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<blockquote data-quote="aramis erak" data-source="post: 9867066" data-attributes="member: 6779310"><p>More people dislike Star Trek than like it, and of those who don't, the level of fantasy is the most common reason I've seen and/or heard. (And more people simply don't care about trek than like or dislike it.)</p><p></p><p>It's a common problem with many shows and games.</p><p></p><p>I like Star Trek - but it's got so much magic I can't see it as Science Fiction, especially in Discovery and SFA. And I do like SFA as a show... but it's way upped the magic levels. Not that the SFA ep107 intersystem gate was introduced in SFA - those actually were introduced in TNG 211 "Contagion" as Iconian tech.</p><p></p><p>And there has been magic masquerading as tech in Star Trek since the earliest main episodes... Charlie X. Charlie Evans' powers are pure magic. (It's the second aired episode. WNMHGB is first, and also has literal magic, as Dr Dehner and Commander Mitchel gain godlike powers.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aramis erak, post: 9867066, member: 6779310"] More people dislike Star Trek than like it, and of those who don't, the level of fantasy is the most common reason I've seen and/or heard. (And more people simply don't care about trek than like or dislike it.) It's a common problem with many shows and games. I like Star Trek - but it's got so much magic I can't see it as Science Fiction, especially in Discovery and SFA. And I do like SFA as a show... but it's way upped the magic levels. Not that the SFA ep107 intersystem gate was introduced in SFA - those actually were introduced in TNG 211 "Contagion" as Iconian tech. And there has been magic masquerading as tech in Star Trek since the earliest main episodes... Charlie X. Charlie Evans' powers are pure magic. (It's the second aired episode. WNMHGB is first, and also has literal magic, as Dr Dehner and Commander Mitchel gain godlike powers.) [/QUOTE]
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