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Message: <blockquote data-quote="John Crichton" data-source="post: 1445189" data-attributes="member: 4779">You don't need to watch every ep of Trek to know about that. Actually, he is spot on.  Trek is almost always about the characters.  Every original cast Trek film was basically a character piece or about the big 3 (Kirk, Spock & Bones).  Even the new films (I haven't seen Nemesis) are about the characters, usually focusing on the captain. The writers would beg to differ.  Yes, some of the stories are about current issues and Trek is certainly famous for that.  But at the same time the stories on the shows and in the movies focus on the characters and how these issues effect them and that's what the audience draws on. So, I disagree about Trek being more about stories than characters.  It is more about the characters and the stories that revolve around them.  It even applies to Enterprise.  The 'Expanse' mission is about Archer and the changes and compromises he has to make to accomplish his goals.  I could give examples of each series except for Voyager as I haven't seen many eps.</blockquote>