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I'm kinda surprised. I thought this one was critically well received and that the Kurtzman-era fan base really liked it.
I didn't care for it, personally, but this whole era of Trek has largely been a miss for me and I figured it had a dedicated fan base of its own.
It's sad to think there's not gonna be more Star Trek coming out soon, but I guess I was never going to be buying a Paramount+ subscription what with the company being part of the right-wing takeover of media in the US.
It was critically loved. It hit basically every hallmark of Trek across the board, and then some, but of course the whiners had to be louder than anything else and run a review bombing campaign of the series. I've not actually heard any complaints about the show from people that weren't like yours. Just "Meh, not for me." The most I'd hear is slight complaints about voices and stuff, but never anything like people would say about Enterprise back in the day or Discovery more recently.
I wish they, the people who have whined and not added a single thing to any sort of conversation about Star Trek, would just fuck off out of the community. They just keep screaming about how things aren't exactly the same as TNG/DS9/VOY. They have no value to any conversation because the arguments they push are the same ones Boomers push for anything new in the world. They don't have any leg to stand on in claiming that the show isn't hopeful or isn't Trek when it's just a failure on them for basic media comprehension. That or because how dare they be diverse.
You didn't do this, but I am genuinely staggered with how many people have been saying how sad they are that Trek is clearly going to be put into a deep freeze when they were the ones who helped put it there by screaming about every single thing released since Enterprise not being identical to a show released, and they really need to start realizing this, 39 fucking years ago. TV has changed. The message of Star Trek hasn't but TV itself has. Get with it or fuck off.
Edit: Clarity. If you still have a problem with this then I don't really care what you think.
Wishing death on a cohort due to difference of opinion really does not add any value to a conversation or paint you in a good light.
Critically loved apparently has no value if it doesn't translate to high viewership or whatever reason execs truly had to cancel.
Attacking and hoping for the death of others is big energy but why are you focusing it at your peers who aren't enjoying your show? Why not consider the executives who actually did the cancelling? Or may have had a hand in directional choices that impacted reach and viewership.
Streaming has changed, arguably the golden age is over, well received, profitable shows have been cancelled because there are cheaper more profitable alternatives.
It sucks that a trek show is ending and I get you are not happy, but you have to critically think about how we got here. There's no conspiracy that 90-00s trek enjoyers ended it. Ultimately some suits in an office said no to it.