Season 1 of strange new worlds was great! Season 2 was not great.
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Paramount has crazy high time preference.
Honestly out of newer series I think I most like Lower Decks...
Same
I watched a few episodes of Lower Decks and didn't like it at all π
What did you think of SNW season 3?
It is star trek, so of course I set aside Thursday evenings and thoroughly enjoyed all of it. The storylines did not seem as deep and impactful as TNG, though. I remember the themes and ideas presented in TNG, there are episodes I could have a full discussion about a moral dilemma presented in an episode. TNG felt like a discovery of humanity by exploring other worlds and seeing humanity from different viewpoints.
SNW is more flashy and forgettable. Still fun.
Spok and Kirk are awesome in SNW, which they really needed for it to work! I hope we get more of them together in the next season.
What??
Why not?
Just flashy, fun, battles. Not exploring the depths of humanity, which is what I like about TNG. You could read TNG script like a book, you could not so that with SNW. But I get it, thats what sci fi is like nowadays.
Oh well... π€
There was the trial of Number One though
and Laan did seem *really lonely her Kirk died
and the moon of J'Gal horrors of war stuff was well done
but yeah I get you.
mostly SNW is following the Original Series "monster of the week" thematically and just dipping into TNG social commentary
I'm *just old enough to be nostalgic for the OS π
Yes, the character development is better than TNG. You had to wait years to get to know the TNG characters π
Erica ortegas is my favorite SNW character βΊοΈ
well to be fair they were doing something completely new
and obviously it took them a few seasons to get it together π
theyre all pretty good I think
I liked Hemmer, the arc with him and Uhura was creative