Just once I'd like a post where everyone is chill and positive about stuff instead of focusing on negative
Edit: I dunno why I expect people to ever be capable of being positive anymore. Dunno why I bother.
Am I the only one enjoying Lower Decks and Strange New Worlds as they come out then? 🙃
You're not. Lower Decks and Strange New Worlds are very popular. They're fantastic shows. The ones people don't really like currently are Picard and Discovery.
Fair enough! Those are the ones I have heard pretty much nothing about except in jabs about them. Thanks!
Nope. Not at all. I can't wait for more.
Discovery ... I still can't believe what they did to the Klingons and I have other issues but... goddamnit that show won me over in spite of itself. Will start season 3 in a while. And I liked the first two seasons of Picard I don't care what anyone says.
I might be alone in saying all that, idk lol
Lower Decks is the best Trek since Ent went off the air, IMO. I didn’t care for Disco, largely. Picard was more action than I was in for at first. I’m really enjoying SNW, though.
Yeah, but those J.J. Abrams movies were still terrible. Star Trek made by someone who doesn't like Star Trek. No.
Star Trek directed by someone who doesn't like Star Trek. There were a lot of people on those movies who really loved Star Trek and it showed through. They're not the best, that's for sure, but I still like them for what they are. However I will say that Beyond is definitely my favorite. Might have something to do with JJ not directing it at all and it feeling like an interesting mix of a TOS episode and Kelvin timeline action/adventure.
Also Idris Elba.
Did the same to star wars. He must hate sci fi because he's ruined every sci fi show/movie he's been involved in.
tbh I think JJ is just not a good director and way too overhyped
He did a wonderful job on Lost... Well, the early set-up for Lost.
See, JJ is phenomenal at building up mystery boxes. He's just shit at putting anything inside those boxes.
He can lay out questions and hints at world building like no other. He just never goes back and does any of that world building.
Stamets, it's not like you to let the trolls get to you. I noticed yesterday but didn't feel like you'd appreciate that from a near stranger but it's even worse today.
You good, friend?
(Addendum for any reader; I know that culturally, pet names are seen as insulting in other parts of the world, but in my line of work and my part of the country, I had to delete like 10 "sugar," "honey," "darlin" and "love"s. Please keep in mind that it's meant well if you see someone like me slip up in the future.)
No. Honestly, I'm not but it is whatever. Think I'm gonna take a break from Lemmy for a couple days.
Have talked about how I lost my best friend a couple weeks ago over on Mastodon. Before finding that place, he was the only other person in my life who was a Trek fan and who liked Discovery. Moreover, he was positive. He had opinions of stuff he didn't like but he focused on the positive. We both liked each other for that reason. In a world with so much negativity and hatred and bitterness, it was nice to be able to enjoy something together. However we both did shy away a lot from the Trek communities because of the often toxicity that brews against newer Treks. If we were online and encountered it, we'd go to one another. Talk about how silly other people were. How they claimed to be huge fans of Star Trek but often neglected the lessons of the show and wanted to be angry all the time. Couldn't enjoy things for what they were and they certainly couldn't let other people enjoy them.
He's dead now and can't say or do anything. They can. They're still around.
I'm finding it really hard to deal with a lot of people online without him. So much negativity and it's like the port that you'd shelter the storm in is suddenly gone. Just being tossed on the waves, drowning and being terrified and not having any light or anyone around.
Yesterday was just... not a good day. Nothing specific. I was just having a rough day and acted like a fool. Then me and my idiot self decided to post this meme about NuTrek and for some stupid reason I hoped that it would be positive this one time. Just once.
I'm tired of having rogue waves fling this vessel with reckless abandon.
I'm tired of feeling hopeless.
I'm tired of the reminders that he's gone.
