Yeah they ripped out the interesting political and social stuff and you know, some hope that as we develop as a species we might build a fairer, more equal society in the future and replaced it with 'like now but with lasers.'
It's shit, and the federation in Picard deserves to be destroyed. If you can't solve poverty when you can literally materialise more or less anything out of thin air for an infantesamaly small cost of energy comparitively speaking, you deserve to collapse.
they ripped out the interesting political and social stuff
A recent Discovery episode was nothing but a socio-political drama where Michael has to convince Romulans, Vulcans, and Romulo-Vulcans with conflicting histories and desires to cooperate on a scientific pursuit. No action the entire episode, just interpersonal and political intrigue.
I just don't agree with the criticism of Discovery, I was so ready to be disappointed in season 3 for going grimdark but it's actually about being relentlessly idealistic, cooperative, and anti-nationalist, even in the hard times. A core Federation planet closes it's borders to those in need, and the show is viscerally disgusted by their small-mindedness.
EDIT: I haven't watched Picard, though. I agree that it looks like shit.
Yeah they ripped out the interesting political and social stuff and you know, some hope that as we develop as a species we might build a fairer, more equal society in the future and replaced it with 'like now but with lasers.'
It's shit, and the federation in Picard deserves to be destroyed. If you can't solve poverty when you can literally materialise more or less anything out of thin air for an infantesamaly small cost of energy comparitively speaking, you deserve to collapse.
A recent Discovery episode was nothing but a socio-political drama where Michael has to convince Romulans, Vulcans, and Romulo-Vulcans with conflicting histories and desires to cooperate on a scientific pursuit. No action the entire episode, just interpersonal and political intrigue.
I just don't agree with the criticism of Discovery, I was so ready to be disappointed in season 3 for going grimdark but it's actually about being relentlessly idealistic, cooperative, and anti-nationalist, even in the hard times. A core Federation planet closes it's borders to those in need, and the show is viscerally disgusted by their small-mindedness.
EDIT: I haven't watched Picard, though. I agree that it looks like shit.
They wanted them to join the federatiom when there was still inequality among ethnic lines.
Also Burnham decided to end her inquiry to avoid unrest, because unrest bad?