Look, I loved seeing the reconstructed TNG Enterprise as much as anybody — but the season 3 story shoehorned the old crew into a bizarre fanfic about Picard’s secret Jedi son, and butchered their characters so they could deliver oneliners that only superficially recalled the originals.
Nope, for all its nostalgia baiting that might have been handled okay-ish, Picard s3 is hardly among the best Trek seasons. It’s not even among the best of that series’ run.
Yeah, and SNW leans heavily in the same direction IMO. Maybe it’s just producers circling the wagons to keep the fans happy — maybe at some point I’ll realise they hit the zeitgeist in a way I can’t decipher right now — but I feel like they’re flattening legacy characters for gimmicks and jokes.
I hope eventually somebody gets a Trek series on the air that’s just a solid space exploration show without too heavy ties to past Trek.
Look, I loved seeing the reconstructed TNG Enterprise as much as anybody — but the season 3 story shoehorned the old crew into a bizarre fanfic about Picard’s secret Jedi son, and butchered their characters so they could deliver oneliners that only superficially recalled the originals.
Nope, for all its nostalgia baiting that might have been handled okay-ish, Picard s3 is hardly among the best Trek seasons. It’s not even among the best of that series’ run.
For me, the level of fan service and nostalgia was almost uncomfortable - we’ve got Lower Decks for that kind of stuff!
Yeah, and SNW leans heavily in the same direction IMO. Maybe it’s just producers circling the wagons to keep the fans happy — maybe at some point I’ll realise they hit the zeitgeist in a way I can’t decipher right now — but I feel like they’re flattening legacy characters for gimmicks and jokes.
I hope eventually somebody gets a Trek series on the air that’s just a solid space exploration show without too heavy ties to past Trek.
I hope the Orville manages to get a fourth season, that often felt like the most Trek of all of what was airing.