I find the execution to be lackluster.

This is, to an extent, in the eye of the beholder, and I’m not inclined to argue too much about taste.

Except. Except.

the explanation of the Burn

I honestly think this is the most “Star Trek” thing the franchise has done in…decades. It feels like it was ripped straight out of TOS, and I absolutely adore it.

Agreed, though it seems unlikely that we’re going to get any more of it, sadly.

I have a lot of half-baked thoughts about how TNG was more of a product of its time than we realize.

Growing up in the late 80s - early 90s, a lot of us were taught that social injustice were issues of the past, and TNG reflected that perspective.

That…well, even at the time, we were being sold a false bill of goods, and it certainly isn’t the world we live in today.

Sure, I don’t think anything is absolute. But I think there’s a general impression that as the older fans literally die off, there aren’t enough younger ones to replace them, let alone expand the popularity of the franchise.

I’m struggling to find it now, but I read a Jonathan Frakes interview last year (I think) where he expressed a similar sentiment.

Basically, he said that the fans that he sees at conventions are getting noticably older, and there aren’t as many younger people joining the fold.

I think the current approach is the correct one, even if it produces a few misses here and there.

A variety of tonally distinct projects, aimed at different demographics, telling stories.

I’d consider Discovery to be optimistic as well - striving to make the world(s) a better place in the face of conflict, uncertainty, and disaster is still optimism. In fact, it’s arguably the type of optimism we need now more than ever before.

The first season of Picard flirted with similar themes, but I don’t think that series ultimately went anywhere with them.

It seems to be improving now - it was over 10 days behind at one point.

Hmm. This unfortunately only just made it through to the instance, thanks to the large lag we’ve been experiencing from lemmy.world.

I guess I agree with the premise of the article to the extent that the ensemble cast was pretty charming, and I honestly wouldn’t mind seeing any of them again in the future.

The most “successful” part of the movie to me was Georgiou’s arc - she’s really the only character to get a complete arc in the movie, and it was admittedly pretty thin.

Whoever wins…we lose.