Star trek used to be different and exciting an interesting. A study on human characterisation, what makes us the worst and the best, capable of cruelty and beauty. Well written stories, meaningful character arcs, background conflict spanning decades and light years
With the odd cringe bad episode thrown in to lighten up and the occasional fan service favourite character brought in. As a package it was a solid offering with fantastic rewatchability…
Nowadays it has fallen into the same pit as Star Wars, forget the lore, forget the history, the politics, the motivations, forget what made it great but niche and try to go mainstream. Strip all the characters until there is nothing but catch phrases left, mix all the “popular” themes and storylines, mash everything together and pack it into a digital envelope to sell via streaming service
I am struggling through Picard S2, I saw some red flags on the first episodes, the old “mirror universe” trope, the Borg, Q… we’ve been there, far too many times, but I decided to give it a try.
Now I am a couple of episodes behind and stating to get that sinking feeling its not worth it, like being stuck on a game and giving up. I might go back and watch them, if anything so I can enjoy Red letter media making fun of them.
How the mighty have fallen
