Just wait until those fan film makers with Enterprise bridges in their garages realise they can actually do this.I know people don't mean this extreme, but when I hear complaints about how unrealistic entertainment is,it makes me think of this scenario for the ideal realistic episode.
When the episode starts we are on the bridge but Kirk is not there, nor is Spock. There's two guys sitting at the helm console but they're not Sulu and Chekov, they're total strangers. Another two people we've never seen before are sitting at Uhura and Spock's stations.
The captain's chair may be empty, but if it's occupied, it's someone we've never seen before of course.
So for the rest of the episode, all these strange people that we don't know or care about just stare at the screen or attend to their stations. If anyone says anything, it's totally uninteresting.
So when the episode ends, absolutely nothing has happened.
Now that's what I call realistic entertainment.
Robert
4 Hour Shift: A Star Trek Fan Production