About Star Trek Starfleet Academy blacklash
from cuchi@startrek.website to startrek@startrek.website on 12 Aug 22:10
https://startrek.website/post/27500310
from cuchi@startrek.website to startrek@startrek.website on 12 Aug 22:10
https://startrek.website/post/27500310
I see the trailer, I don’t think is the best serie in the world, but I think can be something fun to watch, to nowdays standards that is enough to me really.
I need to watch it to have an opinion, I have the feeling people need to give a chance at least, I did with Voyager despite all the negative critics I saw.
What you think about this?
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OHHH wait I remember this conversation from Disco, lemme see if I can still do the spiel.
I think it’s good if it brings more fans to series and in a way I envy the idea of them wanting more Star Trek and finding out about TNG, DS9 and VOY.
It’s the internet. There’s going to be “backlash” regardless.
Though to be honest, people seem pretty high on SFA, both here an in other online spaces I visit.
I think there’s a lot of potential in the concept, and the trailer looked great.
Either way, I’d much rather talk about the show than the people talking about the show.
@ValueSubtracted it's too early for a backlash. This must be a front-lash.
It’s lashes all the way down.
I’d rather talk about reactions to a show that’s actually happening — even if they are based only on a trailer and pre promotional interviews — than endless hyping, speculation and claims of groundswells of fan enthusiasm about projects that aren’t happening.
Now that it’s no longer the officially sanctioned con, STLV’s panels seem to be set up to encourage producers and actors to hype projects that never even got to the development he’ll’ stage let alone any consideration for being greenlit. These include Tarantino’s bat-sh*t movie idea, Captain Worf, Legacy and the recently revealed Unity proposal.
It’s the same dumb cycle that’s happened with every new Trek show since TNG (and probably TAS). It’s tiresome, but at least it’s predicable, I guess? Just ignore the obligatory backlash and see how it turns out.
No, no, this time Star Trek will be woke. I can tell by the trailer. It’s never been woke before.
‘Fans’ fundraised to pay for full page advertisements in major US newspapers as a campaign to persuade NBC not to broadcast TAS even after its season one production was almost complete.
All I can say about the trailer is that it took me less than five seconds to recognize Holly Hunter once she began to speak. Such a distinctive voice. Even if it sucks, I’m giving it a shot because of her.
Ok, I’ll bite. From the trailer, it just looks like another season of Discovery. Same look and feel, same era, many of the same cast members. And since I didn’t care for Discovery, I doubt I will care for this either.
I really wish SkyDance would bring in a new showrunner after this round of Star Trek programs is over.
I certainly wasn’t expecting it to take place after Discovery, I thought it would be around the same time as Prodigy. I guess restarting the academy after The Burn could be more interesting, either way, I’m looking forward to seeing it.
I’m so out of touch now. I used to watch a lot of Star Trek when everything was broadcast television. I just can’t bring myself to get a subscription just for Star Trek though.
I mean, I think you have pretty based reasons to sail the high seas, frankly.
@cuchi I'm honestly looking forward to this series. Haven't seen any of the trailers, just kinda burned out on broody, hero speech, sobbing in a hallway, dark-ass Picard/Discovery Trek.
@cuchi These franchises sag under their own weight until there's nothing left. Star Wars is more guilty, pumping out so much content nothing means anything anymore. It's difficult for me to drop any form of objectivity with it these days... "Do or do not, there is no try." "Only Sith deal in absolutes."
Star Trek is on a lower trajectory compared to Star Wars, but neither can escape the gravity of enshittification. Chances are, I'd enjoy this more than the latest Star Wars tripe.
With Star Wars, they didn’t even do the main film franchise well. Episode 7 was okay, but 8 was such hot garbage I read up on why and found out there was no overarching plan for the trilogy, and different directors for each. No wonder they pulled a J.K. Rowling to completely change the rules of their own systems to meet the needs of the (bad) plot, and shit all over their own franchise. Skywalker might as well have been given a Super Time Turner to save the day in 8.
Disney Star Wars films are bad fan fiction, not canon.
Everything gets a “backlash” on the internet. If it says Star Trek on it, I’m going to at least try it. That easy.
(Disclaimer: Unless it’s absolutely blatantly not Star Trek. And even then I might be curious. Section 31 was difficult.)
Section 31 was perfectly passable as a non Star Trek thing. If it were a random sci-fi movie it had fun moments. As Star Trek? Good lord it was garbage.
I think part of it is people are so annoyed with entertainment companies in general that it’s hard to know if you’re worried about something real about the show or you’re just fatigued.
Also, personally, I feel like people have actually been relatively quiet about STA, although maybe it’s just the community I’m in. Personally, with headlines about Robert Picardo’s character being “deeper”, I’m almost certain he’ll be 100% comic relief, and the show may be unexpectedly good, if Star Trek: Prodigy is anything to judge by.
Mostly, I just hope they don’t do the most basic Klingon plot they can think of - I think it would be great if the Qo’nos Klingons were relatively well off post-burn due to a philosophical shift, but they’ll probably have something like they were devastated by civil war after possibly being a Federation member.
EDIT: I mean, almost all of the better newer series have been forays into a genre - LD adult animated comedy and PRO children’s drama. If STA’s trying to aim towards a tween/teen niche, maybe it will also follow that. The only one to break the pattern is S31 somewhat, in the sense it was an action movie attempt, but still within the general sci-fi drama standard of Trek.
The first Star Trek that doesn’t receive any backlash is the first Star Trek I’m not interested in.
I haven’t noticed much backlash, though I’m sure you can find some in the usual discontented corners of the internet. Personally I’m optimistic, but we really don’t have all that much information yet. The trailer mostly sold the tone, but it seemed like the right tone.
We’ve seen basically nothing of it other than a short trailer, so it’s way too early for anyone to be deciding whether it’ll be good or not! I’m planning to give it a try, just like I have with every other Trek show so far. If I like it, I’ll continue watching. If I don’t, I won’t!
you extremist