Heeeh, thank you! It certainly will be awhile at a rate of one episode of ST a week and a plan to watch ALL OF ST EVER. :D
Because it's a very dated and uneven show but also sometimes really good in a way still rooted in it's time, and it's not bogged down with the increasing weight of nostalgia
Yup. J has actually talked about this a bit—he feels that ST getting caught up in its own lore is dangerous not only in the usual way of nostalgic weight, but because at its best, ST fundamentally is not that kind of show—less inwardly reflective and self-referential than outwards-focused in terms of its metaphors, philosophy etc. So there's something very refreshing about ST that is just not terribly interested in cohesive lore and nostalgia so much as "here's a thought experiment, what if [wtf thing I would never have imagined]." It throws all sorts of things at the kitchen sink to see what's interesting and there's something refreshing about just coming up with all these storytelling ideas without anyone talking about the Prime Directive or whatever.
Thus far, it feels like it's never not of its time, but when it's good, it's all the better because of that, if that makes sense!
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on 2024-05-25 04:54 am (UTC)Because it's a very dated and uneven show but also sometimes really good in a way still rooted in it's time, and it's not bogged down with the increasing weight of nostalgia
Yup. J has actually talked about this a bit—he feels that ST getting caught up in its own lore is dangerous not only in the usual way of nostalgic weight, but because at its best, ST fundamentally is not that kind of show—less inwardly reflective and self-referential than outwards-focused in terms of its metaphors, philosophy etc. So there's something very refreshing about ST that is just not terribly interested in cohesive lore and nostalgia so much as "here's a thought experiment, what if [wtf thing I would never have imagined]." It throws all sorts of things at the kitchen sink to see what's interesting and there's something refreshing about just coming up with all these storytelling ideas without anyone talking about the Prime Directive or whatever.
Thus far, it feels like it's never not of its time, but when it's good, it's all the better because of that, if that makes sense!