January 13, 2012

Star Trek: The Next Generation: Season One


Star Trek: The Next Generation: Season One (26 episodes), 1987-1988. A giant space ship flies around the galaxy, ostensibly exploring but usually running errands.

Created by Gene Roddenberry. Directed by Rob Bowman (5 episodes), Cliff Bole (3), Corey Allen (3), Paul Lynch (2), James L. Conway (2), Joseph L. Scanlan (2), Russ Mayberry (1), Richard Colla (1), Richard Compton (1), Michael Rhoades (1), Kim Manners (1), Mike Vejar (1), Les Landau (1), Win Phelps (1) & Robert Becker (1). Written by D.C. Fontana (5 episodes), Maurice Hurley (5), Gene Roddenberry (4), Robert Lewin (4), Herbert Wright (3), Tracy Tormé (3), Hannah Louise Shearer (3), John D.F. Black (2), Robert Sabaroff (2), Richard Manning (2), Hans Beimler (2), J. Michael Bingham (1), Katharyn Powers (1), Michael Baron (1), Richard Krzmeien (1), Diane Duane (1), Michael Reaves (1), Michael Halperin (1), Worley Thorne (1), Larry Forrester (1), C.J. Holland (1), Lan O'Kun (1), Patrick Barry (1), Michael Michaelian (1), Karl Geurs (1), Ralph Sanchez (1), Sandy Fries (1), Joseph Stefano (1), Deborah Dean Davis (1), Deborah McIntyre (1) & Mona Clee (1). Starring Patrick Stewart & Jonathan Frakes.

Concept: 4/4 (Great)
Story: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Characters: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Dialog: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Pacing: 3/4 (Good)
Cinematography: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Special effects/design: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Acting: 1/4 (Bad). There's a lot of very good acting sprinkled throughout, but mostly its awful.
Music: 1/4 (Bad)
Subjective Rating: 7/10 (Good, 3/4). Popcorn television. There's not much reason to like it. So much is badly done. There's not a single episode without at least one damning flaw. But I just love watching it.
Objective Rating (Average): 2.2/4 (Okay)

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