Two months ago I did a post asking for the opinion of Discovery and the comments were mixed. https://startrek.website/post/29577558

The commander disobeing order to the captain in the first and also attacking her? Xenophobic military propaganda? I didn’t like it and that I like Deep Space Nine.

Now I’m watching Lower Decks, is very funny and has a lot of references to other Star Trek series, is really good, I don’t understand how a comedy who is almost a parody catch more the Star Trek vibes more than a serious production. I hope Strange New Worlds have something good, because I was already disapointed by the three seasons of Picard and the first episode of discovery.

    • MimicJar@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      27 days ago

      I tell every Star Trek friend I know to watch The Orville and they never do. Compared to Star Trek it leans more heavily into comedy, especially at first, but it’s easily the best Trek since 90s Trek.

      • RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        27 days ago

        I say it’s the best because it’s not a prequel or a retread. It’s its own story, and it’s also really fucking well done.

        I think SNW took some notes, and that’s why it works. And I cannot fucking believe we STILL do not have a normal post-DS9 show.

        • MimicJar@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          27 days ago

          post-DS9 show.

          If you haven’t seen it the DS9 Documentary, What We Left Behind, can give you at least a tiny hint at where the writers would have gone, maybe, possibly.

  • Akuchimoya@startrek.websiteEnglish
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    26 days ago

    I watched every episode, all the seasons. It does get better over time, and the last season is the best of them (imo). I feel like they started to actually figure themselves out by the last season, but I’d still say it was okay, not “good”. I think I would have liked a sixth season to see if it would have become “good”.

    If we think of Discovery as a drama show that’s about people’s relationships that happens to be set in a sci-fi universe, I guess it’s an okay show. It’s just not what Trek or sci-fi fans want: sci-fi. Was it a good choice to make that kind of show? Well, you know, I wouldn’t necessarily say “no”, but I don’t think it should have been “Star Trek”. You can have drama shows in space, just call it something else. Trek as a franchise has a certain level of expectation, and disappointment exists in the gap between expectation and reality.

  • BuckenBerry@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    27 days ago

    I despise Discovery but having a xenophobic protagonist was an interesting idea if they didn’t abandon it to make Burnham the moral center.

  • Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteMEnglish
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    29 days ago

    Xenophobic military propaganda?

    Okay, I’ll bite on this.

    I’ll grant that it’s been a long time, but that seems like the opposite of the message of both that episode and the season as a whole…

    • ohulancutash@feddit.ukEnglish
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      29 days ago

      Not saying this is OP, but there is a shockingly low level of dramatic literacy among people now. It’s like they’re not paying attention any more and have zero ability to parse subtext.