• roofuskit@lemmy.worldEnglish
    435·
    2 years ago

    The only fake trekkies are the ones complaining that newer Trek is too political or “woke.”

    What show did they even watch?

    • RojoSanIchiban@lemmy.worldEnglish
      186·
      2 years ago

      They’re not “too political” or “woke,” they’re written by terrible committees and the executive producers / show runners are hacks.

      Lower Decks (and Prodigy, I’m told) excluded.

        • gregorum@lemm.eeEnglish
          5·
          2 years ago

          It’s a little little hit or miss. I really liked some of it, but some of the early stuff wasn’t so great.

                • SpookyUnderwear@eviltoast.orgEnglish
                  3·
                  2 years ago

                  When I would re-watch TNG I used to skip the first two seasons. They’re pretty rough, but then I missed some of the good ones (measure of man, for example). Now I just skip the individual crappy ones.

                • Damage@startrek.websiteEnglish
                  1·
                  2 years ago

                  Idk, I watched 2-3 seasons of DSC and gave up, my gf liked it so she kept watching it, whenever I’d watch an episode with her, I wouldn’t enjoy it.

                  DSC convinced her to watch TNG, so we watched it from the start and seasons 1-2 were better than I remembered.

          • SpookyUnderwear@eviltoast.orgEnglish
            41·
            2 years ago

            I think people are holding SNW in such high regard because when it’s compared to the rest of nu-trek, it’s god tier. By itself, it’s ok. I like it well enough. Plenty of stinkers episodes though. I still have hope for it.

            • gregorum@lemm.eeEnglish
              1·
              2 years ago

              I actually rather like it. I think it’s made good progress past its first season. 

        • RojoSanIchiban@lemmy.worldEnglish
          112·
          2 years ago

          Fervently disagree, it has squandered all it could have been and the writing is still absolutely awful. Granted, it’s a notch above Discovery and Picard.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish
        16·
        2 years ago

        The best Star Trek show is the one you like the most. If that’s Discovery, that’s fine. And if you don’t like the show, that’s also fine. But making an overall declaration that a show is terrible and tacitly expecting everyone to agree is not cool.

        • RojoSanIchiban@lemmy.worldEnglish
          52·
          2 years ago

          I’m not expecting everyone agree whether or telling anyone whether or not they should or shouldn’t like it, but there are many more demonstrable issues with writing and plotting, let alone canon, that exist in excess throughout Discovery, Picard, and SNW. These are objective issues that actual writers have taken issue with, and they’re consistent issues with the executive producers involved.

          Absolutely TNG or DS9 aren’t some pantheon of perfection, but from an overall standpoint of consistency, narrative continuity, and proper handling of characters and their development? They’re lightyears beyond the juvenile handling of characters and plots in the post 09 FMV shows. It’s just fact.

            • RojoSanIchiban@lemmy.worldEnglish
              23·
              2 years ago

              You’re ascribing a lot of emotional baggage to what I typed on my phone while pedaling a stationary bike that doesn’t exist.

              I’m not here to argue the finer points of plot holes in these productions that have been under spotlights for years and detailed far better by people with enough time to make hundreds of videos on the subjects like Robert Meyer Burnett, Nitpicking Nerd, and Red Letter Media.

              If you enjoy these shows, fantastic, more power to you. Just don’t tell me they’re amazingly well-made and just as good as previous incarnations of Star Trek when they can and have been analyzed ad nauseam, displaying exactly how they aren’t.

      • Honytawk@lemmy.zipEnglish
        4·
        2 years ago

        Ensign, the joke still is about gatekeeping, so we are allowed to complain about anyone gatekeeping in this comment section.

        Now go polish the phase inverters.

    • cosmicrookie@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      2 years ago

      Agreed. I am very fond of star trek already and i am only 10 episodes into the original series. I believe it will take several months if not year before i get to know the characters in this picture.

  • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
    13·
    2 years ago

    quacktv

    For those who don’t know, that is a picture of odo and quark from Deep Space nine. Quarks name has been deliberately misspelled as Quack.

  • Artyom@lemm.eeEnglish
    12·
    2 years ago

    I’m a real Trekkie. My favorite ships are the USS Prometheus and the MCRN Rocinante.

  • lugal@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    10·
    2 years ago

    Wait, the Doctor had an alien companion at some point? I’m a trekky through and through but I didn’t know that

  • Johanno@feddit.deEnglish
    9·
    2 years ago

    I watched maybe 3-10 Startrek episodes, I didn’t see those or most of the people in the memes here.

    Still I love this community

  • Underwaterbob@lemm.eeEnglish
    8·
    2 years ago

    I’m re-watching DS9 for the third time or something, but I’ve never seen anything released after Voyager except for the Abrams movie travesties. Am I still a Trekkie?

  • guyrocket@kbin.social
    62·
    2 years ago

    If this risa mag has taught me anything is that I’m not current on Trek.

    I grew up on re-runs of TOS and I’ve seen most of the movies but not much at all of DS9 and NG and other TV shows. And I’m not really sure I want to watch all that. Very much enjoying 3rd Rock from the Sun right now, tyvm.