I haven’t seen STA yet, but it seems like, with a few exceptions, the most recent Star Trek has always been controversial, since The Next Generation. I feel like Enterprise deserved it the most, and SNW escaped most of it. Discovery probably got it the worst? Though TNG was by far the least deserving of it.
Kate Mulgrew Defends ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ And Captain Ake From “Disrespectful” Online Attacks
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cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 46 minutes ago
Shadow@lemmy.ca 32 minutes ago
Which I find kinda surprising, since I would call SNW fairly “woke” if you actually pay attention to the show. Maybe it’s just because it’s a male captain set in the TOS era, and it’s a more traditional trek show?
Little8Lost@lemmy.world 14 minutes ago
I dont like DIS because it does not feel very trek to me with the ugly klingons and the overall dark stories and characters. Also (like PIC) its very storyline so i cant really just jump into an episode and be happy (or unhappy, whatever story the episode is)
On the other side i think SNW is what should have been the first series after the pause after ENT. Its hopeful, most episodes can be watched alone and it still has a background story like VOY. And like every trek its woke.
I think that PIC would have gotten a similar (smaller?) shitstorm compared to DIS if that was the first after the pause. LD maybe too but less for the quality and more because its animated. And PRO for feeling more nicelodeon than trek (or rather a mix)
If DIS came just later than others it would have probably been either more liked or at least ignored like a lot ignore PIC or Short Treks
DontRedditMyLemmy@lemmy.world 25 minutes ago
SNW is a good balance. Discovery on the other hand, was way too emotional for me. Where is STSA on the crying-every-other-scene scale?
DontRedditMyLemmy@lemmy.world 58 minutes ago
I haven’t watched STA. Is the captain really lounging in the chair and going barefoot?
themoken@startrek.website 46 minutes ago
Yes, but in context it’s not a big deal. A lot of it is contrasting her with her peer, the chancellor of the war college, who is uptight. Ultimately, she’s less military commander, or even explorer, and more chancellor of a school full of students and in that capacity it makes more sense to generate a relaxed atmosphere. When the situation calls for it, she can be serious as well.
She just has her own style, but people want to be negative because she’s not Picard-ing hard enough or some dumb shit.
reddig33@lemmy.world 23 minutes ago
Just remember, Star Trek ships don’t have seat belts. Gonna be fun when someone slams on the brakes and Captain slouchy goes flying out of her chair, across the freshly waxed floor, and into the viewscreen. At least the nextgen crew knew to put carpet on the floors.
DontRedditMyLemmy@lemmy.world 30 minutes ago
I don’t even know the premise for the show… If the captain of a flagship was lounging in the chair, I would lose lock pretty fast. Apparently this is an academy and she is more like a professor?
AlanWake2112@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Online attacks against an actor on a Star Trek show is not very Star Trek philosophy. World needs more Spock’s and less Kahn’s.
ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 13 minutes ago
For the record, if anyone reading this is that sort of person, you can save us a lot of time and just go away now.
SarahValentine@lemmy.blahaj.zone 51 minutes ago
I feel like calling Captain Ake “mumbles” is right up there with calling Picard “baldy”. I get the feeling we’re dealing with the kind of people who think one of those things is okay and the other isn’t.
DontRedditMyLemmy@lemmy.world 28 minutes ago
It’s pretty stupid to pick on Holly Hunter for her trademark.