• MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    William Shatner just said it best again:

    And when the Next Gen came out; there was tons of hate because it ‘wasn’t Star Trek’ and the cast probably was in fear from the fans. Again when the series with Bakula came out, it too was panned by the fans because it ‘wasn’t Star Trek.’ Star Trek is different for everyone.”

    So, to all the outspoken trolls and haters out there, a huge Fuck You for sabotaging the entire franchise.

    • ThePantser@sh.itjust.works
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      2 months ago

      Funny how we can influence a TV show into being canceled because it deals with “icky wokeness” but can’t do anything about the actual icky child fucker.

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        2 months ago

        What’s crazy is I can’t even pinpoint what they even mean by the wokeness? It’s really not overbearing, nor anymore than SNW or other TV shows. Maybe I’m just in a West Coast echo chamber

    • Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      The fact that this is happening now and not at the end of season 2 implies studio shenaniganary and not listening to some dumb chuds.

      Why would they sabotage viewership for season 2 instead of canceling it outright? Or at a minimum just dump the rest of it now?

      My gut says it’s virtue signaling by management to the Ellison who’s gonna run the place in the not too distant future. Canceling the “woke” trek sounds like something sufficiently sycophantic for a Hollywood exec.

      The worst part is now the chuds are taking a victory lap.

      • ryper@lemmy.ca
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        Why would they sabotage viewership for season 2 instead of canceling it outright? Or at a minimum just dump the rest of it now?

        They can’t dump season 2 right now because it only finished filming a month ago and there’s a lot to be done after that.

          • CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works
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            Just a guess, but maybe because S02 finished production and now would be the time to begin production on S03 including signing contracts with the cast and crew. If they didn’t announce it, then all of those people out of work would sure as hell shout it from the rooftops.

    • Soupbreaker@lemmy.world
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      Since the news broke that Academy was cancelled, I’ve seen a number of comments implying that people who posted negatively about it on Lemmy are in some way responsible for its cancellation. That’s a ridiculous notion. Nobody with the power to make that decision gives a single shit about what goes on here, nor are they even aware of our existence. I get that you’re frustrated, but your ire is misdirected.

      • teslekova@sh.itjust.works
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        Ha! Blaming people on Reddit is barely believable. Maybe an exec is a big Reddit fan, or it gets back to the board because the social media pr team keeps tabs on Reddit to make sure AMAs aren’t being given in problematic fora.

        But Lemmy? Delusion.

    • Alchalide@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      I don’t dislike it because it’s woke. I dislike it because it’s a really bad show.

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        2 months ago

        Which means your opinion on whether or not it should continue is irrelevant.

        It literally isn’t a show for you.

    • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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      2 months ago

      The franchise died because of poor ratings, not poor reviews.

      Do you think The Bachelor stayed on air for years because of critical acclaim?

    • CaptPretentious@lemmy.world
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      Maybe if anyone involved during the Kurtzman era, actually watched the shows and movies first, and had good writing skills things would have gone different. This show is insulting to Start Trek.

      You want to say fuck you to somebody, say to the people who greenlit this crap. Kurtzman should have been removed a long time ago. Stop throwing a tantrum.

    • minorkeys@lemmy.worldBanned
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      Yeah this is a stupid ass take. The show isn’t enough of what people liked about startrek. That’s not the audiences fault, it’s the showrunner’s fault, who famously didn’t watch startrek, didn’t care about the IP, didn’t care what people liked about it and just wanted to use the IP to promote ideology and worldview. Aka propaganda. Atleast the OS to Enterprise era gave us enough of what we liked that we could sit through what we didn’t. Just because trek was progressive doesn’t mean all the fanbase was on board with all of it. The progressiveness wasn’t the only thing of value that it was. This latest installment failed to strike that balanced at all because it intentionally and arrogantly and sadistically refused to even attempt to.