TheLouisvilleRanger t1_itzeaq8 wrote on October 27, 2022 at 12:54 PM

Reply to comment by DotHobbes in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds wins Saturn Award for Best Streaming Sci-fi Series by Shizzlick

I mean, I’m not gonna respect the opinion of a bunch of dweeby capital “G” Gamers. Nor do I want to encourage them. All I know is that their fans were insufferable (particularly early on) gate keepers of Trek. I don’t think it’s unreasonable that they’d put a bad taste in my mouth.

Locutus747 t1_itzhss3 wrote on October 27, 2022 at 1:22 PM

I agree with you 100 percent and feel the same way.

DotHobbes t1_itzfqv1 wrote on October 27, 2022 at 1:06 PM

yeah lots of morons saw the Orville as GOP Trek I guess, but it's certainly not a bigoted show and the third season is great, imo. I enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed SNW (Kirk drift notwithstanding; it is what it is now).

TheLouisvilleRanger t1_itzi0fy wrote on October 27, 2022 at 1:23 PM

It’s weird because I never got the impression it was that and I know McFarlane has a ton of respect for Trek. I’ll go to it some day as a binge when things calm down.

DotHobbes t1_itzj2fs wrote on October 27, 2022 at 1:31 PM

That's right, it actually makes no sense that bigots gravitated to it, but then again being a conservative and a Trek fan makes no sense in the first place, so who knows how those people's minds work (if they work at all).

TheLouisvilleRanger t1_itzlb5s wrote on October 27, 2022 at 1:48 PM

Some people are in it for the pew pews.

There are, of course, people who just wanted the traditional format, a modern Trek has been legitimately flawed in some respect (I’m not too hot on Picard personally). Those people, though, likely aren’t the ones who make it a full time job to whine on the internet.

DotHobbes t1_itzmgtn wrote on October 27, 2022 at 1:56 PM

I couldn't finish Picard because I think it's poorly written, but I usually shut up about it in the fear that someone afraid of brown people thinks we're buds.

TheLouisvilleRanger t1_itzmr0s wrote on October 27, 2022 at 1:58 PM

I stay away from threads discussing it because the last thing I want to do is tamp down on the fun of people who do enjoy it. I think it’s great that they can.

Prax150 t1_itzzxd1 wrote on October 27, 2022 at 3:27 PM

I like most new Trek and think SNW deserved this award, but The Orville, especially this past season, is really, really good as well. New Trek is trying different things (for better or sometimes worse), even when they're rehashing things. The Orville starts as Star Trek Classic, landing on that line between homage and parody, but by S3 it's fully its own thing with the spirit of TNG era trek. Some of the episodes they did in S3 are among the best sci fi I've ever seen.