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Originally Posted by OutOfTheCube
People forget that a lot of the original Star Trek isn't great either. There's a lot of flat out terrible TOS episodes and half the original movies suck too. It never bats 1.000.
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Yeah, a lot of TOS was bad. But it was at least trying to do science fiction. Take a premise about technology or an alien culture. Dramatize the ramifications of that technology or alien culture on humanity. Science fiction.
I understand that science fiction is more or less a dead genre in pop culture today. Aside from maybe Black Mirror, I can't think of a show that's about the ramifications of technology, or about exploring the frontiers of human experience. But if there's any chance to revive the genre, it's Star Trek. Unfortunately, the people producing it these days see it as just another action/superhero franchise. Maybe this new series will be different. But I haven't seen a lot to be encouraged about so far.