I'ma be a hundred with you, chief: I don't actually think TNG is all that good, and time has been extremely unkind to it: not just because it feels 'hokey' but because TNG is often dangerously naive, uncomfortably authoritarian, and worryingly self-congratulatory.
at its best? it is still good sci-fi. but at its worst, TNG is insidiously comforting towards its primary target market, middle-class 90s white folks who more than anything want to be reassured they're actually doing Fine.
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@hystericempress lol that describes my ex's old circle of Bellevue libertarian trekkie filker nerds perfectly
@zebratron2084 honest to god one of the reasons I'm enjoying Picard so much is how FEROCIOUSLY invested it is in dismantling the myth of not just the Federation, but Picard's -own- position of absolute moral authority. like, the best scene in First Contact is him just LOSING HIS SHIT and smashing apart his own wardroom because Lily points out how hollow his 'evolved morality' is when things are personal. it's much more interesting when people can be -compromised.-