Star Trek Discovery PROUD as it NUKES Hollywood Canary

[@disparutoo]

Star Trek Discovery Season 5 is soon to be released with no doubt hilarious reviews. But Paramount+ isn't just going to let it go quietly into the dark, Variety has written a massive article that goes in depth into various Star Trek series and gets more insane as it goes on. What started as a video just because one sentence pissed me off, turned into a complete deranged rant by the time I got to the end of it. It turns out there is something more annoying that making a TV series you don't understand. It's making one that you DO understand, and decide to do the exact opposite. With Strange New Worlds and Section 31 coming up, this article does not paint a hopeful picture. But what do you think? Let me know your thoughts down below and as always, thanks for watching :)

[@weebamf]

Time to just continue the usual activities rewatching all the old stuff, on free sites or owned DVDs etc so we arent giving tthese companies any more money.

[@ssShockRyder]

Did you rent madame web on youtube for 19.99 again ? =)

[@Joshua-xe7rm]

I miss the 90s

[@glawenclattuc3127]

I would love a series where the future time police come back in time and erase Michael Burnham’s mother. It would undo ALL the events of discovery, and restore the original timeline.

[@chromosomeboo]

The show is definitely dreadful; Never has a series celebrated the gross incompetence of terrible writing and the willful hatred of the producers for the IP they inherited. Their idiotic belief in elevating deplorable characters like Michael Burnham (who assaulted her captain, guilty of mutiny, started an interstellar war that destroyed 75% of the fleet). You also have the Mirror universe version of Michelle Yeoh's terrible campy character (a genocidal Empress who subjugated most of the Galaxy "apparently") is then given a pass and even celebrated by the characters over time. *The purpose of these two characters is to have the few viewers yell out "Slay Queen!" whenever they look up from their phones every time something loud happens or a female character spews out some cringey feminist drivel to a male character. The hero worship on these two characters by any secondary or tertiary characters (NPCs) around them is downright cultish. "Oh yes let's leave our loved ones behind forever and follow our messiah 1000 years into the fucking future!" In reality, if competent writers and producers were involved with this show, Michael Burnham and Empress Georgiou would either be prison or dead. The heavy-handed writing that allows this series to carry out its insipid drivel simply skims over rational thought and logical consequences for character interactions and character machinations. The only reason this carried out this long is because of an ironclad contract and an executive suite made up of idiots! Thank God its done after season 5. 😒

[@jimluebke3869]

"You shouldn't have to watch 700 hours of backstory to watch our show" No, but the _writers_ should.

[@funkydiscogod]

And think about it from the viewer's perspective: if a viewer had liked their show, and decided to go back to watch the 700 hours of backstory, they would say "this is nothing like what I watched before that I enjoyed and wanted to see more of." I mean, for example: if a person's first introduction to Star Trek had been TNG, and they had enjoyed the series, they could go back and likely would enjoy watching TOS. Not so much with nuTrek.

[@Gantiz]

​@@funkydiscogodexactly, I got my kids hooked on Star Trek from watching TOS, TNG, DS9, Voyager and Enterprise. And they all hate nuTrek

[@josephschultz3301]

And those 700 hours of franchise backstory are more enjoyable too.

[@luizmonad777]

@@funkydiscogod at that point why even keep the same name ? just make a new show. Its just dead, which is why I consider everything made after 2010 that bares the names of things made before. its all dead names from empty husk shells of corporation that have no reason to even exist anymore. Just close the door, or start making new things. Its a good think the market is coming for their carcass and their credit score is shit.

[@aqdrobert]

I might have liked Discovery, if it wasn't called "Star Trek." Skip any overt Trek references.

[@joesmutz9287]

Do you know what happens when Vulcans embrace emotion? Romulans. Romulans happen IIRC, that was their backstory

[@davfree9732]

"The same thing that happens to everything else." Sry, couldn't resist.

[@ardendragoon]

Hey. Stop talking about what came before. It didn't happen. 😂😂😂

[@EmeraldEyesEsoteric]

I don't think you can make it that simple. Romulans are more like trecherous Romans. If asked to describe them one word it would be Treachery.

[@rogerfurlong1535]

Now they will be trans - emo romulans

[@robderich8533]

"Your pain runs deep. Let us explore it... together. Each man hides a secret pain. It must be exposed and reckoned with. It must be dragged from the darkness and forced into the light. Share your pain. Share your pain with me... and gain strength from the sharing."

[@frankkolmann4801]

As a lifetime Star Trek fan, I cannot bear to watch Discovery. Woked to death.

[@bruceleealmighty]

Kind of like watching polls. Numbers swing wildly up and down and parties react, When the polls are not a current snapshot they are often delayed and can't possibly be an exact determination of what is about to happen. The utter Chaos that all these new ST series have put the franchise in has made for a complete failure to recognize unity of purpose, unity of mission. Conflict between crew has always been a secondary subplot to legacy ST not the theme that drives the series. Unity of crew has always been paramount to reaching the mission parameters. This constant conflict from within denotes no unifying goal. Throwing humanistic scenes and plots into this mix just makes for a scattered objective.

[@sird2333]

Star Trek ended with Deep Space Nine. I’ll even give Voyager a pass, reluctantly. After that, parallel universe.

[@nikoladd]

"Woked to death" Considering how progressive Star Trek audience has been for many decades that's an achievement.

[@michaels.starnes194]

Not just woke it is boring.

[@Darrylizer1]

I watched the first season and tho it started badly I soldiered on and it ended up being somewhat enjoyable. The ending of that season wasn't great but I wanted to see season 2. Then they introduced young Spock and Girl Boss was his sister. Ugh. They shit the bed, then went to sleep, woke up, and shit the bed some more.

[@odojang]

''I'm not interested in doing Star Trek. I'm interested in using Star Trek as a platform for our ideology.'' - Alex Kurtzman (Comicon 2020) ''That, is why you fail.'' - Yoda (The Empire Strikes Back)

[@gordonshumway5933]

Yes, if only the show was bad while simultaneously having and catering to garbage opinions, it would be better. Instead they “force” their ideology on ppl by Captain Kirk and Uhura having the first ever interracial kiss on TV and of course how Kirk endangers his crew almost every episode visiting planets in an attempt at inclusivity for the “Federation” or as I call them, the secret NATO Illuminati NWO globalists.. when will they ever learn there’s a minority of ppl who aren’t comfortable with it, which is very important 😂

[@richardcampbell7903]

Is that an actual quote from him?

[@odojang]

@@richardcampbell7903 Yep. Heard it myself and it's surely somewhere on KZbin since I heard him saying it there during a Comicon 2020 interview.

[@LawfulBased]

Emperator Wokaltin: _" Now take your father generations place at my side. "_ Gen Z: _" No. "_

[@bruceleealmighty]

Apropos

[@MrAntiKnowledge]

Old Star Trek: Discussing morals. New Star Trek: Preaching morals.

[@_Doc_Holiday]

More like: Old Star Trek: Discussing morals. New Star Trek: Perverting morals.

[@Alexander_Kale]

To a degree, yes. But in a lot of cases, it is made very, very clear what side you "should" support. Whenever you get an episode about one group unjustly suppressing the other, the supressing side usually ends up falling off a cliff at the end of the episode. Not to mention how almost every single episode about the prime directive falls flat on its face and half of them present the federation as being morally defective.

[@scottjoseph9578]

New Star Trek: preaching immorality.

[@Wyzai]

if it was even preaching morals. It's just confused. Episode 1 TL;DR: Officer has a bad dream about a diplomatic mission. They try to get their captain to turn around and stop it. Captain says the mission is too important to risk. Officer grabs a gun and mutinies, alone. They are thrown in a cell. Mission goes badly and everyone is killed, except the mutineer. Mutineer is now very, very sad.

