Like, advanced technology, focusing entirely on intercrew arguments, (terrible dialogue and cheesy action), ships flying sideways, no knowledge of ship operations and procedures. Magic technology. Blasters of different colours so we can tell good guys from bad guys. Robots and drones. Really, that's the big one.
If you hate star trek so much Kurtzman, just make a different show.
Eh. I doubt it makes more money.
I believe it's because the writers don't give a shit about Star Trek. They want to write a different TV show. But Trek was all they could get. So instead of writing Trek, they're writing the show they want to write.
I found this out back in the 90s with DS9. Bafflingly, there were several episodes based on the holodeck that featured this Las Vegas crooner. Like, WTF is that Trek? I found out later in an interview with the writer. He was like, "Oh, those episodes? I was just really into the Rat Pack at the time." Yeah, so everyone had to suffer through shitty non-Trek episodes, just so you could exercise your momentary interest in a dumb subject.
That's why.
I like those episodes, sort of. That character was a good plot device a few times.
And it let the crew interact in a different way on the show, which is crucial to star trek - the crew relationships.
The point is that he shoehorned his temporary obsession into somewhere it didn't fit. How about something with the Romulans? No, it's a Las Vegas lounge singer. In Star Trek. Uh-huh.