I have strong opinions about this, and you may too. But if you add notes / comments please remember every one of these series has die hard fans who adore the show.
No room for I liked them all / other movies! Argh, tumblr, please give us just a few more poll options!
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Late Stage Capitalism and Star Trek
Since Star Trek series are, to some extent, a reflection of the current time in our world that the series is/was made (whether in themes, costuming, characters, etc.).
It does sadly make sense for new Star Trek series to be the way that they are. I mean think of it, we are in late stage capitalism.
Originality and artistry has been pushed aside for the sake of creating fast, and consistent financial capital.
Of course the star ships look like Genius Bars, of course the costumes lack flair and are primarily black or sad beige. As we progress in late stage capitalism we feel the binding pressure of forced conformity.
It only makes sense that the series would dilute the philosophical foundation we saw in the earlier series. TV and film since its inception has always been a part of the spectacle but now it is expected that each piece of media is its own spectacle. The cost of being a spectacle (to the degree late stage capitalism has forced TV and film to be) is the loss of rich narratives with vibrant story-telling and unique characters with depth.
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[ID: text "Important Starfleet Maneuvers" Attached image is four panels as quadrants showing the Stargazer at warp, Riker sitting down, Voyager crashing into the time travel villain's space lab, and Pike hugging Una. Text on each "Picard maneuver: warp trickery" "Riker maneuver: Chair" "Janeway maneuver: hit it with the ship lol" and "Pike maneuver: Unabashedly care for the people in your life"]
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Human half this, Vulcan half that. Spock actually takes after both of his parents by being unhinged (Amanda) and a bitch (Sarek)
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They missed an opportunity to canonize the Spock helmet.
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For fun, here are examples photos! Except transporter psychosis because they never actually show it. It’s just like in-world urban legend.
1. Transporter doubling - technically the same but one ineffably evil (shown: LD, kayshon, his eyes open)
2. Transporter doubling - one evil one good (shown: TOS, the enemy within)
3. Transporter splicing (shown: voy, Tuvix)
4. Stuck phasing (shown: LD, "Much Ado About Boimler")
5. Reverse aging (shown: tng, rascals)
6. Pattern lost (shown: first star trek movie)
7. Time travel (shown: ds9, past tense part 2)
8. Mirror universe (shown: tos, mirror mirror)
9. Incorrect coordinates (shown: tas, bem)
10. Bodies sent to holodeck, brains sent to station computer (shown: ds9, our man bashir)
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Thinking about how at the start of the musical episode, Kirk says something like "I thought that was something you'd all just rehearsed, but then I started singing too"
like the Enterprise has such a reputation for being filled with drama he wasn't even fully phased by a choreographed musical number on the bridge he just thought "man that's how they do it on the flagship I guess"
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