets really good and controversial, all of a sudden. TNG S3 is the season with the best writing!
Yeah, I’ll take a handful of eye rolls for seasons and seasons of some of the best TV ever. (I may be a tad biased)
The fact that you’re triggered by this says a lot.