[@MrAntiKnowledge]

@@Wyzai Ah, yes. Mutiny because of a dream, stellar writing.

[@Arigaku]

Hollywood: "We're glad we pissed off the people who are fans of this franchise! We ENJOY making you uncomfortable!" Also Hollywood: "WhY WoN't AnYbOdY wATcH oUr FiLmS, yOu IsTs AnD pHoBeS!"

[@wolfbane7497]

Gee I wonder why I just can't figure it out maybe because you're changing things not for the better but hey that's just a theory a game theory

[@toweypat]

I hope you can get your Shift key fixed soon.

[@Nartanek]

I'm thorn between laughing and crying, this is so true.

[@DominicRyanOsborne]

Honestly that quote didn't do them any favors

[@Der81Joffel]

@@toweypat i think This was been sung Musical Style on klingon - while Dancing..

[@justaguy328]

The idea that Star Trek is stronger than it's ever been was written by a person in their 20s, guaranteed lol. There is no way in hell Star Trek is close to what it was in the past.

[@notfromhere8889]

It is possible because there weren't as many revenue streams in the past. All the different ways it makes money aren't even reported

[@Sniffles69]

​@@notfromhere8889I highly doubt piss poor viewing figures and people no longer buying all the merchandise is producing more revenue.

[@notfromhere8889]

@lewismckenzie236 they have licenses all over the world, how do you know that lol

[@yahya_elistinsary]

I would happy watch DS9 and Voyager again but would never touch that new stuff.

[@jjc4577]

maybe it's because of the strong, diverse female characters that are all the rage these days. you know....the ones that are instantly good at everything and need no character development at all? So good at everything they don't even need a coherent story?

[@The_Mighty_Fiction]

"Star Trek is an institution." And currently produced by people who should _be_ in an institution.

[@Ramsey276one]

How do you make italics here? Will it work together with *Bold Asterisks?*

[@The_Mighty_Fiction]

@@Ramsey276one You bracket the text with underscores like this, _ italics, _ only without the spaces, so you get _italics._ And yes it works with *_bold._*

[@nautdead3197]

It's an institution. You know leftists always subvert or destroy those often both

[@MrReubenTishkoff]

​@@Ramsey276oneyou put an underscore before and after the word.

[@Teverell]

@@MrReubenTishkoff OOooh. You learn something new every day! _Awesome_!

[@bad-people6510]

Did he just poke Pike to check if he's a hologram? _sigh..._ THAT DOESN'T MEAN HE'S NOT A HOLOGRAM! The holodeck projects holograms onto force fields! THEY'RE SOLID! If you've ever seen ANY SCENE set on a holodeck, they touch shit all the time! That's why the safety function is a reoccurring plot device.

[@thomgizziz]

He told the computer to turn off... so not a hologram... then he touched him to see if he felt it... so not a dream... I mean the show runners are slow but how are you slower?

[@shayla106]

@@thomgizziz Are you a leftist? You have that whole condescending attitude just oozing off of you.

[@unclekevin5094]

Isnt there a scene where Picard shoots a borg with a machine gun and kills "it" because he has turned the safety protocol off ?

[@bad-people6510]

@@unclekevin5094 Yes.

[@butchdeloria2995]

there's no holodecks in Christopher Pikes time if im correct

[@gorasul12]

"people used to love my bbq but people stop coming after I replaced all meat with soy and pea protein replacements, whats wrong with bbq people? cant they handle a little change!?" 😜

[@TheNuclearGeek]

We all really owe Scott Bakula, Rick Berman and Brannon Braga an apology for how we treated Enterprise. If we only knew just how bad things would become.

[@edgarbm6407]

I actually liked that show.

[@zKaltern]

@@edgarbm6407 Me too. It was tragic how it was treated... it ended just as the crew were finding their way.

[@taylorstillman7932]

Loved Enterprise.

[@PeaceOrUtterDestruction]

Scott Bakula made a great captain.

[@happychappy492]

I actually liked Enterprise and have it downloaded but I can not stand STD or strange new worlds although I thing Strange new worlds is way better than STD

[@ASoberBear]

“The critics loved it because they were paid to” Way too on the bear nose.

[@Frosty1979]

It's even worse. They loved it, because they are all activists who want to push the same messages.

[@ASoberBear]

@@Frosty1979 (nibbles on Frosty doing bear stuff).

[@TimoRutanen]

I think it's fair to also say that later on, the 17 who were left out of 400 could have genuinely also liked it. But certainly the first 400, seems suspect. Critic and audience scores often differ though, because their approach to it all is different. Critics aren't there to be entertained, they are there to critique.

[@ImpetuouslyInsane]

And for every one of them that dropped off season to season were negative, but they would rather not leave a review at all less they lose access for their media jobs.

[@davidburroughs2244]

Let us notice fewer and fewer critics every year could stomach the show long enough to write a criticism and earn that money

[@radioflyer68911]

"We've got to see our hero take a dump. That's never been done on Star Trek!" ~Brilliant Modern Trek Writer.

[@lostalone9320]

"Bleh, we had them taking a dump last season... I'm out of ideas!"

[@MegaGasek]

Don't give them (bad) ideas buddy, they'll do it!

[@davidanderson_surrey_bc]

To boldly dump where no man -- I mean, no LGBTQS2+&^@)% -- has dumped before.

[@Hiraghm]

Speaking of "nostalgia bait".... I've found it interesting that, for a number of years, I've found young adults far too young to remember the 1980s even as infants... pining for the 1980s... "missing" the 1980s. There's a reason for that, IMO.

[@SkeeterHowitzer]

The "Vulcan saluting" is a rabbinical hand-sign.

[@ericschmit5911]

Star Trek, much like Star Wars, died when people took over the franchise that didn't understand, or care about, the franchise.

[@qui-gonrick7002]

Disney bought Lucasfilm because of Star Wars massive success and because they wanted brands that appealed to males and not just Disney princesses. So what did they do? Change it so it will appeal to a different audience and make it a girl brand.

[@bri55118]

Plus, they saw the money it was making and used the 25% rule to keep it to themselves.

[@WopRicci]

🎯

[@emirhanfidan2018]

At least Star Trek lower Decks is still good, and also still Star trek, marshallah

[@a1b1c184]

@@emirhanfidan2018 Lower Decks has it's moments but I still think overall it's mediocre. I'm afraid we've lost what we loved about Star Trek and Star Wars forever. It's like they don't mind these shows not making money anymore. Paramount is willing to just keep putting out content they think pleases the narrative instead of focusing on good stories and writing. It's a shame and I wish they wouldn't do it and it makes no sense to me but it is what's happening.

[@laggytim]

Hollywood expects star trek fans to be apple fans, consume and purchase without question.

[@6vitamin]

Idk, i don't think you can be a "fan" of a brand. that's just obedient consumers. if someone is cheerleading for a corporation, they might as well get paid for it, like a politician...or an advertiser

[@bruceleealmighty]

Agreed!😐

[@carlbieler9039]

Sir you speak this 60 yr old’s language. I have driven for days just to meet William Shatner, Walter Koenig and Terry Farrell. I wouldn’t cross the street to meet any of the new trek actors.

[@Mereologist]

I would cross the street to AVOID 'Nu Trek' actors.

