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Some lessons are timeless. (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by TrismegistusMx@lemmy.world to c/risa@startrek.website

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[–] teft@startrek.website 19 points 2 years ago

Naomi Wildman, Subunit of Ensign Samantha Wildman, Fun will now commence.

[–] Vaggumon@lemm.ee 14 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I was kind of disappointed we didn't get to see what happens to her later in life in Picard.

[–] TubeTalkerX@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don’t want her getting Icheb’d!

[–] Vaggumon@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Yeah, 100%. Why does everything have to be so dark now? Ever since Game of Thrones, it's like ever single show has to be depressing bleak.

[+] skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

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[–] Vaggumon@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago

I've not agreed with some stranger on the internet so much in quite some time.

[–] Anomander@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I really enjoyed some darker content in terms of establishing that humans aren't always the good, wise, enlightened people of the galaxy, consistently The Good Guys in nearly every encounter.

But shifting to that "oh there's a dark side to all the optimism" as the consistent ongoing tone for the show rings wrong as much as the always good guys tone did with older trek.

[–] AClassyGentleman@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

It's the broad brush that gets me. Going dark has to be a principled choice. DS9 nailed it with the "it's easy to be a saint in paradise" mentality. The hope in most Trek writing comes from a worldview that most people are inherently good unless their environment forces them to act otherwise (which I would very much say is how the world actually works). When shows go dark using something closer to a "people are inherently evil unless they really fight back against their nature" mentality, it feels bad and rings hollow.

[–] andthenthreemore@startrek.website 1 points 2 years ago

That's such a good term for early Discovery and pretty much all of Picard.

[–] Marsupial@quokk.au 0 points 2 years ago

Nah it’s 9/11 not GoT. Even Enterprise had its edgy serialised darkness.

The world lost its optimism and the media reflected the fucked up reality of stiffing our freedoms that our governments have been putting us through in the name of stopping the terrorists ever since.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Really wanted Seven to always use her first and last name every time she spoke to her again.

[–] bappity@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

icheb was wasted in Picard 😭 I'm glad the writers didn't get the chance to do something similar to naomi

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 4 points 2 years ago

Getting horribly murdered was by far the most interesting thing to ever happen to Icheb. If anything, they should resurrect him and do it again.

[–] Vaggumon@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

FYI: Scarlett Pomers is a great singer too, though she doesn't really perform much. You can find some videos on YouTube.