• CrazyLikeGollum@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    I think a lot of the criticism of DISCO is overblown. It’s definitely a fun watch, but it never really feels like Star Trek. It feels like an action sci-fi show wearing a heavy coat of Star Trek paint.

    It was good once I accepted it for what it is and stopped expecting it to be something like what I generally expect Star Trek to be.

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      4 months ago

      That’s what a lot of modern Sci fi shows are doing these days, it seems.

      Like the “Halo” show. It very much feels like someone took their idea for a show that got shot down, used find+replace to redo all the names and places to make it “halo” and got greenlit. And honestly I think I might have liked it as it’s own thing.

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      4 months ago

      People that had qaulity shows for decades expect quality. If you want to make a scifi show either don’t call it Star Trek or accept the criticism

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        4 months ago

        The criticism is worthless though as 95% of it was applied to every other new Trek to be released

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          4 months ago

          That’s not true. Enterprise was new when released and I find it quite ok. Might not be the best of the shows, but it tried a different narration perspective and decent writinf. SNW is very new and very solid, despite a similar context to DIS, with a more modern narration, relevant morality and even a less serious tone at times. It’s just a better show, comparable to the “classic” ones, despite being a few years old