[@sayLeotardbutsayitChinese]

A conversation with George RR Martin. "Hey, George, do you like chicken caesar salad?" GRRM: "I'm a fan of it, yes." "Well here's some chicken caesar salad with a slight change: I took a dump in it." GRRM: ". . ." "What's the problem, _GEORGE_ -- why aren't you eating your chicken caesar salad?? I thought you were a fan?"

[@toadsmoothy]

My high school buddies and I became fans of Star Trek when it aired in reruns in the 1970's. Star Trek died when 'Enterprise' went off the air in 2005. Yeah, I even like 'Voyager' and 'Enterprise.' I watched the first season of STD and was disgusted. I quit my subscription to 'All Access' and haven't looked back. Put simply, it is NOT Star Trek. It hasn't been since J.J. got his claws into it. Also, the way they've treated Bill Shatner is a disgrace. Fortunately, we still have the old series and movies and Captain Kirk still lives.

[@PyrokineticFire1]

every fan of old-trek has their own cutoff point. imo, the TNG movies were poison. they set a bad precedent, slipping in action movie tropes: half of them include Jean-luc Picard (the renowned bald diplomat) FIST-FIGHTING the bad guy in the movie's climax. that is action-shlock, not thought-provoking sci-fi. Picard was never Kirk, but he met Kirk in the time ribbon and suggests "let's go beat the bad guy with our bare hands like civilized men" nobody needs to defend those choices. the movies are generally fun, we know and like the characters. if you like them, enjoy them. as long as we can all agree new-trek is lesser.

[@van3158]

I used to love Star Trek, then JJ Abrams got ahold of it…

[@DAILYBLUNTATHON]

I like the cracked-out star treks like star trek 6 and deep space nine

[@MedalionDS9]

JJ only helmed 2 movies... Kurtzman is the one who truly drove it into the ground longer than JJ

[@SchizoidPersonoid]

Funny. I used to love Star Wars, then JJ Abrams got ahold of it...

[@Joseph1701-A]

Same here, I consider Modern Star Trek dead, as of Nemesis. Star Trek Online is my go to now.

[@Necron990]

Jar Jar Abrams then passed it off to Kurtzman...

[@QuorkEx]

I have been watching Star Trek for over 50 years and yet I cannot abide anything made in the last 15 years. Having to sit through things like string. New worlds is not just unpleasant, it is actual torture.

[@NavyMMPHMA]

I'm one of those who went to conventions in the '70's, watching endless reruns and saw all the TOS movies on opening day. I think some of that did "keep the franchise going." I haven't watched since, really, seeing the level of writing in B5 and the mess that was Enterprise. Can't care less what they do now.

[@EmeraldEyesEsoteric]

It tends to be very boring. To some extent you could expect that from something that's meant to precede the original series, but Enterprise was even older and was MUCH better.

[@Joe-Przybranowski]

SAME!

[@seanmcmurphy4744]

SAME!

[@jefferydraper4019]

Strange New Worlds had some great points though. I love Babs as their doctor. The Star Trek series doctor has always been a key character. (Ignoring Crusher of course who I would not have minded being removed permanently instead of Yar) I also really like Mount and Peck as Pike and Spock. Beyond that I see red shirts.

[@phatpat63]

There are so many edits here where you can tell that Disparu isn't taking a breath, or pausing on filler words to gather his next thought, but just collapsing into face-palming despair over what these people have done. I feel you bro.

[@TheBruningee]

i like when Disparu's hair loop appears and disappears

[@luminousbrilliance1711]

It's The Rings Of Chowder Effect. All these crappy TC shows and Movies has made Disparu get an editor. Brutal. 🙂

[@jeffreyspinner5437]

Disparu watching this shite is only on him. I feel great because the sewer pipe of holly wood doesn't soil me at all. Sometimes I indulge in reviewers videos, which according to holly wood is now lobbying google to end on ytube altogether. (That will happen, it's just a matter of time.) I honestly didn't even watch this one... I just have the time to even secondarily participate in some schadenfreude. Like vampires _you have to invite them in._ He has done so, so the only person to blame is himself.

[@thomgizziz]

no, I know you think you are being clever while youre kissing a$$ but you aren't. He made cuts because he isn't able to do it in one cut. He scripted this out and isn't going to sit there and facepalm about things he already thought about and wrote. How slow and gullible and detached from reality are you?

[@Br4dSp34d]

I mean, to be fair, the Borg are radically inclusive

[@judgegriff8041]

No, even the Borg had standards. They only assimilated what they wanted and destroyed those deemed unfit to be assimilated lol

[@sambeckett2428]

@@judgegriff8041 didn't they decide the Kazon sucked and weren't worth assimilating?

[@Skyblade12]

@@judgegriff8041Yep. They specifically sought out things that they deemed to have value to include into their collective. “Your biological and technological distinctiveness will be added to our own”. Anything that wasn’t worthy didn’t even get that, just destroyed or used as raw material.

[@TheJoelMH]

Ah yes the radically inclusive Federation who banned all genetic modified people from any positions that could have power. Bashir was only an exception due to his father's deal

[@DaringMelody]

Only genetically modified humans. Other GE races weren't banned becaue "we must respect their culture".

[@Kross415]

I love the term ''Modern audiences'' because that audience is non-existent and they don't seem to get it.

[@danielmacmaster5822]

Totally true.

[@billbo3590]

They get it and know it. They are just Marxists. And Marxists are soulless ghouls who will burn it all to the ground to get what they want.

[@j00bs]

this is what happens when fandoms outlive their nerdy creators' dedication. when a nerd is no longer at the helm, and is replaced by money-hungry souless suits, the fans inevitably suffer

[@Mrch33ky]

Well said!

[@dorn0531]

Doctor Who, Terminator, Star Wars, Alien, Warhammer (all forms), Ghostbusters & Predator all went the same way. The creators left, were forced out, died or sold out.

[@spartanonxy]

If they were money hungry this wouldn't have happened. It happens because ideologues. A money hungry suit would kill the quality. A ideologue would torture, contort and butcher the story for the sake of their beliefs. A suit can be reasoned with. A ideologue cannot.

[@j00bs]

@@dorn0531 let all us nerds remember these causalities of the Culture War in our hearts forever. we will never again fall for this... from now on remember this: when the Creator sells, the franchise is dead!

[@fredEVOIX]

yes and no even nerds as you say age and lose the spark they had even good directors end up doing bad stuff lucas, carpenter, argento etc...they all fall

[@saltlakesuperman]

Old fans tend to create new fans because they share what made them a fan. Take away what they like and they will not buy it and turn others from it.

[@TheOriginal_Unaleska]

Word of mouth is the biggest marketing strategy.

[@NuncleG]

George R.R. Martin: "it used to be Star Trek fans liked Star Trek, now they hate Star Trek just because they changed it?!" How can you answer a question within the actual question and not understand why?

[@billysunday7507]

That's not how he said it.

[@thedeltaquad]

When I was 5 while watching Reading Rainbow for the 1st time. I asked my grandfather how Geordi could read the book without his visor he's blind without it. That's when I learned about actors lol.

[@batmanuel9669]

Star Trek was a 39 year old franchise that ended in 2005. Nu Trek is the shitty fanfiction that replaced it in 2009.

[@DaNinja60]

Bingo.

[@dorn0531]

Correct

[@CNC-Time-Lapse]

How dare you insult the fanfiction community! Take that back! We have standards and integrity! :-P

[@mikepalmer1971]

I think the fan fiction would be better dude. It would be written by actual fans and not whatever these modern freaks are that wrote shows.

[@maxmazzotti6651]

You sir are correct!

