TNG represents Gene Roddenberry’s vision, according to Michael Dorn

“Star Trek” franchise creator Gene Roddenberry was a man with strict ideals and strong ideas. This is a big part of why the series has such staying power, as it has created a world with specific standards for not only on-screen storytelling elements, but overarching moral imperatives as well. Just as Roddenberry was specific Rules for things like designing spaceships Within “Star Trek,” he also had rules for property themes. This allowed for stories about exploration and all the complexities that come with it while ensuring it was done well “Star Trek” has remained a frank show about pacifism at its core. For the most part, the shows and movies have stuck to this pacifist mentality, with some rare exceptions such as the Dominion War in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and the events in the Kelvin-verse films.

Few people understand Star Trek as intimately as actor Michael Dorn, who played Klingon warrior and Starfleet officer Worf throughout several installments of the series, including Star Trek: The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine. And “Star Trek: Picard.” In an interview with TrekMovieDorn shared that while he believes in the darker elements of some of the later “Treks,” he feels that “The Next Generation” was actually “Star Trek” that provided Roddenberry’s vision.

When asked how Roddenberry felt about the darker elements of “Deep Space Nine” and “Picard,” Dorn had an honest but diplomatic answer, explaining:

“Jen’s vision is ‘Next Generation.’ That’s the vision, she’s always been a hope, she’s always been on a ship going out into space, and so I think (what came next) may not have been his vision, but the point is we had to make someone What Takes It is over and I think their vision fits into ‘Star Trek’ and I always think there’s room for all kinds of ‘Star Trek.’

Dorn carefully evades the fact that Roddenberry would do this I absolutely hated “Deep Space Nine.” He’s been on record as thinking the whole thing was a terrible idea, but he’s also right about there being room for all kinds of “Star Trek” stuff. After all, some fans (myself included) think so “Deep Space Nine” was the best “Star Trek” series everand even Next Generation fans have to deal with the reality of that Roddenberry hated one of the best episodes of that series. Although Roddenberry was clearly a passionate and talented creator, he had some limitations that prevented him from seeing all the great stories that “Star Trek” had to tell.

Some Star Trek fans. truly Get their Starfleet panties in a twist if they don’t like any particular entry in the “Star Trek” franchise, but honestly, Dorn is right on the money (latin?) when it comes to how important it is to have a variety of visions of what it should be like. It’s the utopia of “Star Trek.” After all, Roddenberry was very progressive for his time, but he still had his own issues (especially when it came to women), and there weren’t many, if any, female writers or writers of color on the early “Star Trek” shows. . So, while there are certainly some frustrating parts of the “Star Trek” franchise (we’re looking at you, “Into Darkness”), there is ultimately no single correct conception of what “Star Trek” should be. It became bigger than Roddenberry, bigger than anyone who helped create it. So, while Roddenberry may be “turning over in his grave” according to the original Captain KirkWilliam Shatner, the franchise has long since passed him by.

Any “Star Trek” series or movie that introduces someone to the overall franchise and makes them a Trekkie/Trekker (don’t get me started) is a good “Star Trek” entry, as far as I’m concerned. Yes, even if it’s “Star Trek: Discovery” or “Star Trek: Nemesis,” where… Tom Hardy dresses like a celebrity at K-Mart. Just like pizza, all Star Trek movies are good Star Trek movies, even with the anchovies or lens flares.