DIY VIRAL
The author Chris Snellgrove
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Star Trek fans have always loved the franchise's technological socialist utopia, so it's only fitting that Lower decks has exposed the biggest lie of capitalism: if you build it, they will come. This means that we spend our lives saying that success is all about showing off your talent and doing great work. For this Star Trek fan Lower decks was a near-perfect show, but its cancellation reveals two bitter truths: being great doesn't mean being profitable, and today's hikers just don't know what they want.
Do fans want Star Trek: Lower Decks?
Paramount is understandably loathe to discuss the numbers that motivated them to cancel Star Trek shows early Discovery and Lower decksboth of which unexpectedly had to turn their fifth seasons into their final seasons. The main assumption about Lower decks that is, even though it is much cheaper to produce than similar shows Strange new worldsit didn't get enough views or attract enough new subscribers Paramount+. And while Paramount's poor performance of the NuTrek area is partially to blame, I can't help but think that my fellow fans just don't know what they really want for this franchise.
Star Trek characters like Michael Burnham like children's fairy tales like Alice's Adventures in Wonderlandso I guess it's only good for viewing Lower decks speaking of another children's fable: Goldilocks and the three bears. While Discovery ended strong, it initially turned off new fans by focusing so much on old lore that it disrupted the existing canon on everything from the Klingons to Spock's tangled family tree. Simply put, early Discovery Stumbled because trying to focus too much on familiar characters and events rather than trying something new.
In comparison, Picard had the opposite problem. Patrick Stewart himself reportedly wanted the show to avoid making too many commitments The next generationwhich is just one of the reasons why the first two seasons were a hot mess. Only after the failures of these previous seasons did Paramount and Stewart give fans what they wanted with a season 3 remake LPG reunion. However, before this killer final season, PicardThe biggest failure was that it continued to do something completely new instead of focusing on what made its titular character so great in the first place.
Next main Star Trek series was Lower decksand managed to find the Goldilocks equilibrium fans crave. Each season was filled with fun callbacks to beloved characters from Q to Harry Kim, and the show always had great Easter eggs for older fans to appreciate (I almost spit out my drink when I saw the giant skeleton from the movie. Ghost Two, unclear Animated series character). At the same time, the show introduced amazing new characters like Boimler and Mariner to prove it Lower deckslike Goldilocks' favorite bed, was “just right” with its ability to focus on something old and something new at the same time.
So much potential
Another thing the show got “just right” was finding a sweet spot between serving up goofy comedy and creating killer canon. Every episode from Lower decks provided its share of light-hearted laughs, but the show was never afraid to change the canon significantly (I especially enjoyed the return of Nick Locarno). And the series finale ended with Starfleet having a solid wormhole into the multiverse, which is more or less an open invitation for future Trek writers to go all out wild with all its juicy narrative potential.
As a Star Trek fan who fell in love with the franchise during TNG's original run, the word “potential” is the word I most associate with it. Lower decks. The show lived up to its full potential and then some, combining side-splitting comedy with compelling stories that pushed the boundaries of this franchise. Honestly, if Star Trek is all about infinite variety in infinite combinations, Lower decks deserves a permanent place on Stovokor for being the only NuTrek show (sorry Strange new worlds) to fully embrace this Vulcan ideal.
Unfortunately, the premature cancellation of the show means that fans either don't appreciate the best that NuTrek has to offer, or worse, don't know what it really wants from this venerable franchise. It's understandable that Star Wars takes heat for failing to deliver what fans want, but the general assumption is that Disney performers are (for whatever reason) ignoring a proven, fan-favorite formula in favor of cramming content optimized for their brand of action figures down our throats.
However, Star Trek is now in a much worse position, with no one seemingly knowing what they want from the franchise and a world where fans have rejected Lower decks is one where the franchise is doomed to a slow death. With any luck, Paramount will bring back Mike McMahan's groundbreaking performance in one form or another for our favorite. science fiction The universe is back on track. Otherwise, the phrase “Star Trek Into Darkness” will not only describe the franchise worst movie. It will also detail exactly how the Gene Roddenberry universe is dying at the hands of careless leaders who can't stop failing the fandom.
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