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You're entitled to your opinion, of course, but I've seen what I've seen. Star Trek isn't even the first or only thing that caused this kind of reaction, you can see it with everything from Ghostbusters 2016 to Rings Of Power.
We even had a comment back on Reddit where someone described how his friend went ballistic during an IRL social gathering over Star Trek Discovery, and how it's "fighting fascism", but sadly they nuked the comment, and I can't seem to retrieve it even with various tools designed for that. This is all that remains of that subthread. Oh well...
I don't have anything quick. You can try Red Letter Media's reviews. The short version is: Star Trek is supposed to be an optimistic vision of the future, where humanity got it's shit together, where contemporary politics is discussed through mildly clever allegories. New Trek is grim and pessimistic, rams politics down your throat, and treats some of the old beloved characters as doormats. Aside from that, even if you accept the new thing for what it is, the writing is often bad on it's own terms.
My main complaint about Picard (aside from the departures from tradition, which aren’t a dealbreaker for me) was that it turned into bland, mediocre sci-fi TV. Not high-effort enough for me, so I petered out after a couple episodes (maybe a season?).
Star Trek Discovery was pretty good (if you lower your expectations appropriately and ignore/skip most of the main character’s monologues and emotionally-focused dialogues).
The Halo adaptation sets me off though, I was upset about it for a while. I’ve cooled off now though, and have found equilibrium around the position “many people who didn’t have any attachment to the franchise beforehand probably enjoy the nice, mass-market TV show that doesn’t really capture the best parts of Halo except for a few fight scenes.”
Needless to say I haven’t watched past the first 3-5 episodes of Halo, and that includes skipping scenes from the non-master chief plot lines entirely.
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