When it comes to ST: Discovery I am very much in the mindset of "Well, I've come this far..."
Early on I defended it, sure it was different, not the Trek we were used to, but that was fine.
I started losing patience from Season 2. The stakes were too big, the solutions to small, and the characters too stubborn in their utter refusal to have an arc involving any kind of development beyond who can produce the greatest litreage of tears. 1/3
@pupether I’m yet to start this final season of #StarTrekDiscovery but the range of negative feeling is interesting. In general, my feeling has been that it’s very pretty but hasn’t quite figured out what story it’s telling our what it wants to be when it grows up. #StarTrekPicard had the same issue, IMO.
Of the recent offerings, #StarTrekPtodigy has actually been my favorite.
#StarTrekPicard: “Matalas suggested they could take a page out of Star Trek IV and incorporate time travel to bring the characters to modern day, which would save a lot of money for the production.”
My dude, that’s not taking a page out of Star Trek IV. That’s taking a page out of Galactica: 1980.
I'm doing a #StarTrekEnterprise rewatch since I have only watched it once before. I don't think it deserves the negative reputation it holds. Yeah, there are issues but it still does something new with Trek that wasn't just "more TNG".
One thing that has really jumped out at me is how many episodes are allowed to just do their own thing, only to be revisited if that idea is popular. With 24 full length episodes each season, you kinda have to do that. #StarTrekPicard, #StarTrekDiscovery, and #StrangeNewWorlds aren't written that way. That makes them much higher risk/reward propositions.
I usually prefer that kind of narrative structure but Enterprise made me see there is a downside to it too. The episode "North Star" wouldn't appear in most Trek shows today. It's a Western about the crew discovering a human colony who was abducted by aliens 300 years ago then overthrew their abductors to make a space Wild West town without technology. I had no idea that the actors or director could pull that kind of thing off but it's one of the best Enterprise episodes even though it doesn't advance the plot at all. It's just a detour to be weird based on sets they had access to.
I was kinda of stunned that they went with the plot idea that androids would be banned. It doesn't seem like that would ever happen. At least not with the way they portrayed Data.
In TNG-era #StarTrek, they replicated much larger things than a cup of tea, and who knows how much energy the replicator itself used for CPU processing power, memory, safety features, etc… to turn that 11.25GWh of energy into a cup of tea.
Can you imagine the infrastructure necessary to safely deliver multi-terawatt-hour electrical feeds to each and every house and apartment unit in Canada to enable the use of replicators as depicted in the very first episode of #StarTrekPicard?!?
While I feel #StarTrekPicard gave its titular character (and the rest of #TheNextGeneration cast) a fantastic and worthy send-off, I would never be opposed to another #TNG movie.
It's weird that more people aren't mutts in #StarTrek, right? Humans first realized that they met aliens in 2063. #StarTrekPicard concludes in 2402. That's 12-18 generations. #StarTrekDiscovery is at 3190 before the final season.
Yeah, I expect most species with a home planet to still have a non-trivial population of people without alien blood but most spacefaring races should have their blood sprinkled across the stars. Especially when you consider how common jobs like outpost scientist and terraformer are in the Federation.
There should be tons of people who are kinda like most Americans in that they don't really know the details of their heritage beyond a few half-remembered family traditions.
Picard and SNW: Best SF TV Series
LD: Best Animated TV Series/Special
Anson Mount, Patrick Stewart: Best Actor in a TV Series
Jonathan Frakes, Ethan Peck, Ed Speleers, Todd Stashwick: Best Supporting Actor in a TV Series
Jess Bush, Celia Rose Gooding, Jeri Ryan: Best Supporting Actress in a TV Series
Paul Wesley, Amanda Plummer: Best Guest Star in a TV Series