Oh, I love competency porn! My favourite is Martian, both the book and the movie.
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BanMe@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The new Star Trek show is being called competency porn, which kind of fits this description. Although that’s been Star Trek for a long time. I think folks are upset they’re targeting youth with the last couple series… which, the average ST fan now being 92 years old, doesn’t exactly shock me.
Nalivai@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Guitarfun@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Starfleet Academy seems like it’s trying to be Harry Potter/Hogwarts. Star Trek Discovery has so much forced drama. Many of the characters are super annoying and in both shows I feel like a sense of professionalism is completely lost. Sure Starfleet isn’t exactly a military organization, but it’s pretty damn close and I just can’t take those shows seriously. I barely made it through Discovery. It was really hard watch. Picard and Strange New Worlds were just OK.
Techlos@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
SNW at least had some bangers, the Elysium kingdom episode captured that TNG magic
Guitarfun@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I agree. I enjoyed it for what it was. Some characters were kind of annoying too. I started it immediately after finishing Discovery and it was a very welcome change. I still prefer the older shows though.
daggermoon@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I just didn’t watch it because I heard it was bad. Also because it’s only on Streaming. Is it good?
EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The shows are alright but the streaming service is the worst thing I’d ever used in my life.
•Disconnected randomly •Commercials when paid for no commercials (had it as a birthday gift for a month and cancelled after) •Autoplay constantly broke and would require interaction every episode instead of blasting theme songs at me all day •episodes that did autoplay would crash, or it would start the same episode again 3 times if allowed
daggermoon@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
So, piracy? I actually did buy the first season of Strange New Worlds on UHD Blu-ray. I haven’t watched it yet. I’m more inclined too now. I actually really liked Enterprise. I thought it was underated.
Randelung@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
SNW was 👍, on a 👍/👎 scale.
EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I do not and cannot condone piracy, just do what The Janeway would do.
ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Re: only on streaming
In my experience it’s pretty cheap to get bootleg dvds imported. I’ve used eBay and walmart’s online store for getting 100% legit DVDs of things that definitely got physical editions.
I got Andor 1 and 2, as well as Fallout this way, mostly because fuck The Mouse and Beef Jesus.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Targeting youth with: prodigy ✅ academy [I wait to binge] disco [maybe?] snw [nah] moopsy trek 2 [that’s launching a full spread, not just targeting the kids]
Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 weeks ago
Moopsy Trek! Moopsy Trek!
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Moopsy trek best trek