we have enough "dark" content on TV. Star Trek at its heart is about optimism for a future where disease, war, poverty, discrimination and all the things that plague us today have been reduced or eliminated. you can still have an excellent show that doesn't require it to take place in some sort of broken, apocalyptic alpha quadrant with photon torpedoes in everyone's face.
but I suspect that's where it'll end up heading anyways because it's easier to write and easier for the casual viewer to get into, because we're all cats chasing laser pointers.
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