Trek's future according to Paramount's new owners...

[johnjm22]

In pop entertainment, that's never anything other than "What I like and think is cool."

Artistic integrity usually implies someone cares about their work and isn't in it purely for profit.

Pop culture has always been a combination of the creative and the commerce. Many who've worked in that system have been passionate, talented, and sometimes profitable. Only one of those terms fits Alex.

Starfleet is, without question, a military organization within the stories. Nonetheless, it's been flunking basic tests of plausibilty as a navy since the day of its inception. Virtually all of its Starfleet characters who show any volition in the stories would end their careers in disgrace and, most likely, military prison.

Trek has as much plausibility as you decide to grant it. No more.

I'm not asking for complete realism.

 

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Exclusive: Alex Kurtzman On Starting Discussions With Paramount Skydance Over The Future Of Star Trek TV

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[Starflight]

I found Voyager's emotionally restrained crew unrealistic (These people may not see their families and loved ones again in their lifetimes and they're just supposed to pretend everything is normal?)

They get trapped in clown-nightmares and turned into lizards once a week on average, they don't have time for depression!

Honestly though I actually thought they gave it pretty much the right amount of focus - Janeway sometimes mentions Mark, Paris writes the letter to his dad, the crew get their hopes up when the letters start coming through, etc, but for the most part there's just so much going on that they're totally focused on the journey, and of course the constant sense of forward momentum prevents anyone feeling hopeless.

It strikes me as believable in the same way as Lister and Rimmer's situation in Red Dwarf - the occasional pang of sadness would hit you in waves or when you get a reminder of Earth, but for the most part you'd adapt pretty quickly and start focusing on what can be done to actually reach home. For people like Paris and B'Elanna there's also the added aspect that their lives stranded in space are basically better than their lives on Earth.

 

[Turtletrekker]

They get trapped in clown-nightmares and turned into lizards once a week on average, they don't have time for depression!

Except for Torres in that one episode.