ST:TNG reviews by Wil Wheaton

[Kraken]

In 1984 I was three. When I started watching this show in re-runs (probably '93?), I thought Picard was ancient. Imagining him as 47 when the show began still strikes me as bizarre.

/me opens calculator: I was 27, and I also thought Picard was ancient.

[dbt1949]

I remember after moving up to Arkansas in 1987 they came out with STNG. I remember being excited by the commercials. I was 38 then.

[Jaymon]

Holy starfleet batman! I am 47 years old. I have accomplished nothing in my life. ...sob sob sob

[Jaymann]

Holy starfleet batman! I am 47 years old. I have accomplished nothing in my life. ...sob sob sob

Not true! You have posted winners on Cineplexity!

[Kraken]

When STNG premiered, I bought our first-ever color TV and a VCR. I hadn't owned a TV at all for several years prior to that.

[Blackhawk]

Wil is only a few months older than me, so yeah - him being 47 is scary.

I think my first real exposure to TNG was slightly after the announcement before my Freshman year of high school. I remember reading about all the cast in a special in TV guide. And yes, Stewart looked ancient. And yes, I'm the same age he was now, too.

[Daehawk]

I had no idea STTNG existed until 1989. I met the girl who would be my wife some day in 1987 so was a little busy with stuff . We were working for a political candidate at a rally / dinner for him at a big hotel up the highway. I kinda wandered away from the food room and sat down in front of a tv that was playing something sci-fi looking. Hey wait those are phasers...and thats a Starfleet uniform of some sort. Turns out it was STTNG. I watched from then on at home but it was on the local PBS station and was UHF for me. We didn't have cable yet. So I had to make my own round little antennae for it from a coat hanger. Was a snowy watch each week but I never missed it. I caught up to the first 2 seasons somehow in that time.

[Daehawk]

Hell 3 days ago it was the 40th for The Empire Strikes Back! Its been 40 years since I sat in that theater and was blown away as an 11 year old.