Beautiful series I just bought the entire star trek TNG (The Next Generation) on blu ray. I am writing this to express my thoughts and feelings about this series.
Star trek series, especially TNG is the most awesome series I have ever watched. It is an incredible series, which intrigues the mind with 100% sensible science fiction, satisfies the emotions with an incredible array of human experience, fires up imagination with the unlimited possibilities, provides comic relief with antics of some of the most adorable characters ever produced like commander DATA (an android life form), raises ethical and moral questions and dilemmas which will puzzle the mind and finally opens up the mind for limitless thinking that the human mind is really capable of.
Gene Roddenberry the creator of both Star Trek original series in 1970s and the fitting sequel TNG in 1990s is a brilliant writer and producer, to understand the hidden meanings in his work is like watching a series of Matrix like movies.
Each episode of TNG is an inlook into the most basic notions of human existence, some of them intense enough to change your outlook towards a facet of life. An episode called "Inner Light", for example defines the human existence all by itself. Episodes dealing with DATA's desperate attempts to become like a human showing how invaluable our lives as humans is. The episodes dealing with the character Q (played by John de Lancie) exposes the enormity of the universe and the limitless capabilities of existence while exposing the frivolous nature of our day to day lives. The episodes dealing with battle, honor, death and morality expose the complex constructs of mind and society that we create and follow to justify our limitations. The final episode of the final season is a masterpiece, which shows the achievements possible by resolute human efforts. Episodes like "Cause and Effect" are so correct in their science fiction material, nothing can ever come close (Star Trek movie recently released is a stupid blabber in comparison, created only for commercial purposes). The episode I liked the most, "Survivors" opens up the mind to limitless possibilities of existence, shedding the notions of justice, human limitations, limitations of time, space or possibilities.
You would not enjoy watching TNG if you did not watch the original series, which is flimsy in comparison to the latter.