Hey crew! The new Star Trek show Starfleet Academy is starting this week, and it’s already sparking some heated/controversial discussions online. While opinions may differ, let’s keep our community a safe space where everyone can enjoy the series without fear of harassment or attacks.
- Be civil and respectful toward other members. Disagreeing with an opinion is fine, attacking the person who posted it is not.
- Critique the show, not the fans. Constructive feedback, jokes, or memes about Starfleet Academy are welcome as long as they don’t target or harass fellow community members.
- Report abusive behavior. If someone crosses the line into personal attacks, let the moderators know so we can keep the discussion healthy.
It is okay to not like the show. It is okay to be critical, but please be civil. Let’s set the example for a welcoming, inclusive fandom.
Reminder as well:
~ 3. Use spoiler tags.
Use spoiler tags in comments, and NSFW checkbox for posts.
This applies to any episodes that have dropped within 3 months prior of your posting. After that it’s free game.
Engage, discuss, and most importantly, have fun.
I’ll watch it because I love trek and even bad trek is more trek.
But I’m hopeful because Paul Giamatti is an amazing actor and a half klingon/half tellarite sounds amazing.
That’s the thing about this one. They have set it so distant from existing Trek lore that the floodgates are open for actually interesting stuff to be added to canon. Every new Trek so far has ultimately been tied up with some existing canon stuff. It’s like Star Wars never leaving the Skywalker era.
Hoping Starfleet Academy is more like the Acolyte then.
…I kid.
My biggest worry is what they do with the Klingons in the 31st century; they’re probably going to talk about how war-torn and poor Qo’Nos is or have the planet have gotten blow up or something dumb like that.
I’d love to have it so that either Qo’Nos surprisingly has had its crap together and managed to avoid brutal civil wars post-burn, with the result being in defiance of all expectations, it was one of the better planets to get stuck on after the Burn.
I hope that they do actually add something interesting.
One of the most disappointing things about the 31st century transition was that it felt like very little actually changed, other than a futuristic coat of paint.
Visuals aside, it seemed like all technological progress stopped about 500 years ago.
That is just… Not a smart thing to do. Just mindlessly consuming stuff that’s bad because it’s part of a franchise you like leads to more bad media of that franchise being published. Be critical! Be brave enough to draw a line and keep it!
Meh, you do you. I’ll watch what I want to watch and that is trek even if it’s bad trek.
it’s too late for that, so many have become lazy and complacent. they are beyond help and only aid paramount in it’s goal of grounding the series on a sandbar like some boat, and then blaming the fans.
What this attitude tells executives is “guess we don’t need to bother trying to make Trek good, they’ll eat up whatever we shovel their way.”
I’m a big fan of Star Trek. That’s why I haven’t watched anything other than Lower Decks since Discovery started airing.
My viewing habits aren’t scrutinized by them so I’m not too worried.
I subscribe to an Orion holorecording stream.
This guy is low-key the Gowron of the Orions. I kind of hope he shows up again in one of the two later seasons.
Not unless his cooking improves.
Would also like an update on Captain Angel’s antics since her escape.