is there any chance that Star Trek Discovery will be good /tv/?

they've pulled the "you NEEEEERD fans will watch it anyways" strategy so probably not. Doubly stupid since it's not even on TV but behind a paywall that isn't Netflix or Amazon.

>>86954984
I will in fact watch it anyway

>>86954915
Is this a pic of the show or the porn parody?

>>86954915
who is this bitch?

>>86955009
Are you going to pay for CBS's shitty streaming service or are you going to pirate it?

>>86955036
porn parody

>>86955043
Penny Pax

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>>86955098
Now I think pirating it would contravene Starfleet regulations. Let's not get ahead of ourselves.

>>86955892
Sometimes I think I come here just to hear your speeches.

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>>86956268
Q????

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Based Frakes is directing one episode so hopefully we will have at least one good episode

>>86954915
No

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>>86954915
I think it's going to piss all over the sober restraint and discussion of TNG as well as the darker "faith in a harsh reality" tone of DS9 in a way that will make everyone pine for the early days of Enterprise.

Scott Bacula is probably psyched that a shittier version of Star Trek is on the way.

Star Treks are products of their time. TOS was an optimistic but firm look at how to get out of the Cold War without sacrificing the best of humanity. TNG was about post-colonial struggles and what, morally, to do with all that power, and the consequences of good intentions. DS9 was about the harsh realities of statecraft and the struggles between pragmatism and ideals. Voyager sort of tried to do the same thing except with desperate situations but failed to capitalize on it's own premise.

So what is Star Trek Discovery going to be about? What's it's societal reflection? It'll be the societal reflection of those writing it. It will be a product of writers who are inoffensive, timid, "non-problematic" and acceptable enough to get jobs in media in our time. There won't be any grey characters, any topics that are nuanced enough to require a TNG-like discussion, any Tomalaks or Gowrons or Dukats, any situations that can't be solved without absolute moral clarity, etc. And that's not inherently a bad thing, but it won't really provoke any thought, either. It'll deal with the issues of our time but with the absolutism and serial-like formats of the past. Either that, or it will replace those sorts of questions and issues and instead rely on forced character drama in a Walking Dead manner, because touching on sensitive topics in any way that's interesting would be a big no-no.

I want to be wrong. Somebody please poke a hole in my predictions and tell me why they're wrong.

>>86955892
but they dont believe in money

>>86957636
>What's it's societal reflection?
T R U M P

>>86957636
Discovery will be a fantasy power trip for women and POC

I read an article the other day in EW of how "empowering" it will be and that anyone who is critical of it isn't a real Trek fan

>>86957807
>>86957869

Oh good. Strong female characters flipping male alien attackers, white out of touch evil admiral plotlines (which were totally the best episodes!) and strawmaning over moral exploration.

>>86954984

This really defines modern TV, why cater to you when spineless nerds will watch it anyway and they can just shout down the few with balls that speak up for themselves.

I just want my white protags fucking bitches and saving the world.

>>86955098
pirating it, and watching the orville. fuck cbs for ruining star trek.

>>86954915
It's going to be more feminist power fantasy.

>b-but Star Trek was always progressive!

Yes, and they knew when to be retrained as to avoid alienating their male fanbase. They better hope females replace all the "disgusting white nerds" that will stop tuning in.

>>86954915
/tv/ says that it will be shit, but when was the last time that /tv/ was right about anything?

>>86960050
/tv/ said TFA was just an ANH rehash, for starters.

>>86960216
So /tv/ hasn't been right since 2015?