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I haven't really been compelled to start watching this season yet, but I will eventually. Still, it seems pretty lackluster in terms of people getting into it from what I can tell. It's a really bad sign. Final season of Discovery not being that big, Lower Decks ending, Prodigy shunted over to Netflix, Paramount+ cutting budgets and bleeding subscribers... I think we may be close to the end of another Star Trek era. I hope that isn't true, but it could be.
They really need to light a fire under the fan base. I would suggest that would involve greenlighting Legacy, but I don't have much hope for that.
I'm at a point where I wait until the season is nearly half done before I start.
My wife and I are just not in a position right now where we have time to watch anything together in the evening. That will change in a couple of weeks and we'll start watching.
For my money, sticking to prequels is where the problems start.
Disco, SNW: hard prequels bordering on TOS reboot in the case of SNW.
Meanwhile Picard and lower decks are very much grounded in nostalgia (hint: each have more Frakes appearances than DS9).
This era never really had the same bravery to do something new like TOS and TNG-era, IMO. I was a big fan of Disco’s move into the future (it’s just that Disco miss the landing every time for me).
I like that SNW at least is genuinely trying to live in and explore it's era, it always felt like disco was just using that setting carelessly.
Picard felt very pandering, I couldn't get past the first season.
Lost Decks is the best one though, you can tell there's a genuine affection for the setting and it's quirks.