STNG

I recently watched my first episode of STNG and I found it to be pretty interesting. The whole concept of whether or not a robot has the same rights as a human grabbed my interest. I was also to find some similarities and differences between this episode of STNG and the original Star Trek. Both of them obviously have the same setting (aboard the spaceship “Enterprise” in outer space). However, I found more differences than similarities. First of all, the interior of the ship was very different in STNG. It almost had a home-like look to it. In several rooms, there were lamps on desks and carpeting on the floors. In addition, the conflicts were very different. The original series had more of an external conflict (the episode I watched had a battle between Captain Kirk and Spock against notorious villains in human history) whereas STNG had more of an internal conflict (whether human-like cyborgs should be treated with the same rights as humans). I also could not help but notice that in STNG, the crew on the ship seemed to be larger. There seemed to be more positions to be filled and more people working in the background of scenes. Also, the “Enterprise” was not the only ship in STNG as it is in the original series. In one of the scenes in STNG, you can see other spaceships in the background outside of the window. In this particular episode of STNG, it did not seem as though the members of the Enterprise had any real mission. I know in the original series, every episode was a new adventure that the crew was going on, exploring some unknown world. I personally thought that the original series of Star Trek was much more interesting than STNG because it had more of an exciting plot and had some pretty cool fight scenes in every episode, making it more interesting and appealing.