Shouldn't Trek try to be divisive to encourage discussion and commentary on issues?
The Terry Matalas as Star Trek Showrunner Petition
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No one has said that to you
That's an ironically more hyperbolic statement than 'Terry Matalas is the best.'
DISCOVERY and PICARD S1 did their part in pushing many people away from Star Trek. Past producers have made divisive statements to the fanbase. It doesn't need to be personal. Season 3 has won back many critics and alienated fans... this is the "amazing accomplishment I refer to. If you greatly enjoyed DISCOVERY and PICARD S1, great for you. But those seasons shouldn't be immune from criticism or comparison, much as some people on the board don't like ENT or early TNG.
Exactly. I've bought Nolan and Denis Villeneuve's early films on Blu-ray sight unseen because I've greatly appreciated their later work.
Can you accept someone not excited by Terry?No one has said that to you
That's an ironically more hyperbolic statement than 'Terry Matalas is the best.'
If not, then not hyperbole.
That you laugh at my opinion does not favors either, sorry to say...
Oh, they never, ever, were immune from anything.
And Season 3 is no better. That's the point. It's the same thing. It's not different, save for what characters it chose to include. That's it. Period, end of story.
The frustration is the cognitive dissonance to praise this season.
Of course I can.
Especially after the past 5 years of Divisive Trek. I can support anyone who is understandably skeptical about Picard S3. The best is yet to come.
It may even be too little, too late for the franchise. Though I'm hoping the strong fan appreciation for Pic S3 will have Paramount come around and greenlight a new series down the line.
Fair enough.
I hope you get what you want.
The best is far behind us because that's where Trek fans look.
There's a difference between nuanced allegory and agitprop, especially at $8 million an episode. Berman-era Trek targeted a much larger segment of the population... adults 18-49, plus hoping the kids would buy toys and the older adults varied merch.
Even Midnight's Edge have come around now
... although there is still some animosity over who got advance screeners and who didn't on both sides of the divide.My greatest fear for Star Trek
Star Trek has done both, repeatedly, throughout it's history. None of the past recent seasons are new concepts in Trek. That's the point.
If that's your greatest fear I will say your life is pretty damn good.
In regards to Star Trek... will edit the post to clarify. And this season is proving to be a welcome distraction from things I do fear.
If that's your worst fear in regards to Star Trek you life is still pretty good.
Seriously. If the franchise stops then what does that mean? We'll no longer talk Star Trek? People will stop costuming or fan art? Fan fiction will grind to a halt?
If it sounds ridiculous then I feel pretty confident in saying worst fears are rather hyperbolic. And that's saying something coming from me, who loves hyperbole way more than Star Trek!
That like ENT, NuTrek only got really good when it was already too late.
Yup, it's too late.
Now what?
Oh, I know, I'l start my Trek prepper bunker! Let's see, I'll need digitized copies of all TOS, and TNG VHS's, as well as dedicated hard drives to stores all versions of Trek. Dedicated hard line for internet, as well as a closet for costumes, locker for phasers, and my LLAP mug.
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For ENT, is was the opportunity cost of not having season 4's team do the Earth-Romulan War and the founding of the Federation.
Here, it's a potential 25th century show that could bring all the threads of 24th century Trek forward in continuity while actors and behind the scenes people are still available.
Here, it's a potential 25th century show that could bring all the threads of 24th century Trek forward in continuity while actors and behind the scenes people are still available.
I'll not weep over what might not be.
A new series would be great. But then I've enjoyed aspects of all iterations of the Star Trek franchise. And I'm happy we've been given so much these past few years. I'm not skeptical about Picard 3. I didn't think anyone was saying that. But I enjoyed 1 & 2 for all the interesting things they brought to the table. I loved Disco for the same reason. Loving SNW, but I don't expect everyone to do so. I'm grateful to have these shows back and I fear all this shouting is going to mean less and less of what I've enjoyed and more of what a few shouty people want - like the cancellation of Discovery.
Yes I'm sure there were other considerations - financial blah, blah - but even so, small-minded assholes are celebrating the death of something I loved. And it feels like just another a sign of everything else in the world that's going backwards for women and people of color and LGBTQs. That's what it feels like right now.
I just wish to god people could be happy with an abundances of riches instead of picking at the pile and going, "too many rubies."
Indeed, that is my concern, or suspicious cynical worry as well, as Trek kowtows to the loudest voices, and bowing and scraping to the loudest critics.
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