• FaceDeer@kbin.social
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          The TNG movies were starting to suffer from Action Movie Syndrome before then, alas. The curse of having a big budget these days is that you get lots of focus groups meddling to try and give the movie “broader appeal.” Plus, IIRC Patrick Stewart was also starting to gain a lot of influence at that point and made a bunch of demands to have Picard be more action-oriented.

          Anyway. Basic point is that Star Trek has had an un-smart period, but once upon a time it was smart. And perhaps it’s starting to get smart again, Strange New Worlds and Lower Decks have been quite promising in that regard IMO.

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          I was having a great time with Abrams’ Star Trek up until Spok’s mom dies and Vulcan was destroyed. :(

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      On the one hand you have TNGepisodes like Damok, Inner Light, DS9: Duet, etc.

      Then there’s episodes which defy any attempts to categorize them, like Threshold.

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      They had their moments. One thing I never liked about the show was how afraid the writers would get. They would stumble upon a horrible problem and just magic a solution sitcom style in under an hour. To be fair they did do it a few times. Borg and Picard. Nog and PTSD.