Comment on Star Trek has more to offer or it has to end and stop producing more content?
usernamefactory@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
I love the hell out of SNW, but I agree that as a TOS prequel it’s limited in its ability to move the franchise forward.
Thankfully, Starfleet Academy has turned out to be really, really good. I just hope it survives and secures a strong enough following.
MimicJar@lemmy.world 1 week ago
You’re absolutely right and we’ve been asking for this since the end of Voyager and I think one of the biggest reasons why Enterprise had such rough time.
90s Trek was fantastic and did a great job handing off to each other. Even Voyager being stranded was still moving the world forward. Then we reset back to the first Enterprise, absolutely killing all the momentum.
The best thing Discovery ever did (apart from soft launching Strange New Worlds which got lucky) was launch us into the far future and give us a place to build.
I never would have asked for that. Picard seemed like that path forward, but struggled (season 1), told a what if story (season 2), and then just did a fun reunion (season 3). But ultimately set up a Seven show that just never happened.
But we’re in the far future now. Discovery put us there. Starfleet Academy is building and moving us forward again. It’s not perfect, but it’s building and I’m in.
StarryPhoenix97@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I really wish we got a Captain Seven show or mini series. I had been saying “Captain Annika Hansen” to my friends since Picard commissioned her. Then it happened! One of the best moments in Star Trek. Seven of Nine becoming Captain of the Enterprise.
MalikMuaddibSoong@startrek.website 6 days ago
I feel this is a powerful argument against prequels in general, not just for star trek.
Like, I cant help but think you’re right. The latter half of disco did indeed move the setting to a place where Academy can pick up and it seems like it’s working.