[@out_spocken]

I was a Star Trek fan boy as a kid. I'd watch it with my dad every time it came out. I turned off Discovery mid season 1 and haven't even paid attention to it. I'm genuinely surprised the shit that is now 'star Trek' is in its 5th season lol mind blown

[@captainz9]

Wow... You actually made it to mid-season1? I quit after episode3.

[@MirandaSinistra]

To be fair, the first 3 season iirc was financed by Netflix. They realized after Season 2 what a waste of money it was and refused to finance anymore so Kurtzman had to go crawling back to Paramount. I'm pretty sure the only reason Paramount gave him 2 more chances to lose them money was because they're desperate for content.

[@yahya_elistinsary]

You actually watched...

[@edgarbm6407]

@@captainz9 Yeah, I made it about 3 episodes too. Breaks my heart....I grew up with Capt. Picard and Capt. Sisko on TV

[@deltatea3192]

Growing up it was one of the few times my family and I really spent time around our father. He was always on the road as a field service mechanic. I was never a big Star Trek fan but still enjoy popping on the old shows. I forget the channel coming out of the US but there is one where it was playing episode after episode for like 2 hours. We got rid of our cable some years ago. Better memories than the trash they call Star Trek now. I've yet to actually watch a full episode of Discovery. Won't even try the rest.

[@rextucker3184]

Alex Kurtzman: "I'm a schizophrenic" Also Alex Kurtman: "And so am I"

[@peppermintpig974]

Kurtzman did say it was an institution, he just didn't clarify it was an institution for the mentally unsound.

[@HotSauceForTheSoul]

Both the Sloan Sec 31 arc and the episode "In the Pale Moonlight" are beloved by DS9 fans because they're the counterpunch to regular rhythm of Star Trek. They stand out and are done with restraint and complete understanding of what the writers were trying to show about the dire needs of war and survival. Those episodes forced ugliness out of the characters we had not seen before, but in a way that felt both unexpected and earned. Kurtzman Trek can never understand character and subtlety in this way.

[@seancrowley3142]

Amongst their many crimes, Section 31 literally tried to commit genocide so that the Alpha quadrant wouldn’t fall to a totalitarian regime. I loved the complex moral quandaries of the organization. It’s a shame that the current creators of the show seem to be clueless about the true nature of 31.

[@johnhughes2124]

Section 31 I think had about 3 episodes in DS9, and that series was great because it forced Sisko who didn't live in paradise to choose between his Federation principles and (potentially) the survival of his crew, not tooo often but enough so that DS9 was a realistic critique of Roddenberry's secular humanism whilst still existing in that Universe. We had Garek, Quark and the Ferengi who forced us to confront the fact that no every culture in the galaxy lives by the Federation's principles, and the setting forced us to live with the consequences of decisions made in past episodes. The best part is about Section 31 is that they never went overboard with it, unlike Voyager who took the edge off the fear when dealing with the Borg section 31 was occasional, just like Admiral Leyton in Season 4 who was willing to conduct a coup to (as he saw it) secure the Federation against the Dominion.

[@jimluebke3869]

Do you know what you need to write Star Trek? A dozen Navy guys who liked to watch it when they were kids. For proper diversity, make sure to include a nuclear engineer, a doorkicker Marine, a medic, and at least one technician.

[@davidanderson_surrey_bc]

Dammit, Jim, I'm a *doctor,* not a screenwriter.

[@tomigun5180]

@@davidanderson_surrey_bc How do you know?! Did you ever try it? 😉

[@thesardoniccomedian9546]

When Abrams made the first Star Trek movie, i was horrified. Never seen someone give such a massive middle finger to decades of fan contributions and official lore in such a tactless and wholly encompassing fashion. These monsters deserve the ruin they will receive...

[@mallninja9805]

I'm still waiting for the ruin. How has 5 seasons of Discovery actually happened??

[@Fiasco3]

Rian Johnson of Star Wars beats all takers for the biggest wrecking of a franchise. At least J.J Abrams Star Trek passes as an attempt at a movie. The Last Jedi is the biggest FU to fans ever although the Timeless Children episode of Doctor Who is in the running for that title.

[@mikem.s.1183]

@@Fiasco3 Nah. SW TFA was the nightmarish kick-off that started it all. Jar Jar Abrams is literally the undertaker of two successful and respected franchises

[@headrockbeats]

The thing that kills me is that Abrams literally announced (and yes, I'm using the word "literally" correctly here) that he wanted to turn Star Trek into Star Wars; and yet swathes of Trek fans kept pretending he never did, until they no longer could keep pretending. So few people were willing to admit it to themselves, until it was too late.

[@Nyet-Zdyes]

@@Fiasco3 I've got another that belongs on that list... perhaps even at the top of it... Rafe Judkins' (Amazon) Wheel of Time.

[@justinowens8834]

You either die a hero or live long enough to see Disparu with a beard.

[@SpiritOfBagheera]

Chakotay portrayed a Native (South) American. So Beltran being a Mexican-American seems pretty on point. Oh, and to those of you intrigued by DS9? Jump in. The water’s fine. In fact, it’s great. Seasons 1 and 2 are setup. Season 3 gives us our first look at how the series is gonna go. Season 4 ramps it all up. Seasons 5 through 7 are a roller coaster ride of awesome.

[@hanscarlsson6583]

When I watched ST in my youth, TNG was my favorite, but now rewatching many years later, I am starting to think DS9 may be the one I like the most now.

[@seancrowley3142]

💯 DS9 is really the only Trek that I still watch to this day.

[@zztopz7090]

19:30 "I don't even know who he's talking about, but I'm pretty sure I can tell you the color of their hair." I almost missed that double-slap.

[@TheInternetHelpdeskPlays]

I still am of the opinion that Discovery was never meant to be a star trek prequel, it was just meant to be a new space based IP but would never have survived since its so bad (see:Rebel moon.)

[@TimoRutanen]

It's a bit differently bad than rebel moon is, it's weirdly interesting.

[@Mereologist]

A lot of modern writing is produced by modern writers who cannot sell their terrible work so they latch on to some IP they despise. You see it over and over again in every genre. Some directors even explicitly hire people who know nothing about the original because they don't want to make the original stuff.

[@UnclePengy]

"He was actually a Mexican-American but he portrayed a Native American." Ok, two things. One, have they never heard of this concept called "acting" where people pretend to be people they're not? And two, do they not perhaps know that Mexicans are mostly a mix of Spanish and indigenous peoples... that is, native Americans?

[@Blodhelm]

Voyager had an advisor who got outed as being a Jewish guy from New York and LA who liked to PRETEND he was Native and somehow landed the paid gig to tell them bullsh*t because he fooled Hollywood people into believing him. He even said he was Cherokee from Montana and that didn't raise any red flags for them. We have Blackfeet, Crow, Shoshone, Nez Perce, Kotenai-Salish, Gros Ventre and others, but no Cherokee. It would take only the barest of research to see he was full of sh*t. That's why everything Native on the show was straight out of cowboy movies from the 60's. Acting is one thing, but the writing had some serious flaws because they were so worried about cultural appropriation that they hired a guy whose whole identity was that he appropriated Native culture so he could make money off people trying to be sensitive. They should have just let Chakote be Mexican or at least not leaned so heavily on it as magical. It's space. It's the Federation. Nobody cares what kind of human you are and that's the whole damn point of Star Trek: actual equality.

[@zztopz7090]

​@Blodhelm I actually liked that they had a Native American alien on the show. To a kid, it wasnt that cringe, and it was cool to have diverse cultures on an American show. The mysticism aspect in a show focused on science gave it more spice, like Diana on TNG. The thing with diversity on tv is that its not usually that diverse. But Native American is the true exotic culture in America, in our eyes. Its so starkly different, but also familiar. It wasnt long ago that Europeans were practicing ancestornworship and spiritism. I hope we see more representation of Native American and Caribbean cultures, by actual experts. Hollywood right now doesnt understand white culture, let alone black or native. And how can a New York jew portray Oriental collectivism? They dont. They just hire Asians and write them as white American.

