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Just once I'd like a post where everyone is chill and positive about stuff instead of focusing on negative

Edit: I dunno why I expect people to ever be capable of being positive anymore. Dunno why I bother.

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[–] bravesilvernest@lemmy.ml 66 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Am I the only one enjoying Lower Decks and Strange New Worlds as they come out then? πŸ™ƒ

[–] Infynis@midwest.social 62 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You're not. Lower Decks and Strange New Worlds are very popular. They're fantastic shows. The ones people don't really like currently are Picard and Discovery.

[–] bravesilvernest@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fair enough! Those are the ones I have heard pretty much nothing about except in jabs about them. Thanks!

[–] pimento64@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Probably because they're not very popular in the first place: people have to like the shows enough to keep watching them for there to be any content, and most people do not.

[–] PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Red Letter Media is masochistic at times and I think they cover Picard pretty thoroughly.

[–] thecrotch@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's like when they made Picard and discovery they couldn't decide what kind of show they wanted to make. Then someone was like "hey, what if we made star trek?" and strange new worlds was born

[–] Infynis@midwest.social 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah, that was my main problem with Discovery when it first came out. It had been so long since we'd had Star Trek, and then they made a new Star Trek show. I was so excited. And then they didn't do Star Trek.

Stamets convinced me to give it another shot though, and I'm on season 4 now, and since Season 3, it really has been Star Trek. I just watched an episode where the ship got captured, and they had to take it back by being clever and competent. And then they fought for the rights of a sentient computer. Really classic Trek scenarios. I like most of the characters now, and while it's still serialized, it's more episodic than it was. Season 3 episode 2 got me to really love three characters I previously didn't really even like.

[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Nope. Not at all. I can't wait for more.

Discovery ... I still can't believe what they did to the Klingons and I have other issues but... goddamnit that show won me over in spite of itself. Will start season 3 in a while. And I liked the first two seasons of Picard I don't care what anyone says.

I might be alone in saying all that, idk lol

[–] skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

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[–] barsoap@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

Discovery had soooo much for Klingon nerds: Hours upon hours of dialogue in Klingon, and (without actually knowing Klingon) with proper pronunciation, tons of warrior honour culture and its existential clash with federation ideals, and people are complaining about hair. Fucking hair.

[–] Jaccident@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

TNG didn’t redesign the Klingons, that was the The Motion Picture with subsequent small revisions through the TOS films.

[–] 7of9@startrek.website 3 points 1 year ago

I enjoyed the first two seasons of Picard more than the third. It takes all sorts, I guess.

[–] Telodzrum@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lower Decks is the best Trek since Ent went off the air, IMO. I didn’t care for Disco, largely. Picard was more action than I was in for at first. I’m really enjoying SNW, though.

Lower Decks is awesome. The only thing I didn't like about Picard is that romulans and vulkans need to wear nametags if they are both going to wear federation uniforms.

[–] alansuspect@aussie.zone 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I haven't watched Lower Decks yet, the SNW cross-over episode was fun but I found the characters from LD a bit annoying. SNW is great though, it's like classic trek with higher production values.

I really tried with Discovery but stopped around season 2 or 3 (around the time they took it off Netflix), it seemed to struggle with itself a lot. Maybe I need to give it another try, I like the idea of the jump to the future.

Picard, it was cosy to be back with the old characters but the writing was pretty poor.

[–] slackassassin@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The LD characters seemed annoying because they were cartoonish, on account of them being cartoons. They played it up to be how people act in the future. But it doesn't feel out of place in the actual cartoon. Imho.

[–] CheeryLBottom@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I'm completely enjoying both!