Forgive me, Doctor, for I have sinned: I haven't watched anything Trek in almost 2 months

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• blunderworld@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Starfleet academy looks like hot garbage to me. Am I mistaken?

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  • Kirk@startrek.website ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You are. I had zero desire to watch it myself, put it on because I was bored, and now I’m literally counting the days until each new episode. Episode 4 in particular was everything I love about Star Trek.

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  • usernamefactory@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You are, it’s actually an excellent Trek series. The first three episodes are only pretty good, but it gets really great after that.

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  • astronaut_sloth@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m a bit behind, but I think it’s a bit hit or miss. The hits are really good, though. To be fair to the show, I’ve found the misses to be primarily the parts focusing on teen drama because I just find teen drama annoying…while watching a teen drama show (in other words, it’s not the show, it’s me). The fourth episode, “Vox In Excelso,” has been my favorite so far, and it’s squarely in the field of great Trek stories.

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    • Kirk@startrek.website ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      teen drama

      Can you expand what you mean by this? I have heard this criticism before but nobody has been able to provide me an example from the show of what they mean.

      Just so we’re on the same page, I haven’t seen a single example of drama that I would consider functionally different in form or quantity than any other Star Trek show. There is drama yes, and there are also teenagers. But everyone on SFA is far more mature than (for example) Wesley or Jake and I cannot recall anyone criticizing TNG or DS9 for being a “teen drama”.

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    • null@lemmy.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      “Ugh… it’s another Wesley episode.”

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  • zaphod@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    No, it’s not good, but maybe that’s just me.

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  • MisterD@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    “I ate my com-badge”

    “I’m a male Klingon that wears a dress”

    I wish I was kidding

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    • hallettj@leminal.space ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      What’s the problem with either of these?

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    • usernamefactory@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Oh no, not gender nonconformity!!

      The best argument I could make for giving Starfleet Academy a chance is the quality of commentary from the people who hate it.

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  • 13igTyme@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    No. I watched the first episode and the writing is just terrible. All new trek is garbage unfortunately.

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  • lemmyseikai@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Not enough context. Why does it look like hot garbage?

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    • Serinus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s a teen drama mostly aimed at teens, but with a sex scene.

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  • isosphere@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Mixed IMO. I think the intended audience is teens? Has a bit of a Prodigy vibe, so if you’re into that it might be up your alley.

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  • Serinus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Watch episode 6, skip the rest.

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  • supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yes

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• BillyClark@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I think a lot of people are reluctant to prop up Paramount these days.

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  • Blade9732@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Then just sail the high seas, my boy!

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  • ValueSubtracted@startrek.website ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Understandably so.

    Here’s my question: is it better to boycott the company outright, or to show them that you are willing to pay for progressive content?

    I don’t have an answer. I think you can make a good argument for either.

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    • Cort@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      On top of becoming a mouthpiece of the trump administration, they’re using like $100 billion of Saudi money to buy WBDiscovery, so I think maximum persuasion would be accomplished by boycott.

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• Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Or go play the new Star Trek Voyager game! I really like it, just wish they had gotten more voice actors from the series.

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• FauxPseudo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m not busy. I’m just not giving CBS a freaking dime because they are state controlled media. I’ll wait until I’m at a friend’s house or the regime collapses.

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  • spazzman6156@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Or 🏴‍☠️

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• lath@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I only watch full seasons nowadays. Just one episode is hardly worth the excitement.

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  • SatyrSack@quokk.au ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Same for me. I even take it a step further with new shows and don’t start watching it at all until after the series has been completed/canceled. Once the full show is available to me, I am free to binge it at my own pace, without having to read other people’s opinions between episodes/seasons to sour my experience.

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  • IcedRaktajino@startrek.website ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m similar but it’s a side effect of my general gluttony. I’ll watch one episode and immediately want more. I didn’t intend to wait until the season was over to binge it all, but it just sort of happened because of life being hectic right now.

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