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What would be a deal breaker for you in Discovery?

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I loved nuBSG...but nuBSG was intentionally the ANTI-Star Trek.
That kind of approach has no place in the Trek franchise. Agree that would be a deal-breaker.
Maybe have the scenes featuring the Klingons be all nuBSG, then when they switch to the Starleet starship it can become all Dorothy dancing out of the Munchkin village?
 
Maybe have the scenes featuring the Klingons be all nuBSG, then when they switch to the Starleet starship it can become all Dorothy dancing out of the Munchkin village?
NuBSG would work for a non commissioned freighter crew but not Starfleet's finest.
 
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Only a few things, since this is Star Trek and I'll watch it pretty much no matter what.

* Excessive violence. For me, Star Trek is escapism and it helps me feel more optimistic about the future of humanity. I don't have a strong stomach for violence, and I especially don't want to see it in the Federation utopia.

* Excessive politicization, if it's not done well. I'm okay with there being a political message, but it needs to be subtle. If they go way overboard and hit us over the head with Marxist ideas in every episode, I'll be out. But it would have to be pretty bad for me to give up because of this.

* Not having the "Star Trek" tone. If it just doesn't "feel" like Star Trek to me, I'll probably not be interested. I'm not really sure how to define what I mean by "feeling like Star Trek," but I'll know it when I see it.

Other than that, I'll probably watch it even if it's corny and full of technobabble. I can still enjoy that.
 
Excessive politicization, if it's not done well. I'm okay with there being a political message, but it needs to be subtle. If they go way overboard and hit us over the head with Marxist ideas in every episode, I'll be out.

What's the matter Comrade? Aren't you interested in the Glory of the Motherland? Your starship's
Political Commissar could *ahem* overhear such talk...

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What's the matter Comrade? Aren't you interested in the Glory of the Motherland? Your starship's
Political Commissar could *ahem* overhear such talk...

Soviet-Trek_zpsk5hzowto.png
Seriously, where did this come from? This is an amazing piece of artwork and I now want Starfleet vs. the Socialist Planetary Coalition. Forget the Klingon allegories, I want a full Cold War in space!
 
Yeah...you ever think about the implications of the fact that Earth could send a military spaceship to simply uproot an independently-established colony from Omicron Delta III "for their own good?"

What kind of culture/government does that suggest, Cloud William's "worship words" to the contrary?"
 
* Excessive violence.
I can get behind this, keep the violence off screen, refer to it through dialog, have any bodies be unmutilated.
* Excessive politicization
I'm somewhat torn on this, there's a part of me that would like to see the internal politics of the Federation. Show that the various member planets of the Federation have governing methods from across the political spectrum.
* Not having the "Star Trek" tone.
To me, the spin off Star Trek often comes off as "stiff." The people in TOS seemed more relaxed and casual, be nice to return to that.
uproot an independently-established colony from Omicron Delta III "for their own good?"
The same way the fire department would drag you out of your own burning house, for your own good?
 
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