Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Page 9 of 11)

@merc - Lolz, the 1950's throw back aesthetics look great, not sure why that bothers you.  So long as it doesn't have the horrible pinging sound that's in every episode of the Original Series, I'm happy.

@Kanga - As far as substance, you're absolutely correct, this show is geared for a younger audience, it's playful and adolescent, and does not dig the depths but spends more time focused on relationships than exploration, so much so that the exploration is in the background instead of the forefront. 

Wouldn't it be great if there were a procedural Star Trek on Fridays, 25 episodes per season 40 minutes long that ran from October to May, and was just a playground to explore the universe.  It would be even better if the network executives allowed (instead of suppressed) some great thinkers/intellectuals/scientists to participate in writing stories/situations that dig the existential depths to help bridge the gap between political/social conflicts and taught some actual science.  Imagine if Christopher Nolan produced Star Trek?  Instead they're like, "nahhh, we're gonna write a silly show about relationships." lolz. Haha.

No, we had that with TNG, and it's not the trekkies that are against deeper stories, it's the studio executives at CBS who hate Star Trek and it's fans, and don't want to say anything that might be subversive enough to get cancelled, and they want to gear all the new Star Trek for a new younger audience so we have shorter seasons and more fluff.

Defending Enterprise, still ridiculous to me, not that I despise it, it was just unbearably boring and bland, as I couldn't cue into any character, the ship was small and claustrophobic, the performances were ham, and after two seasons it felt like a chore to watch, I couldn't take it any more; it was very forgettable.

Thats 2 of us. The show really felt like the first journey beyond the solar system, meeting the aliens for the first time. And it had an ongoing storyline unlike the other trek shows - the closest is I suppose Voyager in that respect

@Proteinnerd, merc - I always enjoyed the opening credits with Rod Stewart and also didn't like the ship, and I tried re-watching the pilot again, and I can't get through it, it's like a sedative to me.

@graybags - Sorry for the late reply, but Those Old Scientists - S2x7 easily tops the charts of everything I can currently remember, it checks every box of what I like about Trek, from time travel where people from the past and the future share a connection, comedy throughout using Star Trek references that make fun of Star Trek (that's very me!!), and it's the classic underdog story where Boimler actually does something right for a change (he usually screws up royally) and gets a chance to prove himself to his heroes, which created a lot of inspired moments, and it was a classic Star Trek scenario of analyzing an ancient artifact on a planet.  With 9.1 on imdb and 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, clearly the larger audience loved it too.

My favorite episode of Stargate, is Window of Opportunity, if that sheds any light on my preferences and what I like to watch, and that's 10 seasons of SG1, 5 seasons of Atlantis, and 2 seasons of Universe, Window of Opportunity = #1.  Classic time loop scenario, oh ya!  In the middle of my BACK SWING!

I like inspired moments and performances relating to the heroes journey, like "One Way Out" from Andor was another amazing episode of television this year, where every factor of production flowed together and scenes connected so perfectly, that it lands on another level to me.

HEGEMONY - pretty good old school Trek action.

so it is over? no just old men trying to look with-it

You and I identify this and we know that it would be a cashcow that they could milk forever, so why are they doing the whole <insert current thing and build relationships>? Once you answer that question, there is no way back

If ever.. lots of shows were cancelled during the last major writer's strike.

You know you don’t have to watch it right? Or is someone forcing you? Blink twice if you’re being held hostage and made to watch shows you don’t like..

Admit it @merc, you went prematurely bald didn’t you?

It’s ok to be jealous of a 50 year old man with a great head of hair.

It doesn’t make you less of a man.

This is a safe space, you can let out all of your feelings of inadequacies here without judgement…..

well, maybe a little bit of judgement.
;D