#st:pro

I think the Strange New Worlds writers room may have taken the wrong lessons from Subspace Rhapsody and A Space Adventure Hour and just gone all in on sheer zaniness. That’s disappointing when you look at episodes like A Quality of Mercy—which felt like the best episodes of TAS and TNG, and The Serene Squall, which also did that but was funny without being self-consciously wacky. Lower Decks and Prodigy proves Trek can be funny without devolving into buffonery.

I just wish I had characters like Rok-Tahk on TV when I was a chubby kid as tall as kids two years older than me. She’s so cute and she’s so sweet and she’s so lovable and she’s so BIG. And it’s OKAY. It doesn’t change how gentle and endearing she is or how the others see her, or Gwyn’s protective instinct towards her as a younger girl.

My predictable take on the first episode of Star Trek: Prodigy

Finally watching Star Trek Prodigy, and it’s completely won me over. I just saw Gwyn literally talk Zero out of being a Borg. Just…convinced her to not.

I mean, I think it’s a bad move for Star Trek to chase nostalgia and make Legacy, but it’s worth noting that nostalgia has been a part of the franchise since 1979 when The Motion Picture debuted. Like, I don’t think it’s a bad thing for old characters to show up again, or for Trek to explore its past. I guess I draw the line at “WE’RE GETTING THE BAND BACK TOGETHER!” impulse to have the TNG cast relive the glory days decades later.