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

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**Created:** [June 22, 2015, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-better-star-trek-tos-or-star-trek-tng/723187 "2015-06-22T21:57:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2015, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-better-star-trek-tos-or-star-trek-tng/723187/10 "2015-06-22T22:39:57Z")

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I prefer TOS, mainly (though not solely) for reasons stated earlier today on [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=760149).

> [@Wrath of Khan--Kirk's cry of KHAAAN](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrath-of-khan-kirks-cry-of-khaaan/723102/8):
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> 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.”
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> This is one reason why for fans of _ **TOS** _ the later series suck in comparison.

> [@Wrath of Khan--Kirk's cry of KHAAAN](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrath-of-khan-kirks-cry-of-khaaan/723102/9):
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> 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.

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