Chasing comets

Eh, while it's nice and all in good fun to think about the "what ifs" had the D survived Generations, I think it was still time for something new. I know there's a lot of TNG fans that'll disagree, but...times still change. I've found that with Trek, it's sometimes better to just accept it and move on.

Besides, while it was cool to see the D on the big screen for as long as we did, I know one of the big criticisms leveled on Generations was that doing this made the movie feel a bit too much like just another episode of Next-Gen, and didn't feel quite like movie quality. If nothing else, the D was due to a redesign anyway, to better match the level of detail expected.

...maybe a smarter thing to have done was put the D through a major refit like the original Enterprise before it...when they first got the idea of crashing the saucer, it was with a season finale for the show in mind and not a movie, and had they done it per that original plan, the expectation was that the D would've been salvaged and refitted instead of scuttled.

But I digress. Personally, I like the E just fine, and I thought she was a more than worthy next addition to the line of Enterprises, but I guess there will always be that one part of you that misses what came before nonetheless.