…the first freedom denied, chains…
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元才 — 1 month ago(February 08, 2026 04:48 PM)
I get the whole new Trek and the shearing forces with accepting it thing
But we're onto the forth iteration (5 if you could Section 31) of NuTrek and none of it has landed
I happen to like Academy, but not as Trek. And what it's doing with its Trek framework just shows how little of Trek is at its essence.
When The Orville is more Trek than Trek in terms of shows being produced you know that the joke is much funnier than could have been intended.
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元才 — 1 month ago(February 08, 2026 05:48 PM)
The Orville has the spirit of Trek with a new imaginative approach. Paramount mad a fool out of themselves not having Seth Macfarlane take the lead with Trek. But he's managed to keep the spirit alive
I just wish they'd hurry up and give us some more of it -
Keelai — 1 month ago(February 08, 2026 06:42 PM)
Orville proves that Trek's Rick Berman was wrong about viewers not wanting an optimistic series.
Unfortunately, Seth MacFarlane is too busy for Star Trek. But, he would've created a great Trek series.
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元才 — 1 month ago(February 08, 2026 06:49 PM)
Seth MacFarlane appears in two episodes of Enterprise, playing the character Ensign Stewart Rivers. It's a tiny role that could be easily overlooked (Like Christian Slater in Undiscovered Country) but shows that a Trekker is more than just someone who needs babyfed concepts of morality and decency by plebeians with crayons
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元才 — 1 month ago(February 08, 2026 07:16 PM)
It's a really small part and I think it's in season 3 for his first episode and a bigger role in a season 4 episode (Still a bit-part though).
It's things like this which make Trek magical. I've got to say that Holly Hunter was my main appeal to watch Academy and she's pushing all the right buttons for me in her role -
Bobby Tomlinson — 1 month ago(February 08, 2026 04:59 PM)
Everyone loved season 3 of Picard. Old fans, new fans, wokites, cavemen, everyone! It was a show that they could ALL agree on. Why didn’t they just do more of that?
WEE WILLY WILLY FIND ALL THE WAY HOME! -
元才 — 1 month ago(February 08, 2026 06:52 PM)
Thanks for the recommendation Keelai but I really think that Trek died for me when Enterprise ended.
I do enjoy Academy, but not as Trek. More a kind of fun teenage tale of overcoming obstacles in life and finding out who you are kind of show. Great actors in curious roles and has a lot of potential to be fun. But it's not Trek