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<blockquote data-quote="Jester David" data-source="post: 7339163" data-attributes="member: 37579"><p>Again, if they wanted to do a Star Trek show and not be bound by continuity they could have set it in the farther future after <em>Nemesis</em>.</p><p>Or in the 100 period between <em>Enterprise</em> and TOS where nothing was firmly known. </p><p>Or used the film timeline but gone ahead 20 or 30 years. </p><p>Or used their own alternate reality as many exist. </p><p>Or just declared certain things non-canon like Star Wars did when it was sold to Disney. </p><p>Or just left it vague and allow views to decide for themselves if it was in the regular reality or not...</p><p></p><p>But they didn't. They explicitly sold the show as being part of the Prime Timeline. They used continuity as a selling point. </p><p></p><p>It feels as much like any of the classic Treks as the new Battlestar Galactica did the original. Or <em>Arrow</em> and <em>Flash</em> feel like the comics. It feels like a bad adaptation, where a lot of the names are the same but continuity is really just easier eggs. “Hey, there's a Tribble on the desk, eh?” Or “hey, look” we showed a picture of a ship that kinda sorta looks like a Constitution ship.” But they're just there for dressing. It's a generic science fiction show dressed up like Star Trek. Just like the Orville is a Star Trek show dressed up like a generic science fiction show. </p><p>If you can get over that hurdle and enjoy it, then fine. Good for you. But I really want more Star Trek that feels like goddamn Star Trek and not BSG or the Expanse. And I’m saddened I’m likely never going to get that again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jester David, post: 7339163, member: 37579"] Again, if they wanted to do a Star Trek show and not be bound by continuity they could have set it in the farther future after [I]Nemesis[/I]. Or in the 100 period between [I]Enterprise[/I] and TOS where nothing was firmly known. Or used the film timeline but gone ahead 20 or 30 years. Or used their own alternate reality as many exist. Or just declared certain things non-canon like Star Wars did when it was sold to Disney. Or just left it vague and allow views to decide for themselves if it was in the regular reality or not... But they didn't. They explicitly sold the show as being part of the Prime Timeline. They used continuity as a selling point. It feels as much like any of the classic Treks as the new Battlestar Galactica did the original. Or [I]Arrow[/I] and [I]Flash[/I] feel like the comics. It feels like a bad adaptation, where a lot of the names are the same but continuity is really just easier eggs. “Hey, there's a Tribble on the desk, eh?” Or “hey, look” we showed a picture of a ship that kinda sorta looks like a Constitution ship.” But they're just there for dressing. It's a generic science fiction show dressed up like Star Trek. Just like the Orville is a Star Trek show dressed up like a generic science fiction show. If you can get over that hurdle and enjoy it, then fine. Good for you. But I really want more Star Trek that feels like goddamn Star Trek and not BSG or the Expanse. And I’m saddened I’m likely never going to get that again. [/QUOTE]
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