Star Trek: Discovery

[Labster]

I was kind of hoping that the Klingons would just basically be some white dudes with goatees in the new version.  You know, for continuity's sake.

I'm a bit wary of this series, as I have been of every Trek since Voyager.  I was looking forward to Brian Fuller being a part of this series and thought that it gave a chance of it actually being good.  Now... i dunno.

And Star Trek has always mirrored the asthetic of its times.

And this is really why I'm so worried.  Our times are preoccupied with wars and distractions and assholes.  Our zeitgeist is dividing and unraveling the social order.  Ever since DS9 and B5, every space sci-fi has to have a long war arc, but now it just feels like the wars are done to show how cool war and fighting is, not for its social commentary.  I claim to like science fiction, but maybe I don't, because everything I watch disappoints me.  I guess I still watch Doctor Who, but it only disappoints me for its uneven writing and directing.