Comment on Why do they turn Federation into a dystopia?
angrystego@lemmy.world 1 day agoWell, I get you. I’m personally the oposite though: I need pure fantasy to give me hope, to set the ideal to strive for.
Comment on Why do they turn Federation into a dystopia?
angrystego@lemmy.world 1 day agoWell, I get you. I’m personally the oposite though: I need pure fantasy to give me hope, to set the ideal to strive for.
Akuchimoya@startrek.website 1 day ago
I understand where you’re coming from, but, to put it plainly, this show is not meant for you. Media reflects the times; Enterprise is the way it was because of 9/11. Academy is for the young people of today have grown up in and are facing an increasingly bleak and hostile future. They will have to fight for a better future, because the one that is being handed to them is a dumpster fire. A show that shows them a better future is attainable and models how to do it is what they need, not a fantasy that is unobtainable.
angrystego@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
Well, yep, that’s kind of what op is talking about. Star Trek used to scratch a certain itch for people like me in a way other media rarely did. There are people like me in younger generations as well. I feel like the approach you’re talking about is not uncommon for other series/films, while the idealistic approach is super rare or non-existing now. Therefore I find it a pity.