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That's not soon enough. I need to know now if I'm supposed to be angry over a potential betrayal of Star Trek's fundamentals and whether or not I should be calling for Kurtzman to be fired and this (potential) abomination to be cancelled. You have no idea the anxiety this mystery is causing me.

;)
 
That's not soon enough. I need to know now if I'm supposed to be angry over a potential betrayal of Star Trek's fundamentals and whether or not I should be calling for Kurtzman to be fired and this (potential) abomination to be cancelled. You have no idea the anxiety this mystery is causing me.

;)

Also, did you know a cadet swallowed a comm badge?

:p
 
I see the first episode on YouTube. I'll check it out this weekend.

What's odd is Rotten Tomatoes. As I post this, the critics review is 85%, but the audience is 34%. With cult classic films, I sometimes see these flipped. It's odd that it's very favorable to critics, but the general audience isn't liking it. Is it getting reviewed bombed? If so, what's driving it? Or is the show really not that good?


 
I see the first episode on YouTube. I'll check it out this weekend.

What's odd is Rotten Tomatoes. As I post this, the critics review is 85%, but the audience is 34%. With cult classic films, I sometimes see these flipped. It's odd that it's very favorable to critics, but the general audience isn't liking it. Is it getting reviewed bombed? If so, what's driving it? Or is the show really not that good?


It's kind of okay if you're a Trekkie. It's reasonable for there to be differences of opinion among critics as to whether it's worth watching, otherwise.
 
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I see the first episode on YouTube. I'll check it out this weekend.

What's odd is Rotten Tomatoes. As I post this, the critics review is 85%, but the audience is 34%. With cult classic films, I sometimes see these flipped. It's odd that it's very favorable to critics, but the general audience isn't liking it. Is it getting reviewed bombed? If so, what's driving it? Or is the show really not that good?


Anything different gets review bombed. They were on the starting line ready for this. Get set...go!

It is highly advisable to ignore non-critic metrics.
 
i think it's pretty good so far.

Any show which is different is going to get review bombed. Mostly from bad faith grifters who were never going to give this show an honest chance, from the moment it was announced.
 
This is an observation from one critic that's right on point:

Almost every aspect of the series’ YA side falls flat, from negligible cast chemistry to a lifeless central romance, but what really stings is the show’s disinterest in its young characters’ perspectives.

This is a show with a YA format, being told from a middle-aged POV. It's a tonal mess in that regard.

This is also fair:

Splendidly produced as are most things in the Trek universe, "Academy" may not jump to the head of its class, but neither is it an epic fail. There are many worse ways to spend one’s recess from reality.
 
This is a show with a YA format, being told from a middle-aged POV. It's a tonal mess in that regard.

Pretty much all YA is told from a middle-aged POV, though. Writers, after all, pretty much don't get established enough to be published until their 30s.
 
Pretty much all YA is told from a middle-aged POV, though.
Not anything good, no.

"Written by middle-aged people" is not the same thing.

BTVS was not written by adolescents, but in no way did it embrace Giles as a truth-telling character due to his maturity and experience in moments of conflict with Buffy or her younger friends. He was right sometimes when they were wrong, but that was a matter of narrative happenstance, not his narrative role.

"We can learn so much from young people" is arguably observant, but it's only said by olds.

Who are portrayed in SFA as fairly reliable guardrails against the kids' hijinks getting out of hand, which is the way we like to think of ourselves. Look, another "teachable moment" for the rebels!

SFA patronizes youth as fully as any previous iteration of the franchise.
 
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