Is this a reference to HAL? Otherwise I’m a little lost…

I love the D, it’s my favourite starship of all time.

But my god, the E looks beautiful!!

It’s not that bad, but it definitely shows it’s age.

I decided to watch Babylon 5 again a few weeks ago, that CGI has really aged poorly! Holy shit!!

That’s unfair. There was also DS9, YOY and ENT. And that was the last Trek to exist.

Holy shit, I knew I’ve seen him somewhere before!!! He was the little drug dealing brat!!!

Awesome sequel by the way! I don’t care if many people give this movie shit, it’s great!!

The problem with professionalism is that they are people on a star ship, but they often act childish or like teenagers. TOS was corny at times, but they acted like absolute professionals most of the time. In SNW I missed that, they were often super relaxed with a good joke on their lips in the face of eminent death. Or I remember when they hunt a poor underdeveloped guy through the ship and get him and making jokes after that. That was definitely the “WTF are they doing” moment for me that made it hard to enjoy.

I really tried getting into the new shows. I was so excited for Discovery, I even opened a bottle of good wine saved for a special occasion. And then it did not feel like Star Trek at all, it was dark, brutal, disturbing. I finally dropped out after season 2. Lower Decks was ok, but more of a parody than real Star Trek, with weird character choices. Strange New Worlds was interesting at first, but also with characters that did not feel like the professional Star Fleet personal I was used to. Prodigy I haven’t even started because I don’t really was in the mood up to today.

I’m not excited when I read a headline like this, something that would be unthinkable a few years back. Let’s see what they are cranking out, maybe it’s something that has the old feeling again, good plots, good characters and that sense of wonder and optimism for example that TNG had. I haven’t given up hope.