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<blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 7953604" data-attributes="member: 18182"><p>The idea that Starfleet itself cannot be trusted . . . it's certainly cast into doubt in ST: Picard, but by the end of the 10-episode series, Starfleet steps up and saves the day. The villain of the piece isn't Starfleet, but a conspiracy within Starfleet (the half-Vulcan, half-Romulan sleeper agent in charge of Starfleet Security). And this sort of problem, officials within Starfleet as corrupt, is a long-standing theme that stared with Next Gen! Heck, in Next Gen, every time somebody showed up in an admiral's uniform I got immediately suspicious!</p><p></p><p>ST: Discovery is similar. Starfleet isn't the problem, but corrupt officials within. Captain Lorca and Section 31. Again, not themes uncommon to earlier Star Trek series and movies.</p><p></p><p>I think the difference is that in the older series, the corrupt official or Section 31 baddie would show up for one episode and everything goes back to "normal" by episode's end. With the occasional plot point or villain revisited later in the season. In ST: Picard and ST: Discovery, these themes are the main story arc for an entire season.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dire Bare, post: 7953604, member: 18182"] The idea that Starfleet itself cannot be trusted . . . it's certainly cast into doubt in ST: Picard, but by the end of the 10-episode series, Starfleet steps up and saves the day. The villain of the piece isn't Starfleet, but a conspiracy within Starfleet (the half-Vulcan, half-Romulan sleeper agent in charge of Starfleet Security). And this sort of problem, officials within Starfleet as corrupt, is a long-standing theme that stared with Next Gen! Heck, in Next Gen, every time somebody showed up in an admiral's uniform I got immediately suspicious! ST: Discovery is similar. Starfleet isn't the problem, but corrupt officials within. Captain Lorca and Section 31. Again, not themes uncommon to earlier Star Trek series and movies. I think the difference is that in the older series, the corrupt official or Section 31 baddie would show up for one episode and everything goes back to "normal" by episode's end. With the occasional plot point or villain revisited later in the season. In ST: Picard and ST: Discovery, these themes are the main story arc for an entire season. [/QUOTE]
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