[@nicknevco215]

Still the character is not woke he is from the outer colonies in the war neutral zone

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

You currently have some Hispanic-Americans and other non Inuit/Eskimos playing an Inuit inspired culture in Avatar. Where's the woke outrage?

[@tomigun5180]

@@Blodhelm Somehow they're never worried about appropriation of White culture...

[@joelbrown2782]

When Kurtzmann said he had a 5 year plan, it reminded me of Chibnall with Doctor Who. Also, remember Kurtzmann directed the remake of the Mummy from 2017. Shows me how much talent he actually has, none.

[@Ramsey276one]

Holy $#!+

[@mmorris2830]

I genuinely try to forget that movie even exists, so... that explains a LOT 😓

[@liamrobinson2084]

Did any 5-year plan work irl, ever? Great Leap Forward? Cultural Revolution? Why would anyone make 5-year plans as their touchstone?

[@joelbrown2782]

@liamrobinson2084 I honestly believe that it is because these hacks try to appear to the fanbases that they have a clue what they are doing, but secretly don't have a clue.

[@ChaoticYak1]

@@liamrobinson2084 The Babylon 5 plan did pretty well. It wasn't perfect of course, but it was pretty good.

[@BarneyWobba]

I was pleasantly surprised at how Picard managed to reverse itself and be way more entertaining in S3. Less wokeness, more sci-fi.

[@DavidByrden1]

I foresee a problem with "Mission Impossible in space". The original was a spy story, and the primary obstacles facing the protagonists were everyday questions of space and time; e.g. can we get into a specific room for precisely two minutes, can we catch that individual escaping on a train, can we disguise ourselves in 30 seconds.....And often the hero would make use of some gadget or technique that was SLIGHTLY beyond what was available in the real world, but the audience could believe that it was possible to exist, that it might even be in the possession of the CIA.... Now: how can you translate THAT into the far future? The audience won't KNOW what is or isn't possible. The world of Star Trek is FULL of gadgetry that seems like magic to us. How can we be thrilled by the protagonist doing something difficult? We won't KNOW what is difficult. And the writers will have to build a whole encyclopedia of technology for that time and place - in MUCH more detail than any existing Star Trek series - because the technology, the door locks and cameras and vehicles, won't merely be incidental to the plot. Rather, every device will be make-or-break, every gadget will decide the fate of the protagonist - but the audience won't KNOW how it does that. e.g. imagine the hero must penetrate a locked door. In the original M.I. we all KNEW that he could, with skill, use a metal tool to open the lock. But in the future? Will doors use facial recognition? Are the owners instantly notified by live video of anybody approaching? Can the doors of this time and place in the future be opened at all, and does it require a lot of skill or a little? Did we just see something impressive or something routine? It can't work. The storyline can't impress us if we don't know what's impressive. I'm sorry but I don't see how this show concept can work. If they try to make it work, I predict that the dialogue will fill up with so much exposition that the show will become a laughing stock.

[@joelbremer3489]

Nappa: You okay, Vegeta? Vegeta: Yes, just... just an aneurysm out of sheer stupidity... Nappa: Wow! I didn't think you were that stupid, Vegeta. Vegeta: WAAAAUUUUUGH!!

[@givmi_more_w9251]

Ah, a man of culture.

[@PaulieMcCoy]

@@givmi_more_w9251 I dunno bout that KaiserNeko supports the alphabet mafia and the rest of them involved with Rooster Teeth sooo

[@DeadlyPlatypus]

Peak Star Trek lasted from 1987-1999. It was a nearly perfect sci-fi concept, challenged only by Stargate. The writers could do almost ANYTHING they wanted. New cultures, new challenges, new societies, new moral questions. Just go to a new world or have them show up on the ship/space station, there's no reason to change the central premise or themes of The Federation or space travel/discovery. And YET, everyone after 2005 thought that changing the formula was smart and necessary...because they were ideologues. They killed my boy...

[@yahya_elistinsary]

They massacred him...

[@Blodhelm]

Tons of Stargate was an imitation of Star Trek, but they did it with creativity and adapted it to their story so it was still enjoyable. Miss those shows.

[@NicholasBrakespear]

"challenged only by Stargate" I see your wonky "oops one of the lightbulbs literally went out in the bad guy's helmet and he's wearing knitted chainmail and every planet is a Canadian quarry" Stargate and raise you... Farscape. Now that was a show where the writers could do almost anything they wanted; a show where the protagonist gets cloned in an episode about a cannibal villain, and instead of it being resolved in a single episode, they actually had the gumption to follow it through for an entire season as a major story arc. A show full of sex, swearing and violence that somehow managed to trick the mainstream into thinking it was totally okay for family viewing at prime time on the BBC because it was "aliens" so it didn't count as sex, swearing and violence. Meanwhile, Star Trek itself ended up having to steal an entire show concept, characters and major story arcs from Babylon 5, which remains probably the most revolutionary sci-fi show until The Expanse came along and demonstrated just how good a book adaptation can be. Damn... you remember when this kind of discussion used to be THE discussion where sci-fi, and TV in general, was concerned? When it wasn't a question of what went wrong, and how a franchise was killed entirely... but just nerd arguments about which of the many good shows was the bestest good show?

[@jamesfennell4224]

Is it any wonder that the people who were involved in the 90s trek shows were involved in making the Orville and that is a much stronger show than anything Trek has given us since DS9 finished.

[@jhoughjr1]

Idk. Seen some Orville shorts and nah its not good at all. Its sex jokes in space.

[@jamesfennell4224]

@@jhoughjr1 In season 1 yes it is like that but it does get a lot better.

[@Mereologist]

Orville is WAY too woke. I can't stand it.

[@thomgizziz]

@@Mereologist star trek is so much worse

[@Mereologist]

@@thomgizziz Oh! 'Nu Trek' absolutely is. I wholly agree with you there.

[@Booma4142]

If they'd made Star Trek for the fans they'd have ended up with a fanbase who were happy and enthusiastic to share it with others. Now? No one wants to watch this crap let alone share it with anyone. Same thing can be said for every 'reboot', 'remake', 'reimagining', or 'sequel'.

[@XxsteamerxX]

As you've said, this is the attitude in all of hollywood. "The core fanbase is absolutely loyal. They will come see anything. So we can change the core principles of the franchise." And when the core fanbase comes out and complains, they are miraculously transformed into "toxic fans" or "a small number of online trolls". Funny how that happens.

[@XxsteamerxX]

I wrote that before finishing the video. Then you said it.

[@grahamsmith2753]

The Message!!!!! When will the no-lifes at Disney, Amazon, Paramount and every game developer realise that 95% of people have no interest in seeing or hearing the Message. That's because they're normal.

[@hawkeye5955]

They must know this by now, there's no way they don't. Some have theorized they keep going despite the financial losses is because of the terms of conditions for the funding they receive or they have contracts they can't get out of.

