Maybe you're not interested in the story?
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Yeah, but why wouldn't I be interested in a story about ships chasing the Enterprise around the inside of a brown dwarf? It's like Wrath of Khan crossed with Starship Down and a bit of Disaster. Something about it is pushing me out of the story and I can't quite put my finger on what it is.
Because it doesn't appeal to you.
But it's appealing to everyone else! This doesn't seem fair at all.
Life's full of little disappointments. 
Who said it's fair? Life is not even close to fair at all. I think Gandalf said that once.
And SNW has not completely won me over thus far, so you're not alone in that. It has its ups but the use of some characters, and some of the prop and set design still don't fully jive with me. Often times, such reactions are just a part of our humanity. Trying to sort out the "Why" of things doesn't always yield answers.
"You could say to the universe this is not fair. And the universe would say: Oh, isn't it? Sorry." - Terry Pratchett
Don't get caught up trying to gauge your experience against everyone else's. You either enjoy something or you don't.
I could care less if everyone else loves something and I don't or vice versa. I'm not into Trek to feel part of an accepted group and fall in line.
Same. Ever since I got mocked for liking TOS and not liking TNG by my Trek fan friends I have come to the conclusion that my enjoyment of Trek has zero to do with other people's enjoyment of Trek.
I'm into Trek for myself and for the relationships I can build through my fandom. Period.
I'm here for the bubblegum.
The bubblegum here is overrated. 
When it comes to TREK, the concern may steam from Starfleet being a quasi-military organization with a chain of command. Something that was somewhat decently addressed in the TNG episode, "Liasons" when Picard started dating LCDR Darren.
And Kirk lamented a couple times that his position prevented him from pursuing Rand ("The Naked Time," "Miri").
In a military structure, dating a subordinate, one you might have to order to their deaths, is a huge conflict of interest. But then again TOS was the most "space navy" drama of the entire franchise with everything after being more of a "workplace procedural" drama.
In Stamets and Culber's case, they're not directly subordinate to each other and are in different departments. They're also of equal rank. So guess that works better.
I have to be honest, Star Trek Strange New World is first Star Trek series that really feels good, it feels Trekkie, it has quality, it has story, it has good writing. It was good with Star Trek Picard season 2 ep.1 and ep. 2 but after that stopped.
Every minute of every episode of SNW is interesting. And today something happened that I didn't feel in let's say in ST Discovery. This happened:
La'an to Pike: We lost one crew person (bcs of sealed bulckheads to some parts of the ship ordered by Pike)
Spock to Pike: You made the logical choice.
Pike to Spock: Why doesn't it feel like that?
Spock to Pike: For the same reason you made it. Because you value life.
Deepness and quality of writing, quality of dialog like this I didn't feel it since old Trek (before tragedy in 2005). I was really emotional about it. In whole four season of Discovery that I really don't like there was no this real quality.
So this felt so so good.
Every minute of every episode of SNW is interesting. And today something happened that I didn't feel in let's say in ST Discovery. This happened:
La'an to Pike: We lost one crew person (bcs of sealed bulckheads to some parts of the ship ordered by Pike)
Spock to Pike: You made the logical choice.
Pike to Spock: Why doesn't it feel like that?
Spock to Pike: For the same reason you made it. Because you value life.
Deepness and quality of writing, quality of dialog like this I didn't feel it since old Trek (before tragedy in 2005). I was really emotional about it. In whole four season of Discovery that I really don't like there was no this real quality.
So this felt so so good.
"Feels Trekkie."
And this might be why I'm hesitant on this series. I don't want it to feel Trekkie. I want it to feel like an adventure.
And this might be why I'm hesitant on this series. I don't want it to feel Trekkie. I want it to feel like an adventure.
That's not how Trek works for me.
Don't apologize for something you have no control over and don't actually mean. TNG didn't feel like TOS, DS9 didn't feel like TNG, and Discovery didn't feel like ENT. What's a Star Trek feel?
I actually find her jumpsuit a bit baggy and shapeless. Like...it's possible she has a smoking body, but I have no way of determining that based upon what I see onscreen.
Though, TBH Jadzia didn't do much for me either. Too tall/willowy. I had a major crush on Ezri as soon as she came on the show though. Was always more into the "pixie" type women when I was younger.
It's been scraped from the bottom of some pretty sketchy shoes.The bubblegum here is overrated.
The bubblegum here is overrated.
You're not supposed to actually EAT the bubblegum that comes with your trading cards. That stuff is notoriously vile. The cards are tastier.
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