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> It's important to note that in STTNG, Star Fleet is not the entirety of the human population in the show. Oh that’s right, they’re often comically overtly r
by fuckstick 4y ago
> It's important to note that in STTNG, Star Fleet is not the entirety of the human population in the show.
Oh that’s right, they’re often comically overtly racist caricatures.
In any event Star Fleet specifically is a dystopian hell has been analyzed to death. And the genesis of DS9 is completely straightforward. You can use the idealized yet completely ridiculous portrayal of Star Fleet for a movie or two, some short stories. Stretching it out to 7 seasons was admirable (but even they had to make some concessions with story arcs post Roddenberry).
Let’s not forget TOS only needed to last 3 seasons and the Roddenberry era TNG is pretty crappy overall at least outside the diehard fandom.
- uxcolumbo 4y agoCan you provide more details about how DS9 or Star Fleet is dystopian. Or links to those articles? I didn't get the dystopian vibe at all when watching TNG, DS9, Voyager or Enterprise.
- fuckstick 4y agoSeriously you can Google it. This is well trodden ground.
- PhasmaFelis 4y agoIf you're going to make extraordinary claims, you need to provide evidence, not just say "Google it." I did Google it, though, and found the expected handful of thinkpieces and Reddit posts. Obviously the shows have fallen short or aged poorly at times, and people have discussed that the same way they've discussed everything else about Star Trek. I'm not seeing evidence for your claim that "Star Trek is dystopian" is a settled conclusion. Also, I'm still waiting to hear what "fundamentally autistic" means.
- Supermancho 4y ago> In any event Star Fleet specifically is a dystopian hell has been analyzed to death. Analysis about the dystopian back-workings is fan fiction. It's all fiction, to be sure, but the topic is constrained. STTNG portrays a society, in good faith that it's harmonious. This article is about STTNG, not DS9.