Star Trek: Academy

[DodgyGeezer]

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 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]

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]

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.