[@svinkuk2652]

It has nothing to do with interest, or money, its everything to do with *power* and breaking your spirit, never giving you a rest, saturating every single place you go, ever single thing you hear, every single thing you see with 'the message.' Regular people think of this all in terms of entertainment, and business, but in reality its more like an invasion. This is about power, they call it a culture war, well it genuinely is a war. And theyre not just attacking the cultural places, they own the food, the energy centers- everything, they own basically everything, everything *except* the people. Thats what the war is about now, total control, fifteen minute cities (prisons) force feeding you whatever they decide you get to eat, owning what they decide you get to own (or rent from them), saying what they decide you get to say, *thinking* what they decide you get to think, and feeling what they decide you get to feel. Thats what they want, utter total control of the people of the world. And that may or may not sound insane to some people, but you dont need to study very much history or even current events (see north korea as the worst example in modern day) to see that it is not only something that power hungry maniacs strive for, but it has already happened several times before, and with todays technology the possibility exists to make it global, and more oppressive than anyone could've ever imagined before- and so they are trying to make it so. I dont know why they want this, i dont think any sane man can understand it, but they do want it. I say no, I do not consent. Drop out, the jail has no door. Much love, stay strong, stay hopeful, god bless

[@catharsis3881]

Good lord above, go touch some Grass. There's no grand conspiracy it's much simpler, a pile of people who want to be seen as the "good guys" without giving up any money."​@@svinkuk2652

[@Robman0908]

@@svinkuk2652it’s all about control. Complete control.

[@svinkuk2652]

@@Robman0908 yeah, dont give em any lol

[@justaguy328]

The reason these shows are dying is because the people in them have a worldview that is so outside of what normal people have. And many of the things they believe are considered batshit crazy to most of the population. These shows are made for their circle, and that's it. They couldn't care less about the lore or the audience.

[@happychappy492]

and they are probably financed by blackrock

[@SigPuma]

Very expensive group therapy/validation sessions.

[@Mereologist]

The hint was that they were unable to 'see themselves'. All normal humans with empathy had no problem seeing themselves in all kinds of stories. But there are not normal humans with empathy. They can only 'see themselves' in something exactly like them in every way. That's not 'seeing yourself'... that's a self-insert fanfic, which is often a mark of terrible, terrible writing.

[@zztopz7090]

Exactly. Rich people just hate humanity in general and arec always weird and avante gard because they have to believe they are better than us, so they invent values that contradict us. Most people are united by tradition, culture, religion, nationality, and basic human universal principals. The parasites of the world have no such allegiances because that would make them one of us. They hate these abstract concepts that unite people and make them harder to control. They would prefer that everyone focus more on their differences and individualism.

[@mikefromct5415]

so true they are just pushing agendas now

[@NoPowerintheVerse]

1-I can’t believe you made me watch Spock’s therapy session. 2-I can’t believe you made me watch the Klingon Boy Band. I’m gonna go watch old clips of Worf now.

[@shebakoby]

I've actually heard people argue that "Canon doesn't matter because none of it ever actually happened, so you can do what you want [without reprocussions of any kind]. Something something space wizards for children doesn't HAVE to make sense!" IDK what they have against kids, that they want to give them things that don't make sense...

[@Citizen_Se7en]

Disparu: "I won't like Star Trek again until Spock is surrounded by cats, wine, and anti-depressants." Me: Sweet, mother of God, that's some comedy gold right there!!!

[@madambutterfly1997]

How has Star Trek Discovery managed to have 5 seasons?🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@Imhotep-Still-Juicy]

Money Laundering Operation...

[@multitimmytiger2]

Don't know, but one thing is for sure: they [D]idn't [E]arn [I]t.

[@Kink_Shaman]

After Les Moonves left CBS, the seal was broken.

[@madambutterfly1997]

@@Kink_Shaman that's one more gate to hell that's been opened without my consent

[@davfree9732]

Correction. STD have 2 and a half seasons. The new standard of Secret Hideout and industry is to halve the once normal 24 episodes per season to 10-12. Thus STD will technically achieve the middle of what would have been their third season. I suspect they wanted to brag they got more than ENT... from a certain perspective. Because that's what STD keeps asking us to accept. Their perspective. Not objective reality.

[@andyt2979]

I think someone needs to tell GRRM he's got it arse-backwards: "It used to be if you were a Star Trek fan, you liked Star Trek". No George, if you liked Star Trek, you were a Star Trek fan. That's how fandom works; you become a fan IF you like it. You don't decide to join a fandom, then slurp down whatever product gets shunted out of the door regardless of quality or personal taste.

[@StarWarsomania]

Thank you for stating what was so wrong with that statement. It was one of those things that was *so* wrong I didn’t even know where to start dissecting it.

[@Michellex1]

Star Trek "stronger than it's ever been" what a load of bollocks. It's dead due to ESG being shoved into what used to be a beloved franchise.

[@Zyklon_B_still_and_know_God]

ESG in a franchise that was already a pioneer of "inclusivity". Except back then it didnt feel shoved down your throat, it was just a natural part of the setting and still grounded in reality.

[@Blodhelm]

A franchise that already had everything they wanted so it didn't need to shout it into our faces every ten seconds. True equality means nobody has to care about equality front and center because it's already a given.

[@lostalone9320]

Star Trek used to be a perfect example of colour blind futurism - Even when Avery Brooks wanted to look more at race, the show strove to be thoughtful not preachy.

[@xxskizzumxx]

Which is crazy, it always had a diverse cast, but that wasnt good enough

[@Hammerhead137]

​@lostalone9320 In fact, DS9 proved to be the best Star Trek ever! The only one that even came close in awesomeness was SNW

[@PerkulatorBenny]

"Is there a genre that Strange New World can't do?" I'd like to reverse the question: Is there a genre that Strange New World CAN do? Because a genre stays within a general set of recognizable themes, that's what makes it a genre. Meanwhile, according to that description, Strange New World bounces all over the place like if someone managed to invent meth for ping pong balls.

[@Hiraghm]

I just got an idea for a Star Trek spinoff. I was watching an old WWII movie, "12 O'Clock High" about a struggling bomber squadron in the early days of WWII. A new commander came in, and demoted some people, promoted others. One bomber captain he considered a coward he placed in charge of one bomber, and promised to give him every misfit, every incompetent, every malcontent in the bomber group for his crew. He was ordered to give his ship the name "Leper Colony", and paint it right on the nose. So I just thought of a Star Trek show, _not_ a comedy, _not_ a parody... "Star Trek: Leper Colony". Obviously that can't be the name, but the idea, set in the TNG era, is that a new admiral takes command of Star Fleet and cleans house. Sees the poor record of one captain and gives him the "Leper Colony" treatment. He's given a lesser ship, maybe Voyager or Equinox class, and a crew of everyone who doesn't fit in the Federation utopia. Each episode would be interesting because we'd see how inadequate people dealt with situations faced by "the best ship in the fleet". Yes, I'm thinking of the Barclay episodes of TNG. And as a ship and crew, rather than being the pride of the Federation, everywhere they went they'd be viewed with contempt and/or amusement. They would face mockery and distrust, and the presumption of failure. The pilot episode (since I'm stealing ideas anyway) could be based upon the movie "Down Periscope"... only without the comedy. I picture the chief engineer as the bastard child of Scotty and Kaylee from "Firefly". Being instinctively good with machinery, but having to constantly patch and make do because, hey, they're the Leper Colony, so they're put at the bottom of repair and supply lists and priorities. They'd have a supply officer like Tony Curtis in "Operation Petticoat"; a scrounger... maybe make him Ferenghi! Here's a fun idea... make the chief medical officer a devout Christian. How he became a Christian could be as entertaining as why Shepherd Book became a Shepherd in Firefly. The nice, for me, aspect of this show is that there would be no DEI; if you have a crew of "inadequate", or inferior people... that means they all have to be straight white males. Can't be portraying any of the "protected classes" as being less than stellar, after all. I think it would actually be a success if they avoided the endless, navel-gazing exposition that appears to have affected ALL modern tv shows.

