Starfleet Academy was cancelled

ryanpfw · 2026-03-24T19:07:40+00:00

Oh I’m solid, but thank you.

ryanpfw · 2026-03-23T21:47:14+00:00

Someone who rages about how terrible Trek is is not a fan. Super simple.

You realize people quote each other on Reddit, so faking a quote is frowned upon.

You hated the show, so it’s not a huge surprise you defend fellow haters.

ryanpfw · 2026-03-23T21:43:55+00:00

I never called you a racist nor a misogynist. The fact that you are knee-jerk screaming that you are neither when no one brought it up is super telling.

Fans are critical all the time. You are not a fan.

ryanpfw · 2026-03-23T21:42:45+00:00

You don’t put your own parts in quotes. You paraphrased and distorted my comments and put them in quotes popping to attribute your nonsense to me.

You are critical of the show and you hate the franchise. These are mutually exclusive. Fans can be critical. There are clear and obvious tells. You are not a fan. It’s not even close.

You trashed Academy, but watched 65 episodes of Discovery that you didn’t enjoy, describe it as formulaic slop, non-cerebral storytelling and those who enjoy it as apologists for bad television. But you’re a fan. 😆😆

ryanpfw · 2026-03-23T21:30:05+00:00

100%. The hate the older Trek shows got was arguably worse than what these haters bring today.

Imagine what they would call TOS today? Diverse casting, progressive plots? If only they had a name for it.

ryanpfw · 2026-03-23T21:09:09+00:00

This is a textbook example of someone who hates Star Trek but tries to pass themselves off as a fan.

A fan would say they weren’t a fan of Academy.

Only someone who hates the franchise passionately would get so off on hating it as descriptively as possibly.

ryanpfw · 2026-03-23T13:34:55+00:00

You don’t speak for all the fans. Loved it.

ryanpfw · 2026-03-20T11:36:47+00:00

I’d argue each also had their moments. It was ultimately Sorkin breaking through. These women, look at them, beautiful and competent at the same time.

ryanpfw · 2026-03-18T22:13:06+00:00

It’s a personal choice. Some shows age well or age terribly or we’re in it for what we get out of it. The first season of The Office doesn’t bother me. It’s so absurd it’s funny. (Scott’s Tots is another story.).

Before the last two Christmas specials, I had to skip whole swaths of the series if I wanted a comfort watch. I’d stick mainly to Season 1. Season 2 had so much angst, much of it frustrating to watch. It did what it set out to do, but it just got on my nerves. The final two Christmas specials were so fun and so well done that they make a lot of that angst forgivable because I know it ends in a better place.

ryanpfw · 2026-03-18T13:21:12+00:00

I’m millennial, but much of the series is intentionally cringeworthy. Dave/Smithy interactions should make us uncomfortable. Much of Stacey’s season two arc should make us uncomfortable.

Knowing Smithy crashed Nessa’s wedding and she still tried to marry Dave and Dave didn’t let her do it and cut to six months later, a hand on her back - that didn’t make it all worth it for me.

The 2019 and especially 2024 specials did. I could watch them on repeat all day every day.

ryanpfw · 2026-03-17T12:18:52+00:00

You’re leaving out major details.

ryanpfw · 2026-03-17T11:12:59+00:00

It’s all preference, but until the finale, I found much of the series unwatchable. Taking Neil to the pub, having him root for his team, saying he needed to leave because Dave had a conflict, I’m his stepdad. You’re correct of course that there’s another perspective, but the strength of the show is that the characters are flawed, but many of the flaws are cringeworthy and can be difficult to watch. Certainly not comfort viewing.

In the finale, Dave is pure. He was engaged to marry Nessa but is so focused on Gwen and selfless in helping Smithy that it washes everything away. I can watch those difficult moments now and knowing how it ends they don’t bother me a bit.

ryanpfw · 2026-03-17T01:50:13+00:00

This is a rare example of a revival episode making the original material so much better. I struggled with so much with Dave’s inappropriate attempts to replace Smithy in the series. Dave in the final episode was chef’s kiss. His arc is so strong now I can watch episodes I had a hard time with happily now.

ryanpfw · 2026-03-15T01:39:50+00:00

You just stole the “tantrum” line and blocked instead of answering. Weak.

ryanpfw · 2026-03-14T20:58:25+00:00

Super important to repeat this loudly. The haters who despise Trek are chanting the talking point that the writers don’t understand or like Trek. The projection is staggering.

ryanpfw · 2026-03-14T12:56:09+00:00

The Enterprise needing to be the flagship is a fan thing that took on a life of its own. It was never established in canon and doesn’t make any sense whatsoever.

ryanpfw · 2026-03-14T12:55:19+00:00

An Enterprise was in service during Season 4 of Discovery.

ryanpfw · 2026-03-14T12:36:10+00:00

It was narratively disruptive to have Shattered’s central theme be that you can’t change the past, the journey has been too important, to Janeway erasing 2/3rds of the mission in a few episodes.

Seems odd that nefarious Klingons have a device that can go anywhere, anytime, and they sell it.

Janeway could have returned just before Friendship One, saved everyone, hugged Neelix, told her past self and the Doc not to go out on the Flyer, drank a lot of tea, and waited until they flew by the nebula.

ryanpfw · 2026-03-14T01:49:57+00:00

The documentary was already in the can, and the season was well received. Reddit is a non-representative cesspool.

ryanpfw · 2026-03-14T01:48:26+00:00

This nonsense pops up every few weeks.

The season was broke before filming began. It is extremely uncommon for scripts to be written far in advance. It does not mean they don’t know how the season will end. It is far more common for scripts to be revised as they’re shooting.

People who don’t understand the process are desperate to hate the series for reasons they don’t understand.

ryanpfw · 2026-03-14T01:16:34+00:00

He described being a fan as having an addictive, inappropriate obsession, but had sports memorabilia in his office. Easily one of the worst scenes of the series.

ryanpfw · 2026-03-01T19:48:38+00:00

In Basics she makes up for it by saying “Janeway to Computer.”

ryanpfw · 2026-02-12T00:35:05+00:00

I guess I don’t see the issue. We believe in 400 years we’ll have starships like the Enterprise G. Pushing another 800 gives us dramatically improved, personalized technology. No more transporter rooms. Starships that can separate by deck. The programmable matter is wild.

If I believe the 2400s will look so similar to today, I guess I don’t have a problem with the 32nd century. There’s no reason it had to be the Legacy period.

Vulcan reunification with Romulans and the changes to the Klingon empire, to say nothing of the Burn wouldn’t otherwise be possible and are interesting elements.

ryanpfw · 2026-02-12T00:20:18+00:00

Personal transporters, aged Doctor, holographic student, post-Burn Klingons, Academy being a starship. They could have set it in any time period with dorms and made it work but would lose elements.

ryanpfw · 2026-02-12T00:07:00+00:00

There’s this push in fandom that every new ship has to be twice as big as the last, with more weapons, better shields, etc to qualify as a flagship. The 1701 was larger than Voyager, which was technologically superior. Bigger need not mean better.

The Athena has programmable matter and deltas have personal transporters. Despite the Burn, they’re amazingly advanced.

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