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    • partial_accumen@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      Yeah that doesn’t help your argument . TNG’s “Encounter at Farpoint” came out in 1987, that’s 37 years ago if you’re keeping track. It shows too. I know it doesn’t seem like it to our old eyes, but it just doesn’t measure up today. DS9 came out in 1993 just 6 years later making it 31 years old, so only a minor improvement for those audiences.

      Imagine a younger person (than us) that finished watching “The Expanse” and sat down to watch precocious Wesley Crusher being berated by Piccard for pressing buttons on the command chair arm, and Troy walking in with a short skirted uniform while everyone else wears long pants. Storytelling has evolved. Societal norms have evolved. Production values have evolved. Expecting a show (especially one about the future) to not even reflect representation of today is too big of an ask for a new audience that isn’t specifically seeking out a show that reflects the 1980s or 90s aesthetic and society.