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What kind of Star Trek, does it get uber and blatantly philosophical like TOS?

Or is it more philosophy with high stakes adventures and 80s carpet/comfort wholesome times, like TNG?

Or is more geopolitics and spy shit with Holocaust commentary like DS9?

Or is it, awww fuck, let the matriarchy blow it all up and break all the rules like Voyager?

Because they’re the only Star Treks (and Lower Decks) I recognized.

So if it’s the “Aren’t space American cute” bullshit of Enterprise, or the Netflix lens flares and force fed luke warm politics of Discovery - then I’m not really interested.

P.S I have no comment on the JJ Abrams stuff.

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Steve@communick.news ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Most of that, yes. And it’s great

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Adm_Drummer@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Have you watched any of SNW or are you deciding to pass judgement on a show based on… Nostalgia?

Its a really good show and the musical episode doesn’t feel out of place in an episodic Star Trek show. I think you should give it a good try. The show is a lot of fun and is a return to classic episodic trek with great stories intertwined.

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Wolf314159@startrek.website ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Strange New Worlds catches the feels of TOS without feeling dated. It honors the best of TOS, Next Generation, DS9, and Voyager, but leaves behind the parts that don’t really work anymore. There are women on the bridge and Rick Berman’s shadow is long gone. Although there is still some interpersonal drama, it doesn’t feel nearly as center stage as it did in Discovery, focusing more on the adventure and focusing less on ACTING-centric monologues that made Discovery unbearable sometimes. I wouldn’t call the politics luke warm, though they are maybe a more subtle and less center stage than they were in Discovery. In general, my feeling is that Strange New Worlds has distanced itself from all the parts of Discovery that didn’t work for me.

My chief gripe is that Spock is often way more emotional than makes sense.

-A millennial that watched every episode of Next Generation at least twice, once when they aired and again from VHS tapes when my dad got home from work. I guess I’ve watched them all way more than twice now.

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