GuyFleegman
joined 2 years ago
I think Discovery's general story convolution and continual escalating of stakes is largely a consequence of production staff turmoil from the first two seasons. It was Fuller, then Kurtzman, then Berg/Harberts, then back to Kurtzman, before finally settling on Paradise. No one was clearly in charge for more than one full season during the first two, and so it's kind of a mess—there are really 4 full arcs in the first 2 seasons with very minimal connection between them. Keeping the stakes high is an easy mode way of driving the story and that kept things together as people were rotating in and out.
Seasons 3 and 4 are far more coherent, but by that point "something threatens the entire galaxy and it's up to Burnham to save us" had calcified as Discovery's shtick, so we got two more of those. I'll be pretty surprised if season 5 isn't one final go at that story.
It's common enough that /r/startrek developed a reputation for being unfairly draconian with their moderation which spread beyond Reddit. I knew they were really in trouble when I encountered comments about how bizarre and punitive their moderation style is in places like Twitter, Mastodon, and YouTube comments. Every once in a while I would see someone recommending Daystrom to someone who was banned from /r/startrek because the "mods aren't as strict," which is wild when you think about it: Daystrom has many pages of very specific rules and they are all actively enforced.
It's pretty harsh and I'm biased because I've had some fun conversations about Star Trek with Value, but... no it's probably not unfair. My interactions with them never reached this level of intensity because I just left, but the stubbornness has always been there.
Your instance rocks, thanks for being awesome.
Fuck it, lets kick this drama starship into transwarp. I am the creator of /r/DaystromInstitute, /r/Risa, I modded /r/startrek for about a year, and I helped to create startrek.website. AMAA.
I wonder how “temporary” T’Pel deems this problem 🤔
We are absolutely worse off in the real 2024 than what "Past Tense" depicted.
- Vin asks Sisko for a "UHC card" when trying to identify him. A universal healthcare card. In the real 2024? Still no universal healthcare in the US.
- The famous billionaire's role in the story of "Past Tense" was to get residents of the districts access to "the nets" to tell their story. In the real 2024, Elon Musk would just take to Xitter and advocate for crackdowns.
- Once on the nets, the resident's stories actually swayed public opinion. Can you honestly imagine the stories they told making a dent in the zeitgeist, even if they trended on YouTube and TikTok?
- Sanctuary districts exist too, they're just on the border and privatized.
Ira Steven Behr set out to depict a horribly dystopic 2024, succeeded, and undershot.
And then obviously Taggart is top row to a T
One of the best Star Trek movies. Even if you like Khan or whales better, you can't deny that Galaxy Quest has the best plucky comic relief.
2015?!? Closer to 1995!
I didn't agree with the rest of the instance's mods approach to moderation, for reasons that are now very public and obvious.