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I think what I want from Star Trek that's been missing since like Voyager is a little bit more time doing the work of establishing that the Star Trek future is good and a future we'd all want
And a little bit less emphasis on assuming we already have that in mind and subverting it
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@researchfairy This kind of feels like it fits with my general frustration about TV narratives. It's always either:
1. Liberal drudgery and hidden misery, framed as 'a stable society' and a desirable thing, probably with some "oh well that's just how life is" thrown in for good measure and a total lack of imagination, or
2. Radical/dystopian/etc. narrative that imagines a different world, unfortunately everyone dies and is also an asshole and we're all doomed so why even bother.
Kind of feels sometimes like (popular) TV is incapable of dreaming about hope. Your only choices are hidden misery or blatant misery.
