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@startrek <https://startrek.website/c/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' (mstdn.ca)
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@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.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Eh, Lower Decks has its moments but it's not really my cup of tea. I should probably watch The Orville though, by the sounds of it!

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

You should, it's a good show and true Trek.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I loved the first series of SNW. Thought it captured “proper trek” (if there is such a thing) easily my favourite of the new live action shows (by a long way).

I have high hopes for S2

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

@BrownKnowser Season 1 felt shaky to me but, as you have pointed out, that's all of Star Trek. I felt like it relied too much on "character trauma" which gets neatly resolved by the end of an arc. Season 2 has been better for me so far - E01 was very Voyager-esque (just replace the fist fight with a phaser fight) and E02 is probably my favorite Star Trek courtroom drama (and boy do I love those, so I'm pleased as heck).