How many people really are really against change and how many are simply against what they see as drastic change to the prime universe? I can't help but think that 60% of the complaints would have been erased if they simply called the show a reboot that will still use some of the canon from the older shows.
That's where I am, really. Based on the trailer, I would've preferred that it be either a Kelvin timeline prequel or something set in its own world (based on the visual design).
Most people resistant to DSC are NOT TOS fans. It's TNG-era fans looking for the post-Nemesis timeline and TNG visual style. They use the "BUTT TEH CANNON!!!1!" arguments to try to prove that a show in their less-liked era cannot be done.
We like to say it's TOS purists...but don't kid yourself. Most hardcore TOS fans are well beyond that kind of shit at this point. We just want a great show.
I'm a TOS fan (I like TNG too, but I'm a TOS fan as well), and all my reservations about DSC are based on the canonical questions that the trailers have raised (the Klingons, for example), esp. in connection to TOS itself.
Personally, I think it's a given that DSC being in the prime universe (and the implied fidelity to canon that that statement indicates) is only going to be honored in the breach. So, I think we need to make peace with that (whatever that looks like) and judge the show primarily on its own merits when it comes out.
Not saying that it should get a pass when there are mistakes in comparison to the rest of the franchise; since they made the "prime universe" statement, that is a fair criticism. The Powers That Be bound themselves to that rule, which they shouldn't've done if they didn't want to have restrictions like that. However, that has relevance to whether DSC is a good show, since that's not a part the criteria that makes a good story. (Case in point, a case can be made that
Logan doesn't fit into the
X-Men movie timeline that well, but it's a good movie and still would be even if it was de-canonized down the road.)
