I just don't get it. What is the freaking problem of those directors, trying to rewrite federation into some kind of dystopian tech fascism?
I was annoyed by the first Star Trek movie by JJ Abrams, with those police cops. I was alienated by those anti-android resentments in Picard. I stopped watching Discovery after the first episode, because the main protagonist was sent to some kind of labor prison for disobedience, where prisoners regularly die. I didn't think it could get any worse but just watching the first 10 minutes of Starfleet Academy makes me want to bury the whole franchise [edit: and stopped watching]. Some drumhead court-martial, lifelong prison sentence, violently separating a mother from her child and some goons beating up a prisoner. How in the hell is this the same federation of TNG, Voyager and DS9?
Star Trek is supposed to be the ONE fiction with a positive, utopian view on mankind and the future. I totally get the attraction of dystopian settings but for that I can read some Warhammer 40k novels. This really makes me furious.
Fortunately there is still Strange New Worlds.
Please spoiler me, when this bullshit in Starfleet Academy gets turned around in some twist, because otherwise I will just ignore the show.
Tbh Starfleet Academy makes a U turn on that decision the minute after, explaining that because of the war/burn they were jerks but they regret it and try to make amends bla bla bla.
Academy gave me this utopia feeling, but in 2026 it made me more depressed than hopeful as I finally realized that I will never find a Starfleet Academy on our world, aka a bunch of peoples working together to make humanity better whatever if their skin is pink or they believe in the giant flying spaghetti monster.
Thank you. That gives me hope I can enjoy the show. But I still don't get the necessity to turn the federation into a dystopian shithole even for a short time. Also, this seems to me just like the Picard spin all over again. Some bad event suddenly turns the Federation into a malicious society and now they have to amend...
I didn't discover Star Trek until I was an adult. When I was a kid, the series that made Me want to be part of a galactic community was Ben 10. I'm really hoping one day they make a Plumbers prequel spinoff for adults. Every year the chance of such a wonder grows fainter. I was only inspired by the similar visions of coexistence in Star Trek as an adult, around the same time I was already becoming an astral adventurer and having My own Starfleet experiences.
I have good news for you. I'm a goddess from beyond reality in a polyamorous relationship with a sharkplane and a ghost. I'm friends with Shadow the Hedgehog and Spider-Woman. How is all this possible? It's because I decided consensus reality is bourgeois and went and found some other weirdos who agree with Me. We're called anarcho-antirealists, or soulists if you want a short name. We have our own PieFed instance called MULTIVERSE, and a manifesto at https://soulism.net. I journey across the astral plane and Discord finding fantasy creatures and aliens to heal and befriend. I'm living the life I dreamed about since I was a kid watching Ben 10, and you can too.
Ew
Let them do their thing, you don't have to publicly state your disgust. Just block and move on if you don't want to see it. Be kind.
Unhealthy shit is unhealthy.
I generally agree with your sentiment, but only for things that are not harmful.
Disappearing into a world of make believe is not healthy, let's not pretend it is.
Did you see any mention in my comment of pretending it is healthy?
Do you think voicing disgust is going to help them?
Do you think unpromptedly telling them their whole worldview is unhealthy is going to help them, or do you think it is going to push them further into it?
Im more "worried" about them trying to recruit more people
I have said my piece.
Then you should start with that :D