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.

  • OgdenTO [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    But at least the technology wasn't a character on the show - and they made an effort to make it believable and consistent -and where it wasn't believable - they don't try to explain. It just is, it's normal, and it's not a big deal.

    And they don't try to make giant waterbears travel through and interdimensional fungal network. Like, it's just dumb, actually. And in the decades before the original series.

    Yes, there were some magically powerful people, including the pah wraiths even on DS9 that are some kind of religious magic that I try to ignore, but it just seems so badly done on disco, and on every scene, as if the future technology is the focus, and not the people.

    • SerLava [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      They set up the Pah Wraiths and other "magical" species really well though. It's like this attainable but distant level of advancement. It's supposed to sort of humble humanity.

      They have the wormwhole alien/prophet dichotomy from the get go. You realize that the line between Bajoran gods and advanced beings is very blurry. Like they're confronting the issue head-on the whole time. It's clear that the prophets are just very powerful life forms, and Starfleet doesn't believe they exist until they have clear an unambiguous effects upon the universe.

    • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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      3 years ago

      The Path Wraiths and Prophets are not believed by everyone and in part probably from Starfleet cause they've seen shit like that before.