Well, to make it short, I just really don't like Vash. And I also generally don't like the Q-episodes that much.
For the positive part, I can say I definitely laughed so hard from the banter between the crew members in Sherwood Forest! ;D That was really funny and their costumes were marvellous! I wish there was much more storyline specifically in Sherwood Forest where everybody gets to know his or her character better. This could be a lot of fun to write a fanfiction for.
The way the episode presents otherwise is just not my thing. Vash is a character I don't like for many reasons and I find her romantic entanglement with Captain Picard genuinely out of character for him. She seems like the person he would date the least. It also seems weird how the writers included this love interest as if Dr. Beverly Crusher was not even there at all and as if their previous relationship was redundant. They didn't even bother exploring what it does to their connection when he suddenly shows up with his lady friend from a shore leave that no one had ever heard about. I don't buy that Vash would be the one person he exposes his inner most feelings to and not to any of his long term friends on the Enterprise, which are suddenly only "the crew".
Otherwise I liked the storyline, it was refreshing and somewhat entertaining the idea of alternate universes is a very good one for Star Trek in general. I just wish it was better executed in terms of consistency and character development. The way they tried to tie this up with the recent events of Q was not quite convincing either, his character also deserves his own comprehensible development even though he's not my favourite character.
So all in all, not a bad idea for an episode and some fans might like it more than others. For me, important cornerstones of why I love TNG so much are just not in the picture.
For the positive part, I can say I definitely laughed so hard from the banter between the crew members in Sherwood Forest! ;D That was really funny and their costumes were marvellous! I wish there was much more storyline specifically in Sherwood Forest where everybody gets to know his or her character better. This could be a lot of fun to write a fanfiction for.
The way the episode presents otherwise is just not my thing. Vash is a character I don't like for many reasons and I find her romantic entanglement with Captain Picard genuinely out of character for him. She seems like the person he would date the least. It also seems weird how the writers included this love interest as if Dr. Beverly Crusher was not even there at all and as if their previous relationship was redundant. They didn't even bother exploring what it does to their connection when he suddenly shows up with his lady friend from a shore leave that no one had ever heard about. I don't buy that Vash would be the one person he exposes his inner most feelings to and not to any of his long term friends on the Enterprise, which are suddenly only "the crew".
Otherwise I liked the storyline, it was refreshing and somewhat entertaining the idea of alternate universes is a very good one for Star Trek in general. I just wish it was better executed in terms of consistency and character development. The way they tried to tie this up with the recent events of Q was not quite convincing either, his character also deserves his own comprehensible development even though he's not my favourite character.
So all in all, not a bad idea for an episode and some fans might like it more than others. For me, important cornerstones of why I love TNG so much are just not in the picture.