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Friday Fun Thread for February 17, 2023

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Star Trek: Picard season 3 has begun, and as a lifelong fan, having seen episode 1, I am truly excited.

The new series seem to have each picked out an audience, per this fan comment I'm paraphrasing from an io9 commenter:

  • Strange New Worlds for ST:TOS fans

  • Picard for ST:TNG fans

  • the upcoming Section 31 for ST:DS9 fans (probably)

  • Prodigy for fans of Voyager

  • Lower Decks for fans of the entire Star Trek canon including those rare gems who still adore The Animated Series from the 70's

  • Discovery for fans of the Star Trek 2009 cinematic series (original commenter said "for people who hate Star Trek" and another said "for people who love Star Wars".)

Star Trek: Picard season 3 has begun, and as a lifelong fan, having seen episode 1, I am truly excited.

The new series seem to have each picked out an audience,

Huh? Did they have a come to Jesus moment with season 3? All the new Treks I gave a chance were unwatchable, and it feels vaguely blasphemous to even call them Star Trek. Just another example of how we let corporations hang on to copyright for way too long.

They seem to have. They've gotten tons of fan feedback, and S3 so far seems more like a new TNG movie in the vein of First Contact or Nemesis, and less like prestige streaming television.

Strange New Worlds is eminently watchable, a true delight and the only possible blend of the original series' ethos with today's dominant culture.

Strange New Worlds is pretty legit. Not my favorite Star Trek (still too much focus on pretty production values and not enough on the writing imo), but it's at least a legitimately good Star Trek. Which is a damn sight more than I can say for Discovery or Picard.