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Every time I'm reminded NuTrek exists I get sad about what we've lost.
by thaneross 18d ago
Every time I'm reminded NuTrek exists I get sad about what we've lost.
- moomin 17d agoHonestly, Picard asked a very relevant question to the modern age. What if our societal standards aren't what we thought they were, and we've just had rose-tinted glasses convincing ourselves otherwise. Of course, we never saw them actually deal with that properly, but S1 was a much more interesting series than S2 and S3 were.
- thaneross 17d agoThe writers flat out rejected Roddenberry's vision of a better future and here's a take on why. We've reached a point in culture of deep pessimism about humanity, and so the characters in Picard are just as dysfunctional as we are.
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- chuckadams 14d agoAnother reason is that actual utopias make for pretty boring writing. Humanity convinced itself that they lived in a perfect world, but most of the writing was about the cracks in that facade. Even the preachy and awful first season of TNG had the character of Q demonstrating that we still had a long way to go.
- mwigdahl 17d agoSame here, then I watch _The Orville_ and I'm happy again.