Great. You got it.But...
Is there are rule that says "Don't ever mention New Galactica to Trekkies!"?
Anti-Trek sci-fi show/movie?
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Great. You got it.But...
Is there are rule that says "Don't ever mention New Galactica to Trekkies!"?
Blakes 7 did it first and better
Like Firefly?
Sort of, and no.
Not that I know of.
Yep. DS9 is the series most like TOS in its sensibilities. TOS depicted a Starfleet and Federation that was far from antiseptic.
BSG is an acceptable anti-Trek, as is Firefly. But to me, the essence of Star Trek is its optimism, the notion that the little guy isn't inevitably going to be the victim of the whims of a cruel cosmos. Farscape took the cynical stance that the cosmos is cruel, get used to it, suckers. I can't quite tell what BSG is doing - maybe it's pessimistic, maybe it's actually optimistic in a religious way or maybe it's just incoherent. Firefly didn't last long enough for me to figure out its worldview but I suspect it was faux-cynical. Eventually Mal would have gotten his ideals back. That's Star Trek in wolf's clothing.
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