PATRON Q&A - Star Trek TNG Season 1 Recap
Comment on this post a question you would like us to answer about season 1 of Star Trek TNG in our upcoming season 1 recap video.
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Comments (57)
Do you think Troi should wear a uniform with rank insignia, or do you prefer the catsuit?
Q grants you the powers of a member of the Q Continuum (as he did with Riker in episode 10). What would you do with those powers?
Please react to the Season 1 Blooper/Gag Reel.
After watching the season, why do you think Season 1 gets such a bad rap?
What is your favorite new alien race?
I am more familiar with season 1 than I am later seasons since the episodes were shown 2-3 times due to the writers strike. I am glad you liked them overall. Like I said, the building blocks of an exceptional series was there from the beginning. There will be other surprises in season 2, until season 3 settles in to the more familiar TNG that pop culture remembers.
What's a particular storyline you want explored for each main character?
Fantasy becomes a reality. The both of you gets zapped into an episode of TNG to fully experience as a crew member of the Enterprise, but all bets are off the table including the possibility of death. Which episode of season 1 do you choose to take this journey on?
Biggest badass fighter in season 1, like Kirk (oops TOS reference)?
Now that you are into your third version of Star Trek, does it feel more doable to see every bit of Star Trek or more daunting?
You've said that you'd like to see more of the characters when they are off-duty. How do you think the show could acheive this going into season two, then forward?
Is there anything about TNG that you think is an improvement on TOS era Star Trek?
Biggest hope that they DONT do in seasons 2-7?
If you had to serve on either Enterprise which crew do you think would be the best fit for you?
If you could replace one TNG character with a TOS character who would it be a d why?
If The Federation could be viewed as a kind of "main character", on a scale of one to ten, how has the show done so far presenting it in the 24th century?
Which 'guest star/character' do you expect might return in future TNG seasons from season 1?
Which of the ship designs introduced in season 1 do you hope to see more of?
Do you think TNG has suffered by not having a chief science officer (like Spock) or a regular chief engineer (like Scotty)?
Data was meant to be the Science Officer, and basically serves that function in most ways. They thought Brent Spiner in his Data makeup wouldn't "look right" in a blue uniform. So they gave him the title Operations Officer and put him in a gold uniform.
Special effects aside....what are your thoughts on the new Enterprise? (comparing the Enterprise from TOS to the Enterprise D?)
Who do you think destroyed the Federation and Romulan outposts along the neutral zone in the last episode?
Are there any episodes from season 1 that you feel like you want to watch again?
Do you have a favourite character yet?
What are your predictions for season 2?
Say another character gets an embarrassing relative dropping by like Deanna, who do you pick?
What's been most surprising about TNG compared to your exoectations after TOS?
Who are your favorite guest star characters?
What is your least favourite episode and why?
What are your hopes for season 2 now that you have seen season 1 in its entirety?
Simple question, but which character do you expect/hope for the most growth from going forward..not necessarily your season 1 favorite.
If there was a story or character (main or guest) from TOS you could bring forward or revisit within TNG, which would it be and why?
It would have been funny to have the Enterprise-D run into the Fesarius from "The Corbomite Maneuvre" still under the command of Capt. Balok (played by a grown-up Clint Howard) and with an ancient Lt. Bailey sitting next to him.
Can you each make a wild guess how season 2 will be different from season 1? (Aside from it being generally better written)
Do you like TNG having both an A plot and B plot for nearly every episode unlike TOS?
Which one was your favorite Ferengi: The one who acted weird or the one who acted dumb?
Which additions to worldbuilding or "the lore" have you liked the most?
Where do you rank TNG season 1 in comparison to all of TOS's seasons?
Do you guys feel like walking around in public in a TNG uniform yet??
At least wait until the show switches from the lycra-spandex jumpsuits to the gabardine two-pieces before you encourage that. LOL
The writing on this show is pretty great. “Shut up Wesley” and “Data. You are fully functional, aren't you?” are some of my favorite lines from season 1. Can you both tell us what lines made an impression on you?
If you had access to a Holodeck, what would you do?
Cptn F: "People really use it for that?!?" Cdr R: "It's mostly that." :P
Question, now that you've seen all of Season 1, do you feel equipped to answer the nerdiest of nerd questions: Kirk or Picard? 🙃
Picard has a couple key character moments they ought to see first
Which moments do you think will be plot relevant in later seasons/which do you hope will be? What episodes do you think will be important for character development in the main cast going forward?
Which guest character do you hope returns?
What impressed you the most when you started watching TNG, as compared to TOS and the movies?
Where does this season rank in all the seasons of Trek you have seen so far?
What is your favorite moment of the show so far?
This is a tad off topic, but what TOS character do you miss the most and why???
After one season, which character is dead weight and why???
Are you aware of/plan to watch Chaos on the Bridge, the behind the scenes Shatner documentary about TNG starting up? (No spoilers - it’s bonkers) It’s on Pluto and Plex and stuff for free.
Do NOT watch this documentary until past Season 3 or so.
At this point in the series, which character do you want more of and why??
Imagine you’re the showrunner. If you could change one thing about how this brand new show is set up for season one, what would it be?
Witch storyline do you guys hope for most to carry over to season 2 and be expanded on?