The interesting thing to me about ST:TNG is how it failed to update the original series, and how it reconstructed itself. The success of TOS can be largely attributed to the lightning-in-a-bottle chemistry between Kirk, Spock and McCoy. Without those actors, in those roles... https://twitter.com/JoeWChristman/status/1208058936839958529 …
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...the series would be forgotten, like "Time Tunnel" (what? exactly) TNG tried the same formula. The problem was, Picard had a fantastic actor with immense presence. Troi and Riker...did not. The chemistry wasn't there; Patrick Stewart had to carry the whole thing.
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used to watch time tunnel back in the early 2000s when i still had cable. good show.pic.twitter.com/yJYPWTfwfs
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LOLLLLLLL! (caught that one, intermittently, while it was airing)
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the only thing i really remember, besides erin grey's outfit, was the one with the scrawny little hitman from a high-g planet who confesses that back home he worked as a librarian.
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I remember: * s1e1 which was cool * rest of s1 was ... fine * s2 totally changed the formula, added a "space system of the week" Trek formula and ... a hawk -man with feathers for hair (WTF ??!?!)pic.twitter.com/u0ItN7LdN2
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also, there's a very weird "sexy disco" version of the intro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BINijYepahA … I repeat: LOL WTF?
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But does anyone remember Jason of Star Command?
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did that have a floating asteroid space station? I saw like half of one episode ... including something about time passing at different rates for different people
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<wikipedia> so apparently Jason was a spin off of Space Academy ?pic.twitter.com/cZ0CBIG8vN
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Apparently, although I'm not familiar with Space Academy
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