[@Hiraghm]

An example scene would be the Leper Colony ship limping back home. Having had to scrounge old, abandoned battlefields (like Wolf 359?) for parts to patch the ship, she gets into an unbalanced fight, saves the day and, as I said, it limps back home... like the NX-01 Enterprise did. Only, instead of being met by a fleet of federation ships to escort them in... they're directed to a remote corner of spacedock, and the captain gets reamed by the admiral because the ship, between its patchwork repairs and battle damage, is an eyesore.

[@merafirewing6591]

​​@@Hiraghm better yet, have the ship be an old science vessel from the TOS era and being almost put together by multiple pieces that somehow keep her running. Basically a spacefaring museum that's been pulled out of a boneyard.

[@sambeckett2428]

@@merafirewing6591 Oberth class ships are still all over the place in TNG

[@EmeraldEyesEsoteric]

The truth of the matter is, Star Trek TNG introduced a righteous society where we put humanity above the cause of money and profits, but our actual society has evolved to become a mixture of shady Romulans, Ferengi, and Orion syndicate. We are diametrically opposed to everything the show actually stood for, and now, like most other shows, it has completely lost touch with what people actually want, forcing more of the woke garbage culture that most of us oppose.

[@Parasmunt]

Good point, maybe our elites greatly dislike the message of making a better society too and set out to erase that.

[@Mereologist]

Star Trek was driven by a vestige of the 'modernist' movement in art and fiction: that technology and advancement would eventually solve almost all problems and produce a peaceful, happy society. Historically, the reaction to the 'modernist' movement was the 'post-modern' movement (appropriately enough named) which rejected the ideas of morality, narrative, and progress. Things just happen, they happen to everyone, and mostly they're terrible. And this is 'Nu Trek'.

[@TheRenofox]

@@Parasmunt I don't think that's even a conspiracy theory anymore.

[@herbderbler1585]

I think we live in the Mirror Universe.

[@OhHiMark2004]

@@herbderbler1585 We definitely live in the Mirror Universe. It's scary.

[@smallcd]

Absolutely! If you like your characters constantly crying, familial connections no one has heard of before, insubordinate, making terrible command decisions, surviving atmospheric reentry at terminal velocity and crashing into a planet without so much as a scratch, and dilithium being a scarce resource because of an orphaned Kelpien.

[@Blodhelm]

*Orphaned Kelpian crying about his mother. These people have time travel technology and nobody thought about going back and just vaporizing his ship before the crash.

[@alexkaen1701]

Discovery isn't Star Trek. I've watched every Star Trek series and movie, and Discovery has nothing to do with them. They've ignored canon, setting, theme, and character history. At best it's a reboot, cutting it free from the Real Star Trek. Even Abrams tied his alternate universe to the original movies, though acknowledged that it was separate.

[@Blodhelm]

Discovery forgets things from earlier in the same episode, monsters suddenly move slow, aliens that kill BILLIONS are forgiven because they say they didn't know those people were alive, when they obviously did and just didn't care, then modern politicians get cameos just to yank the audience out of what little immersion there is. It's gibberish as an excuse to grandstand while flashing lights distract people with the attention spans of goldfish.

[@merafirewing6591]

At least Abrams had the decency to say it's on a alternate timeline.

[@alexkaen1701]

@@merafirewing6591 When I first saw Discovery, I assumed it was in the Abrams timeline, and if they'd done so then most would be forgivable.

[@merafirewing6591]

@@alexkaen1701 STD made zero sense, which made me think that it has no connection to the Kelvin Timeline.

[@alexkaen1701]

@@merafirewing6591 That's what it was called the Kelvin Timeline. I'd say that the story of STD isn't Star Trek, which makes sense because it was stolen from the indie game Tardigrades (the spore drive and most of the characters are beat for beat plagiarism). However, the style is very Abrams, from the glassy stations to the action oriented themes.

[@REB4444]

When the show that parodied Star Trek (The Orville) actually becomes more like Star Trek than any of the Star Trek shows in the last decade, it shows that Paramount needs to assign new management to the franchise.

[@armygman79]

Thanks, for the reality check. I was getting ready to watch these abominations. You have saved hours of my life hoping for a :silver lining".

[@nuclearmedicineman6270]

Ah yes, the mythical New Audience, which has failed to show up for the last 100 projects will appear to save Star Trek; "If you build it, they will come". I'm no entertainment executive, but maybe basing the future of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of IP on a feelgood movie from the 80's isn't the smartest choice?

[@Blodhelm]

That feelgood movie was better than anything in NuTrek.

[@officerbucktuddrussel394]

In a world that put out 'Echo' in 2024 screenrant has no leg to stand on critizing chakotay.

[@williamholmes7529]

The makers of new Trek haven't realised us older fans, I'm 60, taught our kids to appreciate the values in old Trek by watching it with them. My granddaughter loves TNG because her Dad watches old Trek.

[@williamcostantini7227]

Dude you are so on Point! Good for you. This crap that Kurtzman and others keep dolling out is ridiculus.

[@WolfHowl71]

These people would gleefully drive themselves off of a cliff despite the myriad of signs telling them the cliff is there and they're getting dangerously close.

[@EnsignRedshirtRicky]

"We did it, so it is canon!" - Kurtzman "Nah." - The millions of fans that do not watch this crap Only when there are Kurtzman's "true fans" left will his career finally be complete. Also I am press X to doubt someone with a degree in computer science is "writing" instead of acting as a scientific advisor. That would be like hiring a electrician to do your taxes. Sure some of it would be correct, but if you aim for mediocrity... oh, ya, we are talking about Kurtzman. Doh!

[@Ramsey276one]

XD

[@deltatea3192]

I look at it the same way the BattleTech community does. No matter what happens, the real Trek still lives. The garbage is just a fever dream manufactured by the current greasy suit. He will come and go. Just like the fever dream. One day a real fan will come in, retcon all the shite away and things will go back to normal. After all, that's what Parallel Realities are for! 🤣

[@Mereologist]

A lot of people don't end up in their field of study. It happens. I have a degree in molecular biology, but the city where I live is saturated in biologists so I ended up working as an electrician.

Although to be fair, the Futurama writers room had a bunch of science nerds, hell they even made a theory up for the show with all the calculations too. So it can work, but only if done right.

[@EliahHoliday]

The original Star Trek had diversity, ahead of it's time in that respect, they even tackled racism, but they didn't do it in a way that felt like obvious propaganda or otherwise catering to some agenda.

[@unclekevin5094]

I believe there is a scene where Kirk kisses Uhura which was the first White on Black kiss ever shown on TV. The new series will never dare to be so advanced and daring.

[@Ronin8300]

And here i was thinking that clip of the singing Klingnons was a youtube parody. Star Trek is as dead as Stars Wars.

[@MikeRaist]

Wait what?!

[@mmorris2830]

​@@MikeRaistyeah, I found out it was "real cannon" today too. My condolences brother

[@jaded_gerManic]

Same. 😔

[@DisgruntledPigumon]

There's absolutely no way that can be true.

[@Blodhelm]

It's more hilarious than that. They mess with a space anomaly and it forces everyone in comms range into a living musical. The crew gets worried they're revealing things they want to keep secret but the Klingons are so shamed and pissed off by being forced to sing like that, they come to destroy potentially half the quadrant in a chain reaction and even restart the war, just to make it stop. SNW Klingons are a thousand times better than STD Kwlinkgownsth.

[@_birdie]

I still have a hard time believing that scene of Klingons singing and dancing in their starship is actually real…

[@clintmatthews3500]

It even looks like an AI generated fever dream.

