Jesus was entitled?Imagine being this entitled Jesus
Robert Meyer Burnett is very skilled at Mock Outrage. It's the stretchiest criticism I've seen yet.
He really doesn't. He sounds like an angry person yelling at the sky.I also think he does a good job articulating criticisms of contemporary Star Trek.
Rob is a great guy.
I also think he does a good job articulating criticisms of contemporary Star Trek.
What does his tweet say? I’m blocked by him on twitter even though I have literally never, ever posted a single tweet myself.![]()
STAR TREK is ELITIST. It's about the very best of humanity. It shows us a universe where humanity has evolved to be GREAT at what it does. For the past eleven years...TREK has been dumbed down to appeal to the every person. The trailer for LOWER DECKS is the nadir of TREK.
Yeah that one
To be fair, the early seasons of TNG (ostensibly “real” Trek) was full of smug elitism against cultures deemed to be inferior to Federation sensibilities. Particularly looking down upon any culture with a faith-based system (the Edo, Mintakans, etc.), and lest we forget that wonderful example of extreme elitism (and just about every other kind of “ism” one can think of), “Code of Honor”.Wait, so the guy is holding up elitism as an ideal?
There's an argument to be made somewhere in that general direction for Trek, but that's about the worst way he could have phrased it.
Of course, but the sensible thing to do is to try to rebrand that as something positive, not to say, "Yay, elitism!"To be fair, the early seasons of TNG (ostensibly “real” Trek) was full of smug elitism against cultures deemed to be inferior to Federation sensibilities. Particularly looking down upon any culture with a faith-based system (the Edo, Mintakans, etc.), and lest we forget that wonderful example of extreme elitism (and just about every other kind of “ism” one can think of), “Code of Honor”.![]()
TrekYards guys don't hate it (the trailer at least), so that's a positive.
But most of their comments are like 'it looks like TNG/canon!!'. They do like the humour though.
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