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Originally Posted by Locke
In fairness, these guys love Star Trek in its original iterations and ethos. I watched some of that and I understand their gripes.
In some cases they have a point that the show really doesnt adhere to what drew a lot of people to Star Trek in the first place, but I also think they dont give enough allowance for change. The thing is, this is supposed to be in a future where enough bad things have happened that adhering to this ideal of perfection is impossible.
Now its true that the show didnt really give a lot of reason as to why or explain that all that well, but they do have a couple of legitimate complaints primarily the Federations 'all of a sudden' inexplicable racism, which Picard addresses directly as an issue but without a reason or development. I assume thats coming.
That being said, its the first episode. Its like judging the entire story by the author's foreword.
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This exactly. Same with most of the complaints about Discovery. For a lot of people, the issue boils down to "it's not TNG season 8 therefore it sucks." For those people, it's going to suck because they aren't willing to embrace the idea that media can explore new directions.