[@_birdie]

@@clintmatthews3500 yeah. It isn’t just insane it or tough to believe. It actually looks unreal too haha.

[@caesarjergens]

Section 31 was a great invention for DS9 as they used it very sparsely and then they had to use it again and again (same for the mirror universe) and it has become another joke.

[@smackheadedsqueakyweasel4624]

we've had STDs for 5 seasons, damn i hope we can find a cure

[@michaeldavid6832]

It's the gift that keeps on giving. The great part is that the bad ones are already forgotten.

[@quatore-5886]

Instead of the final frontier it's the final humiliation.

[@jefferydraper4019]

Even Final Frontier had its moments.

[@Blodhelm]

@@jefferydraper4019 By today's standards, it was great. At least it had some fun lines and comedy elements.

[@davifvonmoger8139]

That reminds me of Naked Gun: Final Insult. Intended irony with those films though lol.

[@random.3665]

Then lets hope that the final countdown for disney has begun. *dududu du. Dududu dudu*

[@oppositeworld6652]

Disparu, this was not an "unhinged" rant. It was a Power Rant!

[@JakeTylenol]

I’m just always impressed that Disparu knows his audience so well. I’m like 90% convinced he doesn’t even care but hate farming just gives him views

[@stunitech]

"So is a terrier with a bone, but I wouldn't trust that with Star Trek" is my fav line of the day.

[@inkermoy]

Star Trek making a movie with 2 of the most dystopian aspects of the franchise: Section 31 and the Terran Empire. So optimistic!

[@sebastianwittmeier1274]

And probably concentrating less on the morals, but on the action of it.

[@MsSlythers]

It's the product of a group of unsubtle people trapped in Orange Man Bad.

[@sebastianwittmeier1274]

@@MsSlythers Actually it probably is the product of people thinking bad behavior is fun.

[@2012sonora]

Section 31 almost destroyed the last season of DS9. It was appropriate for that arc but ONLY worked because Bashir's interest in spy stuff lent it some much needed levity.

[@Blodhelm]

@@sebastianwittmeier1274 I expect the plot will be thin as silk and broken as a record, repeating the same sh*t they always do.

[@Grandmas_Favorite]

Disparu low-key one of the best commentary channels out there when it comes to TV and shows

[@Blisterdude123]

Hit and miss. When he knows what he's talking about he's good, but too often he just talks rubbish about things he clearly isn't familiar with and it shows.

[@temperedglass1130]

Simp

[@dronesclubhighjinks]

Not low-key.

[@Grandmas_Favorite]

@@Blisterdude123 appreciate your opinion! Which show are you thinking he was off about?

[@Grandmas_Favorite]

@@temperedglass1130 absolutely!

[@CatFindsStuff]

'As Discovery launches its 5th and final season...' Thank goodness for small miracles.

[@jwlamb63]

I tried to embrace ST: Discovery, but lost me when they had Stacey Abrams portray the President of the United Earth.

[@psykology9299]

I still remember getting up extra early on Wednesday mornings to catch the reruns of TNG before preschool

[@jasonyankovec8541]

"I'm pretty sure I could tell you the color of their hair". lol, I bet you couldn't. Is it blue, red, pink, orange, or a combo? I bet one side of their head is buzzed though.

[@jamesbrockis5182]

The damage to star trek, actually got me invested in the original series, so there is a silver lining to this Insanity. 😂

[@jeniferclemente1252]

“Excluding old fans to create new fans” -another motto for Hollywoke thinking they have to appeal to people who don’t watch a certain IP. Cuz those who don’t like it, have to be forced to like it… jeez….when will it end…?

[@stevenburkhardt1963]

Star Trek has always been “woke”. If you don’t like it don’t watch

[@ShonnDaylee]

@@stevenburkhardt1963 Thank you. I came here to essentially say that. Every time I see someone use the term "woke" I think, Here we go... The Red Hat Brigade is here to enthrall us with their "wisdom"...lol

[@Nerdporeal]

​@@stevenburkhardt1963what does """"woke""""" mean then? How is it "always" woke? Do you even know what is being discussed?

[@Nerdporeal]

​@@ShonnDayleeno one forced you to comment here either. If you like the thing that is calling itself "Trek" now....more power to ya. 😂

[@yahya_elistinsary]

@@stevenburkhardt1963 It was progressive I think there is a difference.

[@randallsanchez3161]

Kurtzman being 50 means he grew up watching the original series with Willian Shatner in the 70's and 80's then later TNG. So he's been around for every single iteration of Star Trek. Also, Section 31 was supposed to be so secret and broken into cells that it was impossible to track down. Most of the Federation had never heard of them. Their agents weren't even real spies and usually just went a bit out of their way from their regular jobs. Some data gets forwarded to extra location, someone gets entered into the system, or they report the what they saw at a convention. Yet in Discovery, they had their own badges and everyone knew who they were and what the badges meant.

[@pratikmohite6202]

im 16 and most of my friends when we watched the olf stuff felt like the new stuff is not even star trek anymore, also the fact that we like the old stuff better shows their "fan are aging "problem only exists in their head.

[@generaljackripper666]

I wasn't even aware this show was still being made.

[@radioflyer68911]

Patrick Stewart having input was part of the problem.

[@ASNS117Zero]

Picard is an example of why giving an actor major creative control is a bad idea, tbh. But then... Hollywood is kind of a hivemind rn in terms of what they want to push.

[@wink1eafc774]

Agreed ,Stewart is a very good actor, but he's input in the first two seasons of Picard was laughable, the fact he didn't want the TNG cast in it was bad enough, he wanted a lonely Picard and it was very depressing to watch!

[@tomo100brt]

@@wink1eafc774 Especially season 2 that was shit.

[@wink1eafc774]

@@tomo100brt Both S1 and S2 was shit, but I know how you feel about S2, the timetravel element was pointless, each episode they dragged on and it felt like, is that all we get from the main plot, 5 mins of dialogue? The Borg plot and Q was so badly done, and the captain staying in the past just be killed young felt so depression and unneeded. I am glad that S3 ignored the first two seasons and made it like S3 was it's own show

[@Gantiz]

Some actress do you understand the rules that they play and the shows that they are on. Jonathan Frakes and Richard Dean Anderson (SG-1) both took their shows in good directions when they were given a creative opportunities.

[@mattusapparatus5968]

That Stacy Abram's cameo as "president of earth" cost em 15% alone

[@DustinBarlow8P]

Absolutly perfect description of what Section 31 is supposed to be. "Group of People who will become monsters to fight agianst other monsters who want to bring the federation down" How current day creators don't have the knowledge or ability to depict such a group on screen.

[@nicoleackerman205]

I can't believe the Klingon boy band thing is real but it is.

[@GeneralChangFromDanang]

Yeah, the wife's parents made us watch that episode. I was actually kind of interested in the show until I saw that.

[@nicoleackerman205]

@@GeneralChangFromDanang What is wrong with your wife's parents.

[@funkydiscogod]

The most insulting thing about the Klingon boy band, is that Klingons love music. Why didn't they at least try to make the music sound alien?

[@judgegriff8041]

@@funkydiscogod Or even Opera, Klingon Opera WAS a thing after all lol

[@weebamf]

So sad to watch all the things we loved for years getting ruined by idiots.

[@sardonicspartan9343]

STD is an insult to Trek and Trek fans.

[@dovlacro6382]

😂😂😂 and itchy

[@redrum3405]

The idea of a forever franchise where no criticism is allowed is a corporate dream world. Pure idiocy. That has never happened in history.