Funny enough, Trek and wrasslin is a good comparison. Gene was basically Vince McMahon in that he wanted his say in everything related to Trek and had to be the final word. Even as the world of sci fi evolved around Gene, he refused to change and kept on the path that was correct to him even if it was corny/hacky/old fashioned. Sure, Gene had plenty of people around him to help guide things to be a bit better and he had plenty of solid as hell hits on his own. But his refusal to change lead to plenty of complaints and upset fans.
Of course the Trek story was a bit different in that some excellent stuff came after Gene passed, but also Trek post-Gene hasn't been quite the same. It's definitely become a totally different product from his vision.
Even funnier is that the Trek that people associate fondly with Gene, namely the TOS seasons, Gene immediately passed the buck on shortly after they started filming and he wasn't even involved in the show after the first season. He was a toxic micromanager who could not compromise with anyone, even when his fandom and the network barely saved the show for him the first time, Gene would still go on the warpath over HIS VISION and ditched the show. When he wasn't even showrunner in the first place, somebody who couldn't even be credited since she was a woman like Dorthy Fontana did more editing than he ever did. And then he spent decades taking shots at the third season when the thing got trashed by budgets as hard as the
Batman TV series did.
The best example of the budgets are not only how many episodes are set on the Enterprise, but watch one of the first ten episodes set entirely on the Enterprise and then any from the third season. The ship is populated up the wazoo in the first season, dudes working on conduits, dudes handing off documents to others, just chatting, etc. The third season feels like there's the bridge crew, Scotty and maybe five red shirts on the entire fucking ship. Even by "Space Seed" it feels like this. Khan conquers half the ship because there's nobody even there.
All Good Things is a better TNG movie than any of the actual TNG movies. Solid gold.
Himu, that is what you should be comparing to the TOS movies IMO.
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The ending scene where Picard actually shows up for poker, after being absent for the show's entire run...
Possibly my favorite Star Trek moment of all time. Possibly tied with the Best of Both Worlds cliffhanger.
That said, I love Q and Picard's final scene more:
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I actually love that Q and Picard got two great
serious moments as the show wound down, especially how this one gets recalled in "All Good Things..." as part of Q's whole framework of lessons:
