begin nerdy critique...
omg this makes my **** wet if its true. hd tng? fuck maybe theres a reason to live afterall.
it appears my theory is somewhat correct, most of the episodes named here and Q were under Roddenberry's influence.
as far as The Traveller, I think that Eric Menyuk might have made a better data. We all love Brent Spiner, but his portrayal made Data seem too ostracized, along with Burton.
Best of Both Worlds was pretty good, however it seems the producers were limited in their use of special effects that held the series back in general. i think this was especially apparent in Best of Both Worlds, since they revisit the fight scene with the Borg cube with the launch of DS9 and Picards assimilation in First Contact.
there is always so much left to the imagination in much of the TNG series. i think thats why I consider DS9 better than TNG in many aspects. In DS9 there was a 7 year story arc, much more CGI, more consistency. TNG has probably the best Star Trek episodes, but DS9 episodes were on the average better.
Yesterdays Enterprise (season 3 -15)
Picard in the alternate timeline makes this impassioned speech about why Tasha cant leave and join the Enterprise C, he tells her its wrong and not logical. What if he flat out refuses to let her leave, but she goes anyways?
At least that would have fit with the theme of the War-Torn federation, with officers disobeying orders, as Riker was clearly at-odds with Picard in the episode.
If anything, Picard was being inconsistent in allowing the Enterprise C to go back in time, but not Tasha. Geordi brings up the point about re-arming the Enterprise C, but Picard says no again.
Why don't they ask Guinan what to do, or at least contact starfleet? It strikes me as odd as how Picard would take Guinans advice, then not seek her counsel when the circumstances change when Cpt. Garrett is killed?
Picard could be like, hey Cpt. Garrett is dead, should I let Tasha go?
Also, what if the Enterprise C had been destroyed before it went back in time? Would Picard been willing to take his Enterprise back into time to prevent a disastrous war? I probably would have, you should always exploit those kinds of opportunities to your advantage.
TNG seemed much too Utopian, too ethical, much like Picard, whose absolute moral compass sorta blunted the series, as we know it wasn't until AFTER the series ended that Picard finally blew a fuse in First Contact, when he refused to surrender the Enterprise to the Borg.
Cisco never had this problem, and Janeway sorta fell into the same trap until the end(game) as well.
Amazing fan-made clip about the Episode...
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHaTC0aUu-Q[/ame]
40 Billion have already died, this war is not supposed to be happening....
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOi0NT-c1Ig[/ame]