Inner Light, definitely one of my favorite TNG episodes along with the "4 lights" episode but the title of that escapes me at the moment.
I absolutely love TNG, but I'm frequently confused at why they cast Marina Sirtis as Deanna Troi... at times she seems like the most wooden actor I've ever seen. I guess I've come to like her though.
It's funny to read ninny's bashing of most of the cast, and I agree to some extent, but my favorite episode happens to be "Remember Me," which happens to revolve all around Beverly Crusher - one of the least interesting characters involved with the most interesting premise I feel the show has ever done.
Well, maybe I was a bit too worked up when I brought it up, but you have to admit that half the crew on the Picard Enterprise was pretty lame. When you think 'best TNG episodes ever,' you're probably not going to cite a Geordi episode.
Picard and Data is really where it's at.
I think they all have pretty good episodes. Riker had an awesome episode where he found a double of himself that was created when trying to transport off a station. Geordi had a cool episode where Romulans controlled him through his visor to kill the Klingon. Troi had a few, like where she became a jealous bitch and aged 30 years in 2 days or whatever because of that weird dude. If I had to say I was truly disappointed in any one character, it would be Worf. He's supposed to be a badass warrior and he's constantly getting his shit pushed in. I never have any faith that he can protect anybody.
Maybe not one of the best episodes out of the series, but I recently watched the episode entitled "The Mind's Eye" (which focuses around Geordi La Forge) and man, was it great. Too often, stuff with Romulans gets pushed into ridiculous or pointless territory, but the idea of Romulans using a kidnapped La Forge to start a Federation-Klingon war AND working with a Klingon spy themselves... that's The Next Generation brilliance, my friends.When you think 'best TNG episodes ever,' you're probably not going to cite a Geordi episode.
(Presuming that you're speaking of the 2009-released Star Trek movie) I'd say that some might suit you and some might not; the greatest deciding factor will be, of course, the "style" of your SF fandom.I enjoy the Star Trek movie, will I like any of the television series or is the movie like Phantom Menace to Star Wars fans?
Watching the second to last episode of Enterprise right now on Netflix. I may be in the minority when I type this, but the fact it ended with only four seasons is criminal.
The Wiki mentions some of the plotlines that they had planned to explore.
The official Star Trek homepage has reported that IDW will be releasing not one, but three Star Trek-related comic books in the month of July. Honestly, I've never been too interested in franchise-based comic books, but with the chances of new television/motion picture Star Trek stories seemingly nowhere to be found or predictable in the near future, perhaps this might be worth the admission price.
--Then again, maybe not. One book puts the "new Kirk" group in the story of a TOS episode; another is a cross-over with Dr. Who; the third is a Tribbles-related story. I'm not sure how many fans feel the same way, but if one is going to make new stories, then I'd rather read ones which are not directly-based off of a story already made. (The best example would be an entirely new ship and crew, but I'll settle for returning characters and settings as long as the plot is not a shameless rehash.)