• Steven Hilton@mastodon.online
    912·
    4 months ago

    @billmason @startrek I’m skeptical. I fear they ruined trek with discovery. By showing the universe nearly a millennium in the future, now any new stories they will be “filling in the timeline” where we already know at some level how it all works out. The dramatic tension is gone.

    Or, stories set after any time we haven’t already seen will be so far into future as to be disconnected from what came before.

    Makes me sad. Abrams damaged Trek. Kurtzman may have killed it.

    • Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteMEnglish
      8·
      4 months ago

      I really don’t understand this notion that a story is ruined because you’re also familiar with stories that take place after it.

      I know how WWII turned out, but there are stories set in that period that are worth watching.

      • Steven Hilton@mastodon.online
        31·
        4 months ago

        @ValueSubtracted I mean, it’s not binary, but it is a factor. I’ve watched the same movie, or even single episodes, many, many times. But there is a reason people, like myself, want to avoid spoilers before watching something new. Knowing how it ends ahead of time just hits different.

        • Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteMEnglish
          7·
          4 months ago

          I guess so. I’ve just never watched Star Trek VI and felt like it had been affected by the fact that TNG was in its sixth season by that point.

          • Steven Hilton@mastodon.online
            41·
            4 months ago

            @ValueSubtracted but part of st vi laid out how the Federation and klingon empire became the allies we see in tng. That’s the kind of “filling in the blanks” stories I’m talking about. VI is my 2nd favorite movie after Khan, so I’m not saying those kinds of stories can’t be good as well.

    • 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.social
      5·
      4 months ago

      Strange New Worlds is “filling in a timeline” that we absolutely know how it works out - even the characters do! It’s part of the plotline - but it’s a decent show. Sure, I have plenty of objections to the episode authors and character details, but after Abrams it’s almost refreshing. I don’t think knowing the future renders making an enjoyable series impossible, do you?