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Star Trek: Picard Jan 26, 2020 0:07:38 GMT movieliker and Prime etc. like this

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Post by paislene on Jan 26, 2020 0:07:38 GMT

Jan 25, 2020 16:53:34 GMT @graham said:

My big issue with this show is that it's more "anti Trek".

Star Trek has always been the optimistic show. Unlike most sci-fi, Trek depicts a future where the major problems of humanity have been overcome. The Federation is more or less a utopian society, a place where everyone is comfortable, everyone can do what they want, where the challenge of life is not to survive, but to reach your full potential and live your best life.

But not any more. Under Kurtzman, everything has to be the GrimDark version of itself. So now we have to have a Federation and Starfleet that has turned its back on the universe, become suspicious and paranoid. The mission isn't to explore and learn, to confront issues and problems that are 'out there' - all the enemies and problems must come from within, to demonstrate that your society is bad and wrong.

If I wanted that I could watch Westworld, Battlestar Galactica, Babylon 5, Dark Matter, Blade Runner, Altered Carbon... pretty much ANY other sci-fi show, because that's literally the most generic easy thing to do in sci-fi. And NOT doing that is exactly what made Trek different, most especially in TNG, the most optimistic Trek there was.

And from what I've read about the series, it's only going to get worse. Much, much, worse.

Do I hate this show? No. Mostly it makes me feel sad. It could have been a real sequel, it could have been a worthy successor, it could have been a great course correction. It's chosen to be none of those things. Watching it felt like watching your house burn down.

Well said Graham ! Yes all modern commercial sci-fi seems to work to a similar format , 'the situation has gone very bad , and some tormented hero/es have to fight to make things right at a terrible cost to themselves and everyone' . All the mainstream shows use this theme . Even the new Lost in Space , where all the good people are doubting themselves because the mission is facing total disaster , and in their midst is a lying serial killer (Dr Smith) who maybe wants to be good , but keeps dispatching anyone who can expose her . And believe it or not , The Expanse and The Orville are the same too . This is because the Hollywood Mafia (there's another name for them) who finance all these shows will only hire or promote other producers or directors who will agree to their terms or view . That's why I spend some time looking for virtually unheard sci-fi movies and shows made by producers/directors who don't like to be compromised .