• SpeedLimit55@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    1 year ago

    I’m just amazed by the amount of Star Trek content on lemmy. I didn’t know so many people still liked it.

      • ummthatguy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        15·
        1 year ago

        Hey, we got one! Also, that you made it past TNG season 1 is a feat in and of itself. But don’t fret, the last season, while you’d think they’d have their shit together, includes a couple of it’s worst episodes. Soldier through.

        • /home/pineapplelover@lemm.eeEnglish
          4·
          1 year ago

          I forgot where I saw the watchlist of star trek. It might’ve been in this sub or on the reddit but TNG was recommended if I wanted something fairly relevant and modern. I never realized how old Star Trek was and it’s wonderful to have communities like this to guide people how to get started. Keep up the good engagement everybody!

          Edit: Yes, the guide to watch star trek is conveniently on Lemmy https://startrek.website/post/191295

  • OurTragicUniverse@kbin.social
    39·
    1 year ago

    Idk, this gets a pass from me. More so before all the new shows came out though, those are easy to love.

    The old stuff is difficult to get into though, and there is usually a lot of bad writing, poor production values and terrible acting to get past before it starts getting good.

    And sadly a lot of 60’s and 90’s Trek fans are bigoted old men, which is another mark against the show for anyone with a passing interest who’s met a Trekkie of this caliber irl or looked into fan spaces online.

    • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netEnglish
      92·
      1 year ago

      a lot of 60’s and 90’s Trek fans are bigoted old men

      I call bullshit on this. What Trekkies are bigots? I’ve never met or heard of anyone IRL or online that is a fan of Star Trek who didn’t believe most of the tenants of the show, including tolerance and inclusion.

      • ummthatguy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        1 year ago

        Agreed. While examples where those ideals fall short can be found in every iteration, there is a visible change over time. We’re in the middle of a great 3rd resurgence, or “Latinum Age” if you will, and things are looking brighter than ever.

      • sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        Yeah, I can’t see it either. I mean, there are/were Republicans who thought RAtM wasn’t about them, so I’m sure there are some old bigoted people who are Trek fans. I can’t imagine it being a lot.

      • OurTragicUniverse@kbin.social
        34·
        1 year ago

        If you’re a white guy you’re unlikely to see or be on the recieving end of bigotry from these types of people.

        The trek boards on reddit were vile when Discovery came out, if anyone remembers that? Hundreds of pissed off trek fans adamant that a black woman should not be the main character and hating that there were no men on the bridge. And even before then the asian wife jokes, misogyny and rape jokes about Keiko were a regular occurence.

        The show writers making episodes like the Kira porn holonovel also didn’t help, Quark should have been kicked off the station for that. It’s not very star trek to let sexual harrassment happen so blatently, is it? Oh wait, yeah no it was fine. Slap on the wrists, no big deal. Is it surprising that some viewers of the show took that moral lesson to heart because ‘trek is a bastion of good and can do no wrong’? Bashir skulking around begging Dax for a date and monologing about winning his prize, was creepy as fuck too.Trek is so pure though, men who behave like that must be ok because it was in trek! Amirite?

        You guys need to keep in mind there’s a huge cross over between nerds and incels, and between star trek fans and old white guys who like imagining white guys in charge of exploring space and getting to fuck all the alien women.

        Trek nerds can be shit people too. You aren’t immune just because the show you like has some morals.

        • Damage@slrpnk.netEnglish
          62·
          1 year ago

          Hundreds of pissed off trek fans adamant that a black woman should not be the main character

          No one should be the main character in star trek, it’s always been about groups of people working together to overcome difficulties, Discovery shat on that and created a character who’s always right no matter what. People shat on Picard for the same reason.

          hating that there were no men on the bridge

          SNW has what, 3 men in the whole main cast? People love it.

          The show writers making episodes like the Kira porn holonovel also didn’t help, Quark should have been kicked off the station for that. It’s not very star trek to let sexual harrassment happen so blatently, is it? Oh wait, yeah no it was fine. Slap on the wrists, no big deal.

          Quark also almost caused Jadzia’s death when he let in the guy who wanted to steal her symbiont, it’s just a bit of bad writing where they shouldn’t let a main character they intend to keep cross certain lines.

          Bashir skulking around begging Dax for a date and monologing about winning his prize, was creepy as fuck too

          Who said people liked that? Everyone says the first two seasons of DS9 were bad, for many reasons.

          You guys need to keep in mind there’s a huge cross over between nerds and incels

          You should stop trying so hard to find reasons to hate people. Incel is a derogatory term, by the way, in its base interpretation it’s just someone who can’t get a partner, not necessarily a vile person. You’re the one being toxic in this case.

          old white guys who like imagining white guys in charge of exploring space and getting to fuck all the alien women.

          Worf’s one of the most beloved characters, and the one with the most episodes, and he’s black.

          No one’s saying Trek’s perfect, but you should stop trying to find faults in its fandom just for the sake of being contrarian.