• nesc@lemmy.cafe
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      7 months ago

      Alright, I’ll try to explain it better. For me, trek was about people overcoming their differences and trying to work things out despite them, and being kind to each other. Newer shows lack this ideas, in my opinion.

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      I understand that explaining my position is probably futile, and only bring more moking.

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        7 months ago

        For me, trek was about people overcoming their differences and trying to work things out despite them, and being kind to each other. Newer shows lack this ideas, in my opinion.

        In Discovery, a Vulcan woman gets married to a seven-foot tall walking squid man. In seasons 4-5, Book nearly destroys the galaxy and they forgive him because they understand he was traumatised. These strike me as pretty clear examples (just two, I could add more!) of people ‘overcoming their differences and trying to work things out despite them, and being kind to each other’.

        This is entirely separate from the question of whether those plots lines and character arcs were well-written - they largely weren’t, IMO. But they did happen!

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          7 months ago

          most older fans dont like STD, they considered as a alternate timeline.

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            7 months ago

            This is irrelevant to the discussion, which was not ‘Is it an alternate timeline/who likes it?’ but ‘does it possess certain qualities?’.

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        7 months ago

        I don’t agree with your point.
        First, there’s a lot of old trek episodes basically just saying „X is wrong, y’all stop doing this, please!“
        Second, there still is a lot of times new trek shows that working together is beneficial for everyone. There’s even a whole show exactly about that called Prodigy, and it’s really great.

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          7 months ago

          True, in old trek they too had “we know better” thing, but the feeling was different (for me), as in they were hopeful in tone and intentionally tried to be non-violent even in situations where it would be a lot easier to just force their way. I will look at Prodigy again, thank you for recommendation.

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            7 months ago

            I don’t find Strange New World for example particularly violent, even compared to old trek. It is sometimes grittier when exploring how war traumatizes people caught up in it, sure but I don’t think that’s what you mean.

            However, that is not what’s being criticized usually. Most complaints about new trek being “woke” is about stuff like the inclusion of a gay couple or nonbinary characters.