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Starfleet Academy - It's Happening
- Thread starter StarMan™
- Start date
Colonel Kira's Left Tit
Bearded Belly of Bajor
I'll wait to see the final product, of course, and I will watch an ep or two out of curiosity, but this whole thing looks like a gigantic misfire. Like, take the worst elements from Discovery and triple down on that sort of misfire.
Phil Collins
Sussudio
Don't do this to yourself. At least develop a real drug addiction and take that up again, have some self respect.
Eggs Mayonnaise
All In With The Nuts
Hmm...
Okay:
They hired a bunch of people who can't handle Trek dialogue. Especially Holly Hunter, who seems to have lost the ability to open her mouth while speaking. The only people who got it were Giamatti and Picardo. And 25 years ago I even wonder if Giamatti could have done what he can do now... he's aged incredibly well as an actor.
So the bridge crew is a Jon Hamm impersonator, and some lesbian interstealler Golden Girls? Mkay. SHAVE THAT FLINTSTONE SHADOW, SOLDIER!
Is there such a thing as the SFX being "too good"? I actually miss the simpler FX of the TNG era. Ever since JJ, battle scenes are so detail-oriented, that it's actually harder to digest the overall thing itself that is happening. Focus here! No, focus there! Especially when you add the Shaky Camera Syndrome, another unfortunate JJ legacy. At least I didn't notice many lens flares...
Okay:
They hired a bunch of people who can't handle Trek dialogue. Especially Holly Hunter, who seems to have lost the ability to open her mouth while speaking. The only people who got it were Giamatti and Picardo. And 25 years ago I even wonder if Giamatti could have done what he can do now... he's aged incredibly well as an actor.
So the bridge crew is a Jon Hamm impersonator, and some lesbian interstealler Golden Girls? Mkay. SHAVE THAT FLINTSTONE SHADOW, SOLDIER!
Is there such a thing as the SFX being "too good"? I actually miss the simpler FX of the TNG era. Ever since JJ, battle scenes are so detail-oriented, that it's actually harder to digest the overall thing itself that is happening. Focus here! No, focus there! Especially when you add the Shaky Camera Syndrome, another unfortunate JJ legacy. At least I didn't notice many lens flares...
CaptainWacky
I want to smell dark matter
I hate those robot things with the big eyes. They never looked like they belong in Star Trek.
StarMan™
Well-known member
I dislike how brand loyalty (or in the cases of most in the Treksphere, brand addiction), helps these shows accrue viewing numbers. You’ve seen everything this creative team has pumped out so far, hated a lot / so-so on some / liked a smidgen of it, you dislike the concept, it looks, feels and smells like a turd, but you’ll still be a trooper and give it a “chance”; you’ll check out the first episode, or you’re one of those fucking completionists that hasn’t reconciled with the fact you lost that lovin’ feeling for pretty much anything produced under the Trek banner over 20 years ago and force yourself through mental gymnastics to make the viewing experience tolerable. Or Robert Picardo. Cause he was in Voyager, ‘member?
I was lurking on TrekBBS when one of the usual suspects had the nerve to attribute the negative, dismissive fan attitudes to just "a segment of fans." If by segment, you mean the overwhelming majority of online degenerates who bother to talk about Trek? Fuck.
And fuck the hate-watchers too – in particular, those watching via legal means. Don’t go complaining and moaning about the show when you’re actively contributing to its success with your time and subscription.
I was lurking on TrekBBS when one of the usual suspects had the nerve to attribute the negative, dismissive fan attitudes to just "a segment of fans." If by segment, you mean the overwhelming majority of online degenerates who bother to talk about Trek? Fuck.
And fuck the hate-watchers too – in particular, those watching via legal means. Don’t go complaining and moaning about the show when you’re actively contributing to its success with your time and subscription.
The Beer Hall Pooch
Well-known member
Well, this is getting the fuck ratioed out of it.
Again.
But hey, a bridge crew that looks like a bunch of lesbian bakers in Portland... that should be a deal clincher right there!
Again.
But hey, a bridge crew that looks like a bunch of lesbian bakers in Portland... that should be a deal clincher right there!
Seph
* Eat Shit And Die *
Look at the fucking state of it.
StarMan™
Well-known member
I reckon Bernard (far left) is gonna be the breakout character Tiktok goes nuts for.
Seph
* Eat Shit And Die *
Phil Collins
Sussudio
I am now also convinced they do certain things with these shows because they know one of the only demographics guaranteed to watch them at this point are right wing fuckheads looking for an excuse to melt down over some culture war nonsense. Not that these shows are "progressive" or leftist in any real way, I think that's long since become self evident to anyone who cares.
A big part of modern Trek's problem is that it can't help but be miserable and dour, but when it tries being upbeat and positive it comes across as incredibly insincere and frankly, it gives me the same douche-chills I get from trying to watch The West Wing or any cop show. It's just a handful of rich kids jerking off over stuff they own the copyright to.
A big part of modern Trek's problem is that it can't help but be miserable and dour, but when it tries being upbeat and positive it comes across as incredibly insincere and frankly, it gives me the same douche-chills I get from trying to watch The West Wing or any cop show. It's just a handful of rich kids jerking off over stuff they own the copyright to.