Discussions on another site
Have you tried Paramount's official site -
www.startrek.com
The only problem with this site is the absolutely vitrious responses from people that post on the site. There is a huge dicotomy between the "gushers" and the "bashers." I characterize it as a bloodbath.:realmad
The people at Al's place often get into discussions that are based on differences of opinon and yet we are able to discuss these things without people shooting angry words at each other.
Please understand, I'm not "bashing" the other site at all. I guess there is a place for that type of discussion...but I'm personnaly just not comfortable with it. I'd rather spend my time talking with people who show common courtesy to each other and are cognizant of the fact that in the long run, discussion of a TV show (merits and warts) is NOT the end all of existance. If you don't mind the heat...the official site is open to all.
For ST as a general discussion...The SciFi forum is pretty good.
http://forums.scifi.com/?from=redir
They have a ST:Enterprise at the top ('cause it's currently showing in their line up) but in the forum part below (classic SCI FI) they have a general forum that covers ALL of ST. You could get into TNG there.
I'm sure there are other forums out there as well. I did find these
http://www.xmission.com/~tjmadden/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl
http://www.trekbbs.com/threads/ubbthreads.php?Cat=0&C=3
http://www.outpost10f.com/
But I haven't been to any of them so I don't really know.
This site has a list of links too.
http://www.sfsite.com/depts/trek01.htm
Wish you luck on your search...
A thought about SciFi channel...I Just wish SciFi would put a forum in for QL even if it isn't in the current lineup 'cause that WAS classic as well. They used to have a forum for it when it was running. They just need to bring it back...and soon! (can you tell I'm a little bit biased about my love for QL? Who'd have thunk it.)
http://www.startrek.com/