Spoilers Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 3x04 - "A Space Adventure Hour"

[Mr Awe]

People didn't like it then either, so....


So create new "popular stuff" and have at it. Space is big. Lots bigger than most TV shows like to address. Create new species that Kirk's crew just didn't happen to run into out there. I mean, fans are gonna fan. I also fan at times, so there you go...

Yes! Exactly! Let's go visit some Strange New Worlds!

Not have yet another holodeck malfunction.

 

[DaveyNY]

Heh ... Star Trek writers have been rehashing previous Trek ideas since TMP.

After 50+ years, it's probably time to just go with the flow if one wishes to continue to enjoy the hobby.

 

[TRON JA307020]

He is a documentary maker and, arguably, an expert on Star Trek history. He is an ardent critic of the Kurzman era, and while his criticisms aren't uninformed, he has been a poster child for the Fandom Menace types.

Ah I see. Well the kurtzman era will have to end someday. I suspect after the merger if the star trek shows aren't raking in the money we might see a rest in tv trek for while. I'm OK with that to be honest. If the academy show knocks me over maybe I'll change my mind but so far what I've seen in the trailer isn't giving me any hope.

 

[Mr Awe]

It's not trying to be original - it's tropey, as the kids would say.

If they were aiming for an unoriginal rehash of previous stories, they succeeded.

If this had been the very first holodeck malfunction episode, I'm sure I'd have had a much better reaction to it. But we've seen this story before. Multiple times.

That and the nostalgia overload . . . again.

 

[Mr Awe]

Heh ... Star Trek writers have been rehashing previous Trek ideas since TMP.

After 50+ years, it's probably time to just go with the flow if one wishes to continue to enjoy the hobby.

This episode had some great acting moments for sure. That's why I gave it a 6 rather than a 0.

But outside that, it just wasn't creative. It's like someone fed a prompt into AI saying to create a holodeck malfunction episode and the AI takes the previous ST stories and mushes it into a "new" story. I'm not saying they did that but it seems like it.

And it's the umpteenth one too. And they tried saving it using nostalgia overload.

 

[Bad Thoughts]

And it's the umpteenth one too. And they tried saving it using nostalgia overload.

In spite of the flaws, I think there was an earnest desire to say something about production in the episode. There were at least two stories that were self-referential reflections on how Star Trek emerged, First Contact and Far Beyond the Stars. I suspect that this episode emerged as producers grappled with the cancellation of other Star Trek series in the last 1-2 years