So I do like Star Trek a lot, especially TNG, DS9, and Below Decks. Voyager and TOS are fine. Space socialism is pretty good and I can't get enough of it. There are a few common tropes that irk me. tho.

  1. Baseball is cracker Amerikkkan nonsense - You telling me that all these different species and planets get together to chill, and the vibe they're gonna channel is Ohio?? Football (soccer) or some version of hockey make a lot more sense, you can pick up and start playing immediately. I can't imagine Worf wanting to learn all those pointless rules about balls and strikezones and fowls. Sisko is arguably the best captain of any series, and I really get pulled out of an episode every time he drops some awful baseball trivia. It's only slightly better than Nascar. I actually know one Scottish person who really likes baseball, and he's literally the worst person I know.

  2. The tribunal - It's so damn common. It seems like every season there's got to be a court-martial, hearing, or appeal against a Starfleet decision. I guess Law and Order is big there. It's probably a minor critique, but it does reinforce the ideology that Western courtrooms are fair.

  3. Kirk is a sex pest - This has been said to death, but leave your subordinates alone.

  4. Poker in TNG - Poker has to be the worst form of entertainment, and I genuinely like maths. I blame TNG for reigniting the poker craze of the 90s and ruining all my guy friends' personalities.

  • Infamousblt [any]
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    9 months ago

    Holodeck episodes are literally the worst. I am watching a show about space socialism I don't want to watch an entire episode about the wild West or a New York detective or whatever just knock it off

    • ButtBidet [he/him]
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      9 months ago

      Lol when I see those episodes, I just assume that they just ran out of set design money.

    • Dessa [she/her]
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      9 months ago

      Okay but the Moriarty episode was pretty good

    • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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      9 months ago

      There are some kinda bad ones, but I like em. It's cool that an episode of Star Trek could be literally any genre. Usually it's sci-fi/(other), but holodeck and similar episodes can let em get a bit weird with it. Beats going to a bunch of planets that are coincidentally just like a time period in earth history like TOS.