Star Trek, I'm afraid, has past its prime. I used to enjoy it a heck of a lot; I still do, in fact.
However, they've not had a decent script so far this millennium. Voyager had more potential than most shows do, but never even got close to realising it; all we got was endless episodes of "Evil Aliens™ try to kill/take over/eat Voyager and its crew", a particularly dull and rather dumb concept. Especially after 170+ episodes. Really, take any episode and that basic plot outline fits. It's sad, all those potentially good ideas and characters were wasted because of poor writing. Deep Space Nine finished strong; I really liked the combination of spiritualism and gritty militarism throughout the series. Enterprise, however, looked like a brilliant concept, but it's gone the way of Voyager, apparently. "Evil Alien™" scripts by the dozen, no attempt to be imaginative or creative or to do something original and new. Even the "alien" cultures are wholly derived from human concepts; there's nothing original about any of it. Enterprise, incidentally, isn't shown on public TV here anymore; the first season (not a bad one, actually) was all we got; now it's only available to Sky TV subscribers. A quick glance at outlines for upcoming episodes, though, reveals the less-than-startling truth that every episode now is just a variation on that lame, tired theme.
So yeah... Star Trek was once great, but it hasn't been anything special for years.
Well, that was a nice little rant, wasn't it?
I guess I'm just a bit annoyed that so many great ideas and prospects had to go down the toilet because the writers were too lazy to think of something creative and unique.
Star Wars has always been a pretty reliable source of lightweight fun, good action and a little bit of mysticism. Enjoyable, exciting, not especially profound or deep, but with good character development and interaction. At least, the original three films were like that, can't really say the same for The Phantom Menace. Haven't seen Episode II yet, but must do so one of these days.
The best moments in Star Trek come from its ability to examine and critique human beings, our personalities, motivations, history, strengths and weaknesses. In my opinion, that's always been their greatest strength. Khan, for example, was invented in the 60s, but it still a very relevant statement about greed, megalomania, and eugenics - as well as a brilliant 'bad guy'.
Originally posted by Dr Unne
some movies (KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAN) were good
