Another one who wasn’t actually paying attention to the scenario or the dialogue while criticizing the show for being ‘dumbed down’ for younger audiences.

I admit I’m losing patience.

Dudes!!! This takes place when the Academy is being recreated after Starfleet and the Federation were seen to have failed large portion of the galaxy after the Burn.

This means that this class DID NOT complete with the best and the brightest across a well connected Federation with a common base of expectations.

They passed the entrance exams but it was not the same as a stable 24th century scenario, or even the early 25th century where Picard’s son was fast tracked based on experience.

Some, like Genesis, are from multi generational Starfleet families that hung on in secret bases during a century of anarch.

Most of the rest are off their planets or out of their small cluster of planets for the first time in their or their parents’ lives.

Others are the first of their species to enter Starfleet and are there for political reasons.

lol. You out yourself by citing Red Letter Media as if that is anything to take seriously other than a source of potential mis/disinformation on any given topic.

I’ve been watching Trek since TOS was in first run. I’ve actually worked with real life military.

Your attitude and comments strongly suggest you have neither experience.

Current Star Trek is in no way less credible than the franchise was in any previous era of production. Yes, it’s making different choices for a different generation of audience but on balance it’s just as authentic.

One could restyle it but if this cadet is from a low gravity world, they may prefer to get around as they can on their own in this environment.

Yes, this scans.

Indie-alternative is in there but not much recent mainstream American pop.

The music reinforces my concern that Millennials are trying to make this show for the younger Zs and Alphas, but they are really making it mostly for themselves.

Which isn’t likely to be successful in the way they hope.

One of our Zs is giving the show a try but it’s not a natural sell the way Lower Decks was for them or Discovery’s early seasons for another.

Are your siblings younger Millennials or GenZs?

They definitely have different ideas about music and sound tracks.

One of our GenZ kids likes a wide range of music, but most of it is from the 1960s to 1980s. But there’s a lot of KPop blasting in house too.

I think you’ve hit it right on the head!

I’ve been thinking that this is going to be precisely as divisive among fans as the syrupy, and very American-centric, cover of Faith of the Heart for Enterprise.

Fortunately, for those who weren’t enjoying that music choice, it won’t be the title music every episode.

The title music is boring but innocuous for our household at least.

I understand that many people are quite enthusiastic about the music for this show, and are quite moved by this rendition of this song.

I am truly bored by it. My parter and our oldest GenZ both replied, “What music?”when I asked them what I thought at the end of episode 2.

Is there some deep American Millennial music preference that this is tapping into that none of our household quite understands?

I’m hoping that we’ll get another perspective through Tarina’s brother Ocam Sadal.

I noticed that he gave her information on what Caleb was thinking beyond what she was able to pick up on her own with the inhibitor on.

He’s very up front and Luaxana-like. I like him a lot already.

I think he’s going to be a great addition as a roommate to Caleb and Darem.

Generally, Paramount owns all Star Trek IP rights.

However, reusing some things isn’t cost less. In some cases, they have to pay residuals to specific individuals or subcontractors who have creative rights.

Historically, this has led to weirdness such as renaming the Locarno character from the TNG episode ’Lower Decks’, played by Robert Duncan McNeill, to become Tom Paris in Voyager because Paramount didn’t want to pay the writer who got scrip credit for the TNG episode ongoing residuals for creating the character.

I don’t know enough about whether creators of animated character designs have rights to similar kinds of residuals, or the production houses like Titmouse for Lower Decks, but one has to wonder. It was so strange that Paramount+ suddenly said it was refocusing away from animation just as Skydance started its moves to acquire it.

As an animated Trek fan, that definitely irks, especially as it’s an animated sequence.

I have a suspicion that there’s something about animated design IP rights behind the decision though.

The old owners had decided to jettison animated Star Trek, and some other Paramount+ animated content to make the streamer mainly live action focused. Which, at the time this was announced, seemed very odd because Paramount’s owners were trying to sell the firm to Skydance, which is a major producer of high end animation for streamers.

So, my thought is that Skydance wants its own animation studio to be doing any future animated content for Paramount. There will be exceptions for long running Nickelodeon animation such as SpongeBob, Beavis and Butthead or Dora the Explorer, but relatively recent creations will get short shrift.

There are exceptions. Someone who was up until recently a teacher may fall into the category of being in a position of trust or authority towards the minor. Without knowing the legal precedents, it’s hard to know how much of an edge case this is.

From the JusticeThe following factors may be taken into account when determining whether a relationship is exploitative of the young person:

From the* Justice Canada webpage on Age of Consent*

Sexual exploitation A 16 or 17 year old cannot consent to sexual activity if:

• their sexual partner is in position of trust or authority towards them, for example their teacher or coach
• the young person is dependent on their sexual partner, for example for care or support the relationship between the young person and their sexual partner is exploitative

The following factors may be taken into account when determining whether a relationship is exploitative of the young person:

• the young person's age
• the age difference between the young person and their partner
• how the relationship developed (for example, quickly, secretly, or over the internet)
• whether the partner may have controlled or influenced the young person

Well, I have to give the OP credit for outrageous audacity.

Coming to the main community on the dedicated Star Trek instance to argue that users should subscribe elsewhere is inherently a criticism. It says a lot about the tolerance of the mods and admins here that it’s been left to stand.

I myself appreciate a well moderated community because I believe it enables more discussion not less.