Which is better, Star Trek: TOS or Star Trek: TNG?

[Cartoonacy]

I prefer TOS, mainly (though not solely) for reasons stated earlier today on this thread.

@terentii

That was one of the main points of the TOS Writer’s Guide: “Tell your story about people, not about science and gadgetry. Joe Friday doesn’t stop to explain the mechanics of his .38 before he uses it; Kildare never did a monologue about the theory of anaesthetics; Matt Dillon never identifies and discusses the breed of his horse before he rides off on it.”

This is one reason why for fans of TOS the later series suck in comparison.

@Bryan_Ekers

Anytime I try to picture a moment of TOS techno babble, I picture either Scott crawling in a Jeffries tube or Spock saying “cross circuiting to B” during a problematic transport. In either case, a risky and possibly contraindicated emergency procedure, not just bullshit pseudophysics.