Not all fiction is equivalent. When you are actively world building making explicit revisions is useful for those trying to follow along. If you'd prefer a different word you should say so.
I think that’s because the change wasn’t between TOS and TNG. It was between TOS series and TOS films; new style Klingons were in Star Trek 3 (1984) and Star Trek 4 (1986) before TNG started.
Imagine for the sake of argument TOS and TNG are 99% aligned on storytelling and need a patch to make the 1% agree, and that patch is provided in TNG retroactively.
Versus a new show comes along that is 20% aligned and would need an 80% patch to bring it into alignment.
As an executive trying to revitalize a property where fans are complaining about lack of alignment, do you understand why you might just erase the 20% rather than create 80% more of an otherwise-failed project?
croes|1 year ago
Or that the things that happened in one episode had little impact on the next.
tboughen|1 year ago
lupire|1 year ago
Doctor Who doesn't worry about this.
throwpoaster|1 year ago
Versus a new show comes along that is 20% aligned and would need an 80% patch to bring it into alignment.
As an executive trying to revitalize a property where fans are complaining about lack of alignment, do you understand why you might just erase the 20% rather than create 80% more of an otherwise-failed project?