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Is it just me, or is Star Trek going the wrong way?

There are always minefields. Fans are the worst.
Indeed. DSC's jump to the future was ridiculous and didn't "fix" anything. Fans would complain if a prequel didn't look a particular way, to various degrees. DSC going to the future isn't going to change that. And hasn't thus far.
 
Somehow DSC works so much better in the late 32nd century than it ever did in the 23rd. Season 3 was the best to date and pound-for-pound had the strongest episodes as a whole. Which goes to show that the actors were never the issue nor the characters. It was when the show was set and the writing, and once they freed themselves from the confines of the immediate pre-TOS timeframe they really started to emerge as a good Trek series and one that didn't have four mediocre or bad episodes before getting to a great one.

For me, I felt that Discovery was getting better throughout the first two seasons - jettisoning the misdirections from Fuller and whatever other stranger ideas that they had for this "21st century" Trek show. However, I don't think season 3 was an improvement. I agree that the characters and actors were never issues, but I still feel like season-long story arcs and the large-scale plots are the weakest elements of the writers room and the character bits and emotional story bits are the strongest. And thus those elements were the weakest and strongest elements of season 3, respectively. The justification behind the Burn was, frankly, silliness straight out of season three of TOS and undercut what was supposed to be a monumental event for the whole quadrant. Osyraa and the bag guys were the weakest of villains, laughable in the end. The strongest element was the new head of Starfleet, Vance, and the new Federation stuff, but there wasn't enough of that. also, unfortunately, some of the new character storylines (Gray and Adira) didn't work for me and Burhnam's journey seemed underdeveloped/underjustified (again).

I should go back and do a rewatch to try to get a little more clarity and see if anything works better for me the second time around.

I wonder how I will feel about season 4 - hope i get back to really enjoying it each week.
 
Watching TNG reruns in 2021 and trashing the new shows isn't keeping the franchise alive, though I see a lot of people online who seem to think so.
Is that the only category of fans that exists? People want different things and do you know what? That's fine. It doesn't mean they're wrong, as I see a lot of people try and point out online.
 
Is that the only category of fans that exists? People want different things and do you know what? That's fine. It doesn't mean they're wrong, as I see a lot of people try and point out online.

Welcome to TrekBBS, where nuance goes to die.
 
As long as it's not your favorite. I mean...come on. Gotta have basic standards here, all of us. :rofl:
 
1 and 3 equal for me too, but 2 is below them. I liked Pike and Spock but the Red Angel plot was a little bit boring.
 
1 and 3 equal for me too, but 2 is below them. I liked Pike and Spock but the Red Angel plot was a little bit boring.

I still can't get past the part where they included Michael in the meeting planning how to capture the Red Angel when they thought she was going to be the Red Angel.

1. LD Season 1
2. LD Season 2
3. PIC Season 1
4. DSC Season 3
5. DSC Season 2
6. DSC Season 1

For me:
1. LD Season 1
2. LD Season 2
3. DSC Season 3
4. DSC Season 2
5. DSC Season 1
6. PIC Season 1
 
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