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Redlettermedia perfectly demonstrated how politics in modern media is often done so poorly in their Picard reviews. Compared to old Star Trek, which frequently
by dmix 4y ago
Redlettermedia perfectly demonstrated how politics in modern media is often done so poorly in their Picard reviews. Compared to old Star Trek, which frequently explored current-day political themes that were subtle and cleverly told through stories where you learn they are bad via their actions and consequences (aka allegories).
https://youtu.be/aQ2TQ_GRO4g?t=1528 https://youtu.be/aQ2TQ_GRO4g?t=1528
But whenever they came up in Picard it's always pointing at something and saying this BAD. Or that GOOD.
It no longer assumes the reader/viewer is smart enough to make connections and draw their own conculsions. It has to be explicit to the point of bashing it over your head.
- Volundr 4y agoI'd recommend going back and rewatching STNG. I did a couple years ago and was shocked by how preachy and sacarine it was. Not at all the way my nostalgia remembered it. I was disappointed in the latest season of Picard, but I don't think calling the unsubtle preaching a departure from the classic series is a fair critism. It was always there.
- NoraCodes 4y agoWhen is the last time you watched The Original Series? Just to pick one example, Let That Be Your Last Battlefield (S3:E15) features an utterly ham-fisted metaphor for racism and slavery. It's also one of the best-reviewed episodes in the series, even today. Star Trek has been an explicitly and somewhat clumsily political show since the very beginning, and people like that about it.
- dmix 4y agoI watched the first season of TOS this year.