Once they got off track with the first film (stupid looking Klingons) it lost credibility.
So, let me get this straight. Your biggest problem with the first film wasn't the glacial pace, the stilted acting, the sparse, impersonal dialogue that turned characters we love into mere plot devices, the endless dialogue-free scenes that exist solely to show off how awesome their new effects are, us being asked to dislike Decker just because Kirk's his rival...
...but the way the Klingons looked? You've never gotten laid, have you?
The films were amusing but obviously dumbed down to appeal to a wider audience.
Yes, the evenly paced films which placed a greater emphasis on story and character development surely were a step down from the brilliance of Miri, The Omega Glory and Bread and Circuses (I didn't say Spock's Brain or The Way to Eden because you, a clear Roddenberry-worshipper, will just say that Roddenberry wasn't the producer when those episodes aired).
TNG was, aside from continuity flaws, a well written intelligent show in it's first few seasons. After Roddenberry's death though it became a Pop show run more for the benefit of the producers, cast and crew than the audience it exploited.
TNG's first season was sh!t. You know it too. Aside from the odd good episode, most of them were just silly, and then there's the obvious creator pet Wesley Crusher, who in that season was at his whiny worst.
You can't have true popularity and quality/intelligence at the same time
Bullsh!t. If something is truly good it can have both.
TOS/TAS have a cult following. The films and TNG, etc have a mainstream following. The difference is obvious.
Yes. TOS and TAS are silly and dated. But you're wrong about the mainstream following. Ask any joe on the street who Dr. McCoy is and he will probably know. Ask who Commander Riker is and you'll get a blank stare.
It's clear you think that only Roddenberry knew how to do Star Trek. What you probably don't know is that Roddenberry himself would disagree with you.
My ex had this odd fetish; she'd dress up as herself and act like a fvckin bitch all the time...
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