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The franchise should appeal to other demographics other than the ones that are currently enjoying it to broaden its portfolio and horizons, but not at their expense.
Discovery pissed a lot of people off, I know you like it, but it undeniably annoyed a lot of people alongside Picard. It feels like it was a middle ground between nostalgia plays and trying something new. Eventually it did lead to Strange New Worlds which a lot of established fans really like, but it took Discovery the average two seasons to figure out and find its footing. When it freed itself from being beholden to nostalgia grabs in the TOS era it became something unique that stood on its own in my opinion.
I really like both Strange New Worlds and Lower Decks, and Mike McMahan did a great job of creating something that was made with reverence for the source material despite being jocular in tone. I'm upset because I'll miss it when it's gone because the replacement is not something I am interested in. It's like having a really great coworker move to another department and having a replacement who just doesn't get you.
No. Utterly wrong. A translation of this is "People should make stuff for others to enjoy but only as long as I get to enjoy it too." Not everything is about you, not every show is going to be made to your tastes. Get over it and just don't watch it. Just because it isn't made for you or your demographic doesn't mean that it isn't worth making. Other people exist.
I want to enjoy my favorite franchise and you're calling me an asshole because other people exist. I understand other people exist, I am a person, and I want to watch Star Trek just like you are a person who wants to watch Star Trek. Your strawman argument is needlessly hostile when all we both want to do is have and watch different kinds of Star Trek. Just because my preferential parts of the franchise happened to come before yours does not make it invalid. The three concurrent airing shows proves they can all exist at the same time. They should continue to do so in different forms, exploring strange new worlds.
You can make more than one show that appeals to multiple demographics.
I have never at any point called you an asshole. I'm not continuing any conversation with you if you're going to stuff words down my throat and flagrantly lie about what has been said.
Bro you literally strawmanned my argument. You literally put words in my mouth. I don't get why you're always on edge. We're literally just discussing fucking science fiction on the internet. Did I need to say "essentially calling me an asshole?" Should I have said "being hostile about opinions?"
I really don't get you Stamets. Every time we interact you're just super aggro.
It makes me feel like I can't contribute in any meaningful way to threads around you because you'll just call me super rude things like "utterly wrong" which I think is massively aggressive for no reason just on the basis that we disagree on something.
I think you are mistaking Stamets' passion with aggression.
If you look at our discussion, I think you can see that, while he vehemently disagrees with me, he's not attacking me. And he wasn't attacking you either.
Stamets feels very strongly about this and when he feels very strongly about something, he argues about it with a lot of passion. And I think that's a good thing.
That's definitely a part of it, but the line gets crossed when we stop talking about the series and start talking about how we're talking to each other. We don't actually discuss Star Trek so much as point out different ways we could have communicated to one another.
I am just not going to comment and interact with Stamets, because I acknowledge the passion, and agree it's great, but you can have passion and still know how to communicate with people without being seemingly hostile. When you call somebody "utterly wrong" they're going to be upset, even if you just meant "I vehemently disagree with you" there's simply more diplomatic ways to get your point across.
I think we would probably get along better if we heard each other vocally. I know a lot of people who I disagree with when we're typing but they come off totally different when they're speaking because you can hear the tone.
No. I did not. Your argument was that "they should make stuff for other demographics too but to not alienate the current demographic." It does not make sense. It is centric to the core demographic and pretends that the only demographic that matters is the originating one of fans of previous Trek. That the shows should always keep them in mind and that they should be a core consideration of everything that comes forward. That does not even make sense with the core philosophy of Trek which is inclusion and always looking for the forefront. To change and to grow.
You can appeal to more than one demographic but not appealing to a certain demographic does not make the show bad. Your argument is in bad faith and is a gatekeepers argument. That is why I boiled it down to "no one else matters but me". Because that is exactly what you are arguing for. "Make stuff for other people but you need to make it for me so I can enjoy it too." Like I said, just don't watch it. It makes no sense and is extremely self centered to look at a show and go "It isn't for me therefore it isn't good."
I am not continuing this or any conversation with you if this if your behavior is going to be lying about what was said, stuffing words down my throat and then insulting me on top of it.
I don't want to discuss Star Trek with you anymore either. It seems we're unable to do so amicably.
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