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<blockquote data-quote="ConcreteBuddha" data-source="post: 561624" data-attributes="member: 3139"><p>My point exactly. We have been on the brink of disaster forever. How many times has the Earth been "almost blown up?"</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>Not dynamic for the show, but dynamic for me.</p><p></p><p>Explanation: When I was first watching the show, I was entralled with the idea of the Federation, the characters, the aliens, the ships...</p><p></p><p>Those ideas were new. They had a sense of Dynamic Quality.</p><p></p><p>But now, after watching the the original Star Trek, TNG, DS9, Voyager, Enterprise, and all of the movies, I have come to the point where the Earth "on the brink of disaster" for the fiftieth time just doesn't cut it anymore.</p><p></p><p>A new stylish ship and new uniforms and new aliens with new makeup just doesn't cut it.</p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>I'm not saying I want this hypothetical new show to focus in on negativity. I'll gladly watch heroes battle foes and win all over again. I'd just like to see radically different conflicts. I think we have stretched the Federation to its creative limit. (I'd really like to see a Foundation/Asimov thingy happen with Star Trek.)</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>True. Concepts that don't understand that the hero is supposed to win in the end generally fail. We like our escapism to have a happy ending, afterall. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>Well, yes and no. Yes: break apart the Federation. No: keep humans, vulcans, romulans, klingons, holodecks and space ships. I don't want the writers to fully abandon everything that has gone on beforehand. I would instead like them to break our expectations. To do this, you need to shake things up a little. Well, maybe not a little, but a lot. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>RL is completely different from entertainment. I look for as little conflict as possible in reality. (That's why life is inherently boring. *grin*)</p><p></p><p>However, conflict is what makes entertainment so dang neat. (Also, the tidy little bow of a happy ending doesn't hurt either.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ConcreteBuddha, post: 561624, member: 3139"] My point exactly. We have been on the brink of disaster forever. How many times has the Earth been "almost blown up?" [B] [/B] Not dynamic for the show, but dynamic for me. Explanation: When I was first watching the show, I was entralled with the idea of the Federation, the characters, the aliens, the ships... Those ideas were new. They had a sense of Dynamic Quality. But now, after watching the the original Star Trek, TNG, DS9, Voyager, Enterprise, and all of the movies, I have come to the point where the Earth "on the brink of disaster" for the fiftieth time just doesn't cut it anymore. A new stylish ship and new uniforms and new aliens with new makeup just doesn't cut it. [B] [/B] I'm not saying I want this hypothetical new show to focus in on negativity. I'll gladly watch heroes battle foes and win all over again. I'd just like to see radically different conflicts. I think we have stretched the Federation to its creative limit. (I'd really like to see a Foundation/Asimov thingy happen with Star Trek.) [B] [/B] True. Concepts that don't understand that the hero is supposed to win in the end generally fail. We like our escapism to have a happy ending, afterall. ;) [B] [/B] Well, yes and no. Yes: break apart the Federation. No: keep humans, vulcans, romulans, klingons, holodecks and space ships. I don't want the writers to fully abandon everything that has gone on beforehand. I would instead like them to break our expectations. To do this, you need to shake things up a little. Well, maybe not a little, but a lot. :) [B] [/B] RL is completely different from entertainment. I look for as little conflict as possible in reality. (That's why life is inherently boring. *grin*) However, conflict is what makes entertainment so dang neat. (Also, the tidy little bow of a happy ending doesn't hurt either.) [/QUOTE]
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