I enjoy Strange New Worlds for the most part, and most of the recent series I think I like better than the loud complainers (nothing wrong with that, mind)… I think what bothers me more than the end-means problem is that it seems like everyone talks endlessly about whatever the current crisis is, and the talking seems to 1) not be interrupted by the critical time of the crisis and 2) do most of the problem solving. As in, they stop the action, take time to talk it all out, and then do whatever magical thing magically fixes the problem that we will never see or hear of ever again. It all works out perfectly, and everyone’s emotional needs are met. (except where they’re trying to create ongoing drama otherwise).
I guess it would make for a boring show if crises happened as quickly as they do IRL, and if repairs took as long as they would IRL, but I think they’ve gone WAY too far the other direction on being to talk their way out of any crisis (with a little exciting shaky-camera thrown in)
I can understand that. It didn’t bother me as much. The singing episode I skipped large parts of (although they actually had an in-universe explanation, I still rolled my eyes so hard they hurt for a few hours).
I think, for the most part, that they sort of have captured some of the more classic Trek feel, but… specific things might bother specific people, e.g. you and the Vulcans. So I wouldn’t encourage you to take another look because it’d annoy you. heh.
But… I stuck with Discovery. I liked some of what they did, disliked a lot, but it ended up mostly alright, except for the whole emo-talky thing on crack.
I think I might not be a hardcore Trek fan, though. I tend to prefer my sci-fi a bit harder (The Expanse was GREAT - books and show; growing up I read lots of Asimov. And Heinlein and the other classic era authors, but Asimov was my favorite). With the exception of Andor, while I grew up adoring the original three, I hated the prequels, was fine with the sequels, and have been meh on most of the other media (baby yoda was fun but the series got old imho) - with the exception of Andor which I think it one of the top shows of all time ever in any genre. heh.
I’ll probably watch just about any new Trek series. I like enough about most of them to overcome any things I dislike. :)
But I can totally respect a viewpoint like yours.