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maegul@lemmy.ml ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• ValueSubtracted@startrek.website ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It doesn’t bother me at all, because I don’t think a fictional universe needs to have a “default” setting.

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  • maegul@lemmy.ml ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Aren’t prequels the default setting? What trek have we had since voyager that didn’t have a Spock or Soong in it?

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    • ValueSubtracted@startrek.website ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Lower Decks, Prodigy, Picard, late-period Discovery…is that enough? Should I continue?

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      • maegul@lemmy.ml ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        is that enough? Should I continue?

        There are more?

        But to dig into this …

        • Separating late-period from early period Discovery doesn’t really work. As much as I like the time jump, it’s pretty much the same show, and Burhnam is still Spock’s sister.
        • Picard is still a relatively hard se-quel, which resonates with the essence of my argument … plus it had a Soong. I’m not sure you can describe S3 as any less nostalgia baiting or digging into established IP than any prequel. Not sure Picard, especially S3, is a convincing example of “Star Trek doesn’t have a default setting”.

        Which leaves Lower Decks and Prodigy … which are by my reckoning the two relatively universally appreciated Trek projects since Voyager (at least amongst those that have watched them) … which I would claim is not a coincidence (not that we all have to like the same things).

        They’re both animated too which I feel exemplifies the risk-aversion modern Trek production has to “new” projects/characters etc.

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• beefcat@beehaw.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m OK with more prequels if it means letting Terry Matalas continue handling the post-TNG timeline.

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  • maegul@lemmy.ml ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m with you.

    The fun thing about the Matalas post-TNG/legacy thing for me is that it nicely straddles the line between being new and nostalgic. Seven would be captain and a whole bunch of other stuff too would be new, but still connected to the TNG era past.

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