A lot of TV series of the time were... A-Team, Knight Rider, MacGeyver.The difference was characters looking back at our generations, shaking heads how stupid and immature we behaved in our times. TNG delivered a utopy in a convincing and exciting way.
> themes from the Bible and Graeco-Roman mythology
That's true for a lot of stories/saga: Star Wars, LOTR, GoT etc.You have a hero with doubts, going on a journey to save something, living through adventures. (Nicely explained in Joseph Campbell's "The hero with a thousand faces")
Until today, I haven't found anything similar, that gave an idea of a better future for mankind that's achievable and explained without lecturing.
Oh, and unconnected short story episodes are gone. I miss that.
A lot of TV series of the time were... A-Team, Knight Rider, MacGeyver.The difference was characters looking back at our generations, shaking heads how stupid and immature we behaved in our times. TNG delivered a utopy in a convincing and exciting way.
> themes from the Bible and Graeco-Roman mythology
That's true for a lot of stories/saga: Star Wars, LOTR, GoT etc.You have a hero with doubts, going on a journey to save something, living through adventures. (Nicely explained in Joseph Campbell's "The hero with a thousand faces")
Until today, I haven't found anything similar, that gave an idea of a better future for mankind that's achievable and explained without lecturing.
Oh, and unconnected short story episodes are gone. I miss that.