Plausible. Which new Star Trek series is the godawful one? My captain is Picard so I hope it's not TNG. Deep Space Nine apparently tried to add an element of everyday life to the franchise which, in my opinion, failed. It degenerated into a terrible soap opera, meekly held up by some returning characters from TNG, most prominently Worf. The only mildly interesting character, Quark, was just comic relief. The only interesting episode was the one in which Sisco relived his past in a vision which I found interesting mostly because all the alien actors had human roles. Voyager was a mess. I must admit I disliked all the female characters - the captain was a preachy matron whose heartiness never felt genuine, the doctor's assistant was a bland space elf child woman, I didn't buy the half-Klingon engineer's anger and heritage issues for one second and the borg girl was cheap fan service when the space elf failed to appeal to male audiences. Not that the male characters were better - generally bland, the only one to stick out was the holo doc and even he was just a ridiculously overdone Data rip-off. And let's not talk about Tuvok and Neelix, or "Space Abott and Costello" as I like to call them. I have seen next to nothing from Star Trek Enterprise. I hated T'Pol for the same reason that I hated Seven-of-Nine and, surprise, surprise, they had another "funny" doctor.
That said, I'm not particularly looking forward to the new Star Trek movie. I hope Simon Pegg brings some humour back into the Star Trek universe. The trailer I've seen speaks a different language. Looks like your average "rogue kid finds his path in life" story, plus a lot of sexual tension between attractive young actors. That's not what I watch Star Trek for.
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Which new Star Trek series is the godawful one? My captain is Picard so I hope it's not TNG. Deep Space Nine apparently tried to add an element of everyday life to the franchise which, in my opinion, failed. It degenerated into a terrible soap opera, meekly held up by some returning characters from TNG, most prominently Worf. The only mildly interesting character, Quark, was just comic relief. The only interesting episode was the one in which Sisco relived his past in a vision which I found interesting mostly because all the alien actors had human roles.
Voyager was a mess. I must admit I disliked all the female characters - the captain was a preachy matron whose heartiness never felt genuine, the doctor's assistant was a bland space elf child woman, I didn't buy the half-Klingon engineer's anger and heritage issues for one second and the borg girl was cheap fan service when the space elf failed to appeal to male audiences. Not that the male characters were better - generally bland, the only one to stick out was the holo doc and even he was just a ridiculously overdone Data rip-off. And let's not talk about Tuvok and Neelix, or "Space Abott and Costello" as I like to call them.
I have seen next to nothing from Star Trek Enterprise. I hated T'Pol for the same reason that I hated Seven-of-Nine and, surprise, surprise, they had another "funny" doctor.
That said, I'm not particularly looking forward to the new Star Trek movie. I hope Simon Pegg brings some humour back into the Star Trek universe. The trailer I've seen speaks a different language. Looks like your average "rogue kid finds his path in life" story, plus a lot of sexual tension between attractive young actors. That's not what I watch Star Trek for.