Yep, aside literally one episode for about, what, 15 seconds, we saw some strange new aliens.

And yes I’ve been very jaded against the gaslighting about these shows thanks to the brutal subjugation of the reddit sub. I’ve seen fake gushing over these shows too many times, and I just pictured poor Wil Wheaton making the post.

When millions of dollars are at stake in the streaming wars, and I see dozens of near-zero-cost posts about how “this is exactly the Trek all us old Trek fans have been waiting for dudbebrodudes!! It’s so amazingly goodlier than other stuff!” on reddit and now on lemmy, you’re damn right I am.

This show is badly-written CW schlock. It ignores canon, it is utterly devoid of coherent, consistent writing, and it lacks any of the soul of TOS, TNG, DS9, and at least most of VOY.

It is not good trek, and I will argue to the fucking death with the idea it is.

Lower Decks actually has the soul (not to mention the classic structure) of Star Trek, even as a parody.

SNW is only slightly less-abysmal than DIS. At least it still isn’t as bad as Picard.

Not when I’ve seen this very same post dozens of times about this very same show on that other network.

Can we not assume everyone is telling the truth on the internet? That’s how we get cults.

“Sometimes” they’d have absurd plotlines, of course, but with these new shows, it’s the norm. Big difference, same old argument.

Gen X here. Sorry, I’m going to be an asshole.

I am not telling anyone they can’t enjoy it, but when I see things like this, I just can’t leave it alone.

I disagree with everything you said, and much like the incessant, “Dude, this is finally the Trek show we wanted dudebrodude!” It honestly makes me question your motives, because I’ve seen similar, though more blatant, gaslighting elsewhere.

This show suffers from the same illogical plots, very questionable dialogue, and blatant canon failures as Discovery, making a mockery of everything I loved about Star Trek from TOS and growing up through TNG and DS9. This show is nothing like what I grew up with, a calm, consistent, well-considered and well-written morality tale. This show is modern, CW-level feely-feels-schlock. Anyone that enjoys it is welcome to it; but it is nothing like TOS or TNG from my formative years.