Star Trek: Academy
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DodgyGeezer

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45,561 posts

210 months

Well it seems like Jan 16th is D-day for ST:A, and since there doesn't seem to be an existing thread here we are.

There are a few trailers floating around which I've dropped below - but I have to say that I'm not hopeful at this point frown I mean that (as with the appropriately named ST: D) it looks wonderful and glossy, however this really does (again) seem to be aimed at the 'teen-drama' end of the demographic and (despite some good actors) not a lot for the likes of me.

I will be watching when it comes out but...






Edited by DodgyGeezer on Sunday 7th December 16:32

hiccy18

3,582 posts

87 months

Oh dear.

I take it Doc is Doc and not some other random character? And the engineer woman from somewhere or other (Discovery?) is also resuming that character? A character with "super powers" is depressing, I want to watch Star Trek not Vampires (or alternative supernatural being) in Space.

I'll watch it, but will probably be hitting Andor quite hard afterwards to feel clean again.

Blakewater

4,494 posts

177 months

I've been rewatching the older Star Trek series. Next Generation, Deep Space 9, Voyager.

The stronger episodes from more recent series barely reached the level of poorer old Star Trek episodes. For me at least, Star Trek has always been about dealing with moral dilemmas and no win situations which make you think about each episode and relate it to real life situations. Discovery was better for this than Strange New Worlds, which has had too many silly episodes. However, "The Burn" was a silly concept and it went too far with the touchy, feely stuff to try and be modern. Getting into ghosts and spiritualism was also weird as Star Trek has always had some footing in real science. The trouble is, this stuff has been introduced as part of the storyline and there's no going back on it.

DodgyGeezer

Original Poster:

45,561 posts

210 months

PinkTornado

1,753 posts

82 months

We could perhaps start by getting the title right- it is 'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy', or ST:SA.

But despite having really taken to ST:SNW, I will be passing on this- absolutely nothing that I've seen of it has interested me at all!