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Don’t wanna bash on Discovery … but is there notable disengagement around the final season? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/startrek

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I’m personally not watching it (you could call me a bit of a disco “hater” and s4 really kinda bummed me out) … but thought I’d see how people are enjoying it and think about getting a paramount subscription.

Asked some friends and they said they’d stopped watching. Then I checked here and the other community and posts about the episodes just seem to be tepid compared to what I would have expected.

Now obviously I’ve got a bias (and I really don’t want to start kicking the show) … but am I reading this right or wrong?

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[–] FlyingSquid 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (4 children)

I haven't really been compelled to start watching this season yet, but I will eventually. Still, it seems pretty lackluster in terms of people getting into it from what I can tell. It's a really bad sign. Final season of Discovery not being that big, Lower Decks ending, Prodigy shunted over to Netflix, Paramount+ cutting budgets and bleeding subscribers... I think we may be close to the end of another Star Trek era. I hope that isn't true, but it could be.

They really need to light a fire under the fan base. I would suggest that would involve greenlighting Legacy, but I don't have much hope for that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

For my money, sticking to prequels is where the problems start.

Disco, SNW: hard prequels bordering on TOS reboot in the case of SNW.

Meanwhile Picard and lower decks are very much grounded in nostalgia (hint: each have more Frakes appearances than DS9).

This era never really had the same bravery to do something new like TOS and TNG-era, IMO. I was a big fan of Disco’s move into the future (it’s just that Disco miss the landing every time for me).

[–] BigilusDickilus 3 points 7 months ago

I like that SNW at least is genuinely trying to live in and explore it's era, it always felt like disco was just using that setting carelessly.

Picard felt very pandering, I couldn't get past the first season.

Lost Decks is the best one though, you can tell there's a genuine affection for the setting and it's quirks.

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