{"id":135129,"date":"2017-10-20T22:14:25","date_gmt":"2017-10-21T04:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=135129"},"modified":"2017-10-21T01:14:35","modified_gmt":"2017-10-21T07:14:35","slug":"honest-trailers-star-trek-next-generation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/10\/20\/honest-trailers-star-trek-next-generation.html","title":{"rendered":"Honest Trailers does &#8220;Star Trek: The Next Generation&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To be fair, TNG ran for 178 episodes over 7 seasons, so there was plenty of time for bad episodes, repeated tropes, and odd character business that looks a lot more odd when repeated back to back.<\/p>\n<p>But, for all the solid, good entertainment that came from TNG, this is a fun take-down of all of the above. (As well as some honest criticism, e.g., Worf being the punching bag of the galaxy.)<\/p>\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-6Zc8Co2H3w\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/5Jh29Dp2KXE\">View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To be fair, TNG ran for 178 episodes over 7 seasons, so there was plenty of time for bad episodes, repeated tropes, and odd character business that looks a lot more odd when repeated back to back. But, for all the solid, good entertainment that came from TNG, this is a fun take-down of all &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/10\/20\/honest-trailers-star-trek-next-generation.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Honest Trailers does &#8220;Star Trek: The Next Generation&#8221;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135144,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,360],"tags":[1272],"class_list":["post-135129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plusposts","category-media-tv-star-trek","tag-tng"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/star-trek-tng-s2-0021.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":45609,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/01\/the-guide-to-many-star-trek-uniforms.html","url_meta":{"origin":135129,"position":0},"title":"The Guide to (Many) Star Trek Uniforms","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 1-Oct-14 10:30am","format":false,"excerpt":"Actually, it's a pretty cool infographic, even if it leaves out some of the later TNG outfits, as well as the Captain Pike era and the first movie outfits. 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