Following Backlash, the New 'Star Trek' Series Falls Out of the Streaming Charts
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Doesn't feel right to me. The premier didn't leave me wanting more. It feels like a step back towards Disco after the great leaps forward of Strange New Worlds and Lower Decks.
any idea what is meant by backlash?
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any idea what is meant by backlash?
Its the word they use to fabricate engagement when in reality nobody is watching.
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WTF? What do you people want????
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Eh...I thought it was a charming show. Not much substance, but charming.
It felt like watching the WB. It's aiming for teen demo and I'm... not that.
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I dunno about the attacks, I watched the first few and I thought it was okay but it's just another school/college/university/academy version of a show, doesn't feel like boldly going where no one has gone before. I don't have any problem with it persay just eh.
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Doesn't feel right to me. The premier didn't leave me wanting more. It feels like a step back towards Disco after the great leaps forward of Strange New Worlds and Lower Decks.
It’s strange that they doubled down on ”Discovery: The Sequel” and expected success. It reminds me of when everyone hated the Star Trek Enterprise theme song, so instead of replacing it the producers just “jazzed it up”.
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WTF? What do you people want????
A show about competent people exploring the universe?
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WTF? What do you people want????
Agreed. We finally get a show set in the future with a cast that doesn't bring back characters we already know and people are allegedly up in arms about it. Perhaps they need another series set around ST:TOS with Spock and Kirk since we don't have enough of that already.
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WTF? What do you people want????
Star Trek Deep Space Nine 2, of course.
I want episodic sci-fi plots with an ensemble cast and minimal, yet still present, slow burn character growth and world building.
I want a show that in one episode is willing to say the entirety of American culture is wantonly racist and the next be about playing baseball in VR, all complete with semi-stage play-style, scenery chewing acting. Giamatti delivered on that part, to be fair, but it just felt so mismatched with the rest of the chaos.
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A show about competent people exploring the universe?
Yeah the competence porn of TNG is very comforting in this insane times.
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Star Trek Deep Space Nine 2, of course.
I want episodic sci-fi plots with an ensemble cast and minimal, yet still present, slow burn character growth and world building.
I want a show that in one episode is willing to say the entirety of American culture is wantonly racist and the next be about playing baseball in VR, all complete with semi-stage play-style, scenery chewing acting. Giamatti delivered on that part, to be fair, but it just felt so mismatched with the rest of the chaos.
If we were only 4 episodes into DS9's original airing, people would be losing their minds complaining about how terrible of a show it is. The first season was terrible.
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I watched first episode of discovery it seemed good what goes so wrong? (I don't care about spoilers)
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I watched first episode of discovery it seemed good what goes so wrong? (I don't care about spoilers)
For me it was way too quipy. Felt like i was watching a marvel movie.
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Star Trek Deep Space Nine 2, of course.
I want episodic sci-fi plots with an ensemble cast and minimal, yet still present, slow burn character growth and world building.
I want a show that in one episode is willing to say the entirety of American culture is wantonly racist and the next be about playing baseball in VR, all complete with semi-stage play-style, scenery chewing acting. Giamatti delivered on that part, to be fair, but it just felt so mismatched with the rest of the chaos.
I just want garrick back tbh, and quark. Those two completely stole the show.
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It felt like watching the WB. It's aiming for teen demo and I'm... not that.
Yes.
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For me it was way too quipy. Felt like i was watching a marvel movie.
Ok got it they marvel fied star trek
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Star Trek Deep Space Nine 2, of course.
I want episodic sci-fi plots with an ensemble cast and minimal, yet still present, slow burn character growth and world building.
I want a show that in one episode is willing to say the entirety of American culture is wantonly racist and the next be about playing baseball in VR, all complete with semi-stage play-style, scenery chewing acting. Giamatti delivered on that part, to be fair, but it just felt so mismatched with the rest of the chaos.
Come on, you were so close when you almost said Babylon 5.
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If we were only 4 episodes into DS9's original airing, people would be losing their minds complaining about how terrible of a show it is. The first season was terrible.
That is a phenomenal point
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Come on, you were so close when you almost said Babylon 5.
I don't know what DS9's secret sauce is because I've tried to get into Babylon 5 a few times and it never hooks me. I don't think it can be just the cultural cache of Star Trek, but it's something.
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I don't know what DS9's secret sauce is because I've tried to get into Babylon 5 a few times and it never hooks me. I don't think it can be just the cultural cache of Star Trek, but it's something.
Don't get me wrong man, I binge star trek routinely. I'm currently hopping between DS9 and Voyager.
B5 just hits harder in a different way. It elicits an emotional response with the finale that tops even the most soul crushing anime like Your lie in April and Angel Beats. It has tons of parallels to today's world and the story goes well beyond a bite sized episode.
It's got it's flaws. There are plenty of episodes that are rough patches especially in S1, and S5 can be very meh, but for it's time it's a marvel. In a world of sitcoms and one offs it delivered a story with tons of plots that go beyond just a two part episode. It's a show that feels way more modern in good ways despite the low resolution and relatively small budget.
Like any show though, it's not for everyone. It never got the mass appeal that star trek attained, but it feels like a much more realistic future than star trek will ever be unfortunately.