Tired of sitting here like a fucking idiot and crying over fucking internet comments because I'm too emotionally unstable to cope with anything. It's the internet. People are always going to fucking suck. I shouldn't have expected otherwise and I shouldn't have posted this thinking anything else would happen. Also certainly shouldn't have done it when my only crutch is gone.
It's whatever. It's my fault. I'm just being stupid. Sorry for whining and i'll be back in a few days.
Stamets, I'm so sorry. I hadn't heard. I've lost people under bad circumstances. It's not fair. The world should stop, everything should stop moving and everyone should stop what they're doing and acknowledge the depth of loss and the void left where they used to be. But it doesn't stop moving and that's not fucking right and it's not fucking fair.
Please do whatever you need to do to take care of yourself. Just do what's next. Your only obligation in the world right now is to wake up and breathe. Everything else is bonus points. We'll be here whenever you're ready or even if you never want to talk to any of us again.
I'm so sorry that a good person is gone.
I'd just like to remind you that you're responsible for giving internet strangers like me uncontrollable laughs, warm fuzzy feelings, and a sense of community. Thank you for that. I'm sending my love and appreciation to you in hope that it helps you weather the storm in this difficult time 💙
Take some time for you.
I've lost a lot of people. A lot of friends. And you're right, the internet is full of angry people who just want to be angry, but moreover, it's chaotic and unpredictable. It sounds like you can use some extra grace, some extra protection, and some extra kindness. You would give it to anyone else in your position, so it's the least you can do for you.
We haven't really met, but don't become a statistic. There's not many of us left who made it. Each time we lose one more, that means those of us left have that much more to work for, but what we work for becomes that much more precious.
The world can handle itself for a couple days. Rest and regroup. Everything will still be there when you're ready for it (if you ever are!)
We appreciate you Stamets. A god amongst people.
You're not stupid. Losing a close friend is a really tough thing and not something you just shrug off.
Sorry for your loss. Don't let internet assholes make you feel bad for having feelings.
It's fucking awful to lose a friend. I'm so sorry.
I think you're right about taking a break from social media. It can get exhausting and depressing. So much toxicity, doom, negativity, etc. It can really drag a guy down. (I was going to skip it today as I've been in the dumps).
FWIW I have enjoyed the hell out of Discovery. I haven't had a show hook me that much in a while. Not done binging yet, though. Some people really do like to rag on stuff. I think life is better when one focuses on the positive instead of always trying to pick shit apart. And it's better for others to let them enjoy what they enjoy.
I'm sure any of us would be glad to give you "cover fire" anytime. I know I'm not alone in saying you've been a positive energy for Lemmy.
Anyway...yeah, things will feel better in a few days. People out there care, k? Peace.
Sorry for your loss stamets. Fwiw, I actually like Discovery too, even if I disagree vehemently with the Klingon makeup design choices made
You're right. I'm mostly a lurker and when I do want to say something it's more often than not sarcastic and shitty. What you say hits home and really makes me regret some of my Lemmy history. I'm sorry that life is hitting you so hard, the world is such a mess now and it really is hard to stay positive. But that's what Star Trek is supposed to be about. Sorry we've let you down. That's on us. Look after yourself my fellow trekie. Take my thanks for all that you do for the community. You're a Trekkie god among lurkers. Live long and prosper 🖖
And then when I asked advice from people in Hollywood—I knew a handful of people, not many in those days—and I said to them, "Look, I've been offered this, what should I do? I've got plays lined up in London, I'm finally beginning to get a reputation in the West End playing leading roles." And they told me now, this is a six-year contract, don't worry about it. You cannot revive an iconic show like Star Trek, it cannot happen, you will be lucky to make it halfway through the season before it's canceled.
– Sir Patrick Stewart, on his decision to accept the role of Captain Picard
Let me see if I can explain it to you: Nerds don't have a problem with women; they have a problem with change. I'll give you an example: Nerds are upset at black stormtroopers in the new Star Wars movie. Do they have a problem with stormtroopers being black? No. They have a problem with you changing their definition of a stormtrooper. I'll be a little clearer: If the first time you introduce oatmeal to a nerd it has maple syrup in it, it better have maple syrup every fucking time, or it's not oatmeal.
