My Dear Gen X,

My joints hurt just as bad as yours do and we need to talk about “Strange New Worlds”…

Guys, it’s really good.

I know you. Your parents are old and sick and you’re wondering how they’ll manage. I know your kids have gotta finish strong in high school this year. I know your spouse is not perfect.

Watch this show and let it carry you back to the reasons you loved Star Trek when you were a kid. I know you, and I know this is what you need right now.

Maybe you are…

1.) One of those that saw Mr. Spock on our parents’ black and white TV in the 60s or 70s and thought that he had a perfectly reasonable approach to life. At least to an 8-year-old.

2.) That girl back in grade 10 who had a really unhealthy relationship with Deanna Troi because of some previous life trauma.

3.) Like my father, you liked the skimpy outfits (…no, protect, protect… you know the one) but also, AHEM… more importantly he likened Spock’s experiences to his own as an immigrant.

3.) One of the uber nerds back in grade 7 that lit up the local BBS or early Usenet with fierce discussions of Kirk’s superiority over Picard.

4.) Re-watching old episodes of TNG (God bless you BBC America) and it makes you feel like you’re visiting with old friends.

5.) A lover of competence porn. Don’t you wish your team at work had the competence and work ethic of Star Fleet? I love watching Miles having coffee (double strong, double sweet) with his sleeves rolled up getting ready to put in some hard hours.

6.) Your dad watched TOS in his dorm room in college. You watched DS9 in your first apartment when you moved out.

Listen guys, make the time for the show. I know you’ve gotta go walk the dog because the kids never do. But seriously remember the reasons you got into Star Trek when you were young.

There no such thing as time travel. But this show will remind you about the things you loved about Star Trek.

And if you’re one of those fans that cares about canon and timelines and are rightly concerned about the show runner’s respect for the source material… Put it like this, the show scores enough points to allow loose standards when it comes to canon.

Discovery doesn’t feel right. Lower Decks is awesome but scratches a different itch. I never watched Prodigy (sorry). This show is a gift to us in our old age.

This is modern Star Trek at it finest.

  • Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Season 3 of Picard was good. Sadly, that was a show that didn’t figure out what it wanted or could be until the ending came along.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah, also if you’re curious, I skipped the second season completely and there is no downside to it. So just jump right into this much more enjoable romp that is season 3.

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        1 year ago

        I watched the first season twice. After I finished the second season, I had all but given up on the show, but season 3 was the best season. It truly felt like a continuation of TNG.

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      1 year ago

      TottalIy agree. i was not impressed with season 1 of Picard. I forced myself to watch season 2 and I almost just quit watching mid season - it just felt like they lost the magic. I wasn’t even going to watch season 3, but then I heard about all the cameos and thought it would be nice to see the old gang back together and it turned out to be the best season of the bunch. Still, Strange New Worlds is lightyears better, imo.

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      1 year ago

      Big disagree from me on that. I hated (nearly) every second of it.

      That having been said, SQUEEE ENTERPRISE D

      Was glorious seeing it again, even after everyone in the show shit on its design all season. That rather embodies the whole problem tbh.

      Edit: I love SNW though, so there’s that.