The drubbing of the Michelle Yeoh-led streaming film now holds a dubious title—one that reflects something much more interesting than simple schadenfreude.
The drubbing of the Michelle Yeoh-led streaming film now holds a dubious title—one that reflects something much more interesting than simple schadenfreude.
That’s essentially where I am.
I don’t mind experimenting with trek, there’s room for it. A lot of ds9 was a divergence. But it was still trek. It was still hopeful and uplifting even at its darkest. It delivered great drama without ignoring the culture of the federation.
Even the TNG movies pushed the boundaries of being trek and doing action without breaking the spirit of the universe.
So it isn’t like you have to throw away all the great parts of trek to put out a great story.
I’ll paraphrase you because you’re so damn right; if we wanted a generic sci-fi/space movie, we could get that anywhere, but you can’t get star trek without playing within that universe and abiding by what makes it carry a sustained “vibe” for over a half century.