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Star Trek needs to go back to 20+ episode seasons — and there's never been a better time (www.space.com)

submitted 1 month ago by cm0002@literature.cafe to c/StarfleetHQ@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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It is time for Star Trek to boldly go where no streaming series has gone before: back to the 20+ episode seasons of old!

Star Trek's ongoing mission into the streaming era has been a bumpy ride, often missing the mark with fans and critics alike, while struggling to capture the magic that makes Star Trek special. Don't get us wrong, there have been some great stories and characters in shows like Discovery and Strange New Worlds, and especially in the deeply underappreciated Prodigy, but none of them have managed to trigger the Trekkie renaissance that's surely due.

Starfleet Academy is a bold move, and while we were initially skeptical of it, it seems to be paying off for Paramount, but this is still Paramount moving at impulse. We need a warp speed change to ensure that Star Trek lives long and prospers. And that change is more. Star Trek needs to return to a 20+episode broadcast season, and now is the time to do it.

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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It really does. They also need to un-Marvel it. I feel like every sci fi and fantasy franchise that’s more than moderately interesting got hive-minded into the super bombastic and action-packed ten-to-a-dozen-episode-season paradigm by the Hollywood producer groupthink.

ST needs to get back to a format that lets them make slower, more thoughtful and considered episodes that are often considered some of the best the universe has to offer. And yeah, that will mean some filler episodes probably, but sometimes that’s fun too. And it would totally bring back that 90s vibe.

[–] quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

And episodic, a serialised show is much less rewatchable. Picking a random episode of one of the serialised shows to watch during lunch of before bed is like watching a random 30 minute chunk of a movie.