I seriously wish I could go back and relive it. In the episode "Võx" when the doors to Hangar Bay 12 opened with the lights turning on one by one to reveal the Enterprise-D, I was absolutely awestruck. I had my hands covering my mouth that night I watched it.
Seeing the main crew of TNG back on that bridge again was quite an experience. It was like watching a new episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation but in widescreen format. I also love the dynamic to it that there's an urgent situation that is the Borg having assimilated every other Starfleet vessel and everyone below the age of 24, then the threat of Earth's destruction if not stopped. But they allow themselves a moment to admire the beauty of the recreated D bridge.
The whole experience of that scene at the end of "Võx" and all of "The Last Generation" and seeing the Enterprise-D takes me back to my childhood, back to the 1990s watching Star Trek: The Next Generation on my old CTR television on UPN 57 (WPSG out of Philadelphia, Pa). I really miss those days and these two episodes gave me a real glimpse of that experience but I guess a more modern version of it since this was Star Trek: Picard watching on Paramount+.
Ironically, the very first scene of the show was Picard having a dream of him and Data playing poker in Enterprise-D's Ten Forward but since then I always imagined what it would be like to see the much-older cast on her bridge, thinking it was never going to happen! But it did!
I also love the very beginning of "The Last Generation" how it started with a piece of the S3-S7 opening of TNG and seeing Picard in the captain's seat. I like everyone being in their usual positions on TNG but I especially enjoyed Picard in the captain's chair, especially with Troi to his left and Riker to his right. Too bad he wasn't in it a lot in "The Last Generation". My other favorite part was the way Data flew the ship into the Borg cube with that dramatic music playing with a lot of laser bolts shooting at it.
That was the Star Trek surprise of the century! I'll leave it there for now.
Seeing the main crew of TNG back on that bridge again was quite an experience. It was like watching a new episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation but in widescreen format. I also love the dynamic to it that there's an urgent situation that is the Borg having assimilated every other Starfleet vessel and everyone below the age of 24, then the threat of Earth's destruction if not stopped. But they allow themselves a moment to admire the beauty of the recreated D bridge.
The whole experience of that scene at the end of "Võx" and all of "The Last Generation" and seeing the Enterprise-D takes me back to my childhood, back to the 1990s watching Star Trek: The Next Generation on my old CTR television on UPN 57 (WPSG out of Philadelphia, Pa). I really miss those days and these two episodes gave me a real glimpse of that experience but I guess a more modern version of it since this was Star Trek: Picard watching on Paramount+.
Ironically, the very first scene of the show was Picard having a dream of him and Data playing poker in Enterprise-D's Ten Forward but since then I always imagined what it would be like to see the much-older cast on her bridge, thinking it was never going to happen! But it did!
I also love the very beginning of "The Last Generation" how it started with a piece of the S3-S7 opening of TNG and seeing Picard in the captain's seat. I like everyone being in their usual positions on TNG but I especially enjoyed Picard in the captain's chair, especially with Troi to his left and Riker to his right. Too bad he wasn't in it a lot in "The Last Generation". My other favorite part was the way Data flew the ship into the Borg cube with that dramatic music playing with a lot of laser bolts shooting at it.
That was the Star Trek surprise of the century! I'll leave it there for now.
