I feel exactly the same way about Marvel Comics these days, fingolwyn. Exactly the same way.fingolwyn wrote:Star Trek, as with Star Wars and Dr Who, is dead. Oh, the franchise is still alive and kicking, though few would say (as they would of SW and DW) that it is doing well, but the heart and soul of what we used to know as Star Trek (and the others) is dead and gone, historical dust blowing in the wind of an alien planet like the opening scene. What remains is a product name, some artificially-flavored ingredients that sometimes taste kinda like Trek (but with frequently off-putting peculiarities, like the shredded carrot they used to put in the orange jello in grade school), lots of modern interpretation of what Trek was/is, the occasional salty peanut of meaningless genuine Trek (like the few-second long motif from the TOS Movies in the opening credits) they throw us to keep us buying the beer, and a typical modern Hollywood agenda.
Though I would never pay for it, even if it was good, I had hope for it since Star Wars and Dr Who are dead and rebooted. But this train isn't going anywhere I want to go, and I can't even say I would enjoy the ride.
They're created/written by people who don't care about a fifty year legacy, stories woven over decades, etc.
I've got less of a problem with the MCU than with Marvel Comics these days.
