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William Shatner And ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ Actors React To News Of Series Ending (trekmovie.com)
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[–] 1 point 5 months ago (10 children)

Oh come on it's not that people hate new Star Trek shows it's that they hate badly written Star Trek shows. There's plenty of examples of Star Trek shows that people love.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    Good thing people stuck with TNG season one despite rehashes like ‘The Naked Now’, offensive episodes like ‘Code of Honor’ and most of a season of sub par offerings.

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  • [–] -3 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    At least he weren't trying to show teenage drama down my throat.

    What I want to know is what market research they did to come to the conclusion that this would be positively received, who was the show aimed at, because it certainly isn't Star Trek fans.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    No one was “shoving anything down your throat.”

    You don’t need to watch.

    You may have been the key 15-34 year old demographic that advertisers and marketers target back in the 1990s. If so, you are not the key demographic now. Why do you think others should be paying for your preferences?

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  • [+] -2 points 5 months ago* (1 child)
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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

    The franchise wouldn’t exist if my 90 something year old mother-in-law and women like her didn’t watch it all and buy the books and magazines since 1966.

    Or, if I and my partner and others hadn’t been watching since TOS was in first run.

    Having defended TNG against TOS fans who wanted it killed, and having seen TAS killed by fan campaigns in the mid 1970s, I have no time for people in their 40s and 50s who would rather kill a show than have new Trek that might be meaningful to my GenZ kids.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

    @echodot @supersquirrel

    Much better ideas for series have been suggested by those that enjoy Star Trek, and they have been ignored.

    Star Date Beverly Hills 90210 wasn't what we asked for.

    Even when a series has good characters and interesting ideas, it still needs compelling plots and competent script writing.

    Personally I've watched every episode of every other Star Trek Series, even the weaker ones. I've given up on Academy. I'm just really not interested 😕🖖

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