– Larry Wilmore, on the closed-mindedness of sci-fi fans.
As a kid I remember hating TNG when it first came out because it was so different from TOS. I still struggle to watch Discovery (too dark) and JJ Abram’s trek (lens flares) but I am sure I will eventually give them another rewatch.
I mean, there's a lot not to like in Discovery.
Yeah.
During the Klingon scenes, I just want someone to rush down the corridor with silly string and water balloons filled with neon shades of paint.
I get it, their Klingon society is feudal, and on the brink of even more war. But they could still try letting some natural light in. If nothing else, their plants will live longer.
Oh gosh, I just got the joke in The Orville about the Klingon-equivalent race being extremely light sensitive. I don't know how I missed that before.
I've had this theory running around in my head about followups to any series. Every person has a slightly different take on what their favorite part of the show is. For OG Star Trek, maybe you liked the banter between Spock and McCoy. Maybe you liked Kirk's swagger. Maybe you thought Scotty was hot.
If a new production comes along years later and doesn't reproduce the specific elements you like, then you will hate it. The producers might have been ultrafans of the original with good writing chops, a solid cast, and high production values, but if it doesn't have those specific elements for you, then you'll hate it.
Those elements are different for everyone, though. The list of possible elements can be very long, and no new production can possibly check off even a significant fraction of that list. Therefore, any new production is bound to have a long line of haters regardless of its quality on its own merits.
Was Star Trek supposed to be about Kirk, Spock, and McCoy on a ship strutting around the galaxy? TNG changed that. Is it at least supposed to be about strutting around the galaxy? DS9 changed that. Should it at least be about interacting with the alien races we know? Voyager changed that. And so on.
JMS made a Star Trek pitch back in 2004. I like Babylon 5, but I don't think I would have liked his version of Star Trek. The outline focused on elements I didn't care about and just seemed meh to me in general.
This goes for any other long running series, of course.
Telling people to "cope" has never felt very chill or positive. I dunno. But, I'm super grateful for new trek, especially lower decks and snw!
My pet peeve is when people call (Disco and onward) "NuTrek" because that term was created to mock the "NuMetal" Kelvinverse films for their shallowness.
Now it's mostly used by people who complain about "wokeness" or "forced" diversity or what have you.
Send the folks complaining about wokeness in "NuTrek" over to my house and we'll watch the episode of TOS where the aliens hated each other because "they're black on the right side."
Don't forget old was once new Trek and people didn't like it back then.
I've met people who watched The Original Series as teenagers in the 60s, loved it and never wanted to watch anything else again and say they will never watch any of the new stuff.
Personally I love it all ... warts and all.
There is just so much now and it's not easy to find the time to see it all.
My dream now is to see all of DS9 from beginning to end. I've only ever seen a handful of episodes in random order never from beginning to end.
Mediocre TV Star Trek >>>> No TV Star Trek
2005-2017 were the real dark years.
So nutrek is an umbrella term for Discovery, Lower decks, SNW and Prodigy right? It's it common for people to hate all 4 with a passion? They're all sooooo different. I can get hating one, because they are all basically different genres.
I think people are afraid if they support one that they hate, then we'll get more of the same. So have a knee jerk reaction to be toxic when their hated show is discussed. The irony being that historically star trek is a show that seeks to show an example of interpersonal harmony. These people do want an outlet to discuss their grievances about the shows but mostly see that outlet when someone mentions the show because they love it.
If someone hates all 4, they must be pretty deep into some extreme ideology that somehow doesn't conform with all of Star Trek.
Maybe startrek.website needs a neutral zone that only allows constructive criticism but still provides an outlet for these feelings. 😅
Edit- I forgot Picard existed, whoops!
