@startrek I just started following you so I haven’t had a chance to read many of your posts. I’m curious about your thoughts on “Strange New Worlds.” I think it’s the best Trek since TNG with the best first season of any series in the franchise.

  • thegiddystitcher@lemm.ee
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    2 years ago

    I’m decidedly not a fan of most of the new Trek we’ve been seeing these last few years. But Strange New Worlds is something I thought we’d never see again, a genuinely good faith attempt to make a show that actually feels like Star Trek used to feel.

    Season 1 seemed a little rushed in a lot of respects, introducing and neatly tying up character arcs at lightning speed, and sure some of the dialogue was a bit cringe. There were also wasted opportunities, for example a medical mystery episode where the solution ended up being both off-screen, and not involving the actual doctor, because they had to cram in so many different stories into one season. But in one series we got a modern take on all of the top “episode types” and it was honestly just a lot of fun.

    Really looking forward to S2, I’ve not seen the first episode yet as waiting for someone else to finish S1 first but I have high hopes.

    • Madison_rogue@kbin.social
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      2 years ago

      @thegiddystitcher Admittedly, The Quality of Mercy is one of the best episodes of any Trek series I’ve watched in a very long time. I had to go back and watch TOS Balance of Terror to see how they differed. The amount of care and attention to detail the writers showed in homage to the original episode was nothing short of brilliant.

      @startrek @BrownKnowser

    • buckykat@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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      2 years ago

      Of the five (six) new Trek shows, there are now more good than bad.

      Good: Strange New Worlds, Lower Decks, Prodigy, (Orville)

      Bad: Discovery, Picard