I’m personally not watching it (you could call me a bit of a disco “hater” and s4 really kinda bummed me out) … but thought I’d see how people are enjoying it and think about getting a paramount subscription.

Asked some friends and they said they’d stopped watching. Then I checked here and the other community and posts about the episodes just seem to be tepid compared to what I would have expected.

Now obviously I’ve got a bias (and I really don’t want to start kicking the show) … but am I reading this right or wrong?

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
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    2 months ago

    I haven’t really been compelled to start watching this season yet, but I will eventually. Still, it seems pretty lackluster in terms of people getting into it from what I can tell. It’s a really bad sign. Final season of Discovery not being that big, Lower Decks ending, Prodigy shunted over to Netflix, Paramount+ cutting budgets and bleeding subscribers… I think we may be close to the end of another Star Trek era. I hope that isn’t true, but it could be.

    They really need to light a fire under the fan base. I would suggest that would involve greenlighting Legacy, but I don’t have much hope for that.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
        2·
        2 months ago

        My wife and I are just not in a position right now where we have time to watch anything together in the evening. That will change in a couple of weeks and we’ll start watching.

    • maegul@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      For my money, sticking to prequels is where the problems start.

      Disco, SNW: hard prequels bordering on TOS reboot in the case of SNW.

      Meanwhile Picard and lower decks are very much grounded in nostalgia (hint: each have more Frakes appearances than DS9).

      This era never really had the same bravery to do something new like TOS and TNG-era, IMO. I was a big fan of Disco’s move into the future (it’s just that Disco miss the landing every time for me).

      • BigilusDickilus@lemmy.world
        3·
        2 months ago

        I like that SNW at least is genuinely trying to live in and explore it’s era, it always felt like disco was just using that setting carelessly.

        Picard felt very pandering, I couldn’t get past the first season.

        Lost Decks is the best one though, you can tell there’s a genuine affection for the setting and it’s quirks.