NuTrek was coined to refer to the Kelvinverse films (in a pejorative way) for being edgy and shallow like "NuMetal", but the "anti woke" crowd ruined it just like everything else.
I remember people hating on voyager calling it "shitty nutrek" and now it is adored like TNG, TOS and DS9 are. Give it a few years and "nutrek" will be old trek and we will have a new set of trek series that "fans" will spit on.
Meh. TOS was so bad it got cancelled halfway through its third season. Didn't even get to finish.
More seriously, with all the whining people do about DSC and whatever, it's obvious they haven't seen TAS or Enterprise. I mean, really. TAS was - except for Mudd and Tribbles - awful. But no, let's focus on whining instead of all enjoying Lower Decks together.
Which makes me wonder how many people have actually seen the TNG episode LD is based on? 🤷
Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go have a transporter accident.
Stamets: "Say something positive about Discovery!"
Anson Mount as Pike. Which was such a good idea it spawned an actually decent show.
"Say something positive about Picard!"
It's over.
:)
Not asking anyone to say anything positive about anything. I'm just asking people to be positive. Something that a lot of people seem to be utterly incapable of.
Today is a beautiful day and I'm happy to have a Trek (discovery) that has hooked my kids the way TNG and DS9 hooked me!
I just could not handle the "spore drive" in discovery. SNW is great though!
So true! I still remember when people heavily disliked DS9. I was a huge fan, but dare me saying it was perhaps my favourite Star Trek. Today there are more people open about liking DS9. (✿´꒳`)ﾉ
I gave discovery a chance. I ended up quitting around the third season.
It wasn't just that it was bad. It was how it was bad. 90s trek did an extremely good job at discussing important and relatable concepts through the lens of sci-fi. It also did a great job of introducing us to fairly whacky and diverse ideas that made space seem vast and unknowable.
Discovery seemed to abandon a lot of that. It's kinda there on the surface, but under further inspection it falls apart. The discussion of serious topics was extremely shallow to the point where it felt low effort. The entire world seems to revolve around what the main characters are doing, which makes the entire setting feel small. A lot of the justification for this was spending that time on better character development, but when I stopped watching every character except Saru felt sort of underdeveloped.
Not to mention it does things that made me feel like that writers either didn't know or didn't care about previous star trek TV shows. Those Klingons neither looked nor acted like Klingons. Most of the discovery crew don't act like Starfleet officers. I finally lost it at the Burn. I guess it's technically canon, but it really doesn't feel that way. We saw multiple different types of FTL methods in 90s trek, and we saw Wesely grow dilithium as part of a high school science project. Plus the idea of there being one element the entire galaxy uses for Warp travel, again, makes the entire setting feel extremely small.
Finally, I feel like Discovery was being reviewed by people who were more interested in propagating the culture war than watching Star Trek. I remember reading articles gushing about how Burnham was the first black captain. Or how Tilly breaks the mold because all other major female characters in Trek were more stereotypical women. Or how the negative reaction to Discovery was from bigoted fans too fragile to watch a show that doesn't mostly consist of cis straight white men.
The last part was the most infuriating. It's incredibly obvious they were toning down a lot of what I star trek to appeal to the mass market. Fine. I've watched a lot of mid sci-fi. I watched all three JJ Abrams Star Trek movies, the first two sequel star wars movies, Dark Matter before it got good, etc. However it's infuriating being attacked for it.
Do I not like the new content because it's new and weird...? 🤔
No. I still liked DS9 and Voyager when I had grew up with TNG. I still liked Enterprise (although with some caveats mostly due to specific nerd shit that changed). I love Lower Decks and Prodigy.
What I can't get into with Picard and Discovery (haven't tried SNW yet) is the format. I really just prefer episodic content to serialized stuff. Especially when the good parts come slowly. So many people who do like these shows admit they don't get good until the 2nd or 3rd season, and I just can't slog through the first season to get that far.
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