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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
I still enjoy the original Star Trek because it was more thoughtful than, say, Lost In Space. I appreciated Star trek because it was less worried about action and worked social issues into its storytelling. It is similar to The Twilight Zone there and I still watch both.
I haven't watched Star Trek since TNG, aside from that awful J.J. Abrams movie. Is that a good example of the state of the franchise now? Have they abandoned the cerebral stuff for Star Wars spectacle and space battles?
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I don't know how the original Star Trek series got in here, but I'll bite. It's always been my favorite Star Trek Series. TNG was decent, but the Original Series shined. The writing was superb in the original series. Take my favorite episode, 'City on the Edge of Forever' written by Harlan Ellison (He finally won a 2009 lawsuit to get his due credit). The show won a Hugo Award for best dramatic presentation. (The show was filmed on the set of The Andy Griffith Show.) Then there was Balance of Terror, introducing Romulans. Then there was Trouble with Tribbles, also a Hugo nominee, and edged out by the winner City on the Edge of Forever. None of the ST series have had writing as good since then.