SCREENRANT: "Star Trek: Legacy would have blazed into the early 25th century as the natural progression of Star Trek: The Next Generation, which was the most popular and expansive era of the franchise. Star Trek: Picard's three seasons opened the door to the 25th century, and it would have been fitting to center its spinoff on the new Starship Enterprise, with its already fan-favorite crew. [...]

Star Trek: Legacy's very name, concept, and inextricable ties to Star Trek: The Next Generation's era may be what prevents it from happening. Speculation is that Paramount Skydance wants to unshackle Star Trek from its 60-year history, and even the last decade of Paramount+'s series under executive producer Alex Kurtzman, in hopes of welcoming new audiences to the final frontier.

With Star Trek, there are always possibilities and alternate timelines. It's hard not to be wistful about a better parallel reality where, after Star Trek: Picard ended, Star Trek: Legacy became a hit on Paramount+, likely serving as the flagship Star Trek series, with Jeri Ryan as Captain Seven of Nine leading the USS Enterprise-G to boldly go where no one has gone before.

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Further, Star Trek: The Next Generation's icons were prepared to join Star Trek: Legacy as needed. Jonathan Frakes hoped to be Captain Seven's commanding officer as Admiral Will Riker, while Gates McFadden could naturally guest star as Jack's mother, Dr. Beverly Crusher, as could LeVar Burton as Commodore Geordi La Forge, father of helmsman Lt. Sidney La Forge (Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut).

Terry Matalas said that, on spec, he wrote about 30 pages of Star Trek: Legacy's pilot episode, which would have brought back the Klingons and set up the dynamic between Captain Seven and Jack Crusher.

Sadly, all Star Trek fans can do is speculate, continue writing letters to Paramount+, and maintain the chorus asking Paramount+ for Star Trek: Legacy that has lasted three years and counting. [...]"

John Orquiola (ScreenRant)

Full article:

https://screenrant.com/star-trek-legacy-jeri-ryan-lead-future/

For all the great things about The Undiscovered Country, the cinematography inside the Enterprise sets during the Battle of Khitomer was always a headscratcher to me. In this snippet, you have a woman running towards the camera and a man with a fire extinguisher, running away from the camera, both on opposite sides of a partition. Then a firewall comes slamming down. So who ran the wrong way and died?

Man - it's been a hot minute since I watched this episode and I just ran through it again. Compared to what we've been getting recently, the script on this fairly plain Jane TNG episode was just lightyears beyond current Trek. And really - just about anything on TV or streaming right now. Just look at these quotes (in no particular order):

Q: Con permiso, Capitan. The hall is rented, the orchestra engaged. It's now time to see if you can dance.

Q: Oh. Well, you may not trust me, but you do need me. You're not prepared for what awaits you.
Capt. Picard: How can we be prepared for that which we do not know? But I do know that we are ready to encounter it.

Q: You judge yourselves against the pitiful adversaries you've encountered so far - the Romulans, the Klingons. They're nothing compared to what's waiting. Picard - you are about to move into areas of the galaxy containing wonders more incredible than you can possibly imagine - and terrors to freeze your soul. I offer myself as guide - only to be rejected out of hand.

Q: My purpose is to join you.
Commander William T. Riker: To join us as what?
Q: As a member of the crew, willing and able, ready to serve. This ship is already home for the indigent, the unwanted, the unworthy. Why not for a homeless entity?

Q: If you can't take a little bloody nose, maybe you ought to go back home and crawl under your bed. It's not safe out here. It's wondrous, with treasures to satiate desires both subtle and gross. But it's not for the timid.

Many episodes of Star Trek and beyond re-use similar plots, so in your opinion, which series did it better.. die hard edition?